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MichaelSunnarborg / July 29, 2023
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Yesterday I celebrated my 57th birthday. “What? You’re 57?!” Shouted my inner (forever) younger self. Yep. And it’s a good thing. In fact, it’s not just good—it’s fantastic. Fantastic because it’s taken this long to learn one of life’s...
MichaelSunnarborg / June 01, 2023
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A couple of years ago, I had an interesting dream. I was in a fast food restaurant, had just finished placing my order, and was waiting for the counterperson to call my number. As I was waiting, a few...
MichaelSunnarborg / March 21, 2023
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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a tremendous impact on every aspect of our lives. The pandemic caused devastating effects for many people, businesses, supply chains, and the list goes on. And at the same time, the pandemic also acted like...
MichaelSunnarborg / January 28, 2023
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Things are still kind of wonky. In my relentlessly optimistic mind, I really thought we’d find a semblance of “normal” by now, but not so much. And then I realized why things are so strange: The pandemic hasn’t disappeared...
MichaelSunnarborg / November 17, 2022
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With the “return to routine” going much slower than anticipated, the existence of frequent and substantive lulls is becoming more and more commonplace in our daily lives. In other words, things have slowed down. A lot. And it’s no...
MichaelSunnarborg / October 20, 2022
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Recently, I held the first face-to-face meeting of The White Box Club®—a career transition coaching group I founded in 2015—since the COVID-19 lockdown began in March 2020. When I started to plan for the meeting, I went into autopilot...
MichaelSunnarborg / September 20, 2022
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September 20, 2022 Dear Wordle, I’m writing this letter to tell you that I think it’s time for us to go our separate ways. When we first met in January, I was delighted to finally find a relationship that...
MichaelSunnarborg / August 21, 2022
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It was my first concert at Minneapolis Orchestra Hall since COVID. And I was excited. After all, it was Beethoven. And not just any Beethoven piece—his 5th Symphony. You know, the one with the opening rift ...
MichaelSunnarborg / July 16, 2022
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This past week was one of those weeks. You know the one where you end up stopping and reminding yourself that “everything’s going to be all right.” Yep, that one. It wasn’t like the week was full of any...