Maria Fieth

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@GovofCO @NatlGovsAssoc @GovWesMoore You’re welcome for dinner at our house.

I’ve always said I’m willing to work with anyone to make our state better. After the White House finally made it clear National Governors Association (@NatlGovsAssoc) vice chair Governor Wes Moore (@GovWesMoore) and I were invited to the business session, we decided it was important to attend today’s meeting with fellow Governors of both parties to elevate the issues that Americans care about most and speak truth to power. Governor Moore and I were not invited to dinner at the White House tomorrow, and will not be attending.

@avrilanche @DNVR_Avalanche @ballarenadenver This is so smart!

They should have player-themed food at @ballarenadenver Cale Salad Nate Doggs Martin Nachos Blackwood Fired Pizza Wedgewood Salad Brent Burnt Ends Brockwurst #GoAvsGo

@Simon_Ingari Smart

Boss said, "My team is burned out, but they're not even working that much." The real problem was invisible. "They're exhausted," the boss told me. "But most leave by 6 PM." I'd seen this before. "Tell me about their typical day," I said. "Normal stuff. Meetings, projects, the usual." "How many tools do they switch between?" He started counting on his fingers. Stopped at ten. "How often do priorities change?" "We're agile," he said. "We adapt quickly." "How quickly?" "Daily. Sometimes hourly." "Show me one person's calendar," I said. He pulled up his marketing director's schedule. Seventeen meetings in three days. Eight different projects discussed. Zero focused work time. "She's drowning," I said. "But she's only here 45 hours a week." "Hours aren't the problem. Decisions are." He looked puzzled. I explained. "Research shows that every context switch can take over 20 minutes to recover mentally. She switches contexts more than 15 times a day. That's 5 hours of mental recovery time, every day. It's only an 8-hour workday." His face changed. "Your team isn't tired from working. They're tired from switching. From deciding what's actually important. From never finishing anything." "What do I do?" "Three changes: First: One main priority per week. Not seven. One. Written down. Shared with everyone. Second: Batch meetings. All meetings on Tuesday/Thursday. Monday, Wednesday, Friday for deep work. Third: Pick three tools. Kill the rest." They were using Slack, Teams, email, Asana, Monday, Notion, and four others. Now they use three. Total. Six weeks later: "How's the team?" I asked. "Same hours. Completely different energy." "What changed?" "Maria finished a project last week. The whole thing. Start to finish. First time in two years." He paused. "She actually smiled in our one-on-one. Said she forgot what it felt like to complete something." The truth about burnout: It's not always about the hours you put in. It's about where your attention is pulled. You can work 40 hours and feel destroyed. Or 55 hours and feel energized. The difference? Whether those hours are spent starting things. Or finishing them. Most leaders count hours. The smart ones protect focus. Because burnout doesn't come from hard work. It comes from work that never ends.

Is @tonyromo on the @Chiefs payroll?

Before going around Colorado, @The_Pigeon fueled at one of Colorado's 635 summer meal sites! As a bird under18, the Pigeon can enjoys meals free of charge all summer long. This program is also open to human youth under 18! Find a meal site near you at KidsFoodFinder.org.

@Avalanche Da boss

Say something nice about Cale Makar ⬇️ #GoAvsGo

“Steady as she goes, Riker”. Accurate Moser. Nice work gentlemen! @Avalanche #goavsgo

Boom! 💥O’Conner seals the deal! @Avalanche #GoAvsGo

Score!! Go Big Mac! @Avalanche #GoAvsGo

Enjoying Avs on the deck. Whooping’ up on some Redwings. THIS is Colorado! #GoAvsGo ! @Avalanche

Avs on the deck. #goavsgo! ⁦@Avalanche⁩

@Avalanche Way to go Nate!

Him. #GoAvsGo

@Avalanche Good advice all the way around.

Learn from our mistakes and improve for the next one.

The Fieth Team w/SkillsCommons is wrapping up another successful project, this one with Roane State Community College. Smart people there doing the good work in #workforce development. strongteams.net

@CAST_UDL Congratulations!

🎉 Exciting news! Announcing the winners of our inaugural UDL Awards Anne Meyer UDL Design Award: Loui Lord Nelson David Rose UDL Research Award: Kavita Rao UDL Innovative Practice Award: Dara Ryder Share your congratulations and thoughts on how their work impacts you! 🏆

Our own @Mariafieth and @andyfieth presented this week at OLC #innovate2024 with our friend and colleague @girardmelancon

Celebrating Women Everywhere. m.youtube.com/watch?feature=…

@AuthorKimberley Some of us caught it. 😆

OMG PEOPLE...I KNOW THE GERMANS DIDN'T BOMB PEARL HARBOR!!!! speakola.com/movie/john-bel…