As 2020 winds down and a new year is just a few days away, I like to reflect on the past year, the good and the bad and begin to focus on the new year ahead. I try to be intentional about how I enter a new year, whether it is by picking a word […]
Read MoreCreated for Joy I have always found the idea of doing the same thing every day for the rest of my life absolutely horrifying. I’d say most young adults share the same fear. I couldn’t imagine myself waking up to go sit at a sad grey desk surrounded by sad grey walls in a sad grey […]
Read MoreYour initial reaction may be “of course I’m running my business, it’s all I do!” In which case I would argue that you actually fall in the latter category. As business owners and managers, work is often intimately connected to all areas of life. You dedicate your time, thought, finances, passion and emotional energy to […]
Read MoreThroughout my career, the most helpful skill I have learned to develop is troubleshooting, or put more generally, problem-solving. The reason this is so important is that it keeps the project, and your team, moving, therefore limiting and breaks in momentum. Losing momentum and staying stuck can be a huge driver of low morale. People […]
Read MoreWhether you’ve started going back to work in your office, or you’re continuing to work from home, there are going to be points in your day that you need an energy boost. The need to take a mid-day snooze can take over the urge to finish a simple task. So how do you get your […]
Read MoreAbout a year ago while working on a large, mentally-straining project, I had a personal revelation: being stuck is okay. Even good. Creatives may refer to this ‘stuckness’ as “creative block”, “mental block“, etc. Whatever the word is for it, we all understand it’s a stressful place to be in. You can’t move forward on […]
Read MoreI want to share first where my learning comes from. I remember driving to my commute job in New Orleans when we heard the news of the 9-11 terrorist plane crashes. By the time we got to the restaurant I was managing, we had visual of the second plane crash. Everything seemed to freeze in […]
Read MoreAs quarantines increase and rumors of lockdowns circulate, it seems likely all of America will be working from home for a period in the near future. Thankfully in this day & age, that doesn’t mean business has to come to a halt. Here’s the rundown on tools to help you and your team continue your […]
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