There are certain people who reveal themselves ONLY in demanding situations.
Surprisingly enough, you sometimes find them occupying safe and sustainable positions, in a slow-paced company for years – sometimes decades –  taking the path of security.
I would know, I work regularly with some of them.

The problem is that they are not frequently challenged. They are not flirting with the “edge of the cliff,” and over the years they end up appreciating the softness of that “self-killing-comfort”.
After years of leading successful and smooth professional journeys, they end up calling on me, intent on soul-searching, without a clue as to what could be wrong with them. They are looking for that missing piece, and for their true fulfillment.

I call them “Sleeping Beauties”.
Sleeping Beauties are:

1. Doing OKAY… They sometimes feel bored, but they believe it’s normal.
   
   
2. Not using their full potential. (Don’t start with the...

Life is amusing.
Suddenly, in the same week, two big projects popped up in my life.

- Project A is creating a new ski resort with a whole innovative customer experience.

- Project B is working to strengthen women in sales positions.

I love new adventures. I love challenges even more.
So when their team leaders came to me and asked me to join their advisory committee alongside brilliant experts, I said Yes, to both of them!

Now, to be transparent;

- Project A connects me to my passion of skiing, to my former student job as a ski trainer, and to the beautiful mountains where I grew up.

- Project B doesn’t trigger any particular excitement in me - on paper. I am not an expert in sales, and neither am I particularly attracted to gender issues and sorority dynamics.

Yet, a month later, I quit project A.

What happened?

The WHAT (about) is not enough.

Over the first month participating in those two projects, I experienced a one of a kind ultimate contrast!
Surprisingly, I was...

The whole week I was so excited anticipating our Friday night, we planned to watch TENET, Christopher Nolan's last movie.

For those who haven't had the chance to watch it yet, it belongs to the small collection of films that challenge your brain, open your mind and bring you deep into the unknown. In other words, you have to watch it more than once to grasp everything that it is has to offer.
This movie has one of the most complex (if not the most) scenarios in cinematic history. You might be bewildered by it, especially with its complex timeline that keeps shifting and reversing along the way.

Hold up! Why am I talking to you about this movie?
It’s simple: It highlighted (like no other - and in spite of itself) a huge component of Achievement.

"How is this possible?" I violently blurted out, shortly after starting the movie.

Contrary to what you might assume (yes, for those who already watched it, I’m making an assumption about your assumptions) my hostile disbelief...

I work with a (too) smart and promising client who hired me to help her build a career she would be proud of, after having raised a beautiful and strong family.

After several sessions, I noticed a pattern: No matter what questions I posed, she used the first 15 minutes to relate the hurdles and difficulties her country and community were navigating. Civil war has torn her country apart for 40 years and it is economically, politically, and now “pandemically“ devastated. As everything is collapsing around her, her feeling of helplessness naturally increases day after day.

We all experience this feeling of everything falling apart sooner or later: unsatisfying situations in our jobs, in our relationships, in our lives.
Yet, even amid the chaos, we still have some power. And this is exactly when we are compelled to use it.

Her country needs her full energy and engagement to manage its rebirth. She knows that she has to be a part of the solution.
Unfortunately it is simply...