The Rundown
April 2023
Here’s your roundup for April.
What I’m Reading
Books
All of the books I read change my thinking, but sometimes books change my life. This month I read The Courage to Be Disliked : How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life, and Achieve Real Happiness by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga. I bought it because I wanted to break my addiction to pleasing people, and it gave me that and so much more. (Ok, I’m still a people-pleaser, but I have new tools to work on it.) It helped me reflect on my tendency to take on the problems of others and solve them as if they are my own. As I continue to reflect and refine who I serve in my business and how I serve them, giving myself permission to not be everything to everyone has been liberating.
“It’s that you are disliked by someone. It is proof that you are exercising your freedom and living in freedom, and a sign that you are living in accordance with your own principles.”
- Ichiro Kishimi
Other stuff
Creating a better work environment for all by embracing neurodiversity, Deliotte
Take Our Kids to Work Day looks way different than it did 30 years ago, Fast Company
Why most people pick the wrong career, according to a former rocket scientist, Fast Company
4 Design Mistakes That Are Holding You Back, Me, on My Blog
Podcast
This month we released two podcast episodes:
Here's what you can look forward to in May:
Working Better with Anna Burgess Yang
Doing What Your Love with Shiela Pialago
Resources
[Article] How Freelancing Leads To Insecurity—And How You Can Build More Confidence
[Free workshop] Breaking Free: Paving Your Own Path as a Freelance Dancer
[Free workshop] Design Your Own Brand
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