The Mom Weekly Volume 67: November 19, 2024
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Who’s On Your Personal Board of Directors?
The Wall Street Journal has an occasional feature called “Personal Board of Directors” that allows “ top business leaders talk about the people they turn to for advice, and how those people have shaped their perspective and helped them succeed.”
For instance, this one about the CEO of Wal-Mart is worth reading just for his work life and career trajectory. (This is a gift link).
Here are a few others:
How Carla Harris Became One of the Most Powerful Black Women on Wall Street
An Advocates for Managing Startups Differently Gets New Advice
This Former Auto Executive is now CEO of a Billion Dollar Online Pharmacy
I’ve loved this concept for some time, and often wondered who I would list on my Personal Board of Directors. I’m not a top business leader, but I still think there are people who influence me and guide me, and are just with me along life’s journey. Dad, you kids, my siblings, and a few friends.
It is a helpful thought experiment: who would you put on your “personal board of directors”? There could be a different group of people for different seasons or different parts of your life—career, personal, and so forth. I’m going to make the case that I think parents need a personal board of directors as they navigate parenting (even above-average children like all of you, kiss face emoji).
Remember how much I love you,
Mom
Interesting/Notable
You know how much I love a challenge!
I love the challenge itself—working on a project for 10 minutes, every single day, for 2 years. Even better is his addition to the challenge of noting what he did each day.
Also, my six degrees of separation—I met J. Money at FinCon 2019, and he is exactly as he sounds on his blog. And yes, he has a mohawk. He’s quirky and kind.
An Action Item: Think About Advent
Advent is right around the corner. (And this Sunday is the feast of Christ the King, Dad’s favorite!)
That means Advent starts the Sunday after that—which is December 1. How can you consider using this Advent as a way to prepare your heart for Christmas?
I don’t know if you remember the Donut Man song, “No Room at the Inn”
And here’s one with the lyrics.
For some reason, I used to get a little emotional at the line, “But you will find room in my heart, Lord Jesus.” And I still do, listening to it again. Give it a listen and see if you don’t remember it!
Some things I have tried to do in the past during Advent:
*end of year giving
*cleaning out my closet and giving things away
*trying to go to daily Mass a little more often
*celebrating the feasts in December—St. Nicholas (Dec. 6), the Immaculate Conception (Dec. 8), St. Juan Diego (and G’s baptism anniversary!), and more.
*picking out some spiritual reading to focus on during Advent
The Hallow app has a kids’ Jesse Tree Tales challenge, which could be fun and light.
What are you doing this weekend?
So, now that it’s Tuesday, what are you planning for the weekend? I’m going to suggest trying to cover four “F”s to get ideas flowing:
*faith—when are you going to Mass?
*friends—what friends will you see or connect with?
*food—any fun recipes you plan to try, or restaurants you plan to visit?
*fun—anything interesting you are going to play, watch, or do this weekend? Now’s the time to think it through, and put it on the calendar (even informally).