I recently encountered a former colleague, younger in practice than I am, but suffering from the same malady. “Do you ever feel like you overthink everything?” she asked me as the CLE attendees around us filled their coffee cups during a mid-afternoon break. How can it be that some 15 years apart in practice, we are experiencing the same muddy emotions that are slowing down our work progress? … [Read more...]
Strategic Slowing Down
What is Strategic Slowness? As I write this, I have 18 tabs open across the top of my screen. I dart from article to article searching for relevant information while simultaneously chuckling at what I’m researching: the idea of “slowing down to speed up.” One article contains a grim prediction about our hyper-speed work life, “Fast is deadly” while another promises that “Rest is … [Read more...]
Wintertime Blues
Up here in the northland, we look forward to many things as the days shorten, the snow falls, and we can find a quiet that only exists this time of year. For some, this brings a mix of enthusiasm for outdoor winter activities and the hidden joy of complaining about the weather. Many may marvel at the beauty found in a Minnesota winter. The intense sunshine of wintery afternoons can make us forget … [Read more...]