How Will You End the Year Strong?

by | Nov 28, 2022 | Leadership, Work/Life

2022 becoming 2023

Five weeks remain in 2022. That’s 34 days. It’s a good chunk of time. Yet many people decide to “wait until after the holidays” to start on their big goals and projects.

Here’s a question for you. How would ending the year strong set you up for a better year ahead?

“Ending strong” means taking steps every day, now, toward your goals and dreams. They can be small steps. One action each day.

Over five weeks, they add up toward meaningful progress. And having a sense of progress is what inspires and motivates us.

Heading into 2023, what daily actions will be the most meaningful to you?

What are you waiting for?

 

What Are You Learning This Fall?

by | Sep 30, 2022 | Work/Life

 

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?

by | Jun 29, 2022 | Work/Life

“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.