Retirement Needs a Rebrand
With increasing frequency, I am hearing clients muse on what life will be like after they step out from the role or career that they’ve had for years. For ease of discussion, I guess we can say that they are each imagining ‘retirement’. That word, however, seems limiting or old-fashioned.
read moreEliminate Make-Work
Are you familiar with the expression “Make-Work”? This is the stuff that really isn’t needed to be done – certainly not in the moment – yet we think it has to be done – and likely promptly. So, we do it – only to learn that it was not needed or not on point. Cue resentment, frustration, fatigue. The cure is simple. Ask more questions – of yourself….of others.
read moreThe Everywhereness of Grief
We all know grief. It looks different for each of us and has different sources and intensity. Our mourning rituals vary. And our ways of moving with it are uniquely our own. Our own grief is individual. Experiencing grief is universal. I’ve had a lot of it lately, and I know from our conversations that you all have too. It shows up in our world, in our work and on our personal path.
read moreFresh Starts
I live near a beautiful pond set in the heart of the city. There’s a walking path around it, and I’ve worn a track in the asphalt as I’ve circled it over and over again. Last summer my pond was sad. It looked ‘kind of’ ok – sort of an overgrown, wizened, nostalgic kind of ‘ok’, but it wasn’t well. The color of the water was a green that caught your eye but was also slightly wrong. And the smart nature wisdom-ers knew that the pond needed to be stripped down to be able to thrive.
read moreCuriosity to Action
All great products benefit from continual refinement and refresh – people are no exception. Adding new features, following new interests, applying established skills to new uses. Where there’s a version 1.0, there can be a version 2.0! Where’s there’s a version 7.0, there can be a version 8.0…
read moreWays to Make Hard Things Easier
Identifying and celebrating strengths – and the natural talents & gifts that underpin them. AND recognizing that others see our strengths clear as day. What is natural to you, is profoundly remarkable to others. It sets you apart. These standout strengths about us do just that – they Stand Out.
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