Welcome to the Saturday Summary.
What I’ve Posted – Blog Summary
This week I pulled in the final posts that were written back in 2023. Writing every day, I’ve found it interesting to see when I bring writing from my archives to the forefront on the blog. I hope you enjoy this set.
Perceived Control. Sometimes we think we want a lot of autonomy, but when we have it, we aren’t always satisfied. This post explores the idea of perceived control.
Future of Work – Creativity. This post explores how productivity and creativity need to work together. Yet, creativity needs a different environment to flourish.
Focus on Ourselves. We all tend to want to compare ourselves to others around us at some point. This post reminds us why we should shut that off and focus on ourselves and our progress.
Permission Slips. We write them for children to go on field trips. However, what if we considered writing them for ourselves. What might you write a permission slip for today?
Social Media Strategy. Do you have a plan for which social media platforms you engage with? This post explores how we might want to consider our approach from time to time.
What I’ve Listened To – PodList
This week, the curated podcasts include thinking about our personal content, what it means to flourish, our definition of success, and how to confidently pose for photos.
Kevin Smith’s Advice on Content Contradicts Everything You’ve Ever Read. 9 minutes. Optimal Work Daily. While the title doesn’t say it, this is an episode about personal branding and content.
How to Be Content Marketing Meh in 2025. 34 minutes. This Old Marketing. This episode includes six different ways that content marketing professionals can be “content marketing meh” in 2025. Knowing what can make you “meh” may just point you in a more productive direction.
What is Flourishing? – Learn How to Walk the 5 Part Path to Happiness. 11 minutes. Optimal Living Daily. This episode highlights Dr. Martin Seligman’s framework for flourishing leveraging the acronym PERMA – Positive emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, and Accomplishment.
How to Define Success for Yourself. 12 minutes. Optimal Living Daily. This podcast challenges us to reconsider the conventional definition of success. Instead, we are encouraged to create our own definition based on what truly makes us happy.
How to Pose for Photos with Confidence. 10 minutes. TED Talks Daily. David Suh, TikTok’s “King of Poses” shares how to be our most authentic and confident self in every photo. The tips he shares will help you embody who you are meant to become.
What I’ve Been Up To
This week, I dove into the thought leaders who have shaped my personal perspective over the decades of my life. The journey was very interesting to see who rose to the top of the list and why. As these are posted on my blog, I hope you enjoy the list and the exercise inspires you to take a journey to consider who’s thought leadership has impacted your career and life.
Outside of work, I continued little steps on the newly created coffee bar. A new, and much needed, printer arrived and there was a fair amount of time spent figuring out how to connect it to everything. The other pastime was to continue watching the seasons of “Younger”. Netflix served it up to me and I’m now hooked. With 7 seasons, there has been plenty to watch!
What Do You Think?
Which podcasts and blog posts resonate with you this week?
What one idea do you take away for the week ahead?
As we wrap up the first month of 2025, how are you feeling?