What Are You Learning This Fall?

 

Autumn is like a new year all its own. A relatively new school year is underway. That brings a fresh start.

Learning is an integral part of the season. And you don’t have to be an official student pursuing a degree to have a learning plan of your own. There are so many engaging and inexpensive ways to learn. Your local library, a local university extension program, or online classes are just a few options.

This week I listened to one of my favorite podcasts, Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel, on LinkedIn. The guest was Laurie Santos. She’s a host of her own podcast, The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos, and the professor for the most popular class at Yale: The Science of Well-Being.

You can take this class for free on Coursera, along with 4 million other people (including me) who are enrolled. Given all the mental health challenges that come with almost 3 years of a global pandemic, along with climate change, economic worries, and more, this course is a much-needed breath of fresh air.

What are you learning this fall?

 

Machines Need Rest Too. Who Knew?

“What do you do with your laptop?” was an initial question when I took my three-year-old laptop in for a repair.

Some keys were sticking. Others were responding erratically. A handful of keys had the name of the letter worn off.

The conversation led into long work hours of extensive laptop use, and not consistently shutting it down about once a week.

My main takeaway? Even though they aren’t human, machines need rest too. Who knew?

And giving a laptop a rest means a human gets to rest too.

It’s a great time to shut down your laptop. Let the machine rest. And get some rest yourself too.

 

 

 

 

Give Yourself Time

Starting a business, growing a career, nurturing a family – they all take time. Sometimes we don’t give ourselves enough time. We expect overnight success. And why wouldn’t we? That’s what so often appears on news and social media feeds. Everyone else seems to achieve instant success. But what we don’t see are the days, weeks, months, and years of slow, steady work that adds up to success over a longer arc of time. As I reflect on the first three years since launching my business, The Carrelle Company, the momentum is now more evident and growing. My question for you: what step will you take today to make your dream a reality?