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Navigating Burnout: Strategies for Life and Leadership in 2024
Happy new year! The holidays are behind us, and 2024 is upon us. How are you feeling? No, how are you really feeling? I’m coming off my longest break of the year. Every December, I take most, if not all, of the week between Christmas and New Year’s off. Since my kids are home too, this is…
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If You Feel Like You’re Drowning, Act Like You’re Drowning
A couple of weeks ago, a new podcast launched, and if you haven’t checked it out yet, I hope you will. Tony Sablan is the winsome host of Unscripted Arena, where, through candid conversations and deep dives into the diverse lives of his guests, he illuminates the unvarnished truths and rich experiences that have shaped successful and intriguing personalities.…
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Year By Design Exercise: More, Less, Same
Are you ready for 2024? If you have followed me at these last few months, you know that I start talking about annual planning in October. But we still have a month before the new year starts, and if you haven’t given any thought to 2024, now is a great time to start preparing for…
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Dress for the Job You Want
This week is Thanksgiving week in the U.S., and as we all know the holidays can be a particularly tough time to be unemployed. Facing conversations around the dinner table can be uncomfortable when we don’t have anything good to report. Even though the current unemployment rate in the U.S. is quite low at the moment – only…
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Servant Leaders Strive to Be of Value
Recently, I had the opportunity to go through a leadership training curriculum in preparation for some group coaching I’ll be doing with some new clients this month. The material is centered on the idea of “servant leadership,” and it has been so helpful for me as a leader to engage with these ideas. One thing…
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What’s Most Important in 2023?
A concept that has had a profound effect of my life (or, more specifically, my way of life) is, ”One Decision That Makes a Thousand.” It comes from Greg McKeown’s book Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less. When you distill your priorities down to a clear and specific intent, that makes future decisions much easier.…
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What Changes Will You Make in 2023?
This is the first step in my “2023 By Design” plan, but I’m telling you here exactly what I do with my clients so you can just do it on your own if you don’t want to sign up for the whole plan. I *promise* you, this will help set you up for a more…
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It’s Summer Break! Do You Have a Plan?!
This is a picture my son took of me walking home from my children’s end-of-school awards ceremony on Thursday. Don’t you love my little stowaway? So, summer break is officially upon us! In the last few weeks, I have had three clients come to their coaching sessions with the goal of working on a plan…
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What’s Important Now?
“What’s important *now*?” is the question that will most ground you when life is feeling hard, overwhelming, or just “too much.” This morning came too soon, after I was up with a sick child after already going to bed much later than was ideal. (May is, after all, the new December! 😳) My husband’s away, so…
Christy Tennant Krispin, ACC 