I have lots of writing and other projects I want to start—and finish. I confident I can rank all that work, so I can start and finish what’s most important to me. While I rarely have trouble with starting energy, I sometimes have trouble with finishing energy. Here’s how that works for me, especially for
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As a problem-solver, I often see one desired outcome—and the usual path to achieve that. Because it’s my usual path, I’m comfortable with it. In terms of the Change Model, I’m in Old Status Quo. (See Where Are You in Your Changes? to read all about the Satir Change Model.) However, with all my cancer
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I love learning about tools and how to use them. Here are some of the tools I use often: Manual tools I use in the kitchen. Electronic tools for my work, such as visualizing the flow of work, systems thinking models, as well as the tools I use to write and publish. Thinking tools, such
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I look forward to fall every year. First, it’s apple season, with terrific, crunchy, and tart apples. Second, it’s the High Holy Days. I use the holidays to reflect on my life over the past year. Then, I can plan a little for the kind of person I want to be for next year. The
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As I’ve processed the deaths of Dolly Parton and Tim Curry (fixed the bad reference) this week, I realized that I used the examples of their creativity and output as inspiration for my career. Not because I could ever “compete” with them and their careers, but to use their careers as inspiration for my own.
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I’ve been using Edgar Schein’s definition of corporate culture for years. (Ever since Esther explained it to me.) Schein rolled around artifacts and several other ideas, but Esther clarified them for me. Culture is: What people can discuss How people treat each other And in organizations, what the organization rewards. All this means we can
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As I’ve challenged myself physically, I noticed I’m talking out loud, coaching myself. My most frequent word is “Okay.” Okay is short for: “Okay, you finished that piece. Now, it’s time for the next step so you can accomplish this entire thing.” I try to keep my self-talk positive because I want to reinforce finishing
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Many of my colleagues use AI for parts of their jobs. (I do, too, to see what I’ve already written.) Using AI requires both trust and judgment. Trust that the LLM has given you the correct answer(s). And that you can then judge those answers well. Here’s an example that I see all the time:
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David Dame, in a LinkedIn post, said, “We are all going to be disabled one day. Some of us just beat you to it.” While he is correct, that is not the full story. I said, quoting his post, “I do not think of myself as ‘disabled.’ Instead, I think of myself as having ‘insufficient
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The Tartan Army has left Boston. They are bringing their joy to other locales. The local newspaper, the Boston Globe, took out a full-page ad, thanking the Tartan Army. While I can’t find the actual ad, there was a post on X showing the ad: https://x.com/BenVolin/status/2068384741313634405. (Somehow, I can’t embed that into this post, so
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