Don’t listen to anyone who tells you to follow your dreams. Following my dreams led to years of frustration and dead-ends. My life improved when I gave up on my dreams.
19 Ways That Quiet Leaders are Like Yoda
Are you a Yoda Leader?
Midlife: Welcome to Your Independence Day!
Sean Swaby says Independence Day isn’t a date on the calendar. It’s an amazing, adventurous time of life.
14 Rules for Understanding Teenagers and Cats
Trying to understand his son, Sean Swaby discovered that teenagers are just like cats.
Boredom and the Beautiful Mind
So, what did you do this weekend?
Mental Health: The Silent Wait of Depression
How happy do you feel? Depression may be more common than you think.
I Love my Kids, but Sometimes I Can’t Stand Them
Sean Swaby has a serious confession to make
Mental Health: How to Stop Recycling Your Mistakes
What is your best mistake? ––– Shitty first drafts. All good writers write them. This is how they end up with good second drafts and terrific third drafts. — Anne Lamott When I was 18, I took a volunteer job as a camp counsellor for a week: First mistake. To prepare, I packed my own suitcase: Mistake…
Forget Your Vision Statement: How is the State of Your Vision?
I broke my glasses and it made me smile.
Are you Running Backwards?
Sometimes I run backwards. And even sideways.
Creativity and How A Zombie Ate my Brains
Yes! A zombie must have eaten my brains, another creative metaphor for inspiration.
My Life as a Choose-ologist
What do you want to be when you grow up?
Camping and the Stories that Make Us
One weekend, four people, one tent. Family camping. Do I need to say more?
The Renovation of Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber is trying to renovate himself. I call it a Biebernovation.
Remix Your Life
DJ Daddy 2.0 explains the power of the remix for U2 and you?
Not “Just One of the Guys,” Sarah Thomas Is “Just” The NFL’s First Female Official
Sean Swaby breaks down the NFL’s hiring of Sarah Thomas as its first female official.