Happy 2026
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Welcome to 2026!
As our other favorite blog reminds us, the New Year is a time to pause and reflect as well as look forward.
One of my big learnings this last year writing here at Albert’s Learning Log was seeing what topics I’m most interested in and which topics seemed to be most helpful to others. My summary:
Self Leadership
Although I feel the term “self leadership” can be misunderstood in many ways, it is generally the official category that a lot of my writing fits into. Here’s how I would define it:
Self Leadership = taking responsibility for adjusting your own actions, mindset, or ways you relate to the world to make important changes.
Below is a little summary of where we went together last year on this blog, which can serve as a refresher or encouragement to click through if you missed one of the articles.
Self Leadership Articles from this past year
3 Alternatives to Making New Year’s Resolutions
This one may be especially timely right now!
How I Reduced Procrastination (A Personal Adaptive Challenge)
A personal story about how changing a habit needs more than just self-discipline. You need to figure out why you haven’t already changed it.
It is possible to purchase a motivation boost for yourself with the right mindset. Which I didn’t have when writing my new book.
New Book: Performance Leadership released!
A huge milestone that required innovations in Self Leadership to reach
Motivation Hack: Keep Your Plans Secret
Why not telling anyone what you’re planning to do can keep motivation high.
The Dark Corner: What are you avoiding?
The start of a new series dealing with scary things we put off
My Personal Dark Corner (and how I dealt with it)
The discussed process I went through to cut white sugar from my family’s diet (arguably the most widely read and shared article last year)
Symbolic Dark Corner (it’s more than it seems)
How dealing with a small Dark Corner can have big implications beyond the surface level issue.
Looking Forward
2025 was a great year for getting back into a semi-regular writing rhythm. I’ve got a few big ideas for where I want to go with this website this year. But I can’t really say what those ideas are, can I?
Thanks again to everyone who faithfully reads and reacts. Feedback helps fuel my motivation to keep the articles a-flowin’!
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