Link to Focus Freebie: ⁠https://thefierceframework.myflodesk.com/focus⁠

Takeaways:

• You lose part of yourself when you force yourself to fit into spaces you weren’t meant to be in.

• Self-acceptance is a crucial part of the foundation to figuring out what works for you.

• How can you make taking action so easy that it would be silly not to do it?

Books mentioned (affiliate links):

Atomic Habits - https://bookshop.org/a/84046/9780735211292

The Artist’s Way - https://bookshop.org/a/84046/9780143129257

The Gap and The Gain - https://bookshop.org/a/84046/9781401964368

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari - https://bookshop.org/a/84046/9780062515674

Tiny Habits - https://bookshop.org/a/84046/9780358362777

Shoutout to Squadda B and the 126ers for the awesome music in my intro and intermission.

Meet Kristina:

Kristina Green is a generational workforce consultant and speaker who’s transforming how organizations work across generations. Founder of Cardigan Careers, a leadership consultancy focused on optimizing multigenerational teams for success, Kristina is leading the charge to create a more cohesive workforce where all generations can thrive.

She specializes in helping organizations harness the power of generational diversity to drive innovation, retention, and team success. Passionate about bridging generational gaps, Kristina empowers leaders to create cohesive, high-performing teams by embracing the strengths of all generations in the workplace. Through her speaking and consulting, she’s reshaping how organizations view and approach multigenerational collaboration for a more dynamic and future-ready workforce.

Takeaways:

• You don’t have to have everything figured out before you start. Take some action. Be willing to try something, and follow the breadcrumbs from there.

• “You absolutely can do this. You just have to decide, and give yourself permission to do it, and to try.”

• “It doesn’t matter where you are in your journey. It matters that you are believing in yourself and that you are taking the action towards that belief.”

• Do not be the first one to tell yourself “no”. You will never know until you try. Just because you’re challenging the norm, that doesn’t mean you’re gonna fail.

Links:

• Kristina on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristina-m-green/

• Kristina’s website:https://cardigancareers.co/

Focus Freebie:https://thefierceframework.myflodesk.com/focus

Shoutout to Squadda B and the 126ers for the awesome music in my intro and intermission.

Meet Kristina:

Kristina Green is a generational workforce consultant and speaker who’s transforming how organizations work across generations. Founder of Cardigan Careers, a leadership consultancy focused on optimizing multigenerational teams for success, Kristina is leading the charge to create a more cohesive workforce where all generations can thrive.

She specializes in helping organizations harness the power of generational diversity to drive innovation, retention, and team success. Passionate about bridging generational gaps, Kristina empowers leaders to create cohesive, high-performing teams by embracing the strengths of all generations in the workplace. Through her speaking and consulting, she’s reshaping how organizations view and approach multigenerational collaboration for a more dynamic and future-ready workforce.

Takeaways:

• Self discovery and shadow work are so important to holding onto the belief that you can succeed at what you’re working towards.

• We’re afraid of success because we don’t know what it feels like yet - it’s basically our survival brain telling us that success is dangerous because it’s unfamiliar.

• Manage your energy by setting your intentions for the day. Journal on 3 things you’re most grateful for, 3 wins from yesterday, and 3 target wins for today.

• You can’t do everything all at once and you can’t do it alone.

• Keep your wins visual and easy to access. Those times when you most need to be reminded of your wins, you usually don’t have the energy to go search for your wins.

Links:

• Kristina on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristina-m-green/

• Kristina’s website: https://cardigancareers.co/

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  Book Recommendations (affiliate links):

• • The Gap and the Gain: https://bookshop.org/a/84046/9781401964375

  • The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: https://bookshop.org/a/84046/9780062515674

    
    

  • MaryBeth’s Focus Freebie: https://thefierceframework.myflodesk.com/focus

  
  

  Shoutout to Squadda B and the 126ers for the awesome music in my intro and intermission.

Focus Freebie: https://thefierceframework.myflodesk.com/focus

Takeaways:

If your year was the result of you repeating today 364 times, would you meet the goals you set for yourself this year? Every day is a building block in the lego castle of your life.

Sometimes we romanticize the end result, the goal, but we don’t want to actually take the journey, or do the work that reaching that goal would require.

Your “why” is powerful because it determines how you work towards your goals.

Accomplishing your goal is a byproduct of your habits and routines.

Everybody knows what they would do with a million dollars, but what would you do with a thousand? What if you got a million dollars, but it was in chunks of a thousand?

Shoutout to Squadda B and the 126ers for the awesome music in my intro and intermission.

Plan Your Year Workshop: https://thefierceframework.myflodesk.com/workshop

I am probably the last person to push resolutions, so we’re gonna discuss resolutions from a pretty neutral position. I don’t think they’re necessarily necessary (I think you’re doing great!). Also, there’s nothing magical about the beginning of the year. You can set goals and redirect at any point during the year. Hopefully, that takes some pressure off. Now, let’s dive in!

Takeaways:

• Introspection and reflection are powerful tools to help determine how you feel about where you’re headed in life and if a course correction is in order.

• Avoidance is a common cause of doing things we don’t necessarily want to be doing. Pinpointing what you’re avoiding can help uncover the root cause of a symptom.

• Addressing the underlying reason you have a habit you’re wanting to change can be a powerful tool to help change it.

• Being honest with yourself is crucial when it comes to determining what changes to make, what is sustainable for you, and what goals are attainable.

• You’re human. That means you’re not perfect. Having a plan for when (not “if”) you mess up can be really helpful for getting back on track after a slip-up.

• You might not know what resources or support you need to actually achieve your goals until you start actually going for it. That’s okay. Sometimes you just have to start in order to figure out what else you need along the way.

• The only failure is when you give up on yourself. Making a mistake isn’t failure. It doesn’t make you a failure. Slipping up isn’t failure. As long as you haven’t given up, you’re still making progress. I hope you’re so proud of yourself. I am.

Plan Your Year Workshop: https://thefierceframework.myflodesk.com/workshop

Takeaways:

• • Take time to rest because we could all use a break this time of year, and sometimes it takes slowing down to gain perspective and reflect so you can realign for the next season.

  • Reflecting can help us gain insight and clarity for where we’re headed next.

  • Your yearly reflection can look however you want. Journaling works for a lot of people, but you can also have a conversation with your partner, bestie, or mom. Maybe reviewing your Spotify wrapped, photo album, or instagram stories is more your speed.

  • Ask yourself: What did I learn? What made me feel alive? What brought me joy and purpose?

  • Be intentional about what you want to take with you into 2025 and what you want to leave behind. It’s easy to get into a routine and just stay there without really considering if it’s still working for you.

  • Before setting any more goals, Celebrate your wins! (Too often we gloss over our wins and move onto the next without acknowledging all we've accomplished)

Plan Your Year Workshop: https://thefierceframework.myflodesk.com/workshop

Takeaways:

• Boundaries are especially important during the holiday season, and they’re not just for bad things. It’s okay to have boundaries for “too much of a good thing”.

• Rest is important during this time of year. I know it’s easy to let self-care slip when things get busy, but it’s even more important to take care of yourself when you have a ton going on!

• I’m a huge advocate for doing less, but it’s also important to remember to make room for what you want to do. Identify a couple of things that bring you joy and prioritize them this season.

Shoutout to Squadda B and the 126ers for the awesome music in my intro and intermission.

There are a couple of questions that have been so powerful in helping me make my business more sustainable: 1) How can it be fun? 2) How can I make it easy? Takeaways: - How can I make sure the things that don’t have to be hard aren’t harder than they need to be? - You only fail when you quit trying, so what can you do to make it easier to not give up? - When you don’t realize that you’re allowed to do something differently than how you thought it was supposed to be, then you don’t always realize you have the choice to do something differently, but you do. Focus Freebie: https://thefierceframework.myflodesk.com/focus Shoutout to Squadda B and the 126ers for the awesome music in my intro and intermission.