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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Do Less – Achieve More
When we are overworked and overwhelmed, we don’t know how to slow down. We fear that stopping for even a few minutes will put us even further behind. We rush through work. Rush through evenings. Hold hope that we will catch up on the weekends. We don’t. The cycle...
Taking Notes Isn’t Enough
There are two things I heard recently that seemed interesting to consider. Cal Newport mentioned the benefits of scheduling 30 minutes after a meeting. In this time, we can review our notes and handle actions that can be done quickly. The second was a comment from...
Harnessing Hope
Hope has the potential to shape our lives in profound ways. Provide a spark that ignites our dreams. Motivate us to overcome adversity. Fuel our journey towards a brighter future. “A rainbow is a prism that sends shards of multicolored light in various directions. It...
Podlist & Summary – 10.28.23
Welcome to the Saturday post. Below is a quick recap of what was covered on both the personal development and sustainability blogs this week as well as some podcasts that inspired me. Enjoy! Personal Development Post Recap Below is a summary of the personal...
Wellbeing Journey
Gallup has a simple metric to measure an individual’s wellbeing. There are two questions to evaluate your present and future life. The scale classifies people as suffering, struggling, or thriving based on the response. Based on the 2023 State of the Global Workplace,...
Engaged and Thriving (or not)
Gallup has focused on measuring employee engagement for over 20 years. Since 2009, engagement has been steadily rising through 2020. Then, the decline began. 2021 brought a drop from 36% to 34% and with the 2022 data the numbers are now down to 32%. This takes us back...
Loving Our Careers
There are two distinctive camps when it comes to loving our work. Do what you love. OR Love what you do. Do what you love suggests we follow our passion. “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” - Confucius On the other side, loving...
Time Audits
Time audits are a tool to provide objectivity to where your time goes. We can use them to understand where our time goes. Many use them with the goal of increasing productivity. However, there are many other patterns they can be leveraged to detect. How we feel during...
What School Doesn’t Teach Us
Many articles have been written about soft skills and life skills that schools don’t teach. The skills can loosely be grouped into the categories below: Home Management – Personal finance, cooking, and cleaning Career as a Business – Job Hunting, Negotiating,...
Podlist & Summary – 10.21.23
Welcome to the Saturday post. Below are podcasts that inspired me this week and a quick recap of what was covered on both the personal development and sustainability blogs. Enjoy! PodList This week, there are five podcasts that stood out to me. Topics include...
Our Mind Shifts with More Space
The goal is to move from overwork and overwhelm to a sense of calm. To find the space in life to do the things we want to do. In theory, this sounds great. Yet the work to get there is difficult and setbacks are all along the route. My Perspective The evolution away...
Burnout or Something Else?
Before reading this post, please know I do not take work-related burnout lightly. This is an important topic to be discussed and for those with severe burnout please seek professional support. With that said, I do think we are overusing the term burnout for many...
Seeking Space
When life becomes overwhelming, the suggestion others provide is to clear our mind. We might approach this in different ways: Take a walk outdoors. Meditate. Go for a run. Do a “brain dump”. Clean a room or a workspace. My Perspective There are many activities we...
Wishing and Working
We’ve likely all heard the quote: “You get what you work for, not what you wish for.” - Howard A. Tullman The concept is simple – achieving your dreams takes work. Wishing is the easy part. We can close our eyes and imagine a future filled with achievements and...
The Procrastination-Accountability Cycle
Procrastination and accountability are intertwined concepts that impact our productivity. They influence each other. Once the cycle starts, it can be difficult to break. The causal relationship often begins when there isn’t a sense of accountability. Because we lack...