Does it sometimes seem like the world is spinning so fast that it’s tilting off its axis? Are you breathless with the pace of change? Does last month’s holidays already feel like a century ago? I’ve got your back. Hear me out. I’ve been thinking about time lately. Specifically, … [Read more...] about Our quest for rest – five tips on time, rest and rejuvenation
As I said in part 1, in 2021, my annual project was clutter. As in getting rid of it. And last year and the year before it was gratitude. Here’s the backstory. In 2021 I decided to take on a year-long experiment. I decided to de-clutter big-time. Did I manage to do … [Read more...] about What I learned from two whole years of sending weekly gratitude cards, Part 2
In 2021 I decided to take on a relatively simple year-long project. Something that I could dedicate a short amount of time to and do it regularly throughout the whole year. In 2021 I decided to get rid of three things every day. Yep. Every day I ditched at least three items of … [Read more...] about What I learned from a whole year of sending gratitude cards to folks, Part 1
For eleven sweet years, I’ve been convening folks from around the world, for a free, monthly Learning and Development Roundtable workshop on a range of interesting and engaging topics that members have asked for. Our community is a global group of diverse, social change-makers, who are committed … [Read more...] about That’s a wrap for 2023 – Highlights of the year’s Learning and Development Roundtables Part Two
Did you know for eleven years I’ve been convening folks from around the world, for a free, monthly Learning and Development Roundtable workshop on a range of interesting and engaging topics that members have asked for? Our community is a global group of diverse, social change-makers, who are … [Read more...] about That’s a wrap for 2023 – Highlights of the year’s Learning and Development Roundtables Part One
Do you dream of being able to read more books? Inhale more learning and more knowledge? But do your dreams feel dashed due to your daily tug-of-war with your to-do list? “Who’s got the time?!” I can hear you grumbling. While reading is one of the best, most accessible ways to … [Read more...] about How to make major headway with your learning with Headway
Have you RSVP’d yet for this week’s (September 21, 10 am EAT) Learning and Development Roundtable - Your career satisfaction, self-awareness, and self-care tailored tune-up? I designed it in response to members’ requests for tips and techniques to amp up career satisfaction, increase … [Read more...] about Don’t forget to RSVP for the Learning and Development Roundtable: Your career satisfaction, self-awareness and self-care tailored tune-up
From quietly quitting to loudly labouring (people who focus on visibility and self-promotion) and from perpetual overwhelm to constant change, it can feel like we’re on a never-ending roller coaster. A roller coaster that has more downs than ups. We’re stretched to the max, and striving for … [Read more...] about Your Learning and Development Roundtable invitation: Your career satisfaction, self-awareness and self-care tailored tune-up.
The TED talk “Ten ways to have a better conversation” by Celeste Headlee was suggested to me by my awesome sister so, of course, I dove right into it. I wanted to share the simple, effective steps with you. “Is there any 21st-century skill more important than being able to sustain coherent, … [Read more...] about Ten ways to have a better conversation by Celeste Headlee
What comes to mind when you hear the word ‘feedback?’ Whether we’re on the giving or receiving end of feedback, most of us get a pit of dread in our stomachs, with a million butterflies threatening to fly up our throats and suffocate us. Or maybe you’re saying to yourself that you … [Read more...] about The surprising skill you didn’t know you needed when giving feedback
Daily life can often be a massive challenge. From overloaded to-do lists to crunched time, and from feeling like we’re being pulled in every direction to the dizzyingly fast pace of life - it’s enough to make even the most patient person have a meltdown (or multiple meltdowns). Added … [Read more...] about Learning and Development Roundtable: Easy, peasy tech tools to save your sanity in work and at home
Wondering what a roller coaster, raccoon, vacuum cleaner, and elephant have to do with effectively teaching/presenting online? Keep reading. Lectures that drone on and on. Overwhelming unread notifications of online events. Workshops that are drier than the Sahara desert and more … [Read more...] about How to effectively teach and present online while being cool, calm and engaging (offered through UNON STDU) – Part 1
The trick is for the (scissor) blades to learn to work smoothly together, so as not to cut each other.
— Mary Jo Putney
The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.
— Amelia Earhart
There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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