Footnotes to Every Day

Don’t be afraid to reinvent yourself. Over the course of our journey through life there will be many crossroads. Times when we have to make life or career changing decisions.  Almost always, without the benefit of in-depth analysis, most likely forced by circumstances and often only driven by our own instinct. During these crossroads, there are only two possible outcomes, either you succeed or you fail. But regardless of the outcome, you always end up a winner. Why? Well, because you tried. In having tried you learned and in the process improved yourself. Therefore, never be afraid to try. Never stop improving yourself. Because improvement is growth and a clear path to a better you, a wiser you. Nothing beats experience when it comes to learning. If there’s one thing I realized in life, it’s that we should never stop learning. Because learning leads to transformations. Over the past 20+ years of my work life, I have gone through several reinventions, a seri...

If heaven made him – earth can find some use for him. – Chinese Proverb Everyone has a purpose.  It’s about discovering why we’re here. All life has a purpose and we are all here on a mission to fulfill our purpose. Regardless of our ideologies, race or religious beliefs, whether we believe in a god or not, we all have a reason for being. We need to discover what it is and once we have, we need to live it. We need to embrace it. It should become our mantra. Finding one’s purpose is a journey of personal discovery. It requires truly knowing who you are and what you’re passionate about. We need to dig deep within ourselves and get acquainted with our “inner you.” It’s a process of developing a friendship where we exert effort in really knowing someone very intimately, except we do so with ourselves. It requires honesty, being honest with oneself and truthfully answering some of the hard questions, such as: “Am I happy with what I’m currently doing?” “Would I rather be...