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Search & Replace Episode S01E25: Darla Powell
It’s never too late to reinvent yourself. After nearly two decades, Darla Powell left a secure job with a pension in law enforcement for entrepreneurship. Everyone around her thought she was crazy for leaving, but she believed in herself. Today, she owns a successful interior design company and a marketing agency—and she’s following her passion.…
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Cover Me Up
Had some minor outpatient surgery this week—everything is fine—but, in an effort to provide excellent customer service, my surgeon’s assistants said I could pick any genre of music to listen to during the procedure. I thanked them and said, “shouldn’t the surgeon get to pick? It’s his O.R.” And they said, “oh, no, he really…
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How I’m using Twitter (and other social media) in 2022.
Update on Nov. 2, 2022: I’m still not storming off Twitter. But, I think in the months since I wrote the below post, I’ve been using it less and less. And I’ve been having more quality interactions with people on Instagram and (believe-it-or-not) Facebook lately. So I’m trying an experiment this month. I’m going to…
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Why I switched from Basecamp to Teamwork
I avoided writing this post for a long time, mainly because I didn’t want to join a dogpile of performative messages about dumping Basecamp. However, in light of their recent rebrand back to 37signals and because I’ve been an open advocate of Basecamp in the past, I wanted to clarify where I stand. I like opinionated software.…
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Beyond Route 13
Originally a path for Quaker immigrants to travel between Philadelphia and Wilmington, Route 13 got its official highway number in the late 1920s. Industrial barons wanted to streamline a paved path for their new cars, even though most of the traffic in our town was from the trolley that trundled down our Main Street. By…
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Search & Replace Episode S01E24: Shibani Faehnle
A point had come in Shibani Faehnle’s career where she felt underappreciated and wasn’t getting the roles she wanted. Consequently, she realized she had been constantly complaining to everyone around her. She says she was unhappy with who she had become and decided to change. Through pure luck, she discovered a gratitude journaling app that…
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Search & Replace Episode S01E23: Shaunta Grimes
Despite her best efforts, novelist Shaunta Grimes admits she’s not a great employee – she just can’t enjoy working for someone else. It took her many interesting jobs that weren’t a good match before she created her own space. Her own community, Ninja Writers, allows her to write and teach writing. Find out how it…
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Search & Replace Episode S01E22: Robert Isaacson
Is The Great Resignation a result of people in the workforce looking for meaning in their work post-pandemic? Executive Coach and leadership consultant Bob Isaacson explores why meaning in our work is important and why we need it to thrive and motivate us to succeed. Many went back to graduate school during the pandemic and…
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Search & Replace Episode S01E21: Amy Crowe
Amy Crowe knew she deserved the same customer experience shopping for plus-sized clothes as women with smaller sizes. Rather than buying clothes online, she wanted to see the clothes first and try them on before purchasing. To solve her problem, she opened her own exclusively plus-sized boutique shop, Worthy Figures, catering to full-figured women in…
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Search & Replace Episode S01E20: Donna Cameron
Incivility was growing all around Donna Cameron in epidemic proportions. Through genuine kindness, she hoped to show herself and others how to overcome such incivility. Being kind requires more than just being nice – it takes courage, strength, and grace. Donna was inspired to live one full year dedicated to kindness, affording her opportunities to…
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Search & Replace Episode S01E19: Michelle Kuei
Negative self-talk had become too much for Michelle Kuei, so she came up with a challenge to prove that she could surpass her own worst feelings about her body. Despite relying on crutches since she was a child due to an automobile accident, she wanted to hike Machu Picchu. The hike was grueling, and the…
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Search & Replace Episode S01E18: Steve Larsen
Steve Larsen realized the biggest block to scaling his financial planning firm was his lack of formal systems and processes that he had been resisting for years. He wanted to grow his business larger than a solopreneur, yet have the business maintain a sense of his personality. Find out how Steve was able to scale…