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
Garage cleaning for the soul
I’ve been planning to tackle cleaning out our garage for weeks as I thought what analog thing I could do to get away from the computer. After some advice and encouragement from my dad about how to tackle it, I started whittling on it yesterday. And then again today. I’ve written one of my pillar
This day, I intend …
Mental health is normal
What if we acted as if mental health and fitness was normal and a positive thing. We could talk about it like we do a new Netflix show or how we need to get back to the gym in the new year with our trusted friends. That we have highs AND lows. But when we
How are you feeling right now?
Was looking at Noom Mood and as part of their onboarding they have this screen that I want to have in my Day One journal. Then the next screen should have this prompt to write: What would make your day go to the next level? Then at the end of the week, or month, go
Hi there
I’m not blogging, I’m publishing.
I have an intense internal desire to share my life and what I’m learning publicly. It’s why I started my 30-day Click Publish Challenge in August and since that one ended I’ve wanted to restart. Frankly, I wish I would have kept going. One thing that helped me Click Publish in August was not overwhelming
NYC Dec. 2021
Beautiful mess
At some point when I was a kid someone said: “Cory Jess(e) is a mess.” And it stuck. And it became a recurring line for my inner voice. And the voice uses it when I don’t hit perfection. So pretty much all the time. But it is especially loud and prevalent when I feel things
First the mountain, then the garden
For most of my life I’ve looked at life (and particularly my work) and felt I was on a journey to the summit do a Mountain. It was fun to conquer my mountains. Or at least the hike up to those summits were most fun. That was my first half. In my second half, instead