There’s something about back-to-school season that makes me want to create. That promise of new knowledge, a shift in social commitments allowing for more personal work, crisp wisps of clear air promising chilly, cloudy afternoons that are ideal for writing, rehearsing, designing, collaborating. My biggest goals have nearly all been achieved in the fall: producing my play, finishing both books, even […]
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Congratulations, you followed your passion and launched a business! You’ve officially joined the ranks of the dreamers, the innovators, the creators, the entrepreneurs… those with the can’t-ignore-it calling that can feel like both a blessing and a curse. When you’re driven to create, how can you make sure you don’t drive your business – or
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Welcome to How They Did It: the podcast that gets you the real story behind the success. Host Darbi Worley interviews extraordinary people about this thing called life and how to do it better. In this episode, Darbi interviews actor-turned-nurse Kevin Moore about his midlife career change and how suddenly losing his mother informs his work today. They also talk
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After the past decade of working with people to create a Game Plan for achieving their personal and professional goals, I’m excited to launch the first Pregame Clubhouse this August in Portland, Oregon. Our Pregame PDX Clubhouse is a space dedicated to giving you the guidance, support, and connections you need to move forward. It’s your headquarters away from the hustle,
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Thomas Edison had to try thousands of prototypes before achieving a successful light bulb. His response to people telling him to give up on the idea was “I have not failed. I just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.“ The most rewarding things in life are not usually the easiest, and I’d like to recall
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With this month’s focus on challenges, setbacks, and failures, I thought I’d share my favorite tool that keeps me grounded both in business and in life. The tool is actually a philosophy: Whatever is in front of you is your teacher. I use this phrase every day, when I come up against an obstacle or am
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A pivotal factor that makes Pregame different is our transparency. Where other success-oriented content can be simplistic and conveniently gloss over the hard work required, the Game Plan approach actively acknowledges obstacles so that we can proactively overcome them. Accordingly, this month’s theme is Obstacles: what gets in our way and how we deal with
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