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A Guide To Being Your Own Boss (And Loving It)

By Jenika | March 30, 2016 |

Think of the best and worst boss you’ve ever had. What made them the best and the worst? I’ll give an example (and I’d love to hear yours):  Fresh on a high school pizza place job, I became acutely aware that I was holding up the line.  All the pizzas were finished differently – some were topped…

Make Your Fear of Success Obsolete

By Jenika | March 15, 2016 |

Yesterday, I underlined the following lines in a book about war: “One cannot explain it.  A man is walking along without thought or heed; – suddenly he throws himself down on the ground and a storm of fragments flies harmlessly over him; – yet he cannot remember either to have heard the shell coming or to…

Fear of Success: Do You Have One Of These 6 Symptoms?

By Jenika | March 2, 2016 |

I saw the bright yellow headline: “Are you afraid of success?” It irritated me so much that I slapped the magazine back onto the waiting room table. Who is afraid of success!?  I thought.  I’m sick of people inventing anxieties and then foisting them upon the rest of us!  Well.  (:: scuffs shoes ::) Funny thing that I’ve…

The Secret to Setting A Successful Goal

By Jenika | February 9, 2016 |

I learned something interesting about change when I studied addiction. One heartbreaking thing about addiction is that people can – for example – do the work to decide not to do drugs anymore, actually stop using, detox, stay clean for awhile – And then an old friend calls unexpectedly, and they relapse back into using. Why?…