Work |
When I’m at my desk
Just finished a great experience in Des Monies giving a talk at a Chrysalis event. It’s been a while since I spoke in front of a group. Keynotes and in-person work used to make up a lot of my business but I rarely do it anymore. However! I still love it. This was a great group and we talked about one of my favorite topics – Curveballs. Important for all of us to have strateies in place to manage the unexpected changes in life because as I always say: “Shift happens!” (innit that cute?). I look angry here but I promise I was being nice.
In other work: Will spend the rest of the week reviewing data for a culture audit I’m currently engaged in. I’m also trying to refine wording on my website about what I do. It continues to be a challenge to be laser focused. Bottom line, my work addresses two big things: getting the best out of people through connection and authentic relationships at the leadership level. But the roadblocks to getting the best and to high trust teams can come from so many places. I feel like one of the big advantages of working with me is I can go wide AND deep. But because I have wide experience and skill, the messaging of what I do can get convoluted. The good news is almost all of my business comes from people whom I’ve worked with previously and know my value. So maybe I quit worrying about it. Maybe? Also does anyone really visit websites anymore? |
life |
When I’m away from my desk...
Flew to see my sister in Michigan this past week. And we’ve been having a blast including attending a fundraiser where I won a fat tire bike! Dude, I never win anything and I was a tiny bit excited. The excitement and (let’s be honest) the wine resulted in me parading my newly won bike and around and telling everyone not to even look at it because it was mine. I have video proof of this nonsense but I’ll just put this single photo here. I can’t wait to get that bike home. (huh. How am I gonna get that bike home???)
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balance |
Balance – learnings, insights, body/mind/soul stuff
At the start of each month, in my Commit30 planner I do a “life wheel” to evaluate how things are going in various areas of my life. My current life categories are: -Business -Family -Marriage -Mental/Emotional -Physical -Physical Environment -Financial -Fun Guess which category is the hardest for me to define and create actions around? It’s fun. I don’t know what that means. Why is that so hard for me to define? I know it’s incredibly important in my life. I also know I’m not satisfied with my current level of fun but I can’t solve the puzzle of how to go from here to there. I think maybe because “fun” isn’t something I usually plan for. It just shows up – like the Saturday night bike win – but that seems sketchy to just be waiting around for something so important to me to show up. Hmmmm. Noodling noodling. I have noticed that fun and anxiety can’t occupy the same space. So that’s something. In the pursuit of lowering anxiety I clearly need to bring on the fun. But that feels like a lot of pressure and making “fun” an assignment seems absurd. What’s that George Benard Shaw quote? Something like “We don’t stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.” Good one. More insights as they come. |