There have been several times over my career I had to learn to be silent. Situations at home, at work or on the road required me—a teacher at heart—to not share an insight but to remain quiet. I recognized silence would achieve more than words. Are you like me? Ernest Hemingway said it best: “It takes two years to learn to speak. It takes sixty years to learn to remain silent.” Our family recently decided to see a counselor to deepen our relationships. We all felt we could use a communication tune-up now that our kids are adults and have moved away.

I promised in my last ELAvate Leadership Blog to give you a planning worksheet to refocus you on a more wholesome life in 2025. This worksheet I call “Successful Leaders Play Lego in 2025.” Rather than a life of balancing your career against other areas of your life, you can build a more wholesome life with the “Lego life bricks” found on our attached worksheet. I believe a life of significance is built on practically integrating the important aspects (the Lego bricks) of your life

The year 2022 was impactful for the learner/mentees in the Harvard Manage Mentor Spark community. Michelle Bonterre of Harvard Publishing lists out the 10 most popular skills the Harvard Manage Mentees desired to learn in 2022 below and I have given you action steps to take to grow you in these skills in 2023. Read on!