7-40 Challenge | Planning Week It’s 80 degrees. I’m in jeans and a black shirt, walking downtown in full sunlight with a balding head, talking into my phone passing a bus stop at 12:45 in the afternoon. I’ve got about 14 things on my to-do list and I’m trying to unload my brain before it … Continue reading What Twenty Minutes Will Tell You
Author: David Willis
The Skill That Felt Like Thinking
7-40 Challenge | Planning Week Chris Guillebeau wrote something today that stopped me mid-scroll. He said the skill that built his career was something he hadn’t labeled for a decade. It came so easily he didn’t count it as a skill. It felt like thinking. I know that feeling. Years ago, I’d come home from … Continue reading The Skill That Felt Like Thinking
Where I Wanna Be
7-40 Challenge | Planning Week At the end of a stressful day, I wanna be right here at home with my family. When I’m not doing anything else — when the laptop is closed and the phone is down and there’s nothing left on the list — I wanna be right here at home with … Continue reading Where I Wanna Be
Not All About Me (Fourteen Years Later)
7-40 Challenge | Planning Week In 2012, I wrote a blog post called “It Is Not All About Me.” I was writing about collaborative leadership — about casting a vision and then letting other people help shape it instead of dictating every step. It was a good post. It was also about half of the … Continue reading Not All About Me (Fourteen Years Later)
Why Rest Is Hard (And Why It Has to Happen Anyway)
7-40 Challenge | Planning Week, Day 3 Yesterday I had plans. I was going to grab a cup of coffee, sit in the shop for a while, and think. Instead, I fell asleep for an hour and a half. When I woke up, I was frustrated. I’d lost time. The thinking I wanted to do … Continue reading Why Rest Is Hard (And Why It Has to Happen Anyway)
