AdrienneApr 19, 20174 minDo the HustleHustle. Not everyone has it. Hustle is that extra effort some people put forward to make things happen and get what they want. It’s what separates the successful from the “getting-by-alright,” and the exceptional from the mediocre. Hustle is often understood as the drive, borne of sheer necessity, to improve one’s current situation, and fast. But hustle doesn’t have to mean frantic, and it doesn’t have to be borne of desperation. Anyone can have hustle. Anytime. Here’s how. B
AdrienneOct 5, 20164 minDo the hard thingAnybody else out there feeling sort of… stuck? If your life is currently running like a well-oiled machine that spews out meaning and value in a graceful fountain of zen-like flow, go ahead and skip this one. This post is not for you. Everybody else, I’ve got a story to tell you. A story about how I got unstuck, and how you can do the same. You see, August was rough for me. Personal challenges had me feeling just as scorched as the grass in Southern California by the end of t
AdrienneFeb 24, 20164 minThe “deep work” of assistanceIt’s 7 pm on Valentine’s Day. I’m reading an email from Bossman and although he isn’t using the words “urgent” or “emergency,” I can feel his anxiety reaching straight through the phone and yanking on my shirt. Oh wait, that’s my four year old, trying to get me to stop looking at my phone. My first instinct is to try to take care of this immediately since, knowing him as I do, I can tell he won’t be able to enjoy his evening until this is handled. But it’s bedtime for my kidd
AdrienneJan 19, 20157 minHabit ReformingMy senior year of high school, I had an amazing teacher. She taught me more useful stuff about how to learn in the course of one semester than I had learned in all the rest of my 12 years of schooling combined. Her name was Dr. Tina Yeager, and I owe her more than I could ever repay. One of the most important things she taught me was never to listen to someone who told me I was simply not “wired” to be able to do something I wanted to do. “Teach to your weaknesses,” she would
