I left for university on a sunny, August afternoon. I was at the wheel of my parents’ chevy Astro van. A wooden trailer swayed along behind us, overflowing with my worldly possessions held down by a blue tarp. We hadn’t gone more than ten minutes
In dedication to finding your passion, if you want, if you believe in the sort of thing… no pressure. 5:30 am. I run to catch the huge coach bus into the city. Still dark as the bus pulls up on the quiet street and lets
Want to know the hardest thing about reinvention? The shame. I spent most of my youth and all of my adulthood until I was in my mid twenties as an evangelical. It wasn’t something I ever wanted to leave. Unlike most kids, I didn’t question
If we’re talking life lessons, I still remember when I learned how valuable my humanities degree was. I was standing under the July sun in Northern Ontario. I wiped sweat out of my eyes with my sleeve as I yelled into my handheld radio. In
Have you ever googled this question? “What degree makes the most money?: Each year, new lists come out of the highest-paying degree fields for that year. Sometimes, we see the list for the lowest-paid too. These types of lists create one of the dumbest phenomena
How can you do what you love? I watched an interview once with an entrepreneur. She loved what she did so much that she couldn’t wait to get up in the morning. She told the interviewer that she woke up at 5:30 am without an
Can telling your story help you find your purpose in life? We love to tell stories. In fact, stories are so powerful that they come to define our realities. Our ancestors sat around the fire and told stories. The stories had lessons that had everything
Where do you see yourself in five years? The first time I was ever asked this question in an interview, I had no clue how to answer. I’d never thought about it before. Yeah, it’s a fairly routine interview question. But I didn’t know how
Be creative in how you apply your skills in the marketplace. For the love of God we were not taught to be creative when I was a kid. We thought about careers as a series of boxes. You had to fit into a certain career-box.
I once held the hand of a stranger who had just found out she was about to die. She was in her late 60s, diagnosed suddenly with terminal cancer and weeks to live. I was an awkward young seminarian, training to be a minister, and
