Prefer to listen? An MP3 download and Transcription are available at the end of this post. When I first coined the term Permission 2.0 in 2004, I was looked at rather oddly, and I was frequently asked to repeat myself (neither of which is actually rare). Reminiscent of the 1950’s, the notion of permission still carried with it the stigma of political incorrectness. I found that people either denied its role in their succe...

“I’m stuck.” “I can’t seem to get things moving.” 'I’m in the exact same place I was last year at this time.” “My business isn’t growing as fast I’d like it to.” Sound familiar? Was I channeling you? Or someone you know? I usually get a frantic phone call or an urgent email when an individual has reached the outer limits of his or her tolerance for pain or boredom. “Nancy, please coach me through this… I...

All this talk about happiness and passion and purpose got me to thinking about what would happen if we fought for our bigness with the same gusto that we argued for our smallness. I mean what would our lives truly look like if we all reached that potential we’re always talking about? If we climbed that mountain, or wrote that poem, or started that business, or made that contribution, or dared to sit still for a moment with the only goal bein...