“Our parents don’t see us as we are — they see the kid they remember. Our friends don’t see us as we are — they see the friend they remember. Only a stranger met on your travels sees you as you truly are right now.” These words were shared with me recently by Conor Neill, Leadership and Communication Professor…
Post originally appeared on Hacker Noon This post is the continuation of a post from this past Sunday, “52 Life Lessons I Learned By Asking 52 People The Same Question (Part 1)” and inspired by a post from a few weeks ago, “38 Lessons That Took Me 38 Years To Learn,” in which I forgot…
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Post originally appeared on Thrive Global “If you get one idea out of a $20 book that changes your life then it’s a bargain,” — Seth Godin On my 39th birthday I reserved two hours for myself and did something I had always wanted to do, I sat down and made a list of the lessons I…
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Post originally appeared on Thought Catalog / Photo courtesy of Mitchell Jordan Each month in Barcelona I give a seminar on ways for expats to find work while living abroad. As I wrapped up the latest installment one of the attendees came up to me and asked what my biggest takeaway has been during the last…
Originally appeared in Thrive Global / Photo Courtesy of Mitchell Jordan Growing up my dreams would always start the same way, with me being brave enough to put myself out into the world. Unfortunately, these dreams would also always end the same way, riddled with fear and the realization that I would never have the…
Post Originally Appeared on Thought Catalog Two years ago in the midst of a career change I contacted someone I admired requesting a chance to meet, and to my surprise, he agreed. Forgetting my wallet and making him float the bill topped off a laundry list of mistakes I made during our time together.…
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