Michelle Frechette is on a much deserved vacation this week, but before she left she wrote this great reflection on the various aspects of getting appropriate space for yourself:
โIt’s altogether easy to understand, and an enigma in so many ways.
In order to be productive, happy, and healthy, we often define our lives in terms of space: physical space, emotional space, and time.โ
Assertiveness is something I struggle with and have been slowly working on. It doesnโt come easy to me. Iโm a huge fan of psychologist and prolific writer Nick Wignall. Weโve had him on Draft at Post Status before, but this post on assertiveness is a great post to bookmark.
Two suggestions he makes stood out to me: โMake imperfect decisionsโ and โStop top trying to manage how other people feel.โ
Professional Pick: Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries by Peter Sims โ I bought and read this book in 2011, and it transformed how I approach and think about business and professional experiments.
Personal Pick: In the #booknook this week, there was a conversation about love. Two books mentioned were bell hooksโ All About Love and A General Theory of Love by Thomas Lewis.