Warning: This post is a discussion that includes politics and current events. I do not normally do this, but I can no longer be silent. What Does Your Tribe Mean to You? My dad described himself as a “proud conservative and a man of reason.” Those ideas described the tribes he affiliated with. That was […]
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This is Johanna Rothman’s January 2026 Create an Adaptable Life Newsletter. The unsubscribe link is at the bottom of this email. Since I feel as if the entire world is off-balance, I’ve decided to focus on what I can do in my life, family, and various communities to make things better. But I can’t just
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Do you feel as if all the changes are a little too much for you? I do. How do I keep going when the world is in such chaos? We keep on, keeping on. How? Here’s my “solution:” Choose one thing to do, something you have control over. Execute something against that goal. (For me,
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Many people use the new year to resolve something, those pesky New Year’s resolutions. I won’t bore you with the stats, but most of us do not keep resolutions. I never kept mine because they were too big, too vague, or just not achievable on my own. Resolutions don’t work for me. But projects? I love
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Many of my Christmas-celebrating friends talk about the magic of the season. The smells of the trees, hot chocolate, and other favorite foods, the search for exactly the right gifts, and the anticipation in everyone’s eyes, especially the children. That’s great. I hope everyone can experience some of that magic this year. And, I will
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It’s the “dark” time of year here in the Northern hemisphere. Especially for those of us in the eastern parts of our time zones, the sun is low in the sky much of the day. Sunset is quite early. It feels dark. (Worse, if you pay attention to the news, life seems quite dark.) We
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I just had a”Big Birthday,” the kind that ends in 5 or 0. So now, I am in the midst of a “senior life” crisis. It feels just like my previous crises, where I search to find a new role that fits my life now. In Secrets of Consulting, Gerald M. Weinberg said: It may
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This is Johanna Rothman’s October 2025 Create an Adaptable Life Newsletter. The unsubscribe link is at the bottom of this email. In How Can You Solve Problems When the Real Problems Are Cultural Changes? (Part 1), I suggested our various cultures affect how we recognize and solve our real problems. I suggested we watch for
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Most of my communities feel as if the world is in disarray. The agile community wants to “go back” to when Scrum ruled the world. Too many politicians want to “go back” to a supposedly simpler time. When I hear, “go back,” I am pretty sure we are in a time of cultural change. While
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This is Johanna Rothman’s September 2025 Create an Adaptable Life Newsletter. The unsubscribe link is at the bottom of this email. Do you like uncertainty? I don’t, and I’m not alone. That’s because uncertainty feels as if it’s an unmanageable risk. We even have sayings such as, “Don’t rock the boat,” to explain why we
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