There are so many benefits of routines that help us keep positive habits. Morning routines can ease us into our day. A nighttime routine can do the same to ease into sleep. We add healthy habits to routines like exercise, skin care, brushing our teeth, meditation, and...
Careers are interesting. There are no roadmaps out there to help you navigate. The process is extremely personal and no one else can define what is best for you in your career journey. Personal branding is an area I’ve spent time learning and...
Every day we have a million thoughts running through our head. To do lists. Schedules to follow. Memories of the past. Hopes for the future. In between we assess ourselves and “how we showed up”. Often with a bit of judgement. Today, May 22nd, it’s time to set...
A few weeks ago, I had a thought that work meetings can start to feel like middle school. You go from class to class, on the hour, and when the day ends, the homework begins. Conversations with many adult knowledge workers sound similar. We just...
We are taught at a very young age the fire safety technique of stop, drop, and roll. This process is the best method to attempt to put out fire on clothing. The process is simple and clear. You STOP. You DROP to the ground. You ROLL on the ground to put...
Time is finite and we all know that we can’t stop the clock or turn back time. However, we can start to influence how we perceive the time we have. Time Abundance vs. Time Scarcity When we have a lot to do, we focus on not having enough time. Each day...
The last two days, we have covered time and strengths as two self-awareness areas to help achieve our goals. Today, we are going to cover the third (and final) area - motivation. The three assessments below can help us understand projects that get us excited to wake...
Understanding your strengths can be a great way to support you in achieving goals. There are advantages to all the self-assessment resources out there. Today, I want to focus on one of those alternatives - CliftonStrengths. Below is an overview of the assessment and...
Before setting out to check items off your career bucket list, understanding time and energy can help develop plans. The first step is to understand where your time is currently going. Spend a few days tracking what you do in 1/2 hour increments. After a couple days,...
Yesterday, the blog focused on a career bucket list. Our lists were likely full of all kinds of dreams. Creating an innovative approach to your work. Taking on a special project. Speaking at a prominent event. Achieving a promotion. Better work life integration....
We tend to “reflect” at the end of the year, the end of a big project, or another milestone. What if we made reflection a more regular practice – monthly, weekly, daily? What questions would we ask? My Story For the last 10 years, I’ve had a practice of...
Today (April 20th) is Get to Know Your Customers Day. This day occurs once a quarter on the third Thursday of each quarter. This is a day when businesses are reminded to reach out to their customers and ask questions. You can find out what they need. Do they...
Keeping a journal isn’t for everyone. For those who do journal, there are a lot of different approaches. The Gratitude Journal. The One Sentence Journal. The Bullet Journal. Since today, April 17th, is National Haiku Day, you could give Haiku journaling a try...
Many businesses continue to evolve and learn the new world of hybrid work. Teams have proven for many years that on-site work works. During the pandemic, teams proved all-remote work works. Now, the challenge is to blend the best of the two and achieve...
There was a concept from the book That Will Never Work by Mark Randolph the co-founder and first CEO of Netflix. He incorporated a process in business that he called “scraping the barnacles off the hull. Background For those who aren’t familiar, barnacles are marine...
Curiosity can seem like an elusive luxury that we can’t fit in to days that are “just too busy”. However, taking the time to be curious at work and at home can make us feel calmer and even make us better at the other aspects of our lives. Curiosity can take on...
With all the things to be done, life can quickly spiral and feel a bit overwhelming. You look around and your space is a mess, your email is overflowing, and you have nagging items on your “to do” list that have been there for weeks. We are finishing all the...
Self-care is defined as the activities that we do to take care of our mental, emotional, and physical health. Activities often mentioned as self0-care include activities like getting more sleep, exercise, eating well, meditation, and drinking more water. Sometimes,...
When we think about our careers, we often don’t look beyond the next role or promotion we hope to achieve. Exploration of opportunities involves looking at the roles of others in your company or occasionally pursuing LinkedIn to see what interesting roles may be...
This week, we dove into the concept of clutter. In the mix of my research, I came across a stat from Regina Lark that I can’t stop thinking about. She suggests that the average U.S. household has 300,000 items inside. You count everything down to...
Yesterday, I covered clutter in relationship to “tidy”. Clutter was a collection of things laying around. The assessment is subjective – what looks cluttered or messy to one person might look perfectly fine to another. There are two other dimensions that can add to...