Brian
As spring arrives in the northern hemisphere and many people celebrate Easter and Ramadan, let’s pause for a moment to appreciate today. Your health and leadership energy are more important than ever in our noisy, divided world. Here are five suggestions to unplug, reflect, and enjoy a time out!
Quiet. Turn off and set aside your phone. Enjoy a silent untethered moment.
Breathe. Notice your incoming and outgoing breath. You can’t live without it!
Walk. Step outside and feel the earth beneath your feet.
Clouds. Look up and see blue sky behind passing clouds.
Smile. It will make you and most others happier and healthier!
~ bc
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Leadership
Gender Equity - Leadership Performance and Potential | BBC
Although women tend to outperform men in many current roles, men are typically ranked, compensated, and promoted more favorably for their leadership potential. This article summarizes research that explains why fewer women are promoted to leadership positions than men. It also encourages women and their allies to truly lean in with confidence and bet on their leadership potential.
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Entrepreneur
Pie in the sky: love your business and do the work | Zapier
Building and managing a successful business is far harder than most leaders expect. Here are some insights from a Founder who left her career as an attorney to startup an ambitious pie company. Love your business and do the work!
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Construction
The Eames' House may be ready for mass production | Curbed
Here's the story of a 1949 prototype for manufactured housing that Charles and Ray Eames built in the L.A. neighborhood of Pacific Palisades. Although the Eames' vision for modular housing was not scalable in its time, breakthroughs in construction materials and global demand for affordable housing suggest the Eames' House may now be ready for mass production!
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Fun
Back to the Future! | My Modern Met
A former paramedic and Peterborough street photographer reconnected with people he photographed 40 years ago. Here's a brilliant mashup of pics and reunion stories.
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