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Nearly two decades ago, we looked at the traditional path to success and said, "Thanks, but no thanks." We decided to design a life rooted in self-discovery and fulfillment, with a little less convention and a lot more purpose. We didn’t have a road map – just a shared desire for more meaning, more connection, and ample time for what mattered most to us: exploration, giving back, and doing work that lifts people up.

What started as a personal quest to reclaim our lives became No Vacation Required, which is:

• A philosophy for fulfillment, centered on the idea that you can build a life you don’t need a break from.

• Inspiration and advice to motivate you to create a No Vacation Required life.

• A suite of services – under the banner The Change Laboratory – designed to help people and teams get to know themselves better and get on purpose.

• Hyperbole! Even fulfilled people appreciate vacations. (Trust us, our passports get a lot of use.)

HOW WE GOT HERE

Early in our partnership, we were happy, but we also felt unfulfilled by the traditional model of success. Deep down, we know there was a better way. So we set out to transform our lives.

First, we embarked on a multi-year journey of personal development and exploration. Then, once we understood ourselves – our strengths, values, and purpose – we created a human-centric consulting business focused on organizational development and career development. We understood the power of knowing yourself, so we grounded our consulting projects in self-discovery – an approach that made us both satisfied by our work and highly sought after.

Now, after thousands of projects helping individuals and organizations, we’re focusing directly on self-discovery. We’ve taken everything we know – our professional, academic, and lived experience – to create tools to help people learn about themselves and get on purpose.

What WE’RE DOING

Everything we do supports a singular goal: helping you understand that the best investment you can make is in figuring out you – knowing your strengths, values, and purpose and using that knowledge to navigate all aspects of your life.

We do this through:

• Inspirational and informative content – Our blog offers a unique perspective, fresh ideas and actionable tips for building a life you love. Now in it’s second season, our podcast challenges outdated traditions by asking, “Why are we still doing that?”

• Personal and professional development services – A suite of services – anchored in our signature offering YouFinder – built to support individuals and teams in adopting a deliberate, fulfillment-forward mindset.

• A framework for building a No Vacation Required life – Our book, No Vacation Required, details how we built and maintain a deeply fulfilling life – and gives you the framework to do the same. It’s full of robust tips and exercises to guide you toward creating your own version of a No Vacation Required life.

WHY YOU CAN TRUST US

We don’t just teach fulfillment, we live it.

In addition to building our own No Vacation Required life, we’ve helped thousands of people and teams make smart, strategic decisions about what’s next. What we learned, again and again, is that the most sustainable change doesn’t start with strategy alone, and it’s certainly not centered in career or work. Real, lasting transformation comes when people understand themselves deeply – their values, motivations, and unique personality traits – and apply that insight to every area of life.

Our current service offerings were born from this realization. We help people create lives they don’t need a break from by blending decades of career and organizational expertise with holistic, personality-informed tools. Our work is the direct result of aligning expertise, education, and lived experience into something real, actionable, and impactful.

Credibility Counts

With over 20 years each of experience in HR, organizational development, leadership, and operations, we’ve guided individuals and teams around the world to reconnect with what matters most. Our credentials back that up:

• Kent holds a graduate degree, an MBA, with a focus in Global Organizational Development and an undergraduate degree in both Business and Psychology. He recently completed post-graduate studies in Positive Psychology.

• Caanan is a tech-forward People Experience strategist who holds the distinguished SPHR certification and advanced training in HR analytics, career development, and complex organizational systems.

Intentionally Small. Deeply Personalized.

We’ve chosen to stay intentionally small, with a commitment to delivering high-touch, personalized services. No outsourcing. No scaling. It turns out that focusing on a few people at a time is a much more effective strategy than trying to be all things to everyone.

That commitment has built the trust of a loyal client base – thousands of satisfied partners that comes back again and again, and (what we consider to be the highest compliment) refer the people they care about.