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Change. It is a constant theme in my work. In fact, I gear all of my work towards helping drive change, as I firmly believe that we are on a constant journey of discovery and growth. We are continuously reinventing ourselves and the world around us.
My goal is to help people make sure that they are changing and evolving consciously, rather than relying on circumstances and random life events to shape the future.
You may note that I have a new…

Hey everyone!
Thanks for subscribing and reading. I know how valuable your time and attention are, so seek to ensure that I add value.
Every Sunday I bring you an article, an interesting quote that has been on my mind, and a journal prompt, all related to working and living better.
If you know someone that you think would find this content useful, please forward this on to them! I want to be useful to as many people as possible.
Please reach out (tim@timparkins.com) if you have questions for…

Thanks for subscribing and reading!
Every Sunday I bring you an article, an interesting quote that has been on my mind, and a journal prompt, all related to working and living better.
If you know someone that you think would find this content useful, please forward this on to them! I want to be useful to as many people as possible.
Please reach out (tim@timparkins.com) if you have questions for me or topics you’d like to see me cover.
How To Find More Hours In Your Day
Where I live, we will…

Thanks for subscribing and reading!
Every Sunday I bring you an article, an interesting quote that has been on my mind, and a journal prompt, all related to working and living better.
If you know someone that you think would find this content useful, please forward this on to them! I want to be useful to as many people as possible.
Please reach out (tim@timparkins.com) if you have questions for me or topics you’d like to see me cover.
How To Motivate Yourself When You Feel Lazy And…

Thanks for subscribing and reading!
Every Sunday I bring you an article, an interesting quote that has been on my mind, and a journal prompt, all related to working and living better.
If you know someone that you think would find this content useful, please forward this on to them! I want to be useful to as many people as possible.
Please reach out (tim@timparkins.com) if you have questions for me or topics you’d like to see me cover.
From Defeat To Victory: Transforming Setbacks Into…

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I hope that you all had an amazing week. And even if you didn’t, I hope you understand that is okay too, and that you feel empowered to make this coming week better. We can’t control what happens in our lives, but we can control how we respond!
Let’s dive in to this week’s content…
How To Positively Shape Your World
The world is a beautiful and complex place. If you pay attention and examine the world, you will find many incredible experiences, encounters, and opportunities….

How Collective Experiences Add Magic To Life
Hey everyone! I hope that you had an amazing week.
It’s that time of year again! Superbowl Sunday.
You may wonder why on earth I am talking about the Superbowl. What the heck does that have to do with the usual topics of building a meaningful career, with living an amazing life?
I am a huge believer in the idea of rituals and traditions, believing that they are important tools in making sure that we note the passage of time. Events like the…

Hey everyone!
I hope you had an amazing week and rested and recharged over the weekend. It was so cold here in Ottawa, Canada, over the last couple of days. The cold has kept me cooped up inside way more than usual; I don’t want to wander too far from the cozy fire in the wood stove.
But life is full of seasons; different times call for different ways of being. I try to embrace each moment and encourage you to do the same.
Fully embracing each moment requires that you act with intention,…

Hi everyone! I hope that you all had an amazing week.
Every Sunday I send you 3 things; an article about the world of work, an inspiring quote, and a journal prompt that encourages personal reflection. My goal is to help you redefine the relationship you have with your work, making it something that serves you rather than something you tolerate (or worse) dread.
A member of the community inspired the idea for the major piece of content in this week’s newsletter. He confided to me he had…

Hi everyone! I hope that you all had an amazing week.
Every Sunday I send you 3 things; an article about the world of work, an inspiring quote, and a journal prompt that encourages personal reflection. My goal is to help you redefine the relationship you have with your work, making it something that serves you rather than something you tolerate (or worse) dread.
Please share this with a friend if you find it useful!
As always, feedback is welcome; just respond to this email. I love to hear…

Hey everyone!
Hope that you all had an amazing weekend, and that you found some time to recharge your batteries and to do something interesting. All too often we forget that the whole point of weekends is to reset, to play, to connect with others. They shouldn’t just be the time slot that we push all of our personal chores into.
Let’s dive in to this week’s content!
Want Amazing Results? Work More Consistently, Not Harder.
Progressing slowly but steadily is the key to achieving big goals….

Happy New Year everyone!
I hope that you all had a fantastic holiday season and that you are eager and ready to tackle 2023. I know I am excited about what the year has in store!
I look forward to helping as many of you as possible achieve your career goals for 2023. Doing work that you love and excel is what allows us to flourish as a society; having more people fully engaged in their work and doing work that matters to them is critical to our collective success.
Thanks for reading. I know…

How Helping Others Can Make You Better
An excellent article on HBR highlights some research that I found interesting and useful. If you have followed me for some time, you know I don’t like the idea of “work-life balance”. Work plays a role in the one life we have. While we are working, we are living. You get the idea.
Conflict at home will invariably spill into the workplace (or vice versa), since there is no real distinction or separation between work life and the rest of life.
The research…

It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year – For Reflection
For me, the month of December is a special month. It is time to connect with family and friends. A time to share fantastic food and some thoughtful gifts. It is also a time to go inside., both physically and metaphorically.
Where I live, it gets dark very early. And the weather is typically cold and snowy (although not so much this year). This means that I spend a bit more time inside, sitting downstairs by the fire crackling in my…

Explode Into 2023 By Rocking The Next Month
Don’t let the year just fade out and away.
I can’t believe it is already December. The year has literally flown by. Time seems to pass ever quicker as we age.
It being December means that there is 1 month left in the year (thanks Captain Obvious!). And December means a lot of gatherings with colleagues, family, and friends. Having time to connect with the people that are important to us is so important, and we should enjoy it.
But danger lurks….

How to build your dream career, step by step
Take a longer-term view.
Many people look at their career over too short of a time horizon. It is very helpful to zoom out, taking a longer term view. Because in reality, your career path will probably be winding and non-linear. And your career will be with you for a long time.
It is best to think of your career as something that you will continue to do for most of your life. Even once you “retire”, you will still need to spend your time making…

How To Deal With Sh!t That Derails Your Plans
Sh!t happens. Sorry, it just does.
Failure is an inevitable part of life. The author of the famous Harry Potter book series, J. K. Rowling, articulated it so well in a 2008 speech at Harvard;
It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all; in which case, you fail by default.”
Brilliantly said.
If you are reading this, there is a high probability that you are…

The Amazing Power of the Word “and”
Be uniquely you.
In the current career advice / self-development world, it is very difficult not to stumble across the “follow your passion” advice. Which, for the record, I feel can be quite harmful advice. Not that you should not be doing work that you enjoy doing and are good at, but you need to ensure that there is an actual market demand for what you want to do.
The idea behind the advice to “follow your passion” is to take an activity that you enjoy…

Work. What Is It Good For?
Here’s a crazy question for you; “Why do you work?”
The answer that almost everyone provides when asked this question is “to make money”. Which is fair. After all, we need to buy food to eat, to pay for shelter, and to purchase our way through daily life.
But it is a superficial answer. Because if you go a level deeper, and think about why you want to earn MORE money (as almost everyone does), you think about all the amazing things you would do, if only you had more…

You won’t be here forever. So live intentionally.
I just returned from Portugal. I spent the last 18 days exploring the beautiful sites, history, and culture along with my wife and her mother. It was so enjoyable! There are so many interesting things to see and explore, and so much history.
One town that we visited was Évora. While there we visited the “Capela dos Ossos” (“Chapel of Bones”). This site blew me away.
It is a chapel that was constructed and decorated with the bones of thousands…

The Gift Of Presence: The Secret To Living A Great Life.
I decided to do something a bit differently this week, as a poem that I came across inspired me. The poem was called “The Life of a Day” written by Tom Hennen.
The Life of a Day
Like people or dogs, each day is unique and has its own personality quirks which can easily be seen if you look closely. But there are so few days as compared to people, not to mention dogs, that it would be surprising if a day were not a hundred times more…

How To Create The Future You Dream Of
Are you happy with your life? I mean, are you really satisfied with how things are going for you?
If you are like a lot of people, the answer is probably a resounding “hell, no!”. And that really is too bad.
Because if you are not happy with your life today, when will you be happy? Tomorrow? The day after? When you get a new job? When you retire?
Living like that SUCKS. I know; been there, done that. Life is way too short to live that way.
But I also know…

Having “Bad Days” Are Important To Living A Meaningful Life
Life is not just about finding joy and pleasure.
We devote so much of our time and energy in seeking joy and pleasure. After all, we want to live well!
But without the “downs”, there are no “ups”.
No one wants to experience sadness, grief, pain, or boredom. But the thing is, you can’t have joy, gratitude, satisfaction, and the other positive emotions without having the opposites as well. They are two-sides of the same coin; they…