How do YOU define success? I would like to say I define success in terms of happiness, satisfaction, and contentment. But I’d be lying if I didn’t let money and power creep in there. I think most of society, or at least the *SHOULD* elements from society and the process…
Tag: personal growth
KEW Preview: The Are vs Should Interview Series: Dawn Bates
This week I am kicking off my second interview series IN ADDITION to my regular weekly episode. I am asking folks about their thoughts on the Are vs Should Problem, or the struggle many of us experience between the person we ARE and the person we feel like we SHOULD…
FLASHBACK! KEW Episode 53: Are vs Should Examples
If you think about any element in your life you can probably see an example of the Are vs Should Problem. Sometimes it looks like indecision or Analysis Paralysis (and see Episode 11: Analysis Paralysis). Other times it feels like frustration or anger. In my experience I feel like I…
KEW Episode 71: Sustainability
From the dictionary: 1: able to be used without being completely used up or destroyed sustainable energy resources; a sustainable water supply 2: involving methods that do not completely use up or destroy natural resources sustainable agriculture/farming/techniques 3: able to last or continue for a long time sustainable development/growth Have you ever noticed the hustlers around you?…
PREVIEW KEW Episode 71: Sustainability
Are you familiar with the term ‘sustainability’? You may have heard it in the context of environmentalism, and that is a valid use. I actually came to the term via my Ecology and Evolutionary Biology training. I think sustainability is simply about being aware that things run out. My favorite…
FLASHBACK! KEW Episode 52: Hard and Soft Realities / The Are vs. Should Prob
Thinking about the person you ARE and the person you feel like you SHOULD BE can be confusing. I think we mostly know when we are doing something that fits with our ‘core values’, but sometimes we don’t. Have you ever wondered what your motivation is in a certain situation?…
KEW Episode 70: The Great Resignation
Ok, sure. So more people than usual are not working. Makes sense. There was some unemployment incentives, a little extra cash, extended for a longer period of time. That probably made not working and being on unemployment more attractive for a while. There were also eviction moratoria across the U.S….
Preview KEW Episode 70: The Great Resignation
Over the last few weeks we’ve been hearing a lot about people quitting their jobs and not going back to work. Some economist coined the term, ‘The Great Resignation’ to describe this more-than-usual number of people leaving the workforce. Also called the ‘Big Quit’, there are something like 5 Million…
FLASHBACK! KEW Episode 51: Personal Inventory
I learned about the personal inventory reading Carlos Castaneda’s book series about Don Juan and the Toltec ‘men and women of knowledge’. The idea of a personal inventory describes the process of examining one’s total life from every possible angle. By looking inward and examining one’s life, we can summarize…
KEW Episode 69: People Suck at Their Jobs
At the risk of sounding pessimistic or negative I am sharing my thoughts about a topic near and dear to me. More often than no, I believe people suck at their jobs. I don’t think this suckage is always intentional and I do not believe people WANT to suck at…