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It’s Official!
In late June I announced a radical reinvention of my work ahead. During the first two decades of Connect2 Corporation, as my life and work continued, my purpose evolved and deepened. The challenges I faced and the experiences I had in these past few years (many...
Over-Adulting Was Pushing Me Over the Edge
“Adulting” is a relatively hip term, it seems. It emerged on the scene like a hot new concept. According to Urban Dictionary, as of 2016 it means “to carry out one or more of the duties and responsibilities expected of fully developed individuals (paying off that...
Doubting and Discovering Brilliance
March 19 is a significant date in my life and work. More than two decades ago, in my second year of the MBA program at MIT Sloan, I carefully weighed which job offer would be the best fit for me upon graduation. I had a spreadsheet to analyze the options, and when...
Are You Comfortable with Your Brilliance?
Seeking Sisters: Role Models for Women Professionals with a Life
My friend and coach Geoff Laughton recently introduced me to a book called The Code of the Extraordinary Mind, by Vishen Lakhiani. Lakhiani talks about something called Brules – bullsh*t rules we each have in our brains that were handed down by the culture and...
Step It Up
I haven’t written a blog post in so long that I’m afraid I’ve forgotten how. How did I think up topics? How did I have the courage to express myself publicly? How did I wrap everything in pithy little lessons?Over the past six months I’ve focused on overhauling my...
Here’s a Salve for HyperCompetence (It’s Soothing for Functioning Competents Too!)
As I’ve been speaking, writing and teaching more about the Curse of HyperCompetence (click here if you're wondering whether you have this affliction), I’ve expanded my hunt for its Cure. While I have yet to find a miracle antidote, I have been collecting a long...
Never Wash Your Fish with Soap
My kids want a dog. I love dogs, but I’m resistant to adding the care and feeding of another soul to my already overflowing plate. Maybe next year I’ll be ready. In the meantime, my 11 and 13 year old still dream of a pet. Two weeks ago we negotiated a...
Parking Between the Lines
I pull into the paid parking lot for the medical building across the street. The attendant says to me “Park between the lines.”“No problem,” I think, and continue on my merry way. Perhaps this is a good time to tell you that one of my secret talents (okay, my only...
Opening New Dialogue
Who is enough? What is enough? How much is enough? Do you ever wonder? Lately I’ve been hearing from my inner critic a lot, the voice of what I like to call my Business Brain. It tells me I haven’t done enough research on middle schools, I’m not giving enough...
Should I Put Out This Fire?
A whole world seems to have opened up before me since I started writing and teaching about HyperCompetence. The response from our community has been inspiring. It seems I’ve touched a nerve with a tribe of overdoing, overgiving, overtired women and their colleagues...
Bryn Johnson: Reflections of a Brilliance-Based Businesswoman
Today you're in for an extra-special treat, meeting the wonderful Bryn Johnson. Bryn and I were college classmates, and over the years our lives have taken such similar paths that it never ceases to amaze us. Here's how she's evolved from corporate gal to...
It’s Not Me. It’s You.
As I’ve continued to delve this summer into the crucial topic of The High Cost of HyperCompetence & Its Cure, I’ve noticed a startling pattern. So many of us who struggle with the costs of HyperCompetence seem to have a narcissist (usually one...