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I Do Not Want to “Crush” 2021

bright potential of 2021

By Laura Crandall According to The Internet, it’s time to begin planning and making resolutions for the new year.* Social media posts and end-of-year articles are now directing our attention toward all the things we should start thinking about to maximize the next 12 months: goals for our businesses, ways to get ahead despite still …

The Value of Going Slowly

By Laura Crandall Slowing down: the antidote to a busy, hectic life The thought of trying to “slow down” your schedule may seem nearly impossible. You may feel like you’d love to slow down – but you’re just too busy! The nature of our work and the rhythm of our lives makes moving at a …

Befriending Our Inner Protectors & Acting with Character

By Kate Lingren It all comes down to our internal struggles and listening to both sides of the conflict.   You want to quit your job – but maybe you don’t. On the one hand, your boss makes you want to run screaming out of the building. Between the micromanaging and the unpredictability, getting through …

Enough With the “Side Hustle”

By Laura Crandall Hustle away. But let’s re-frame the conversation. Of the many popular terms to which I am viscerally allergic, “side hustle” might be the one that makes me twitch the most. “Side hustle,” how do I loathe thee? Let me count the ways. #1. The “Hustle”  The connotation is not of a coach …

Making Time for Snail Mail

By Nancy Hauswald The world moves fast. Mail moves slow. And that’s a good thing, especially now. As I write, life as we know it is changing at a dizzying, mind-numbing pace. Our daily routines have been upended. So far, though, there’s one piece of our lives here in the U.S. that hasn’t been affected …