“I have a good job. I make a lot of money. I am unhappy most of the time.” The last two years have been a time of almost constant uncertainty which has…
The Great Resignation: I Have To Get Out Of Here
“No matter how hard you work or how successful you are, it’s not good enough.” This is what I joked to a colleague years ago during a brief stint in the 90s.…
What To Do When The Unthinkable Happens
Starting a business is always an act of optimism. I opened Searchlight in May 2001 which was in the middle of the dot-com bust. I reminded myself that summer is a slow…
How to Cope When Your Job Turns Into a Pumpkin…
…Because it happens–that awesome job with the dynamic, open, communicative leaders, the one where you had just enough responsibility to feel challenged, but never so much that you were overwhelmed, that job…
5 Signs It’s Time to Leave a Great Job
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe…