Building a Life The Potential of Work: Love Made Visible “Over the last few years, I have realised that my career was not fulfilling…I am in desperate need for a shake up.” “I struggle to find meaning in working in the City sometimes.” “I always have the feeling that I could be of so much more value to the world.” Would it surprise you to Written by Matthew November 16, 2014November 16, 2014
Building a Life Travel Tales There are 100 days left in 2014. What are you going to do with them? To make a long story short -- a long story that involves Chris Guilleabeau's new book The Happiness of Pursuit: Finding the Quest That Will Bring Purpose to Your Life, an unconvincing tarot card reading at a yoga & surf retreat in southwestern Portugal, and experiencing the sensation of my heart bei Written by Matthew September 24, 2014October 19, 2014
Building a Life “Helping People” Isn’t a Destination “Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.” –Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe A few weeks ago, I delivered a TEDx talk at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA. In a meet and greet after the event, I began chattin Written by Matthew May 3, 2014May 7, 2014
Building a Life Travel Tales A Tale of Two Career Path Wanderers “Travelers, there is no path, paths are made by walking.” —Antonio Machado A couple weeks ago, I wrote how forming a book club in Chicago changed my life, and my belief that something similar could change yours too. As I tapped into the events and emotions leading up to that gran Written by Matthew March 21, 2014March 23, 2014
Book Reviews How a Book Club Can Change Your Life (or, The Power of Positive Peer Pressure) Mike and I saddled into our seats on the idling Icelandair 612 at New York’s JFK and marinated on the moment for a bit. Eventually we turned toward each other, cracked the identical smiles we’d been fighting back, and started giggling like giddy school girls. Then the fresh-faced, tanned, Written by Matthew February 28, 2014January 29, 2018
