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At the top of this page, click the “Random Challenge” button to discover another Daily Challenge. As of March 30, 2020, we’ve designed 450+ challenges for you, all to help you practice key skills for managing change, people and your own behaviors. If you click “Random Challenge” and don’t like what you see, just click it again! Even if you’ve been a subscriber since day 1 (July 2018), you might realize something new today. Why not find an extra to work on?

Scroll through your playlist, or find something new. Pick a song that makes you feel strong, powerful, happy, and energetic in this moment. Listen to it. Sing it all day if you want to. I’ve heard that some people pick a “life” theme song; I tend to change mine more frequently. You can do whatever you want! For today, my theme song is The Strumbella’s “We Don’t Know.” There’s the line: “but we all know, if there’s hope, then we’ll be okay.”

Grab a piece of paper, or open a blank doc on your device. Write across the top: “What has NOT changed?” Write the date. (It’s March 26, 2020 as I write this challenge.) Now list everything you can think of, big and small. Don’t judge your ideas. (My toenails are on my list! They seem to look the same and act the same as they did yesterday. Don’t judge.) List everything you can think of. Fill the page if you can. Fill a second page. When you’re finished, look over this list. Is there anything on there that you want to share with someone else? (Love is on my list. I went and told my husband I loved him more and more every day; that has never changed.)

Take a few minutes today to pause. Count to 10, or count to your favorite number (mine happens to be 44 so it’s going to take me a bit!). Now think about what makes you smile. Maybe it’s a video of your cousin’s 18-month-old turning into a little person before your eyes. Maybe it’s your dogs wagging their whole bodies when you pull out their leashes for a walk. Maybe it’s the tulip next to your sidewalk, blooming a little earlier than it should have. Maybe it’s a song you haven’t heard in awhile but still know all of the words. Remember every thing that makes you smile; write them down if you want to; draw a picture; show that picture to your family; talk about it; post it; spread the smiles; and–oh yeah–just SMILE. Like everything else, especially when we’re under stress, it might take some practice. Practice with me, will you please?

Think of a time you had to make an unpopular decision. It could be either personal or professional. How did you share your decision with the people who would be impacted by it? How did they receive the news, and is there anything you could have done differently to improve the result of that conversation?

Review the two most recent problems you tried to solve. What strategies did you use to generate possible solutions? How many alternative solutions did you consider? How long did you work to come up with a solution? How successful were you at solving the problem?

Make a mental list of the people you socialize with most at work—around the water cooler, at lunch, at happy hours, over the weekends, or just while you’re sitting at your desk. How are these people perceived by others?

Think about what your first real interests were when you were a teenager. Write them down. Now write down your current interests. Look at both lists and circle the two interests that you felt the most passionate about in your life, and that you would most like to pursue now.

What are three sources of short-term financing that may be used by a company? Feel free to answer this question either in your head or on a sheet of paper.

Think back to the last mistake you made, or the last time you hurt someone. Did you apologize to that person afterwards? If not, make a plan to offer a sincere apology the next time you see them.