Adam Grant tweeted: Many people chase wealth, status, and achievement because progress is easy to measure, failing to realize that the gains that count the most are the hardest to count. Real growth is building character—striving to improve in generosity, integrity, humility, fairness, or courage.~ Adam Grant If true, or if this resonates, how might [...]
I recently heard about this company (called Reel) that is a website where you shop for things to get later. The goal is to avoid debt by essentially putting something on lay away until you save up money to purchase. You choose the item, set an amount to set aside per day or week and [...]
Anecdotal evidence tells me that people fortunate enough to have jobs are working more than usual this holiday season. Without travel, why not hunker down and get things done? It also points to the meaning that our work can provide us. Beyond the paycheck, it can offer a sense of belonging, purpose, and community. May [...]
I was assuming the person I talked to wanted a certain thing. It was business related, and I thought from the conversation that we might be a poor fit to work together, but I wasn't fully understanding what he wanted. Initially I tried to say "I can refer to someone that does X, but I [...]
How do we decide to trust someone? If someone trusts us, what do we do with that trust? Some of us trust more easily than others. When we gain the trust of others, it is a privilege and something that could be used negatively. It is amazing how many people might trust us so easily. [...]
The president of Shopify ensures that he requalifies for his job each year. By that he means that he needs to be ensured that he is still the best in that role year after year as the company rapidly grows. I am loving this concept. We can easily get stale doing things year after year. [...]
As we get ready to move into a new calendar year, it occurs to me how 2020 has taught me to find joy and enjoy things I might have not relished in previously. We bought the dogs an advent calendar filled with dog treats. Ridiculous. And yet, it has been fun each night to open [...]
It's okay to not like a trait or something you do but not to be ready to change it. It's probably worthwhile to be clear on that. But it's also fun to always be working on something... just not everything.
We can look at someone doing what we hope to do and be jealous or inspired. It is a choice we make. Not necessarily an easy one. Our instinct may say "why them and not me. It's not fair." But if you keep moving forward, keep trying, keep adapting to your true self, you will [...]
I have been doing virtual exercise classes with an instructor that emphasizes how great it is that we can do the hard work. Yes, intervals can be painful, but let's take a moment to realize that not everyone can do them and some day we will not be able to. How amazing that we get [...]
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