Peggy McColl is the woman behind Destinies.com, a New York Times bestselling author and a force to be reckoned with in the world of Great Work where we stand up, stare in the mirror and ask ourselves: What are my goals? What is my destiny? What is the life that I’m creating for myself?
Part of what’s terrific about this interview is that Peggy sits in that sweet spot between having a message that is important – and being focused and courageous enough to get it out to the world. Let’s just say it wasn’t an accident that Your Destiny Switch became a New York Times best-seller.
In our interview we discuss:
- How she got started – and what it took for her to take the leap that got things really moving
- The importance of marketing for the success of your Great Work – whether it’s a book or any other project
- The power question that invites others in to give you the support you need
- Why you mastering your emotions can help you move to Great Work
Posted on February 17, 2010
Gretchen Rubin’s new book, ‘The Happiness Project‘, has been out for just two weeks and is already making a splash. It tells her story of spending a year testing strategies to be happier. It’s not that her life was bad beforehand – it wasn’t, and she was living a perfectly fine life in New York with her husband and young child. But she was curious about what it really took to be happy, and spend a year experimenting and blogging and writing about her journey.
In this interview we discuss:
- How to convert the theory of happiness to the practices of happiness.
- Whether novelty and challenge adds – or reduces – happiness.
- The paradox of why things that increase your happiness don’t always make you happy.
- The happiness strategy that Gretchen was most skeptical about – and what she ended up discovering.
You can follow Gretchen on Twitter at @GretchenRubin and read a sample chapter of her new book at her website.
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Posted on January 13, 2010
At Box of Crayons our goal is to help organizations do less Good Work and more Great Work. So our focus is on the people and teams within these organizations. But sometimes, Great Work isn’t to be found for you with the walls of a company. If you’re one of those people, if you need to get out – then Pam Slim is the woman for you. Her book Escape from Cubicle Nation had its roots in an impassioned plea to organizations to let people do Great Work – or let them go free. Guy Kawasaki liked it so much he re-blogged it, and Pam’s path became clear. In our interview we talk about:
- What Jack Welch sees as the biggest trend in corporations now – and why that matters
- The story of John the baseball player (and his parents), and how his journey is one we can all learn from
- The role of evangelism in finding your Great Work
- Why prototyping can be the difference between success and failure
You can follow Pam on Twitter at @PamSlim and download the first chapter of her book at www.EscapeFromCubicleNation.com
If you enjoyed this interview, you’ll also enjoy my conversations with:
- Jonathan Fields, author of Career Renegade
- Naomi Dunford, IttyBiz blogger
- Guy Kawasaki, creator of Alltop and author of ‘The Art of the Start’
Posted on January 12, 2010
Marcia Wieder is a force to be reckoned with. She is America’s Dream Coach, and is one of the on-going pioneers of the coaching profession. Her work is entirely focused on helping people connect to their passion – that’s Great Work right there – and to bring their dreams to life. She’s been a frequent Oprah visitor, has run a PBS special and written a number of books, the best-known of which is Making Your Dreams Come True. And just in case you were doubting her bona fides, she is Jack Canfield’s coach too. Not bad.
In this interview Marcia talks about
- The moment of truth when the seed for the Dream Coach University was planted
- How to find the right balance between strategies and possibilities
- Why intention is nothing without integrity
- Why uncertainty is such a powerful force to connect with Great Work
You can also pick up 10 free eBooks from DreamUniversity.com, courtesy of Marcia (and worth $150). Just click here to go to her web page [dreamcoach.com/gifts] to pick up your free resources.
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Posted on January 11, 2010
