Begin with no
Have you noticed that you end your week wondering where the time went? You completed less than half the items on your check-list and are exhausted before your very busy weekend begins. Amazing isn’t it that most of the “urgent” was 100% done. What happened to the strategic super important project you were going to […]
Age as an excuse
I really have a hard time accepting it when people use age as an excuse. “I’m too old to take the stairs.” “I’m too old to learn how to use a new phone, app, program, AI, etc.” “I don’t want to get my hearing, vision, blood pressure, prostate, mammogram, or some other preventative exam….” Really? […]
Plan sooner
What if you pretended that it was already Dec 31, 2025? What if you were already planning strategy for 2026? What would you want to have accomplished in 2025 to make 2026 a great year? I’ve noticed that when I plan ahead like that, I complete so many of the small foreseeable steps, that I […]
Charge and re-charge
If you have seasonality to your work life like I do, planning recharge time after charge time is more necessary than we might think. The second week of each month when I have my Vistage meetings is what I plan my whole month around. If you have to close books, it might be the last […]
“Wordle” it
Do you know about or are you addicted to playing wordle? It is a NY Times owned game that you can access for free that asks you to guess what 5 letter word they have in mind in 6 or fewer tries. You can only play it once each 24 hours and it takes less […]
Short and then long
Does it feel like whiplash sometimes switching from thinking short term then long term, then short and then long? Ai yai yai! This economy is crazy making. How do you manage your thinking and your response?
Unclinch
Where do you hold your stress?
Moving too fast?
Moving too fast? Not me. If I want to know something – the population of Mauritius- for example, I google it.* If I’m thinking of someone, I text. If I want to meet with someone, I send them an invite. My phone is closer to me than my husband and children. Not emotionally, but physically, […]
Slow down v. work differently
Do you regularly get the advice to slow down? I think I’ve been told that my whole life. Especially by my Mother. There was a regular argument about how many activities I would jump into. She would tell me that I was going to get run down and catch “mono”. If you are snickering with […]
Strategy x scheduling
Sunday night you sit down and plan your whole week. You put the big rocks in first – the most important but not urgent long term thinking time. Maybe, you schedule 2 2-hour blocks on Tuesday and Thursday at your best thinking times for that long range project you never seem to get to. Then […]