Deliberate Careers Blog

Recently at sunrise along the Texas coastline, I watched over 100 endangered Kemp’s Ridley hatchlings released through a recovery program.

Many of the hatchlings wouldn’t make it to their first swim ...

Recently, I found myself feeling tired, rather used up, burned out, and I couldn’t figure out why I couldn’t get everything done. My husband, bless his soul, said, “You know, no one could do everythin...

This summer my family volunteered to work on a garage that had been flooded more than once and now sat dank, closed, cluttered, and unusable. Not an easy or pleasant task, but we were, the four of us,...

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Recently, I had to take my own “medicine” as a coach. I hate it when I have to do that, don’t you?

My 50th birthday was coming up right in the middle of the holidays. Over the years, I have been to f...

To say my daughter, Haley, is independent would be an incredible understatement. I guess that is what you get when you get inspiration for your child’s name from a comet. Her story isn’t just about ha...

Once, when first starting my business, I was preparing to give a talk for a large group at eBay. This was literally a dream come true for me. The talk, “I hear voices in my head, do you? How doubts, f...

One morning a few years ago, I got that call. You know the type of call I am talking about. The type of call that you never want to get: something is wrong, something is terribly wrong and you must co...

I started my first business when I was 4 years old. We lived in a little pink brick house at the end of a long gravel driveway in Atoy, Texas. I started out collecting rocks to sell; not just any rock...

It is the night before my birthday and all the through the house,
Not a computer was stirring, just my little mouse.
You see I work for myself and my schedule I make,
So, I can be with my kids the day of...

Suicide is not a fun topic, but I feel compelled to write about it nonetheless. Please consider this your warning that there are Deep Thoughts below.

When someone such as Robin Williams, who has been...

I have always had freckles. Truly, I have so many freckles you couldn’t count them all if you had two entire days! I even have one on the bottom of my left big toe! To say that I hated them as a kid w...