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Edition Nine: Unselfishly understanding
The art of listening well. Erich Fromm is one of those philosophers/psychologists who write for humans. When I cam across this, I recalled being told it’s OK to tell a direct report “not right now.” You can say “I want to listen to your worries carefully, so please come back in 20 minutes os I…
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Edition Eight: You make me uncomfortable.
Do it. Make me uncomfortable. The other day, my partner told me his new boss gave him the following thoughts about his new job: “I want you to make me uncomfortable. I want you to take me out of my comfort zone.” This comes a few days after my yoga teacher put me in that…
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Edition Seven: So……what now?
What can we do now? I was at Bindercon this past weekend and heard over and over again that we, creative-type smart people, do not know what to do now. We are experiencing a “group depression,” as it was termed in one session. We are spending a lot of time being exasperated at some person,…
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Edition Six: That is *so* not what I said.
I know, it’s been a few weeks, but life sort of got in the way. We’ll just move onward…. What did I say again? Here’s the #1, biggest, most important thing I’ve learned about myself in the past year: I don’t communicate the way I think I do. I talk pretty fast, apparently. Think fast,…
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Edition Five: On new jobs, finding your path and job description tips
New things happened to me this week, which were a long time in coming. But this newsletter isn’t about me, so…. Tips for finding your path When I launched this thing, I talked about how awkward I often feel because my career moves are seen as very intentional, when I often feel like I fell into…
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Edition Four: It says “breathe.”
It is my birthday today. A day I love/hate because my mind is constantly thinking of all I have yet to do, and never acknowledging all I have done. So today I’m forcing myself to remember that I did things. I do things. A lot of things. There’s still more to be done, but that…
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Edition Three: “She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted.”
“The history of progress for women, summed up in 11 words.” That’s how Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards described the shutdown of Sen. Elizabeth Warren as she tried to read a letter from Coretta Scott King. Now some are saying the words you see in the subject line of this email are going to help Warren for her…
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Edition Two: First, middle, but never last.
Was that just the beginning? Last weekend, millions marched. You might have. I attended, after a lot of hemming and hawing. I did it a few days after I watched Hidden Figures and Rogue One, both of which made me think about the power we have residing inside ourselves when we really look. No matter what your political affiliation and…
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Edition One
Oh, hello there. Since this is the first, let’s start with intros. I’m Kim, and I have no idea what I am doing. So please liberally use that reply button on your email client and give me feedback as I go along. Thing to note: While we have a topic, this is not going to be…