Like pretty much everyone, I have a long list of things about myself I wish were different. I struggle with my weight. My voice is annoying. My skin is too sensitive. I have a shitty attitude. I’m always in some kind of pain. I’m lazy. I’m hypercritical. I don’t try hard enough. I wish I [Keep Reading…]
Reflections on 10 Years of Self-Employment
I just tweet-stormed about my 10 years of “self-employment.” Here it all is. It’s humbling to look back at August 22, 2008 when I walked out of my last full-time job and published I’m Going Solo. Can’t wait to see what the next 10 years bring! Today marks 10 years since I gave up [Keep Reading…]
Happy 9th Twitterversary to Me!
It all started with this tweet: Thinking about how to expand my professional network — Whitney Hess (@whitneyhess) January 7, 2008 Nine years ago today, I signed up for this thing called Twitter, even though I had no clue what it was. I created an account, sent my first tweet, and went to bed. When [Keep Reading…]
My 2016 Annual Report
In planning for the year ahead, I find it very useful to take stock of the past year, and decide what I want to maintain and what I hope to change. What follows is a quantitative and qualitative look at my business in 2016. Big Wins I ramped up to a full-time coaching practice with [Keep Reading…]
The Staggering Story of My Past Year Plus
By June 2015, we knew we needed a change. It was already a year since I’d become a certified coach. It was almost a year since Fredrick had become a professional chef. I had built a full-time coaching practice. He had been promoted twice. We were bored. We’d been living on our sailboat Jenny for [Keep Reading…]
Designing a More Self Aware Life
It was such an honor to be interviewed by Srini Rao for The Unmistakable Creative podcast in an episode titled, Designing a More Self Aware Life. He asked such deep and thought-provoking questions, it enabled me to give my deepest, truest, most authentic answers. It may have been my best interview yet! Thank you so [Keep Reading…]
User Experience, Emotional Intelligence and Mindfulness at SAP
Last spring, Siva Sabaretnam, VP of User Experience at SAP, invited me to conceive a full-day event for the 100+ member UX team at SAP America, Inc. Palo Alto. I proposed that we focus on the role of emotional intelligence and mindfulness in user experience, and Siva adamantly agreed. With the pervasiveness of technology in [Keep Reading…]
My 2014 Annual Report — My Best Year Ever
Hello friends, family, clients, future clients and supporters! I have some exciting news. 2014 was hands down my best year in 10 years of business. It would be impossible to tell you every amazing thing that has happened (because there were a lot of them!), but here are a few highlights: Big Wins in 2014 [Keep Reading…]
Today is my 6th anniversary of going solo
Six years ago today, also a Friday, was my very last day at my very last full-time job. Two weeks prior, I had finally worked up the courage to walk into my boss’s office and quit. It was a cushy job with great pay, reasonable hours, and somewhat interesting work. But that was no longer [Keep Reading…]
Writing for Huffington Post
A month ago today, I flew up to San Francisco to attend the Wisdom 2.0 Conference. Though it is now in its fifth year and had more than 2,000 people in attendance, I hadn’t heard about it until just a couple months prior. I happened upon it when doing research on meditation programs inside organizations, [Keep Reading…]
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