Thoughts – Page 49 – Reimagine. Strategy.

March 8, 2021February 5, 2024

When your mojo is down, level up

I know we’re weary. When we’re weary, it’s hard to find the capacity to do anything extra. But what if when we’re weary is exactly the time to do those extra things? Not just any extra things, but ones carefully chosen to energize us.

Part of why we’re weary right now is not because we’re doing too much but because we’re doing too little. Not enough of the things that bring us joy. We may even be doing less than we could do, within the admittedly constrained range of possibilities before us one year into a pandemic. Continue reading “When your mojo is down, level up”

March 1, 2021March 1, 2021

To-Do Lists or To-Know Lists

With gratitude to my friend and colleague Deborah Grayson Riegel for the above quote arriving in my feed on a Monday morning…

We can easily confuse knowing something for doing it.

Exercise. Meditation. Letting go of unnecessary tasks. Staying connected with people important to us. Being kind to ourselves. Pivoting…

The list is familiar. But we’re at the point in the pandemic where it likely incites some eye rolling, right? (Oh yes…eye yoga…add that to the list). As a colleague said to me recently, “I know all the things. They aren’t helping.” Continue reading “To-Do Lists or To-Know Lists”

February 22, 2021May 3, 2022

Connection Before Content

I used to lead parenting workshops, and one of the key takeaway messages was, “Connect before you correct.”

I’m hearing echoes of that concept as people wrestle with how best to maintain relationships digitally over what is becoming a long time apart. As I continue to observe what great teams do in these strange days, they emphasize connection before content. Continue reading “Connection Before Content”

February 15, 2021May 3, 2022

Ask and Tell

The first time I sat on a Board of Directors, it didn’t go particularly well. In hindsight, I think it’s because I took too long to contribute. I took on the role of the quiet newbie for the first year of my term, which only left me two years to make whatever impact I could. That impact was minimal for several other reasons, one of which was not having a team around me that was interested in leveraging the contributions I could offer. They communicated quite clearly that they were fine without me. Continue reading “Ask and Tell”

February 8, 2021May 3, 2022

The Spaces in Between

Once you see something, you can’t unsee it.

I remember feeling that way after taking a beginner art class several years ago. The instructor encouraged us to look not at details, but at patches of dark and light in a landscape. That perspective was new to me, and it highlighted the spaces between things in new ways. I can’t not bring it to my awareness anymore. Continue reading “The Spaces in Between”