We were chatting with a firefighter last weekend and realized he'd been on the crew that put out a fire near our old house in San Rafael. That was the day we started taking emergency preparedness seriously. I was working from home when a helicopter flew in low over the backyard and dropped its bucket into the lagoon behind us. Then I saw the smoke. From our upstairs window, we could see flames on the hill, about 700 feet away. We grabbed what mattered most: our cat, our finan

One of the most frustrating patterns I see in my career coaching practice is this: You walk out of an interview knowing you're qualified for the role, yet you can't shake the feeling that it didn't go well. Sometimes you're right. More often, you simply missed opportunities to show the interviewer why you're the best person for the job. After coaching senior professionals through numerous interviews, I've found that getting an offer rarely comes down to whether you have the r