Beautiful mess
At some point when I was a kid someone said: “Cory Jess(e) is a mess.” And it stuck. And it became a recurring line for my inner voice. And the voice uses it when I don’t hit perfection. So pretty much all the time. But it is especially loud and prevalent when I feel things…
First the mountain, then the garden
For most of my life I’ve looked at life (and particularly my work) and felt I was on a journey to the summit do a Mountain. It was fun to conquer my mountains. Or at least the hike up to those summits were most fun. That was my first half. In my second half, instead…
Time To Bake
Some things sometimes just take longer to bake. For me, it’s writing, ideas, vision and direction. I’ll start often with my journal. Then Mindmap. I’ll bounce off certain people. Some of the best ways I’ve gotten to fully baked is by putting a deadline on the calendar and presenting the idea of others. Deadlines help.…
What Would Make Today a Win?
Been reading The Gap and The Gain by Benjamin Hardy and Dan Sullivan. I’ve known of this concept of which the book is named of Dan’s for a while now. But I stumbled into the chapter talking about success criteria and tried working on that over the weekend. A question to help me unearth the…
Not a Solopreneur
Confession: I’m not a very good solopreneur. At all. I know great solopreneurs. I’m not one. I’m a TEAMpreneur. I need collaborators, team, other people. I am so much BETTER WITH others.
Reflections on 30 Days of Clicking Publish
Tammie wrote her takeaways here and I want to share mine. So here are my takeaways and reflections on Clicking Publish for 30+ days: I LOVED IT! — And I want to grow it. It was a blast. I forgot how fun Clicking Publish was and is. It became an AMAZING keystone habit for me…
On Being Seen
To be seen. To be known. To be recognized and have your presence acknowledged. To know that I am here and you mark me as “present and accounted for.” It’s a special human to human gift. The last couple years I’ve heard this concept of the “authentic self” and been exploring its truth in my…
The Power of Like
The power of Like at work (and in life) is so underrated. Sure, you don’t have to love every single thing about your work, but shouldn’t you at least LIKE it? I mean, the worse case scenario is that you HATE it. You loathe going to work. You cringe at it. It is the path…
The Power of Yet
So many times we get into these self-limiting, self-defeating conversations with ourselves. I didn’t get the project done. I’m not a leader. I haven’t built a million dollar company. I haven’t mastered giving and getting feedback. I’m not where I want to be. But then there is one of the most powerful words in the…
Do Good. Do Well. — First Draft, Part One
I’m going to unpack the above image in a couple minutes, but first, some backstory: Over the couple of weeks I’ve been going back to the basics — my anchors — and digging deep and asking myself, what do I want, what’s my bigger life aim and purpose. It’s been tremendously energizing. Especially as I’ve found…