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What matters most? Hi Reader, A line in last week's email really stuck with me. Often, we can use busyness as a way to signal that we matter and that our time is valuable. But what is the actual measure of your time being valuable? What is the actual measure of you bringing value to others? I can have a successful week by knocking out the to-do list and making sure every minute is filled, but then I find myself wondering if I've actually invested myself in the right things. For me, the answer...
Today's Badge of Honor Hi Reader, "How are you doing?" "Busy." Is that a badge of honor for you... or a deep sigh? Because somewhere along the way our culture decided that busy is the right answer. The impressive answer. The one that signals you matter and your time is valuable. But here's the thing. Busy is easy to fake. And if it's genuinely exhausting you (if it's leading to frustration and burnout) why do we keep holding it up as the goal? I went to college in Texas and had the chance to...
The 5 Voices & Self-Awareness Hi Reader, Six weeks ago, I asked you to write down your communication strengths and struggles before we started. If you did that, pull it back out. Look at what you wrote. By now, you've read about five different voice patterns and about how they communicate, where they thrive, and where they tend to get in their own way. And if you noticed, something probably clicked somewhere along the way. A description that felt uncomfortably accurate. A blind spot you...