I read, listen to podcasts, and pull from personal experiences to push my thinking in all areas of personal and team growth and development. The posts focus on my perspectives around the information I’m currently consuming. I hope these ideas and prompts are relevant to you and your personal development journey. Enjoy!
Time to Reimagine
On a recent episode of Edit Your Life podcast, Christine Koh interviews Kate Fogarty about reimagining midlife. They talk about midlife shifts like children moving out, caring for aging parents, physical changes, menopause, ageism, careers, and more. One point she...
Hacking
The word hacking typically has a negative connotation. Many immediately associate the word with gaining illegal access to a computer system. Yet, there are other meanings. I was reminded of this recently. Fred Quijada gave a speech during my MIT Sustainability...
Income Portfolios
A while back, I wrote about income portfolios. This is when we diversify our income streams to reduce risk. Just like an investment portfolio. I’ve recently read a book that covers this topic. The book, The Search by Bruce Feiler, talks about five jobs that almost all...
From Goals to Projects
What if we shifted our thinking about our goals at work? Instead, we could think of them as projects. With a project, we assess the current situation. We identify gaps between where we are and where we want to be. Roadblocks are discussed. Deliverables are split into...
PodList & Summary – 8.3.24
Welcome to the Saturday recap. Enjoy! Personal Development This week, the posts focus on our development and “significance”. The final post of the week adds another assessment to the list – Via Character Traits. Pain and Vision. This first post of the week...
Exploring Character Traits
Another area of self-awareness that is valuable to explore is character traits. For this assessment, we look to the Via Character Traits. This assessment was developed in the early 2000s to help individuals focus on their character strengths. What You Will Learn...
Consider Being Statistically Significant
The weight of the world can feel huge when it comes to significance. We want to provide relevance and meaning in the world. The world needs a lot. We wonder how we can make a difference. My Perspective Maybe the definition of statistical significance could help....
Significant: How and For Whom?
The definition of significance is the quality of being worthy of attention. Being important. There is also statistical significance. A deviation from the expected due to random variations. Then there is the importance, relevance, and meaning of something in the grand...
Prioritizing Development
As we move through the third quarter, we may already start thinking about the year ahead. Nothing specific, just ideas. Where might we want to focus? What could we change to make our lives just a bit better. Some ideas will be small. Others will have more of an...
Pain and Vision
Yesterday, I had a coaching session and my coach introduced me to a quote. “Pain pushes until vision pulls.” – Michael Beckwith We can take this quote as a physical pain or a pain from the loss of someone close to us. However, we can also apply this to the pain...
PodList & Summary 7.27.24
Welcome to the Saturday recap. Enjoy! Personal Development This week, the posts cover many topics including setting our value, busy boredom, life’s unexpected daily events, and taking the Enneagram. Dealing with the Unexpected. This first post of the week suggests...
Busy Boredom
My recent research has led me to two statistics that I found difficult to reconcile. Stress and boredom. Multiple reports and studies have been citing the rise in knowledge worker stress. Current levels marked by the StressPulse report indicates that 59% of workers...
File Finding
In a prior post, I referenced some stats that suggested we spend 45 minutes a day hunting for files. The stat has been troubling me, yet I believe it could be true. My Story Organizing documents on my computer is something I’ve worked on for years. The process is...
A New Angle on Pricing
We all have prices we charge. Our salary. A product we sell. A service we offer. Often, conversations about pricing are challenging. We question if we are charging too much…. or too little….and often go in with uncertainty. Cathy Heller shifted this perspective on...
Why Take the Enneagram?
There are some who believe that the Enneagram was first used in ancient Egypt. However, the assessment used today is based on the work of Oscar Ichazo in the 1950s and Claudio Naranjo in the 1970s when it became more popular in the United States. What You Will Learn...