Every once in a while — this being Texas, after all — I run in the fog. The clouds visit earth and make the location their habitation. Fog tendrils drift and swirl, filling every nook, cranny, and corner of the clouds’ new quarters. Sometimes, the fog comes with a small force. It seems ghostlike and wispy, utterly transparent. I look out and ahead for a few miles. Other times, the fog brings its entire battalion. The surrounding world turns opaque, and I see only five to ten feet in front of me.
Work Life
Priorities before Schedules
“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule but to schedule your priorities.” — Stephen Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Does Integrity Matter?
If I were to conduct an informal poll of the audience and ask, “Does integrity matter?” I think I would hear almost all affirmative replies. Of course integrity matters. However, what is integrity truly? The word acts as some ideal — it appears in company value statements across the world— but it sometimes escapes easy explanation.
How to Think about Work
Work gets a bad rap, understandably so. Not all work is fun. It takes effort and time. It challenges and frustrates. The work — or the absence of it — produces stress and anxiety.
How to Avoid Email Overload and Win at Work
Fast Company, Entrepreneur, and Inc. all provide advice columns about how to avoid meeting and email overload. The articles are helpful. They often contain relevant ideas that can be easily implemented.
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Fight Your Way Forward
“For the ones who fight their way forward.” — V.E. Schwab
I read V.E. Schwab’s dedication in A Gathering of Shadows, and it resonated. I know people who “fight their way forward.” They bear chronic illnesses with grace and beauty. They take their work seriously but not themselves.