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Creating Your 2022 North Star
Adam Grant’s brilliant NYTimes article uses the term languishing to describe what many of us have been feeling during the second pandemic year of 2021. While there were many beautiful connections last year, there were also many times when I felt joyless and aimless and it felt comforting to think of a collective languishing.
As we move into 2022, even with the new strains, we can take advantage of the quirk of human calendars and get a fresh start. We’re all familiar with New Year’s Resolutions and how they typically end in a dumpster fire by the end of January. Yet without dreaming and wishing for something different, we end up stuck in default modes, repeating old patterns, and continuing to tread the well-worn grooves of our lives.
This article outlines a leadership framework revolving around your one word or one phrase intention to define your 2022 north star. I’ll also share mine as an example. If you want additional support to create yours, my colleague Jim Herman and I are leading a 6-week group program that begins on January 18.
Last year, I wrote about Creating Your 2021 North Star and reflected on A Ritual for Closing the Year. My word for the year was whitespace —in design, the negative space between the content. I needed to slow down and pay attention to the restful space in-between the to-do list and packed calendars. I gave…
