by Tim Parkins | Jan 26, 2025
How To Build Your Career on a Rock-Solid Foundation If you’ve ever felt like work just isn’t working for you, you’re not alone. Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace Report shows that over 50% of people are disengaged at work, and many feel trapped in roles that drain their energy rather than fuel their potential. For many people, work feels broken. It’s something you endure rather than enjoy. If you’re spending your weekdays longing for the weekend, you’re wishing your life away. And that’s…
by Tim Parkins | Jan 19, 2025
Passion or Paycheck: Which Drives Your Career? Do you dream of turning your passion into your paycheck? Or do you see work as a means to an end, a way to fund the life you truly want? These are two distinct approaches to work, and while neither is right or wrong, the path you choose shapes your career, your energy, and how you experience life. Let’s explore these strategies, their challenges, and how to decide which one fits your life best right now. The Two Approaches On one side is the idea…
by Tim Parkins | Jan 12, 2025
The “Follow Your Passion” Advice Is Dangerous I’m sure you’ve heard a ‘guru’ giving career advice to “follow your passion”. While well-meaning, this advice can be dangerously simplistic. For many people, dissatisfaction with work is real. But abandoning everything to chase passion might lead to bigger problems — financial instability, burnout, or even deeper unhappiness. On the flip side, staying stuck in work you resent is just as harmful. Like so many things in life, the best path lies…
by Tim Parkins | Jan 5, 2025
Why Writing Off Resolutions Is the Worst Advice You’ll Hear New Year’s resolutions are everywhere this time of year—and so is the hate for them. Scroll through social media, and you’ll see people declaring them useless, doomed from the start. And I get it. The data shows that the success rate on achieving New Year’s resolutions is terrible! I mean – really, really bad. approximately 80% of people have abandoned their resolutions by mid-February (link) only about 9% of people feel they…
by Tim Parkins | Dec 22, 2024
Autopilot Might Work for Cars, But Not for Your Life As the year winds down and the new one looms on the horizon, many of us take this opportunity to reflect. But reflection alone isn’t enough. Without a plan, without intention, without action, those thoughts and dreams tend evaporate the moment January turns to February. That’s where life by design comes in. Unlike the usual scramble to set resolutions or vague goals that fade within weeks, designing your life is about making intentional,…
