It was the sunshine and overnight getaway that motivated me to tend to the bottom of my inbox, and a lightly scheduled workday that made it possible. For me, those last non-urgent email messages are not postponed so much as reserved. They represent rich and stimulating ideas that help me reflect and find clarity. In a way they are my reward for catching up.
Culminated from a morning of especially inspiring content, here are some subjects I thought you might enjoy. Happy reading!
Seven Habits of Highly Productive Giving
Four years after Adam Grant’s Give and Take book claimed that, “those who give first are often best positioned for success later”, Wharton’s youngest tenured professor and top-rated teacher continues to share insights related to giving. In a recent Harvard Business Review article, Grant partners with researcher Reb Rebele to caution givers about the risk of burnout and offer the Coveyesque “seven habits of highly productive giving”.
Love-based Work Cultures
If you’re at all cynical about today’s business environments, consider this: The Academy of Culture Ambassadors has announced their first Wisdom for Modern Workplaces Conference, with the intriguing tagline, “Celebrating Kindness, Joy, and Love as a Business Priority”. The Academy “supports workplace cultures where there is a relentless passion for kindness, empathy, dignity, trust, transparency, sharing, happiness, compassion and love.” If you or someone you know manages a workplace culture, take a look.
Spiritual Emotional Intelligence
Six Seconds, an organization that promotes the growth of emotional intelligence tools and capabilities, defines spiritual emotional intelligence (SEQ) as “the capacity to utilize emotional and spiritual insight to create a full and meaningful life.” As they refine a tool to measure spiritual intelligence, Six Seconds offers a free (and quick) assessment tool that gives you immediate feedback with some tips to increase your SEQ (no strings attached). If you’re interested, visit their online assessment.
What could be hiding at the bottom of your inbox?
