Goal-Free Dating: Part 2

Back on February 14th, I published a blog entry on “Goal-Free Dating.” One of the points I made was to “Stop doing. Instead of signing up for 40 different online dating sites, going on 90 dates in 30 days, ending up broke & miserable – and still without a relationship, let it go. Go to […]

Innovise Guys Podcast – Part 2

Installment #2 of my podcast with the Innovise Guys is now online. You can find it on their website, or on iTunes. Here’s what they wrote about this session: “In part two of the interview with Stephen M. Shapiro, author of Goal Free Living, Doug and Gregg riff on Shaprio’s 8 secrets. The energy is […]

Quotes of the Day – Will Rogers

“It isn’t what we don’t know that gives us trouble. It’s what we know that ain’t so.” “Everybody is ignorant. Only on different subjects.” – Will Rogers

How Do You Measure Success?

In life, we often use numbers to measure success. Our salary. The number of dollars in our savings account. In some cases, success is measured by a 5 digit number — your zip code (remember Beverley Hills 90210?). In the business world, revenues and profits rule. More numbers. I just returned home after being on […]

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

Podcast on "The Innovise Guys"

Earlier this week, while in Chicago, I was interviewed by The Innovise Guys, Gregg Fraley and Doug Stevenson. The first half of the interview is available on their website, or on iTunes. The second half will be posted shortly. Admittedly, the first half was a bit more about entertainment than content. But there are some […]

Goal-Free Education?

I recently appeared on a TV show in Los Angeles, “Between with Lines” with Barry Kubrick. I received quite a few emails in response. One that particularly caught my attention was one from a former teacher, Doug. He writes: “Your book, Goal Free Living precisely addresses the problem with all of the in vogue accountability […]

Chicago Tribune Article

Goal-Free Living was featured on the front page of yesterday’s Chicago Tribune career section. [article no longer on site]

Success…Without the Stress

In Goal-Free Living I discuss a powerful technique for increasing your creativity: standing in someone else’s shoes. The idea being, that when you “make believe” you are someone else, you begin to see the world through their eyes. You become that other person. At a recent speech, one young woman in attendance – someone who […]

Reading Goal-Free Living for the First Time…Again

One of the book’s early reviewers recently had a change of circumstances in her life. She was contemplating a career change. Rereading Goal-Free Living, when in this new situation, gave the book new meaning. Here’s what she wrote…. I was fortunate to be one of the early reviewers of Goal-Free Living manuscript. I read it […]