With Thanksgiving officially behind us, the 2021 holiday season is officially in full swing. For some, overspending in the name of gift-giving, entertaining and decorating is the norm during this time of year. Before it starts, I thought I would draw your attention to how you might be feeling about your money and encourage you to think about it before the season sweeps you up, that is assuming you can even find the things you might want to buy.
I have the honor and advantage to be married to a 23-year Retired Veteran of the United States’ Navy. While I am sure to make it known that I appreciate his service, I thought it would be helpful and insightful to learn from him what he appreciates most about his years in service. So, I asked him. Boy was I right – he offered a lot to think about and I wanted to share a few key takeaways with you.
While it can be easy to get caught up and consumed by the holidays that we personally celebrate, I encourage you to learn more about the holidays that you don’t typically honor. In the spirit of embracing diversity and discovering and building inclusion, finding connections with holidays you do not celebrate can bring a new kind of joy.
As we close out the month, I want to turn our attention to our careers. I found a great article, "Feeling Stuck or Stymied?" by Dorie Clark, about the demoralization that can occur when a person perceives their career progress to be slower than it should be or stalled.
As we continue on our learning journey, I want to share an article I wrote in June of 2019 published with Forbes Community Voices. In this short read, I am pointing us to consider AI as a part of the solution.
Our kids are back in school and learning. Are you? I thought we would spend September diving into some literature to expand our thinking as the kids expand theirs. What is good for them has to be great for us, right?
In most parts of the country, our kids are headed back to school for in-person classroom learning. We learned a lot about ourselves over the last year about our own adaptivity and how much we could get done via technology.
The pandemic has enabled most of us to become very acquainted with the Zoom platform and the lack of face-to-face interaction. Whether your interpersonal relationship skills are now rusty...
The 2020 Olympics are over but we are still hard at work. Are you setting the goals that etch your name in the history book you want to be in? Have you thought about what legacy you will leave for those coming behind you?
I posted a conversation with my colleague, Peggy Ho, about the power of representation – and the lack of it. I’m glad it came up as it is a conversation we need to have.