Peter Shankman is serial entrepreneur, author and founder of Help a Reporter Out. His ability to cultivate his ADHD and how he has turned it into a superpower is a fascinating part of this interview. You'll learn how to calmed his inner demons and how you can use these techniques in your life. Highlights from the …
We have to do things that connect to our heart. When you do things you love, you feel connected to something greater than yourself. That connection is your greatest source of energy. When we feel stuck, it’s probably because we're doing things that bore us. We need passion and challenge to encourage us to grow. …
Your values help guide you through life. Each one is like a little teacher. They help you make choices based on the circumstances. When I was a teenager I valued acceptance more than being kind. I went along with friends to throw eggs at a teacher’s home. The whole time my inner voice kept saying …
To most people my life looked great. My family was mostly happy and healthy. My career was going well. My dogs didn’t chew my shoes, but life tasted gross. I remember pulling a slice of apple pie out of the fridge, sitting down to eat it and about halfway through I realized that I wasn’t …
Of all the buildings in Texas my favorite has to be the Alamo. You can feel the pain that happened there. Even the walls look like they are crying.There is something cathartic about walking through the historic building. I can just hand over my worries to the building. Then after you thoughts are cleansed you go …
I want to keep things fun and lively around Work Happy Now. As you know I love helping people work happier and build connections. It’s why I wake up in the morning. Well, that and coffee and a kiss from my amazing wife and my silly hearted son. Sometimes I get so caught up in …
One of the biggest mistakes people make is they stop attempting new challenges in their career. They coast and then start to hate their job. The key to getting the spark back in your career is to look at how you view your work. I had a client who lost her spark and couldn’t find …
* This post was first published to the Work Happy Now community via email. I worked in the financial industry for seven years, and I hated talking about how to increase our checking account sign-ups. It just wasn’t fun. . I knew for at least three years that I needed to get out of the …
It’s a simple question that most of my coaching clients get as soon as I ask it. Most of the time, they answer right away. The subtle difference between a job and a career is that a job is something you do for the money, and a career is work you do because you care …
Bad choices will be made, we can’t stop this, but it’s how we learn and improve our decision making skills that help us create a career we love and grows with us. Each choice you make either builds your happiness or subtracts from it. Last year I had to choose between two events that I …
