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Photo Credit: Ali Yahya via Unsplash Do You Keep an Accomplishment List? Several months ago, I was talking with a friend who was feeling out of sorts with her career, and I suggested she start to keep an Accomplishment list, and that we would review it every few weeks or so. She hated the idea […]
Build | Create Field Guide #2: All Ideas Welcome At work and in our personal lives, we often feel there is a gap between where we are and where we would like to be. It can be a soft whisper or a load roar… but we know something needs to change. Sometimes we aren’t sure how […]
Start Here: What is Your Goal? In creating anything, from an artful conversation to a work of art, there are several key rules. The first, inspired by Steven Covey…begin with the end in mind. This is the second habit of the seven he describes. This chapter encourages the reader to go deep and imagine what […]
Four Questions to Help You Through the Messy Middle… So much of what I’m observing these days in the personal development literature and thinking has to do with big goals and small steps. Any big project is daunting, and so much of the work is hard, messy and in the middle – far from […]
Five Sneaky Culprits in the Workplace That Scuttle Deep Work and Three Solutions You have a presentation due in three weeks, and you’ve developed a project plan and scheduled time to get it done. You know you need uninterrupted time every day to perform at an exceptional professional level. This work will move the organization […]