by Jule Kucera | Jul 19, 2026 | Blog
I’ve been doing a yearly plan for a long time but this weekly/ monthly/ quarterly process is recent as of 2025. It has transformed my relationship with time. For example, a friend asked me to be a beta reader for his next novel. Typically I’d think about...
by Jule Kucera | Jul 12, 2026 | Blog
I’m both wary of AI and appreciative of it. People say, “Someday AI will be smarter than us.” What do you mean, “someday”? It’s already smarter than me. Before I describe how I use AI in my weekly/ monthly/ quarterly reviews, it would help to know what my AI knows...
by Jule Kucera | Jul 5, 2026 | Blog
Fifth Third Bank gave me a job and much more than that: it gave me a lesson in operational excellence. Fifth Third had a strategic plan for the business, and I had one for my life. But while I put my plan in a notebook and left it in a drawer, Fifth Third worked its...
by Jule Kucera | Jun 28, 2026 | Blog
It seems the revised Hand was a hit! It’s also proof of the value of collaborative work, of getting input. The Hand that informed the changes to my Hand came from K, who is Katie, who is Katie Robleski. I don’t know all of you, but I know many of you and I wish you...
by Jule Kucera | Jun 21, 2026 | Blog
Thanks to K’s Hand that she sent last week, I’ve modified my own. There were some things that were bugging me with my Hand: Putting Financial Wellness as a subset of Body in the thumb of Be Well felt forced. StoryJoules didn’t seem to fit anywhere anymore. Half of it...