by Sara McGuyer | Jan 5, 2021 | Culture |
Do you pick a word of the year? I can’t recall where I first picked up the practice. I don’t choose one every year. It’s one of those things that comes to me, or it doesn’t, and I’d never want to force something like that. For 2021, it...
by Sara McGuyer | Dec 31, 2020 | Culture |
How to recap a year like 2020? The thought of surveying the whole year is overwhelming, and I’m not sure I want to revisit it all in a methodical way. Like everyone else, I’m pretty ready to move on. Still, there are a few takeaways and silver linings...
by Sara McGuyer | Nov 30, 2020 | Creativity |
I started facilitating writing sprints ages ago to help clients break up daunting content creation projects. After seeing how productive these sessions can be, I started doing solo sprints and using them for even smaller things like a single blog post. As a business...
by Sara McGuyer | Oct 28, 2020 | Work |
Sister company alert! YAY now has its first subsidiary, Right as Run coaching. This launch has been nearly two years in the making. Like is often the case in entrepreneurial journeys, it wasn’t a straight line from A to B. I actually started Right as Run in...
by Sara McGuyer | Sep 30, 2020 | Creativity |
I think of creativity a lot like strength training. Investing 15 minutes in lifting weights here and there adds up over time, until eventually you can lift more, or do more sets, and it feels more natural. Same for running, playing an instrument, writing. Practice,...
