by Christi Barrett | Time Management
We’ve often given advice not only to focus on what you will do to meet your goals, but also decide what NOT to do. This advice becomes concrete and easy to do using the methods described in Harvard Business Review’s article “Want to Be More...
by Christi Barrett | Communication, Mutual Understanding
Few things are more frustrating than speaking with someone who isn’t listening. Distracted by their phone a noisy room or busy mind, bad listeners seem to be multiplying in modern society. What’s a communicator to do? Rebecca Knight on HBR has some great...
by Christi Barrett | Choice, Goals
Kathy Roche-Wallace – ultra endurance athlete, mom, wife, grandmother and amazing person – said something profound recently. (She makes a habit of that.) Kathy said, “You nourish what you value.” That got me thinking. What do I really value?...
by Christi Barrett | Goals, Strategic
Most leaders I know have lost sleep because they are preoccupied with work. They’ve felt pulled in multiple directions at once. They often don’t feel like there is enough time in the day to do what needs to be done. One recently commented, “I have 15...
by Christi Barrett | Choice
“For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‘If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?’ And whenever the answer has been ‘No’ for too many days in a row,...
