Jessica's Friday Five

Hi Reader, Welp, what a week for those of us here in America. I'm really proud of all the hard work that went into shifting our politics back toward more care and humanity. Two quick things before we get into Friday Five: if you're celebrating Diwali ✨ this weekend, I hope you enjoy! If you're a mom, my very wise friend Sweta is hosting a workshop next week for moms ready to reconnect with themselves. Let's get to your Friday Five: Hit Snooze (in Gmail or Outlook): I've shared this one...

Hi Reader, Tomorrow is Election Day here in the US, and Thanksgiving is coming up in just a few weeks. A great move you can make today as a manager is to send a note to your team that you want to make sure they have time to vote tomorrow and to let you know if they need your support to ensure that time exists. Let’s get to your Monthly Management Memo - as always, with something bold, something new, something borrowed, and something to pursue. 🔥 Something Bold - Rest Takes PracticeAs a group,...

Hey Reader - Next week, Monday, Nov. 9 through Friday, Nov. 13, I'm hosting a Get It Done Week on weekly planning, and you're invited. Get The Weekly Planning Ritual Toolkit for $37, and you're in. There's nothing else to sign up for. The toolkit walks you through setting up your own weekly planning ritual in under an hour. You'll find where all your tasks are living (email, Slack, texts, post-its, your head), organize them in a way that fits you, and choose from digital, paper, or in-between...

Hi Reader, For my fellow Americans on this list, I hope your Halloween weekend includes fun and joy, and that you plan to vote by next Tuesday! If you're in a state that offers mail or early voting, it's helpful for the process if you vote early. That reduces the time it takes to count votes in your area, which also bolsters public confidence in election results and makes election officials' work easier. You can find all the info for your local voting (where to vote, what's on the ballot,...

Hi Reader, After last week’s show-and-tell workshop on 14 different ways I'm using AI to create more ease and joy in my work and home lives, a Society member asked how I built the weekly planning tool I showed on screen. So I built a version for her that she could just upload directly into her AI tool, and she had it running the next day. That’s pretty typical for the Society: you ask, and I answer, or I build. Then I share it with everyone else in The Society, too! Now's a great time to...

Hi Reader, For sure, the highlight of my week was being in a Zoom room with so many of you yesterday, chatting about the interesting ways we're using AI in our work and lives, and the nuance of doing that thoughtfully. It was a total storm of ideas and a lot of fun. Thanks for being there! If you want to get the replay + toolkit I created with tips and all the Q&A and such, just hit reply and I'll let you know when that's available (I need to set up a few things on my end, but I've already...

Hi Reader, Yesterday, I was waiting for my breakfast to cook in the air fryer and decided to start voting while I waited (my ballot is 6 pages long where I live!). Over the day, I finally made it through the whole thing. If you have a ballot at home where you live that needs your attention this weekend, I wish you the best making the decisions you need to make! Let's get to your Friday Five, shall we? New iPhone feature: So many folks get anxious when I share the tip to turn off most...

Hi Reader, The weather where I am has been so hot this week - as someone who adores the chill of fall weather, I'm so ready for the time when it's comfortable again to take a midday walk without working up a sweat. I know some of you have storms coming in this weekend - I hope you stay safe! Let's get to your Friday Five: My other Friday thing: Did you know I post my 9 favorite memes of the week on Instagram and Facebook every Friday? If not, go check them out - they're up now for this week....

Hi Reader, A leader I'm working with emailed our team a list of everything she's juggling right now. It was long! It was also much more useful than a vague sense of "I'm very busy," because you can do something with a list. We ran out of time on our call to get into prioritization, so I recorded her a quick video with some of my go-to questions. This issue is inspired by that video, for all of us managing more than we can possibly get done. Let’s get to your Monthly Management Memo - as...