The Intersection
The way we work, grow, and succeed is changing. I’m here to explore what that means for you and your company. This blog is a collection of insights, strategies, and reflections designed to help individuals take ownership of their career and life and help companies create a space where team members thrive.
I pull from books, podcasts, research, and personal experiences to uncover practical ways to stabilize, grow, and thrive in today’s evolving world. If you’re looking to create a stronger, more sustainable foundation for your career or the company you are part of, this is the place.
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Weekly Summary & PodList – 1.27.24
Welcome to the Saturday recap. Enjoy! Personal Development With the new year in full swing, the posts this week focus on goal setting and clearing clutter. Gaps and Gains. This first post of the week suggests that we tend to spend more time focusing on our gaps...
Leveraging Loops
Now that we are settling into January, many of us have goals established. This is a great time to have a conversation about the systems in place to achieve our goals. I have been researching systems and there are great references we can leverage. Open vs. Closed Loop...
Company Wellbeing
As the new year begins, we are thinking about what we want to accomplish. During this time, we may think a lot about the 8 dimensions of wellbeing in our lives. I have started to wonder if the 8 dimensions of wellbeing could be applied to a business. Could a company...
Need Help Deciding Where to Focus?
We may be entering the year full of ideas and ambitions. There are resolutions, business plans, and the possibilities are endless. A tool that can add some framework for decisions on where to place our time is ICE. This is a measure that considers the Impact,...
Leveraging From-To
Sometimes we start the year with goals that are too broad and unfocused. Examples might be improving our health, getting a promotion, or updating our homes. To get specific about what we want, we could leverage a from - to chart. On the left, you list the current...
Gaps and Gains
When we consider our goals, we place more focus on gaps than gains. We quickly consider how far we are from what we want to achieve. Or, if we hit a goal, we might raise the bar higher. Again, focusing on the gap. What if we instead spent time reflecting on gains?...
Weekly Summary and PodList – 1.20.24
Welcome to the Saturday recap. Enjoy! Personal Development As we continue through January and setting new intentions for the year, the posts this week focus on providing tips for establishing and keeping habits. What is a Habit? The first post of the week looks...
The Creative Habit
This week we’ve covered some frameworks for building a habit. Today we are going to pivot and talk about creative work – at your official job or outside. Developing a creative habit was the foundation of Seth Godin’s book The Practice. The book starts with this:...
Habits and Behavior Design
The last two days, we’ve focused on the habit loop. Today, we’ll look at an alternative approach. This one is based on behavioral design and was developed by Stanford professor BJ Fogg. Like the habit loop, this method has three components - Motivation, Ability, and...
Finding Our Cue
Yesterday, we talked about the habit loop. This concept is based on the work of Charles Duhigg in his book The Power of Habits. The habit loop has been popularized by Nir Eyal’s book Hooked and James Clear’s book Atomic Habits. In this post, we’ll cover the first...
The Habit Loop and How to Create One
Habit formation is a fascinating and complex process. Forming and breaking habits involves a mix of neurological, psychological, and environmental factors. Research suggests that it takes an average of 66 days to form a habit. There is a framework called the Habit...
What is a Habit?
We talk about habits all the time. Creating a habit. Breaking a habit. Re-evaluating a habit. Yet do we really know what a habit is? The dictionary defines a habit as: A settled or regular tendency or practice, especially one that is hard to give up. At its core, a...
Weekly PodList & Summary – 1.13.24
Welcome to the Saturday recap. Enjoy! Personal Development With the new year in full swing, the posts this week focus on goal setting and clearing clutter. Life Infrastructure Cycles. There are many things in our life that cycle again and again and again each...
Mastering Quitters Day
The second Friday of January (today) is known as “Quitters Day”. This day began in 2019 after Strava conducted research and found that 80% of people who made New Year’s resolutions have quit by the second week of January. My Perspective The statistic makes me sad....
Importance of People and Places
I recently listened to a podcast on the TED Radio Hour titled “Daily Habits of a Longevity Expert”. During the interview, there was a conversation about food, exercise, and supplements. Dan Buettner who studies the Blue Zones, said that changing our environment –...