Move Your Desk

It's easy to default and still live a successful and fairly comfortable life.

Yet, what if some of the angst you feel inside is there for a purpose? To give you hints that it is time to think differently about your next steps.

Sometimes it is ok to default to what everyone is doing. Especially, if you consciously make that decision.

Sometimes you have to go ... zigging on the zag.

Your addictions can be great teachers, if you allow yourself to learn from them.

Behind every addiction there is a set of thoughts and emotions that drive you to indulge in the excessive eating, drinking, pornography, working, or learning. Or, whatever.

There is good news, and it is less about willpower and more about figuring out what is going on in your mind when you find yourself in the middle of these behaviors.

Right now I'm learning all about this as I journey through finding out why cookies have such control over me. And, the reasons are getting clearer and the decision to manage and modify those reasons are as well.

If you need help with any of these, please reach out to me. Or, at least take a look at the links in the show notes at http://www.moveyourdesk.com to connect with coaches or resources that may be helpful.

In an ever changing world of online learning approaches and options, it is important to remember the simple principles of design that exemplify good instruction. And, you don't have to make it difficult.

Scott Mathews shares insights and examples from his experiences as a curriculum developer, a health care educator, and an aviation enthusiast to give listeners (especially anyone in the teaching capacity) ideas about how to move into the online space without overthinking it.

Leaders don't have to know it all. But, sometimes that is what is passed along as an expectation by society, by corporate culture, and by other leaders.

Lisa Chapman Gregory shares with us how we can lead and manage with both confidence in our optimal performance zone while also bringing vulnerability to our work.

Confident vulnerability is an attribute we can all embrace in whatever role we are in or seek. What a comfort to know that we don't have to know it all. And, we can admit it.

Through a sequence of nudges, I was introduced to my first scheduled podcast interview! I know you will enjoy getting to know David McBee through this interview and when you read his book. He is on a quest to become a better man, husband, father, and person each day.

You can find him at http://www.davidmcbee.com and his book on Amazon at https://amzn.to/3daGD1Q

Online learning has been around a while. But, almost overnight, government and schools closed their physical doors and made the decision to offer up classes virtually to reduce human contact in an attempt to thwart the spread of disease. Just moving to online sounds so simple. But, there are differences between the physical classroom learning experience and the experience that can be offered online. Desi Dixon, an experienced educator, doctoral student, learning technologist and parents shares insights about teaching in both the classroom and online as well as a few tips for parents that may be having a few students hanging around the home a bit more during the day for the ongoing future.

In an information filled world, it's helpful to have personal management strategies to make sense of it all. Frameworks are one way to curate and use this information in meaningful ways to improve our work and life.