The New Crop: Issue #85
living outside the box + "how to get over burnout when you can't take time off"
What’s in this issue:
💭 Thought: Living outside the box
📚 Read: How to Get Over Burnout When You Can’t Take Time Off
😆 Today’s Laugh
If you’re still looking for a Halloween costume for your pet, here’s some cute inspiration for you:
Sources (from left to right, top to bottom): louis_the_beagle/Instagram, cooper.thegoldenboy/Instagram, tiny.piggy/Instagram, juanita.lamasbonita/Instagram, mygavet/Instagram
💭 Today’s Thought
A colleague of mine once said, “great leaders don’t just make it possible for their teams to think outside the box, but also to live outside the box.”
What “living outside the box” can look like:
Taking risks
Doing things that feel uncomfortable
Finding what makes each person unique and encouraging them be and do that, rather than conform to whatever “box” others want them to be in
Speaking up when they disagree or have an alternative perspective
It’s great if your team thinks creatively, even better if they live creatively.
Check out the prompts in Today’s Reflection below to take a quick pulse check of your team, and/or yourself if you don’t lead a team. ⬇️
🖊️ Today’s Reflection
If you’re new to journaling, I highly encourage you to read Nancy Adler’s article: Want to be an outstanding leader? Keep a journal.
This week, find a quiet place and gift yourself 10 minutes to reflect on any of these prompts (or invent your own!):
What does it mean to you to “live outside the box”?
Make a list of times in the last two weeks when you’ve witnessed your team (or yourself) thinking outside the box. What do you notice? Any patterns?
Make a list of times in the last two weeks when you’ve witnessed your team (or yourself) living outside the box (according to your definition). What do you notice?
If you aren’t observing your team (or yourself) thinking OR living outside the box as much as you’d like, here’s a challenge question: how might you be contributing to that?
📚 Today’s Read
How to Get Over Burnout When You Can’t Take Time Off
In this article, Rebecca Fishbein draws on research to give several suggestions of ways to recover mentally, physically, and emotionally from stressful work situations when you don’t have the luxury of taking time off. Click here to read more!
Even if you’re not experiencing burnout yourself, these tips are great to be aware of, so you can offer them to others.
See you next week!
xo,
Anne