Are you getting everything you can out of this life?
A self-less, feel-good blog about love, life, and work by career coach and existential adventurer, Cliff Flamer
The idea of objective facts is slipping away.
We all used to work from the same set of finite encyclopedias, the very same elementary school principles. Good or bad, they were the same.
Now, there are so many sources, so many talking heads and talking articles coming at us through … Read more...
I think we all want to make the world a better place – through our job, through our personal pursuits, but it’s easy to get wrapped up in the responsibilities of day to day living, to get tired, and to be overwhelmed. Where do I start? How can I make a difference?
Well… Read more...
I’ve been asking the same question of people for 10 years to learn what’s important to them, beyond work. Psychologists call it the miracle question; it’s about removing confines and setting people just past the finish line so they can see what’s waiting f… Read more...
To be a fool is a wonderful thing.
It means you’re naive, innocent, and trusting enough to be wooed into something out of the ordinary.
Having oatmeal fall on your head, stepping into a pair of shoes filled with shaving cream, showing up to an important meeting only to find a… Read more...
I had just finished crying over the loss of a friend.
It was 6 am and my daughter, the younger one, was up early laying in bed next to my wife, or, should I say, on top of my wife, annoying the heck out of her, trying to get her to let her watch baby videos on her phone. This is t… Read more...
I hosted a “NeverWear” party one year. The idea was for people to wear the clothes they never wear. Heh heh. Get it? It was raucously successful. We had fur vests and bell bottoms, tuxedos and tiaras, name brands and no names, shirts too small and shirts too big.
Peopl… Read more...
I would like to thank my enemies – the dissenters, the faceless commentators, the backstabbers, the Yelpers, the rats, the arguers, the contrarians…
You force me to rethink my worldview, to review my blueprints one more time. At the very least, you inspire me to double… Read more...
I laugh loud and am amused easily, which makes me the ideal member of any audience. It’s a full-body laugh that makes me hit my head on the back of the chair, even slide off onto the ground. Kids either love my laugh or are afraid of it, as it foghorns its way into the roo… Read more...
Ever notice that the audience laughs louder or claps harder when the machine breaks down?
Take Saturday Night Live, for instance. The best parts are when the comedians can’t stop laughing at their own jokes. You can hear the studio audience cracking up the whole time. Or, a… Read more...
I have this cycle I go through whenever I have an appointment with a client.
About an hour ahead of the appointment, I start to get anxious. Well, not exactly anxious. If I am to be honest, I would say it’s more like resentment that I have this appointment at all. It’s… Read more...