Hey there,

We made it! It's our pen-ultimate issue of the year. Last week's post, The (Broken) Playbook for happiness struck a nerve, as judgged by the outpouring of "I've been there messages."

In other news, can you believe this?

Before we sprint into 2022, let's pause for one moment.

Let's gather your thoughts, celebrate our wins and honor our challenges so that you can start the year feeling on top of things and in control.

If you've been buried in busywork and haven't had the time to pause, reflect and reclaim control after yet another crazy year - we're here to help.

We want to be your partner on your journey of reflection and intention-setting.

Join us for our (free) Ultimate 2021 Annual Review Workshop and set your future self up for success this Tuesday at 11:30 AM PST.

(And to our course alums: you'll be getting an invite to a private session and to join our new membership community, the $10K Accelerator.)

Here are this week's top reads:

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WAYRTTD: What Are You 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 Trying To Do?

1 minute | Twitter
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I'm always on the lookout for a good $10K Question and I challenge our students to peel back the underlying motive behind a specific desire. For example, they might say "I really need to organize all my Kindle highlights." But what's really behind this desire? I love this simple framework and have already started to use it in both my business and personal life.

→ Read the post​

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Which emerging trends will shape our careers in 2022?

2 minutes | The Jungle Gym
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What's the key to building an anti-fragile career and becoming indispensable? Applying a Growth Mindset and continuously looking for ways to expand and compliment your existing skill set. This article will share 18 trends trends to accelerate your career in 2022 ranging from Headless Projects (huh), Giving Employees the Founder Treatment and (from yours truly) The Rise of the Chief Workflow Officer.

→ Read the post​

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Your ability to focus may be limited to 4 or 5 hours a day

4 minutes | The Washington post

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Now that's a scary truth. How on earth should one tackle those endless to-do lists (plus the back-to-back Zoom meetings). Thankfully there are other ways to design a perfect work day including time-blocking, interruption management and learning how to say no.

→ Read the article​

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Building trust in the workplace

6 minutes | Nobl Academy
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To trust someone is to allow them to have power over us. Leaders can’t cultivate trusting teams if they don’t have a grasp on how this works. How can we help others trust us? By genuinely being good at what we do, having integrity, and being transparent.

→ Read the post​

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A heavy story about how we treat people

2 minutes | Behavior Gap
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In our lowest moments, we want to be held and seen in the fullness of our feelings - a plane filled with strangers suddenly becomes a plane full of humans, all possibly hurting in their own ways. Our personal pain deepens our empathy. How can we hold onto this empathy and these feelings of goodwill on a day-to-day basis?
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→ Read the post​

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LAST WEEK'S MOST READ

• ​A (broken) playbook for happiness (RadReads, 1,197 clicks)
• ​Make learning a part of your daily routine (Harvard Business Review, 289 clicks)

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And finally, a high-res version of Thursday's Ye and Drake concert (with lots of "old Kanye").

With gratitude,

Khe

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