Hey Stress, Let's Talk

I like history. I especially like asking myself, “A hundred years ago, how would this have gone down?” I ask that in clinic and even in the hospital at times. I ask it when I’m talking with leaders. I ask it in my own life when I feel overwhelmed and then look around at my dishwasher, my computer, my car, and think, “Wait. People used to have to do so much more just to get through a day.”

I was speaking recently with leaders in online retail, and they were talking about the endless reports put in front of them. Sales reports. Ad reports. Customer behavior reports. Inventory reports. Reports on reports. AI summaries of the reported reports.

Thank you all for your incredible outpouring of kindness this past week. Writing to you all about the death of my Dad – sharing the realities of our messy beautiful lives is one of the gifts of this community – really healed a piece of my grief. I won’t keep our focus on this subject next week, but wanted to see if I could return the gift a bit with one other truth I’m reminded of daily right now. You gotta slow down to speed up when you’re struggling.