Comments on: 7 mini-resolutions that will make 2019 your most productive year ever https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/01/7-mini-resolutions-that-will-make-2019-your-most-productive-year-ever/ Writer, Author, Speaker Thu, 12 Dec 2019 16:42:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Phil https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/01/7-mini-resolutions-that-will-make-2019-your-most-productive-year-ever/#comment-99410 Thu, 12 Dec 2019 16:42:54 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17073#comment-99410 Thanks, Laura! This was a great post.

]]> By: Yunzhe Zhou https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/01/7-mini-resolutions-that-will-make-2019-your-most-productive-year-ever/#comment-54266 Mon, 28 Jan 2019 00:46:10 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17073#comment-54266 Love the idea of mini-resolutions to break down yearlong (and often daunting) goals. Especially since it’s so easy to forget long term goals…this is why I also started doing monthly + weekly reviews.

Really like the idea of reaching out to one person per day, I’ll add that to my personal project for Feb. Thanks for this list Laura!

]]> By: Molly Beck https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/01/7-mini-resolutions-that-will-make-2019-your-most-productive-year-ever/#comment-52034 Mon, 07 Jan 2019 00:29:17 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17073#comment-52034 In reply to Laura Vanderkam.

Yes, this is 100% correct! A Reach Out email is a message that is not in response to something, but helps you create relationships or nurture connections that nudge you closer to your career goals.

]]> By: Nicole Smith https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/01/7-mini-resolutions-that-will-make-2019-your-most-productive-year-ever/#comment-51865 Sat, 05 Jan 2019 13:33:40 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17073#comment-51865 I started the kindle app on my phone (instead of Facebook) a few years ago and it helps me read so much more. I am going to try the first one this year- I do walk to and from the train but this is a great idea for the middle of the day. Thanks for the list and Happy New Year!

]]> By: Saturday Seven Inspiration for Quilters 58 - A Quilting Life https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/01/7-mini-resolutions-that-will-make-2019-your-most-productive-year-ever/#comment-51851 Sat, 05 Jan 2019 11:01:15 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17073#comment-51851 […] in the process of planning for 2019 now and found this to be a simple and refreshing approach. Read it here. I also enjoyed the article “New Year: The Beautiful Minimalism of a Blank […]

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/01/7-mini-resolutions-that-will-make-2019-your-most-productive-year-ever/#comment-51710 Thu, 03 Jan 2019 16:15:24 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17073#comment-51710 In reply to EB.

@EB – I would think that it would be an email you were sending (not in response to something the other person sent) primarily for the purpose of establishing or deepening ties. So maybe emailing someone you just met at a conference, or someone a colleague mentioned you should get to know, or a former colleague you haven’t spoken with in a whole, or someone in your industry you saw quoted in an article and thought they made an interesting point.

]]> By: EB https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/01/7-mini-resolutions-that-will-make-2019-your-most-productive-year-ever/#comment-51706 Thu, 03 Jan 2019 14:54:21 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17073#comment-51706 These are great ones. I notice a lot of them are daily habits. It reminds me of Ben Franklin’s daily checklist. I am curious as to what counts as “reaching out” for networking purposes. I send a lot of work emails in a day, but I’m guessing those don’t count as relationship building emails. I guess I’ll have to read the book, but I’m curious. This is something I want to work on for the new year.

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/01/7-mini-resolutions-that-will-make-2019-your-most-productive-year-ever/#comment-51643 Wed, 02 Jan 2019 23:02:23 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17073#comment-51643 In reply to Kate.

@Kate – I hope to get back to them. October I read a ton of books for a “best of the year” business book round up for the WSJ…and I kind of didn’t want to specifically list the books that were contenders but did NOT make the list. Then in November I didn’t read much because I was doing NaNoWriMo. In December…I just kind of let it slide. So! Hopefully back to the reading soon.

]]> By: Kate https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/01/7-mini-resolutions-that-will-make-2019-your-most-productive-year-ever/#comment-51642 Wed, 02 Jan 2019 22:54:39 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17073#comment-51642 I have missed your monthly posts of “Books I Read This Month”! Any chance those will make a reappearance in 2019? Hope so! Happy New Year!

]]> By: Sherrell Hendrix https://lauravanderkam.com/2019/01/7-mini-resolutions-that-will-make-2019-your-most-productive-year-ever/#comment-51619 Wed, 02 Jan 2019 18:24:19 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=17073#comment-51619 Scribd is an app I recently discovered. For $8 a month I can download to read or listen to a wide variety of current books. I love Libby but sometimes my library has restrictions on how many users can download a book each day. Thanks to Scribd I was able to read 4 books and listen to 1 audiobook over the holidays!

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