Being Lazy and Slowing Down

Being Lazy and Slowing Down

Be Mindful, Trust the Process, Let Go of Outcomes

All posts by Beronda L. Montgomery

About Beronda L. Montgomery

Dr. Beronda L. Montgomery is Professor of Biology and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean at Grinnell College. Her research focuses on understanding how individuals (mostly plants and photosynthetic bacteria in the research laboratory) perceive, respond to, and are impacted by the environments in which they exist. Beronda also pursues this research theme in the context of effective mentoring and leading in academic environments. She often shares mentoring, faculty development, academic leadership, and institutional transformation issues on Twitter (@BerondaM) and in posts at berondamontgomery.com. Beronda is currently freedom dreaming through being hard at work on her second book.

Freedom dreaming: Aligning passion, purpose, and impact in my work

Posted on Author Beronda L. MontgomeryPosted in academic life & challenges, productivity & meaning

By Beronda L. Montgomery I have a vision for the work I can do, want to do, and believe the world needs me to do. I have actively crafted my “day job” into more and more of “the dream” every chance and opportunity that I get. I’ve even developed a way to measure the impact of my work, which I call my B-Index.  However, at the moment, this vision is not fully realized in my…

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How I work and thrive in academia – From affirmation, not for affirmation

Posted on Author Beronda L. MontgomeryPosted in academic life & challenges, family & parenting, productivity & meaning, shame & lazy

By Beronda Montgomery The human need for affirmation is real. We see it from the very early stages of human development when one of the most common phrases parents hear from young ones seems to be “look at me.” The request is as much a plea for well-placed affirmation for a “job well done” as an expressed need for a spectator. Even in the very last stages of my time on the planet, I imagine…

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