by Tim Parkins | Sep 4, 2022
It is Labour Day weekend here in North America, which signals a period of real transition. It marks the end of summer. The kids return to school. The cooler weather sets in (at least in my neck of the woods). It is a time for us to recommit to the journey that we are all on, the quest to do nothing less than to live the best life possible.
Even though it has been many moons since I have been in school, the shift into autumn still invokes the feeling of embarking on a journey of learning and…
by Tim Parkins | Aug 28, 2022
Who are you? Do you really know? And do you believe you get to define who you are? Because you do. That power is all within you; it is within every one of us. The problem is that most of us don’t believe that.
It scares us to think that we have that much power. It is much easier to blame others for our life not being what we want it to be.
We form and shape our identities, by the things we do, the stories we tell ourselves about why we do those things, and by taking feedback from the people…
by Tim Parkins | Aug 21, 2022
What a week. I don’t know about you, but for me – this week was exhausting. If I am honest, I did not “practice what I preach”.
Transparency!! As someone that is committed to guiding people through transforming their work into something that they love doing, I let myself down this week. I did not live up to my own standards. Work took on a bigger role in my life than I should have allowed it to, and I wasn’t working out of love of the work. I tried to push through rather than working with the…
by Tim Parkins | Aug 14, 2022
Hey there! Hope that you had an amazing weekend, and that you invested some time in personal care. That could mean just relaxing, but even better if it included doing an activity that you love to do. That is by far the best way to recharge yourself and keep a positive outlook on life.
Now, as you prepare for the work week in front of you, I encourage you to consider how you can bring some of that positive energy into your work. What might you do to make work more fun? Don’t take yourself too…
by Tim Parkins | Aug 7, 2022
The article “The Perils of Audience Capture” opens with the fascinating – and disturbing – story of the transformation of Nicholas Perry into “Nikocado Avoado”. You may wonder why I am sharing this article with you, as at first blush it doesn’t seem to be related to the world of work which is my usual area of focus. You might think that the idea of a “captive audience” has nothing to do with you. But, I think that this challenge goes well beyond the world of online content producers and…
