"No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place." - Zen Proverb When I was 26 years old, I realized I was on the wrong career path. The problem was I had no idea what I wanted to do. In an attempt to find my way, I spent a year networking and going on interviews....

For the majority of my life, I've been someone who overthinks and over-prepares. In my first sales job, we had a presentation contest each spring where the entire sales team would compete for the best 10-minute pitch. That first year, when springtime came around, I...

In the summer of 2016, I felt stuck in my career. Up to that point I had spent my entire career in sales but something was missing. Outside of work, I began to experiment with alternative business ideas. I tried idea after idea but nothing was sticking. First I...

Since the start of my career, I was taught that achieving success was difficult. During my first job, my co-workers told me how hard it would be to get to the next level. Then when I got to the next level, my new co-workers complained about how difficult their work...

Growing up, I thought very little about death. After all, what was there to think about? I was busy chasing down ice cream trucks and later the girls in my biology class. I was young. Young people didn't die. Even as I went through high school and experienced the...

Throughout my life, I've had this little voice in my head telling me I'm not good enough. In high school, it told me I shouldn't go for varsity soccer. In college, it told me I wouldn't be able to get a paid internship. And during my first job, it told me I didn't...

When I first got into sales I was incredibly awkward. In the morning, I'd hop off the elevator and rush to my desk to avoid office chitchat. At team happy hours I'd stand in the corner hovering over the appetizer table. I was an introvert thrust into a world of bubbly...

In the beginning of my career, I never understood the point of networking. Having awkward conversations with people who I didn't know and didn't necessarily want to know made no sense to me.  Then, when I got looked over three times for a promotion I had to...

What if you don't have to trade hours at work for a potential promotion? What if there is another way to get the results you want without sacrificing your precious time?  One of the biggest career mistakes you can make is believing that hours at the office will...