Happy new year!

And a few new-year links

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The new year’s arbitrary—but there’s something useful about reflecting on the year gone by and considering the year ahead.

So I’m sending this extra email with links to five previous, bigger-picture Great Work posts—perspectives I’m finding particularly useful to think about as I mull how I’d like to handle my coming year.

(1) Are you working harder than you want to be?

Get more done, and do better work, by working less hard

(2) Are you getting as much rest, each day and each week, as you want to get and should be getting? (Sorry — no audio version for this one, yet.)

Prioritize rest

(3) Could a change in perspective transform how you handle the challenges of your work?

It's the reaction, not the stuff

(4) Are you focusing on what you want to be doing, and saying no to roles that aren’t for you?

Know what you want to do ...

(5) Wish you spent a little less time on the internet? Last week’s email, but we’ve had people sign up since then.

Budget and schedule your internet time

I hope you find something useful here. And I wish you, in the year ahead, serenity and success doing work that matters to you and to the world.

Warm wishes,

P.S. People have started asking me whether I do talks, speaking, and webinars about this stuff. Why yes, I do! And I love doing them. Recent feedback: “Adam was funny, practical, and honest about the things we all struggle with. Lots of great advice and food for thought.” (Thanks!) I’m unlikely to turn down a non-commercial organization or group just because you can’t afford to pay me much/at all. Can Zoom anywhere. Interested? Email me.