Introduction: Beyond Time Management OK so I have a confession to make. I used to be the most ridiculous time management junkie ever. And I don’t mean like, “Oh I use a calendar” kind of junkie. I mean OBSESSIVE. My Google calendar literally looked like a pack of Skittles had exploded all over it. Red […]
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Introduction: The Perfect Storm of Career Uncertainty Last Tuesday, I sat across from Sarah, a marketing executive whose company had just announced its third round of layoffs this year. Her hands trembled slightly as she described the familiar cycle: checking news headlines about economic indicators before dawn, lying awake calculating how long her savings would
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Introduction: The Hidden Cost of Traditional Productivity Six years ago, I hit a wall. Literally. I woke up in the hospital with no memory of driving my car into a concrete barrier on my morning commute. The doctors called it a “micro-sleep episode.” My body had simply shut down after three straight weeks of 14-hour
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The Vanishing Line Between Work and Personal Life Let me tell you about my rock-bottom moment. Three years ago, I was sitting on metal bleachers at my daughter’s soccer game, hunched over my phone. It was freezing – one of those fall days where the wind cuts right through you – but I barely noticed
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The Silent Progression of Burnout OK so this isn’t how I planned to start this article, but I need to tell you about the night that completely changed how I think about burnout. It was like 2:17 AM, and I was standing in some hospital hallway still wearing my wrinkled work clothes from the day
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