by Vincent Novak | Apr 11, 2017 | Anxiety, Mindfulness, Personal Growth
Few understand the depths of social anxiety. In simple terms, it’s fear with a capital “F.” It’s fear that someone will find out that you can’t do the things that are so natural for everyone else. The fear of talking to an authority figure. The fear...
by Vincent Novak | Apr 3, 2017 | Personal Growth
I didn’t know uncle Ralph all that well. I knew he was educated and a businessman. He drove a black Mercedes and, at the time, lived in Washington, DC. Whenever I saw him, he was always dressed in a dark suit, white shirt and tie, and suspenders. I can’t remember...
by Vincent Novak | Mar 27, 2017 | Life Change
A 58-year old marketing manager knelt in my office as if I were the pope and begged through tears to keep his job. I was in my early forties and Vice President of Marketing for a medical device startup. We hit a major technology hiccup and canceled...
by Vincent Novak | Mar 20, 2017 | Life Change, Mindfulness
I’m flat out busted. I’d be bankrupt if I filed for it. I’m back in the court system determining my new alimony payment, which whatever my former spouse wants at the moment is too much. I’m worried about the car payment. Worried about health insurance. Worried...
by Vincent Novak | Mar 11, 2017 | Entrepreneurship, Mindfulness
If you haven’t lived through a business failure, suffered enormous financial loss, or as founder been pushed out of your own company by investors, you probably don’t know what entrepreneurial shame feels like, tastes like, or smells like. Shame is typically...
