The end of the year is coming. It’s that season where we are stretching to the finish line professionally – while simultaneously laying the ground work for what comes next. And our personal lives tend to get fuller too. Holiday celebrations and gatherings. Traveling and hosting. It is a time when we are naturally drawn …
We have enormous aptitude for thinking. But not all of our thought habits serve us. Frequently a thought that served us for one season of life gets in our way in the next. “I am a hard worker” may have given you the focus and discipline to rise into your current station in life…but it …
The things we carry can get heavy, fast. And we have a choice. Keep holding the weight. Or set it down. To move through the world with levity, unburdened by the weight of our mental loads, requires us to both see what we are holding onto and then decide consciously what to do with it. …
Your attention is a precious resource. But one that is all too often wasted or ignored. Annie Dillard speaks to this beautifully: “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing.” You can choose to focus …
You are in charge of your reactions to the circumstances around you. As for the circumstances and people around you, not so much. Yes, you can motivate, negotiate, influence and inspire those things. But you can’t control them. But your reaction? Absolutely yours to decide. Yet we know it doesn’t always feel like it’s our …
We’ve been 2020ed and there is no turning back. That has a lot of us feeling adrift. Untethered. Unmotivated, even. We can’t unsee or unexperience these last few of years. This new consciousness has sparked lots of change in the workplace. For some of us, this new awareness has spurred us into action. Perhaps …
Get pumped! Starting October 5, the Design Yourself podcast is coming back to spark inspiration and share practical resources for how to imagine what you really want and figure out how to lead with your vision each and every day. In this sneak peek episode, learn about the fun personal project that led Sharon to …
A is for Actualize. B is for Brainstorm. C is for create. Okay, just kidding, that’s not quite the structure of today’s podcast. In this week’s episode, Sharon does share some key terms for breaking apart the big idea of vision. She says a more linear set of distinctions that can move us along that …
The podcast is back! Listen to Sharon read Frank Bidart poems, share what she’s been up to over the last 4 months and talk about the power of not forcing things. She discusses how being still can be uncomfortable and yet why that’s important. She shares how to drop in and listen to the voice …
