Habit Becomes Infrastructure

Habit Becomes Infrastructure

I recently read a piece by Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, about the release of ChatGPT-5. What struck me was his reasoning for making the update widely available to all users, not just paid subscribers: “Use becomes habit. Habit becomes infrastructure.” That...
Making Friends with Your Inner Striver

Making Friends with Your Inner Striver

In three different conversations this week, the inner striver came up. I was fascinated by the use of this word and the feeling that was being conveyed. Essentially, your inner striver is telling you to push harder, go faster, get it all done.  Personally, I’m super...
A Month of Less (Part 3)

A Month of Less (Part 3)

Part 3: Doing Less of What You Don’t Want to Do What if you had permission to do less?  So many of us carry a long to-do list packed with obligations we didn’t consciously choose. Don’t think about doing less as a proclamation of laziness. It’s not. It’s about...
A Month of Less (Part 2)

A Month of Less (Part 2)

Part 2: Consuming Less I’ve been thinking a lot about my personal consumption ever since I broke up with Amazon and realized we were buying a lot of stuff we didn’t need. To the annoyance of my kids and the reluctant support of my husband, we’ve limited our Amazon...
A Month of Less (Part 1)

A Month of Less (Part 1)

Part 1: Less Stuff  The Joy of Purging How much of what surrounds you do you actually use or love? I have to credit Marie Kondo here because her 2014 book, ​The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up​, helped me do the most thorough purge of my adult life. I can say for...
Choice, Not Control: The Heart of Mindful Accountability

Choice, Not Control: The Heart of Mindful Accountability

  At Accountability Works, we see accountability coaching as a way to cultivate awareness so that you can make better, more aligned choices. You are always accountable. Whether you act or don’t act, decide or defer, you live with the consequences. That’s the...