Passions, bloopers, and fear. The Secondhand Inspiration Project begins with a motivational quote and ventures wherever the creative path meanders. “The only thing you can do in this life is pursue your passions, celebrate your bloopers, and never stop following your fear.” - Grace Helbig Internet personality and comedian Grace…

Be willing. Performance review season is upon us — the time annually when colleagues give and receive feedback and invent new meh SMART goals ad nauseam. Inevitably, somebody I mentor will message me during this time, offended or irked by a supervisor who has vaguely asked them to be more…

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. The Secondhand Inspiration Project begins with a motivational quote and ventures wherever the creative path meanders. William Shakespeare’s wisdom transcends centuries and resonates in our modern world. This can be validated by one of my favorite quotes of his. In the…

Conceive it. Believe it. Achieve it. The Secondhand Inspiration Project begins with a motivational quote and ventures wherever the creative path meanders. In the arena of life, amidst its trials and tribulations, you will often grapple with the relentless pursuit of ambitions that always feel just slightly out of reach. …

Flip the switch on emotional dysregulation. Our lives remain steeped in stress. As a result, everybody experiences intense emotional reactions from time to time. …

An analogy to try to make sense of loss. If you have ever lost a loved one, you know all too well that it can become an anxiety-inducing situation. I lost my father three weeks before my twentieth birthday, a week before the second-semester finals of my sophomore year in…

Follow these words for the win. Off-screen, Bruce Lee was a modern-day philosopher, a teacher, the creator of Jeet Kune Do, and the author of countless parables. On-screen, he was a bonafide legend — a phenom who amplified the environment around him with an intense feeling of exhilaration and human…

Twenty lessons I learned — or rediscovered — during the past six months. 1. The past is not your future — unless you insist on living in it. 2. Life deals out cards of pain or failure, but playing out those bad hands is meant to teach you to become…

Embrace change. “Every next level of your life will demand a different you.” These profound words by Leonardo DiCaprio resonate within me. Reflecting on my journey, I recognize how valid this statement is. Throughout life, we encounter numerous phases, each with unique roadblocks and opportunities. …