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Today, I’m thinking about 4 Rules for developing a consistent practice and focus for a few important projects. For many years, I commuted over an hour each way to work. Since the onset of remote work more than two years ago, my morning routine includes a walk with my husband and the dog, reading a […]
Growth Hurts! The first time I remember getting painful feedback was from my father. Apparently when I was about ten years old, I was a complainer, because he sat me down one day and told me that I should not be talking constantly about things that I didn’t like or was feeling. He said that […]
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https://media.blubrry.com/theworkbench/content.blubrry.com/theworkbench/EP_021_A_Conversation_with_Karl_Bimshas.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download– Leadership, Big Lessons, & the Importance of Humor – Welcome back to Season 3 of the podcast! I’ve been busy at my own workbench over the past several months, building a weekly newsletter and recording new podcast episodes and am so happy to be back at this work. […]
“We let life in by relating our expectations to the world around us and the future as we anticipate it. We let ourselves out – to become – as we focus on many other-directed things. Such things include humor and laughter, reinforcing strengths of self; warm, reciprocal relationships, good food and drink; eagerness for change; […]
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 […]
Ugh, Networking For so many years, I’ve had this aversion to the type of networking that occurs in many of the professional organizations – the kind of place where you have your business cards handy, smoothly carry your wine and appetizers, deftly hand over your business card; where so many are there relentlessly self-promoting […]