To Flourishing in 2022
This morning I’ve been starting to dream about 2022 and what I want to make of it in the key areas of my life. And that led me to Zig Ziglars classic Success for Dummies which has a wheel of life assessment. Then I rediscovered the Flourishing Assessment. I self-scored a 68 but the exercise…
Fitting everything into neat little boxes
In my mind, I love to have everything fit into nice neat little buckets and categories. Everything to sync and snap on a sleek grid. Flow charts that capture everything in the system. Mindmaps with striking clarity. Everything under its category. When I doodle I even doodle with boxes, with X’s and O’s and triangles…
Down the mountain
We don’t tell the stories down the mountain … we only tell the ones going up to glory. We glamorize the ascent not the descent. Inflation not deflation. Launch and but the glide down. But what comes after the pinnacle, summiting? To the moon. But what about not just the ride back to earth but…
The change grip
Change is about loosening your grip enough in order to readjust it. It can feel frightening if you think the grip is to a rope suspended high above. That’s the ego distortion.
Picking female role models
Been working on changing the default settings and here’s one …. Switching all my role models (real, perceived, historical, fictional) to female first. And it’s opened up so deeper, fuller thoughts in such a good positive way. My first one that immediately came to mind … Rey Skywalker. Fierce, focused, dedicated, bold
This is normal
Wish I had someone like a genie or myself from the future to keep saying and reminding me of this: This is normal. Most people go through this. Everything is going to be OK. This is another version of Everybody Hurts.
Moving my next chapter office
Three years ago I rented a little “dorm room” sized office for my next chapter home. It was $200 a month. I paid more for internet. And this pic above was me taking a next step into this chapter of my life. This week I’m moving out. I don’t take time typically to mark events…
Reconnecting to heart
I’ve mentioned before that I am viewing this chapter of my life not as summiting a mountain but growing a lush vibrant garden. My coach asked me to close my eyes and describe what that looks like. Eventually I said Te Fiti, the goddess with the power to create life in the awesome movie Moana.…
Don’t make them think
The pioneering web design book titled Don’t Make Me Think made a huge impression on me over a decade ago … and the title has become a mantra for me in business and marketing. Don’t make prospective customers on a sales page think hard When publishing a blog post or sending an email don’t make…
Vision and Values are key LEGO blocks on teams
My son got a huge LEGO set for Christmas — the Republic Gunship. It’s almost 4,000 pieces. He’s working on it today and occasionally gets stumped and asks for help. Invariably it’s a block 5 pages back that was put on wrong. The foundation was off. And it got me thinking about a business and…