{NEW BLOG} Who Dat? It's Fat Tuesday y'all. So in honor of my favorite stuff your face holiday I am sharing a little about my time in New Orleans. Life is all about our experiences, the people we meet along the way and the lessons all around us. We are more similar than different yet we often feel we are alone in our struggles.  Earlier this month the people of New Orleans taught me what it means to stay, to be brave and to persevere. And I am forever grateful for their southern hospitality and the lessons I learned.

Let's talk about H-E-L-P. Do you hesitate to ask for help?  I'm making the case for:

• why you should make asking for help a habit
• highlighting a few benefits of soliciting input (hint it will help you reach your goals)
• teaching you a different way to spin it and an alternate approach (if you have a hard time doing it)
•  sharing an experiment and the response I got when I asked for help (hint the result was spot on- lots of truth bombs so read on!).

{NEW ON THE BLOG} What does it take to be wildly successful? Here are three elements that will help you get closer to the mark- however you define success in business and life. Spoiler: living a life without regrets and feeling successful go hand-in-hand.

{NEW ON THE BLOG} Confidence either helps us go after the life we want or holds us back from what's next. At some point we all find ourselves doubting our potential. Here are three ways to be true to yourself and move bravely in the direction of your dreams.

New year, new (and improved) you!  What will you choose for 2016? Is this the year you are going to follow your dreams? If not now, when? Break up with excuses and take a big or small step towards creating a life on your terms. 

Some people are born knowing what they are here for. They love what they do and it shows. But me, I fell into that "other" category. It look me years to figure out what I wanted to do when I "grew up", because I was focusing more on what I wanted to do and less on who I wanted to be. What does it take to find work you love? And once found how does that help you create a life you love? When you Finding Your *it* that knowledge inspires and empowers you to go after or create work you love.