Imagine if the life we created in our heads was what shaped our experiences today, tomorrow, and the next day. What if the view we held of ourselves was the greatest determining factor in who we physically become?

Training Tuesday Podcast: If You Change The Way You See Yourself, You’ll Change Your Life

While the terms equality and equity may sound similar, the implementation of one versus the other can lead to dramatically different outcomes for marginalized people. Equality means each individual or group of people is given the same resources or opportunities. Equity recognizes that each person has different circumstances and allocates the resources and opportunities needed to reach an equal outcome.

Training Tuesday Podcast: Equity vs. Equality - What is the difference?

Training Tuesday Podcast: The Real Reason Why We Procrastinate

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A dopamine detox aims to reduce and remove instant gratification sources. Therefore, less immediately pleasurable activities become more appealing and more enjoyable.
I submitted myself to a test. I decided to remove all activities that could give me instant gratification; every other day - no phone, internet, TV, or junk food. On the opposite days, I would keep the instant gratification activities to the bare minimum, or I wouldn’t do them at all.
Dopamine detox works because you become more comfortable participating in less immediately pleasurable activities. Detoxing my brain from those activities helped me get back on track.
Currently, activities like reading, working on hobbies, or exercising are the ones that motivate me. Now, this dopamine is enough.
Today, I obtain most of my dopamine from activities that will help me long-term. This way, I wake up motivated to work, go to the gym, or incorporate what I’ve learned from self-improvement books because my brain no longer has the option of instant gratification.
So ask yourself, where are you getting your dopamine from?

Training Tuesday - Dopimine Detox

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I believe that there are two significant outcomes of being more open to connecting with others at work: Most people will recognize and respond to the human aspect of what you’re experiencing.

There are not many situations that someone hasn’t heard of or gone through themselves, and even if they haven’t, there is no denying the empathy that arises when confronted with someone’s personal story.

They are flattered that you trusted them enough to share a portion of yourself. Nothing promotes a connection between individuals more than the feeling that you see each other as trustworthy.
Ultimately, the places where we go to work are huge parts of our lives and identities. I have often heard of people having a “work identity.” We all become this person to maintain a certain degree of professionalism at work.

However, I believe a new approach is emerging: one where vulnerability is no longer seen as a career killer but rather an enabler of valuable connections between individuals. Those bonds create an environment of trust that enables greater productivity and overall well-being at work.

Training Tuesday - How Vulnerability Creates Connections At Work

We’ve all heard the term Artificial Intelligence, or AI, being bounced around, especially in the past few years, but what is it exactly?

Artificial intelligence as a technology is any system that exhibits behavior that could be interpreted as human intelligence. But this simple definition cuts to the very heart of one of the significant challenges in AI. How do you define human intelligence? 
The short video in this week’s Training Tuesday will introduce you to some of the key concepts behind artificial intelligence as well as shed light on what makes a machine intelligent. 

The video, part of the Artificial Intelligence Foundations: Thinking Machines course, is offered through LinkedIn Learning. All ADHS team members must have an active LinkedIn Learning license to view the video.

What is AI?

Changing perspective is a gift many of us ignore. And it isn’t easy to do. But, when we do, it leads us to new questions. New questions lead to further information, which leads to new considerations.
Everything changes.

When it happens, and we change our point of view, our decision-making grows in strength.

Training Tuesday - Add Strength To Your Decision Making

We are obsessed with growth: productivity, working hard, habits, daily improvement. So, we track, measure, evaluate, and calculate.
But after burning out in 2020 and spending the following few years focusing on my mental health, strengthening my self-compassion, and learning to let go of my inner critic, I’ve realized something important: 
I am not a robot. I am a human. I am an evolution!

Growth is important. To be thriving and seeking to constantly learn and develop, to become the person we’re supposed to be, is part of a purpose-driven, joyful life. But for many, that may not be sustainable.

Training Tuesday - I Am An Evolution

Occasionally, you encounter an idea so profound, so perfectly concise that it stirs something within.

When I’m not writing about music, I work on pieces that consider the challenges of new leaders. Susan Scott’s 2004 book Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work and in Life One Conversation at a Time is a significant read.

The central premise that relationships are built and destroyed one conversation at a time is an arresting idea to share with someone. It’s guaranteed to cut through, though. It simultaneously promotes reflection and optimism, which is valuable, albeit an uncommon experience.

What I find most satisfying about the idea is that it disrupts your current mindset and promotes a reset. It’s particularly good when you provide feedback to someone who may not be pulling their own weight. It encourages a future mindset open to greater possibilities than the semi-rehearsed monologue about to take place.

Our lives succeed or fail, one conversation at a time.

Training Tuesday - The Rise And Fall Of Conversations And Relationships

In a fast-paced, constantly changing, and increasingly complex world, emotional intelligence is a key skill to master. 

Not only will you reap the rewards personally by enhancing your performance and supporting your well-being, but by developing your emotional intelligence, you'll be able to build strong networks and foster meaningful relationships with others. 

So, what exactly does emotional intelligence, or EQ, mean? To answer that question, let’s start at the very beginning.

Training Tuesday - Understanding Emotional Intelligence

Meetings were always highly stressful for me, especially when dealing with a difficult decision and needing other people’s buy-in.
I worried about being unprepared, un-charming, and not knowing what to say when someone asked me a question.

So, I was over-prepared, tried to appear likable, and didn’t allow others to ask questions.

But instead of acceptance, I got resistance. The harder I tried to win others, the more they rejected my ideas and pushed back on my decisions.

My intentions weren’t wrong. I wanted others to believe me, see my ideas through, and vouch for them. But none of my efforts left a good impression. I was trying to make my meetings impactful by following a faulty process. I was focusing on myself instead of focusing on the process.

Once I started paying attention to my process, I discovered four key areas that would make my meetings less stressful and more impactful. Others not only invested in my ideas, but I also got a ton of positive feedback on the effectiveness of my meetings.

These practices are simple yet powerful. They don’t demand a lot of work or preparation, only presence.
 
Paying attention to the participants in the meeting, trying to assess their needs, and shifting the focus from me to them made my meetings an instant hit.

Training Tuesday - Creating Unforgettable Impact During Meetings

Your strengths are great. 

However, focusing only on strengths prevents you from reaching your full potential. Progress will plummet if there’s no willingness to continue going back to the drawing board. Just as fast as we started, we’ll give up on ourselves.

Our perception of growth relates closely to this. People assume it will happen overnight, or at least faster than expected. 

Is it easy? Of course not. If it were easy, everyone would do it. But most people aren’t willing to go back to identify their mistakes because it scares them. And yet, learning by error is a phenomenal teacher.

Training Tuesday - Relying On Your Greatest Weaknesses For Growth Final

We rush because we’re late. We also rush because we want to move quickly away from discomfort. We rush to come up with solutions to problems that would benefit from more sustained consideration. We rush into obligations, decisions, or relationships because we want things settled.

Worrying is a kind of rushing: It’s uncomfortable to sit in a state of uncertainty, so we fast-forward,  accelerating our lives past the present moment into fearsome imagined scenarios.

Training Tuesday - Hurry Up And Wait

Role-playing can seem a bit strange, but the benefits are undeniable. When you know you have to have a difficult conversation, play out the scenario, but don’t go it alone.

Find a partner, work through it together, and see the benefits in the actual conversation.

Bonus points if you record yourself giving the feedback in your practice sessions to critique yourself later, but small steps are best.

Training Tuesday - Tackling Difficult Conversations

Have you ever experienced that while solving a problem, the problem evolves into something else?

When a problem has an even deeper cause, it is necessary to track it down to the root. To accomplish this, there's a great technique known as the “Five Whys.”

Simplistically, the idea is to ask why, maybe up to five times, certainly more than once, until you get right down to the root of the problem.

Training Tuesday - Why

In our rapidly evolving world, the wisdom of unlearning and embracing new thought patterns, habits, and perceptions is even more relevant than ever before.
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn,” Futurist Alvin Toffler once said.
Many people hold on to the same mindset and habits for far too long. Sometimes when the same perspective or thought pattern is helpful, it’s still essential to reconsider their usefulness for the life you want in the future.
To take an essential step in the direction of your dreams, it pays to seek practical, intelligent, and new approaches to solve old problems. Make unlearning and relearning a life-long habit.

Training Tuesday - The Wisdom Of Unlearning

When we were in school, we were typically only rewarded for giving the correct answers. That’s too bad because it prevented many of us from learning a critical lesson: the real power lies in asking the right questions.

Over the years, through reading books, talking to my mentors, and interviewing those I admire, I’ve realized that the people with the most meaningful lives are the ones who never stop asking questions — not only to others but, most importantly, to themselves.

This realization led me to develop a practice of self-inquiry, which I now do regularly. At least once a month, I pull up a list of questions I’ve written and check in with myself. The results have been profound. Based on my answers, I’m able to constantly make positive adjustments, check in on my progress, and reflect on my growth.

Tune in to find out the ten questions I ask myself!

Training Tuesday - 10 Questions

Some skills matter more than others in order to do well in your career. They put you in front of others, connect you to them, build trust, and enhance your credibility.

But, building these skills can be challenging. Unlike tasks assigned to you in which you’re expected to excel, no one allows you to practice these skills explicitly.

The burden of learning and mastering them is on you.
Practicing these skills requires initiative. You can’t go about your day unconsciously, moving from one task to another and hoping to get better at it. You need a good feedback loop—you’ve got to experiment, identify what works and what doesn’t, and keep repeating the positive behaviors until they come naturally to you.

If you feel stuck or are putting a lot of time and energy into what you do but not getting the desired results, spend some time building these skills. You will not only achieve great success in your career but mastering these skills will bring a sense of pleasure and fulfillment in all you do.

Training Tuesday - Five Skills To Help Boost Your Career

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Agonal breathing (sometimes called "gasping") represents a brain stem response to a lack of oxygen and is very common in cardiac arrest. Sometimes you can hear a patient's agonal breathing over the phone. In other cases, you can identify it from a callers' description of how the patient is breathing. The following recordings provide examples of the kinds of descriptions callers use. The last ("Audible Agonal") captures agonal breathing as heard clearly over the phone.


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Audible - Agonal

I used to get angry. Really angry.
And I’m not talking about competitiveness when someone would beat me out of an opportunity and I would become determined to win the next round. I’m talking about a rage that would come from deep inside me.

Training Tuesday Podcast: Calming Our Anger in 60 Seconds or Less

The Arizona Department of Health Services promotes and protects the health of Arizona's children and adults. Its mission is to set the standard for personal and community health through direct care, science, public policy, and leadership.

The Department operates programs in behavioral health, disease prevention and control, health promotion, community public health, environmental health, maternal and child health, emergency preparedness and regulation of childcare and assisted living centers, nursing homes, hospitals, other health care providers and emergency services.

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