Closing the Year

Closing the Year

The 4th quarter is a time to summarize the year and prepare for the year ahead. As we get closer to the holidays, the time available to do this summary becomes more difficult. This leaves many scrambling in the first quarter to pull things together while kicking...
Loving Our Careers

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,...
Procrastination

Procrastination

Procrastination is something we can’t avoid. Sometimes we know we are procrastinating. Other times it creeps in unnoticed. To avoid procrastination, we need to know our triggers, how it shows up, and what to do. Procrastination Triggers The most common trigger for...
15-Minute Project – Q3 Update

15-Minute Project – Q3 Update

I’m continuing updates on my yearlong project to spend 15-minues a day tackling projects. Over 20 years in the house and there are many little (and big) things that need addressed. Progress was captured in the January intention and the Q1 & Q2 summary posts. While...
Default to Learning or Doing

Default to Learning or Doing

Over the last couple weeks, the concept of research mode vs. focus mode keeps crossing my path. In a meeting, this quote came up. “Output before Input” Dawn Dawn’s perspective was that she needs to produce some output before taking in more information.  Resisting...