Entrepreneur Magazine Feature

Check out the April issue of Entrepreneur Magazine, now in stores. On page 22 you will find a full page interview with me. You will also find an embarrassingly large photo of yours truly. NOTE: It is on page 22 of the main magazine, not the special insert

If you found this article useful or interesting, please press the "Like" button and post a Facebook comment below.

Chicago Tribune Article

Goal-Free Living was featured on the front page of yesterday’s Chicago Tribune career section. Click here to read the article.

If you found this article useful or interesting, please press the "Like" button and post a Facebook comment below.

GFL in Boston Globe

There’s an article in today’s Boston Globe (and about 20 other papers) with a reference to Goal-Free Living. It starts out…

Find your voice, and then use it by Dale Dauten
“When you wake up tomorrow morning, make believe you are another person — an artist, a musician, or a doctor. It doesn’t matter, as long as it is someone other than you. You will begin to see things over the course of the day that you never saw before. Then the next day, be someone else.” This advice comes from an intriguing new book, ”Goal-Free Living” by Stephen Shapiro. Its premise is that goals are not the path to happiness but a hindrance to it, that we should be open to life as opposed to being Captain Ahab in pursuit of the great white Mercedes.

Click here for the full article.

If you found this article useful or interesting, please press the "Like" button and post a Facebook comment below.

Business Week featuring Goal-Free Living

BusinessWeek.com has a new quiz entitled, “Ready to Start a Business?” Depending on your score, you might find that Goal-Free Living is the solution.

Take this quiz and see if the time is right for you to start making your vision a reality

So you dream of quitting your job and building a business from scratch. Psychologists, business professionals, and other experts agree that you need resources — from money to emotional support — to make your fantasy a reality. And people with certain personalities tend to fare better than others. For instance, someone who can adapt quickly to the unexpected and remain calm in a crisis might be better suited to running the show than an introvert who tends to stress about challenges. In which category do you fall? To find out if you’re ready for your second act, click here to go to the BusinessWeek.com quiz.

If you found this article useful or interesting, please press the "Like" button and post a Facebook comment below.

Letters to the Editor — O Magazine

The response to the O, The Oprah Magazine article about Goal-Free Living (written by Dawn Raffel, Executive Articles Editor for the magazine) was overwhelming. Several of the letters to the editor were shared with me. All were incredibly inspiring. In this month’s O, they published one of those letters. Enjoy.

My love for O was sparked anew with “Are Your Goals Holding You Back?” by Dawn Raffel. A few years ago, I felt lost and frustrated. My life was the result of the goals I had laid out for myself according to what my parents (lovingly) wanted for me. When I realized that happiness is a choice and that fulfillment comes when we slow down, take a deep breath, and enjoy each moment, I had an awakening. I do have certain things I want to accomplish. But the possibilities are endless. The novel of my life has no determined ending – and that knowledge has given me a sense of freedom that’s hard to describe. The checklist mentality can take us only so far, and, as the article mentions, arriving at that one moment can leave something to be desired.

Rachel Climer
Vero Beach, Florida

If you found this article useful or interesting, please press the "Like" button and post a Facebook comment below.