by Brendan Barca | Feb 8, 2022 | Personal Development
(Originally Posted in 2019) Throughout my life I have learned that mistakes are unavoidable. In high school soccer, I made an own goal to the chagrin of my teammates. In my first job I entered incorrect data into a proposal which screwed up a sales meeting. In each of...
by Brendan Barca | Aug 25, 2017 | Personal Development
I used to sleep walk through each day not knowing my direction. I would have these vague ideas of what I wanted my life to be but have no idea how to get there. Each day would flow into the next as I followed a winding path to nowhere. I wasn’t sure...
by Brendan Barca | Aug 4, 2017 | Personal Development
A new job. My own blog. And now a new city. What was just a vision 18 months ago, has finally become a reality. It didn’t happen overnight. It didn’t happen the way I would’ve predicted, but it happened. I overcame the uncertainties I had last year...
by Brendan Barca | Jun 29, 2017 | Personal Development
A month ago I was on the other side of the world traveling through Japan on the trip of my dreams. Everything was perfect… on most days. But on some days I struggled. I struggled to find joy despite the beauty around me. I struggled to...
by Brendan Barca | Jun 21, 2017 | Personal Development
I used to walk this world blind. I used to let other people show me the way. In college, I turned to my friends to help me decide on a major. In the early days of my career I let my colleagues alter my path. I used to tell myself I didn’t know what I...
by Brendan Barca | Jun 1, 2017 | Personal Development
There was a time not too long ago that I felt a lot like you. I felt purposeless. I felt lost. I felt like I was wasting time. The career I had worked so hard to build no longer made sense to me. My life suddenly lacked purpose. I was devastated. And the worst part? I...