Interesting thing about Mondays: they come back every week. No matter how much you wish or even try to meditate them away, after Sunday comes Monday. Even though I do think our responses to “the Mondays” can give us some great insight into our inner selves, this quote is about a slightly different kind of […]
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If you’ve been reading along, you know this week’s post about how to end something well was a natural progression from the prior week’s post about seeing your commitments through, and not mentally checking out of something before it’s really over. They were both about staying present when you know change is coming, so you
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Last week, we talked about being (or not being) a “short-timer,” and checking out of a situation before it’s actually ended just because you know the end is near. The time does eventually come, though, for things to wrap up. If you’ve been mindfully patient and checked-in during your final few weeks in a job,
I think one of life’s greatest de-motivators is the sense that we shouldn’t do something because it’s too little, too late, or both. That’s rarely the case, though, and certainly not reason enough to do nothing if there’s something that can still be done (which there almost always is). We all need a little kickstart
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This week, we talked about using your mindfulness skillset to catch yourself checking out of the present moment when (you think) the future is really where you want to be. With summer being full of graduations, internships, travel, and other evidence that life’s experiences are fleeting, odds are good that there’s something on your short-term
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We’ve all heard the wisdom that “everything is temporary,” but the business school world offers an unusually high level of proof. It all starts the minute you see the word “Congratulations” in your email, and realize that you will, in fact, really be leaving your job. From that point forward, you embark upon a two-year
I hope it was a wonderful weekend for you! Just a little reminder to start our week here of the power of intentional action. One of the benefits of mindfulness is developing the ability to find the “space between stimulus and response,” (V. Frankl) so that we can respond deliberately. Although none of us is
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Welcome to the weekend! Hope you’re not feeling too “cinco de groggy” this morning, but such as are the hazards of pseudo holidays that fall on Thursdays. Two aspirin and a little meditation should do the trick. Fortunately, our “no-fail” mindfulness challenge for this weekend doesn’t require a lot of exertion. I’m not saying it’s
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It’s not easy being perfect. Always being on point, never making a mistake, carrying the burden of always being right, even when others don’t see it that way. It’s a lot of work, keeping all that up. Of course you know I’m joking, as (despite what you may see in the news these days), few
Many of us spend a lot of time in life working to achieve things we don’t yet have, which isn’t necessarily a problem. That’s how we create cool phenomena like progress, and well, innovation. We just want to make sure that in the pursuit of all things new and better, we don’t forget to connect to enjoyment
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