Over the last two weeks, Silke, my amazing team member who manages my website, blog, and newsletters, went on a well-deserved two-week vacation. I had planned to write all content for posting before she left, but wasn’t able to, due to other pressing commitments.
I really wanted to do it. Problem was – between my “yes” and the conference, I had a 2-week vacation in Peru, a week-long work visit to Jamaica to facilitate strategic renewal for a long-time client, and my HBS Class Reunion in Boston. I knew all that then, but I really wanted to do this presentation.
“Where am I to find the time to read Marguerite? There are only 24 hours in the day, and I feel that I need at least 30 to do all the things I have to do now, much less read.”
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As I prepared for my first adventure travel trip in over two years – 12 days trekking in the Andes and the Amazon – the overwhelm of what seemed like a ton of things to do threatened my sanity, my sleep, and frankly, my joy.
Tanya has a problem. As Vice President of Sales and Marketing at a financial services firm, she has experienced a severe shortage of staff over the last year or so. A results-driven professional, she was concerned that her targets were in jeopardy if she did not have her full team in place.
Now I see my body changing in other ways, and these changes perplex me, for they seem to have no reason. Yet I know they must. The loosening and wrinkling of the skin, the achiness of bones, tightness of muscles, the movement south of tummy, breasts, butt, arms … everything, it seems, is changing.
Daniel, one of my star coaching clients, has long delayed taking vacations because he worried that his team wouldn’t be able to cope. 3 months ago, he shared that during his recent vacation, his team members really pulled together.
8 workshops, 16 days (including weekends).
I was full of joy – “inna mi ackee” as I shared in a video on LinkedIn. That’s how Jamaicans express unimaginable joy. I loved being with my client of 15 years again – 2021 being the only year we had missed an annual strategy review.
“Do you have time for a very quick chat? Nancy let me know that she’s received two job offers recently and it seems one of them may have caught her eye”.
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