How to Rise to the Occasion

This final installment of the series “How to Enjoy Challenges” examines how a challenge can bring the best in a person — or the worst.  By diligently removing threats you associate with challenges, anyone can become a brave soul who rises to the occasion and pulls out the best in …

8 Easy Ways to Cope with Overwhelming Challenges

The part 5 of the series “How to Enjoy Challenges” addresses a situation where either the scope or the number of challenges you face overwhelm you.  All of these coping tactics are easy and immediate, and are effective at fighting back that sense of dread stemming from having more problems …

Embracing Reality (Especially When It’s Challenging)

Challenges are demanding.  And when you can’t accept what it’s demanding of you, you can go into a denial, focusing all your energy on how reality shouldn’t be this way.  In this installment of the How to Enjoy Challenges series, let’s look at what happens when you get stuck in …

Review: Tom Volkar’s Authentic Business Discovery Course

From September 29 to October 3, 2008, I was immersed in an intense self-exploration course called “Authentic Business Discovery” offered by my blogging colleague Tom Volkar of Delightful Work. Right off the bat, the timing of this offering was such a cool synchronicity, as I was just about to publish …

Why You Can’t Do What You Love (Digest)

This is a digest version of a longer essay. If you like it, explore it in full detail. — “Do what you love to do.” I’m sure you’ve read it before. But do you really feel like it? If not, that doesn’t mean that you are lazy or coward. It …