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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Understanding Personal Energy
We focus a lot on maximizing our time and money. While both are important, I’ve also started thinking a lot more about maximizing energy. Knowing how your energy changes through the day can allow you to experiment with the types of activities you schedule to align...
What Do You Avoid?
We all procrastinate. In fact, Darius Foroux conducted a survey of 2200 of his newsletter readers and found that 88% of professional workers procrastinate at least one hour per day. You can read all his findings here. There are many reasons we give ourselves for...
Enjoy the Landings
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average person holds 12.4 jobs between the ages of 18 and 54. Those jobs often span 5-7 different careers. I often hear when someone wants to make a career change that the main thing holding them back...
Do You Have OOPS?
The other day, I heard someone mention “OOPS Syndrome” in a conversation about calendars. I questioned what OOPS was and the response was “it’s Overly Optimistic Planning Syndrome”. This made me laugh out loud with familiarity – both something I see in myself as...
eMail Overwhelm
We have all been there. Our email box is full of messages. Some have been read, but not responded to. Some are “looming” unread. Important ones are likely lost in the mix. Unnecessary ones are taking up space. For some, this mess of email causes mental clutter. This...
Making the Invisible Visible
This past week, in a workshop I’m taking, I was prompted to write down my process of creating. While this seems obvious, I hadn’t done it before. Writing the process down was quick and the result was so valuable. This reminded me of Laura Woodruff...
Turn a Dream into a Plan
As January winds down, our resolutions may be starting to fade away as the year ramps into full swing. This is the perfect time to double down on a dream and turn it into a plan. Our dreams live in our heads. The things we want to do “someday”. Making the dream...
Does Time Have Interest
A lot has been written about time vs. money and which is more valuable. This has me thinking about time gaining interest. Is this possible? How might this happen? An interest rate on your financial investments is a fixed, annual percentage applied to your...
A New Way to Measure Your Day
Today, I’m combining thinking from Gretchen Rubin and Laura Vanderkam with a bit of my own perspective sprinkled in. Several years ago, Gretchen started talking about alternatives to the “to do” list. She turned her concepts into a cute gift. You might want to...
Careers are Like a Garden
Yesterday, I covered how we need to plant seeds so that things grow in the future. This got me thinking about how to work “seed planting” into everyday routines. That’s when the realization hit me. Most of us spend so much of our days watering and...
Seeds for What’s Next
This morning I listened to a podcast by Laura Vanderkam titled “Plant Seeds to Enjoy the Harvest”. The concept was that you need to intentionally plant seeds so that things have an opportunity for a harvest in the future. I think this is an interesting concept...
Achieving Goals
January is a time of setting goals, hopes, and aspirations for the year ahead. The dreaming part is exciting and fun. The doing part is where the fun can start to plummet. One of the best ways to improve your chances of meeting your goals is to increase...
Personal Development = Experimentation
Personal development is an ongoing process. We continue to work on different areas of our lives with the goal of improvement. Along the way, some things we try will work and we stick with them. Others will fail and fade away. Adapting a test and learn mindset helps...
Considering Your New Years Resolutions
There are many people who set New Year’s resolutions and we hear that most abandon them by mid-February at the latest. I wonder what’s the point of setting a resolution if you are going to give up 40 days into the 365? For those who do make resolutions, an...
Reoccurring Meetings
The transition from one year to another is also a time where reoccurring meetings are set up for the year ahead. Often this is done without thought and just placing them in the same location as the year before. What would happen if we set this foundation...