January 31, 2022

Hello BOSLady,

TONIGHT 1/31 at 6:30PM EST is the WILD National: Q&A with our LightFair 2021 PechaKucha Speakers! If you haven't registered, do it here. Watch the recordings beforehand here and come with questions ready! Looking forward to seeing you there.

Next Tuesday the 8th, Alexandra will be hosting our February BOSLady meeting at 7pm EST to discuss The Long Game. The Zoom information is on the website and below: Topic: BOSLady Time: Feb 8, 2022 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82719919700?pwd=VEhCM3hvK3hORTRjNFl2TDhUMXpvdz09 Meeting ID: 827 1991 9700 Passcode: 188795 The Weekly Three 1. Something about big-picture questions: One of the things that I enjoy about this month's book is that Clark does bullet points at the end of each chapter to re-emphasize key ideas. An example: Four questions that can help you determine whether something is worth doing: 1. What is the total time commitment? 2. What is the opportunity cost? 3. What's the physical and emotional cost? 4. Would I feel bad in a year if I didn't do this? Total time commitment for a webinar, she says, isn't just the actual live webinar but also the time spent prepping material, communicating details beforehand and follow ups. Physical cost could be fatigue, poor nutrition (read: airport food and late night post-event scrounging) or less time for exercise because of travel. 2. Something to listen to about scheduling for the life you want and just going for it: The Stokecast's Say Yes and Do More episode with Nicole Handel has stuck in my mind since I listened to it at the end of 2019. Handel didn't grow up outdoor oriented but after she broke up with a partner who introduced her to hiking, she decided to show herself that she could do it on her own. She has gotten into the habit of saying yes to invitations that she normally would have shied away from and into trying new things with much more experienced people, ego be damned. In that conversation, comparison came up and one of the hosts described her attitude as "the positive side of comparison", the mindset of "if they can do it, why can't I?" To accommodate all of the activities that she is learning and enjoys to do, she very intentionally picked a career and position that allowed her to make space for them. When people reach out on social media to tell her that she is lucky, she agrees, but is sure to say that her life didn't just magically become this, she made it that way. This message fits tidily with the message of The Long Game. 3. Something about ideas: a chart by Brendan Leonard, just one small piece of it below

Thank you for taking the time to read,

Amber