PASSION IS RIDICULOUS.

Raise your hand if you’ve been asked this:

What are you passionate about?...
Have you found your passion?
Wanna pay me money to help you uncover your passion?

"The difference that makes the difference.”

Gregory Bateson, an English anthropologist is credited with this phrase. He was talking about information and how it can affect things. What information can we know that will completely change the situation/experiment/culture?

The subtle difference that makes a huge difference.

A few years ago I was asked to speak on a panel of female entrepreneurs to discuss our journey into the world of business ownership. At the same time, I had committed to what I called “The Year of No.”

As you guessed, the Year of No was about saying no to all of the ridiculous things that I had being saying yes to. Things that were sucking my time and attention or generally just made me grumpy: coffee dates, pick your brain dates, actual dates, no fun friends, networking eve...nts, listening to voicemails, and yes, EMAIL.

Do you find that your to do list just turns into a bunch of questions?

When I would start getting overwhelmed with work, in a fury I would do a huge brain dump on a legal pad. All of the things that I just had to get done in an effort to get it out of my head and organized. What ended up happening more often than not was that my to-do list would have more questions on it than to-dos.

To-dos are actions, not questions.

"It's good to do uncomfortable things. It's like weight training for life." - Anne Lamott
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