Over 130 professional and personal development articles in 2020 — In 2020, I spent hundreds of hours creating personal and professional development articles and podcasts to share with you. If my writing has enriched your life this year, helped you find a job, or given you more confidence at work, please consider subscribing to my newsletter. Thank you! 🎧 If…

The story editor is back in the mobile app — When I first started writing here many years ago, I gave myself the challenge to write and publish a story every day for a month. I wrote a surprising number of stories using the mobile app! An idea would pop into my head, and I just had to get it…

The Invincible Career podcast interview series — My guest for this episode is Andrew Shearer. Andrew is a former product management and user experience design leader at eBay, PayPal, HomeAway, and Expedia. He has 24+ years of experience creating and leading high-performance teams. He now helps founders and technology leaders build…

Medium’s cool new Beta feature — Medium rolled out a new feature in Beta. You can now receive tips for your stories! It works with almost any platform where people can tip you or send you money. For example: Patreon Buy Me a Coffee Ko-Fi PayPal How to set it up On the Medium website, click your profile photo in the…

Every step you take has a season and a reason — Is it time for you to move on? I was catching up with an old friend recently. We’ve supported each other through the many twists and turns of our careers. During the call, she said to me, “It’s time. …

Why some of the best minds in the world walk every day — About 14 years ago, I was overweight, in poor health, and on the fast path to an early grave. …

Do it for you and scratch your own itch — I see so many quitters. They start something new and quickly stop if they don’t have wildly successful results. If they aren’t immediately great at something, they walk away. Or, they give up once they encounter the hard work that exists when you get…

Five ways to make peace with being one — “While today’s wunderkind culture favors early bloomers and seems to create needless barriers for late bloomers, in fact, we late bloomers have our own amazing strengths that lead to success and fulfillment. And these qualities — curiosity, compassion, resilience, equanimity, insight, and…