🦋 Content Shares to Inspire Workplace Culture Shifts

• Problem-solving tip: when you are stuck, Dave Gray says to “flip it.” Ask yourself questions like:
  • How could you make the problem worse?
  • How could you make it more complex or difficult?
  • How could you make it cost more?

Dave consistently provides great tips for approaching challenges in new ways. Find him on Substack.

• 💖 Do you have a kindness story to share? You know, a story where you or someone you know went out of their way to make things a little nicer, a little easier, a little better? Tell me about it, and I’ll share it here. If you want to share it confidentially, just let me know and I’ll pass the story along but keep your deets hush hush.

• For millions, weight loss is not about will power, it’s about rewiring our brains to combat insulin resistance. More from the BBC on the advances being made to help those who struggle with weight loss due to insulin resistance and those who need to update their mindset on obesity.

• I LOVE this from Pew Research: how Americans define and consume news. If you read nothing else in this issue, please read this.

• Build better networks by following these three tips, says Courtney Connley: treat relationship building as a skill you need to work on to get better at; get comfortable being vulnerable; and accept that you need multiple exposures to people for things to really click. Much more here.

• 🌟 Do Good Spotlight: Adaptive Adventures. Their vision is to ensure all individuals with physical disabilities have access to participation in outdoor sports regardless of their location, equipment needs, or economic status. As a member of the REI Cooperative Action Fund, they are an organization working to make outdoor activities inclusive to all! Learn more about their mission and programs: Adaptive Adventures.

• Understanding the “rejection generation” and how to help.

• New research shows working longer hours regularly negatively affects your brain and your performance. Workaholics, listen up….

• Food for thought: embracing the frustration in the space between knowing and not knowing builds resilience. Watch, and let me know your take on this.

• I keep thinking about passive language that focuses on the recipient of an action rather than the person who caused it. This clip spells it out.

⏳Until Next Time…

Please take care of yourself, and find simple ways to bring your best self forward. 

Can you smile at someone today and take the chance it’s the uplift they need?

Niki