#14 December 21, 2021
Blake Carroll, CPA
PwC People Team - Manager | Helping Aspiring CPAs Navigate the CPA Exam with Confidence
What’s causing you stress right now? Are self-imposed deadlines or expectations contributing? What could you let go of in order to ease this stress? If the stress is only self imposed and not actually coming from something outside of your control then you totally have the ability to change it!?
It is a fact and reality of life that struggles from things beyond our control are going to happen. There is no fighting or denying that. So how will you respond with the difficult times inevitably come? You have to truly accept whatever the situation is, admit what is or isn’t within your control, and have the?belief that everything will work out for the greater good. It can be tough to keep those beliefs in the most challenging times, but isn’t that better than not having the beliefs at all? The strategies in this article will help get you through challenges. It’s not toxic positivity because you can still acknowledge the difficulties you’re facing. You’re not ignoring the bad, you’re accepting it and not fighting it.?
A lot of people think?creativity is something that you either have or you don’t, rather than a skill that can be grown and cultivated. Most of those people would also probably say they aren’t creative at all, but I would disagree. We all probably are more creative in our day-to-day than we realize that first So how do you improve yours? This article has good tips on that such as not being afraid of failure or rejection, and purposefully giving yourself constrained time limits for motivation.?
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It’s paradoxical that one of the biggest enemies to long-term success can actually be short term success. When we start to perform at a high-level it can be normal to get complacent or lazy and to stop doing the habits and routines that got us there in the first place. We might lose our edge or motivation and start to coast. What got you here won’t get you there.?How do you keep that chip on your shoulder that will help you sustain your high level of productivity and achievement? A lot of it is simply trying to optimize your energy and time management throughout the day, and being aware that it will be naturally tempting to start slipping and letting up.?
You are not going to accomplish all of your biggest goals in one day, but you can make progress towards them each day. This article describes the importance of focusing on hitting singles rather than trying to hit a home run every time. Small wins give us the motivation and momentum to sustain our efforts until our big goals have happened. It may not be as exciting or thrilling, but the small wins are necessary to build and to get to the top of the mountains we are trying to scale. If you try to hit huge homeruns every time you are probably going to fail more often and that can make you more likely to give up. If you focus on the small changes then with consistent effort over a long period of time you cannot fail.
The holidays can be a very stressful time for people. This article has some great general self-care tips that can help you deal with that. One that resonated with me was carving out time each day still. There’s so much to do and so much going on that you could just be running around filling your day with all kinds of activity, and it can be very helpful to just stop for a second and be at peace so that you do not get overwhelmed. Make sure you have some fun things planned, that your day isn’t filled with only things you have to do or should do. In order to make that happen you’re going to have to be okay saying no to some things and some people.
Have a great week everyone!