Year: 2022
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From my previous blog posts, we have already talked about the old “work hard” paradigm and what it means to work smart. And if you’ve been wondering how other people seem to know exactly what they want to get done, here’s a helpful work performance matrix from the book Great at Work: How Top Performers…
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I was at a funeral earlier. It felt like being in two places simultaneously, like between life and death. Indeed, being reminded of death is humbling. We are drawn back to the reality that our lives here on earth will soon end. That no matter how far our dreams for the future go, we still…
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Suggested reading: Article — How the Midlife Crisis Came to Be Book — Life Is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age by Bruce Feiler Podcast highlights: From How the Midlife Crisis Came to Be: The (midlife) crisis soon expanded from Jaques’ original definition to include practically any inner strife. You could have one…
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Does doing more mean working smart?
1–2 minutesI’ve met and worked with people who seem to glide from one responsibility to another. And from the outside, they look like superhumans! How can they finish so many things within 24 hours? Yet, at the same time, they take part in so many roles that I wonder, How do they do that? Thinking about…
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The old “work hard” paradigm
1–2 minutesAsking people who have gone through the peaks and valleys of their careers, I often hear them say that you must work hard to achieve success. But what does working hard even mean for your career and life? From Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More: Under the old “work…
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For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else]; I would rather be a doorkeeper and stand at the threshold in the house of my God than to dwell [at ease] in the tents of wickedness. Psalm 84:10 AMPC The day spent for the Lord replenishes the soul and makes it ready…
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Being sidetracked with problems you never anticipated keeps you from getting things done. And playing catch-up doesn’t feel good, especially when trying to do the things you have missed for a couple of days.
jessa 