Fay's favorite five. Hi Friends! Here is your weekly dose of Fay's favorite five ~ a 5-minute or five-second thought from me, based on something I’m loving, learning, or exploring. Feel free to forward it along if the spirit moves you. On something I'm struggling with I'm struggling with something. I've been working more lately. Much more. And when I finally stopped to ask why, the answer surprised me. There really is more to do, because so much more is possible. A few examples of what...
15 days ago • 3 min read
Fay's favorite five. Hi Friends! Here is your weekly dose of Fay's favorite five ~ a 5-minute or five-second thought from me, based on something I’m loving, learning, or exploring. Feel free to forward it along if the spirit moves you. On real wealth Most of what we want to do once we are financially independent is cheap. It's things like a slow morning, a walk with no destination, a day without meetings. Because the truth is: Real wealth is time. But the paradoxical reality is: We spend time...
22 days ago • 2 min read
Fay's favorite five. Hi Friends! Here is your weekly dose of Fay's favorite five ~ a 5-minute or five-second thought from me, based on something I’m loving, learning, or exploring. Feel free to forward it along if the spirit moves you. On the AI mirror If you’ve been chatting with AI over the past 1-3 years, try these 7 prompts for self-reflection to explore what it remembers and what patterns it notices about you. Copy and paste the following into your most-used AI tool: What do you remember...
29 days ago • 2 min read
Fay's favorite five. Hi Friends! Welcome back! Here is your weekly dose of Fay's favorite five ~ a 5-minute or five-second thought from me, based on something I’m loving, learning, or exploring. Feel free to forward it along if the spirit moves you. On opportunities In the long run, the opportunities that are right for you have a way of finding you. Sometimes you wish so dearly that a new relationship or a big chance will go your way. It can feel like heartbreak when it falls through. But you...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Fay's favorite five. Hi Friends! Here is your weekly dose of Fay's favorite five ~ a 5-minute or five-second thought from me, based on something I’m loving, learning, or exploring. Feel free to forward it along if the spirit moves you. This is the last email you'll get from me until after Chag, so I wanted to leave you with a handful of thoughts. Not the spiritual reminders - those matter so much this time of year, but you have plenty of places to find those. These are the mental health,...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Fay's favorite five. Hi Friends! Here is your weekly dose of Fay's favorite five ~ a 5-minute or five-second thought from me, based on something I’m loving, learning, or exploring. Feel free to forward it along if the spirit moves you. On the phishing quiz I took this phishing quiz I saw recommended in a newsletter, and I'm so glad I did. FYI: Phishing is when scammers pose as a company or as a person you trust to trick you into handing over passwords, money, or sensitive personal or business...
3 months ago • 2 min read
Fay's favorite five. Hi Friends! Here is your weekly dose of Fay's favorite five ~ a 5-minute or five-second thought from me, based on something I’m loving, learning, or exploring. Feel free to forward it along if the spirit moves you. On what really matters on your way up What about lessons you learned in college? A business strategy course in my senior year stands out. I had maintained a 4.0 average all the way through, and I wanted to graduate with a perfect average. It came down to the...
3 months ago • 4 min read
Fay's favorite five. Hi Friends! Here is your weekly dose of Fay's favorite five ~ a 5-minute or five-second thought from me, based on something I’m loving, learning, or exploring. Feel free to forward it along if the spirit moves you. On the prompt to prevent deathbed regrets I stumbled upon a version of this prompt, and then improved it to be more useful for me, so I wanted to share it with you. Warning: this might be a hard pill to swallow. Copy and paste the following into the AI...
3 months ago • 2 min read
Fay's favorite five. Hi Friends! Here is your weekly dose of Fay's favorite five ~ a 5-minute or five-second thought from me, based on something I’m loving, learning, or exploring. Feel free to forward it along if the spirit moves you. On what's up? Last week's email was a vulnerable one, and it got more replies than I've gotten in a while. Which always fascinates me. The vulnerable ones move people. I think we're all a little starved for the real thing, and we find so much relief in hearing...
3 months ago • 3 min read