09/22/2026
What would it take to finish this year strong without running yourself into the ground to get there?
Wanting to finish well is not the problem. And whether you are catching up on goals, right on track, or already ahead of where you hoped to be by now, the last quarter of the year tends to matter more than the other three, and most of us know it. The trouble is not the push itself, it is what that push so often costs us.
I've had too many years where, somewhere along the way, finishing strong quietly turns into running on fumes, and by the time December arrives, the temptation to just say "let's loop back to this in January" to whatever is left over (or everything!) starts to look like too good of a response.
Positive Intelligence offers a way to hold both of those things at once, the drive to make the most of the final quarter of the year and the wellbeing to actually enjoy having done it. Effectiveness here is not about sheer output, it is about noticing the stories you're telling yourself that convince you overextending is the only or best path forward, or that rest now means falling behind later. But we get to choose a different way through this stretch of the year, one that does not end in burnout or a quiet decision to just start over in January.
If you're starting to think about the end of the year, and have a strong desire to do make a change before 2026 ends to help you work with more peace and more consistently find your flow state, Caroline Cochran and I would love for you to join us on October 8 from 9 to 10:30am at KPT Collaborative in Hudson. We will be exploring together how to at Maximize Your Effectiveness: Grow Mental Fitness with Positive Intelligence.
Save this post if you want to make the most of this last quarter without paying for it in exhaustion. Info to register is in the comments. We would love to head into the end of the year with you in the room!