Download or read book Make Space to Lead written by Tutti Taygerly and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can making space transform the way you work and live? Many high-achieving professionals believe that we must continually drive ourselves to work harder to gain the success we desire. But the reality is that we've trapped ourselves within this pattern of busyness and overwork. If you've ever felt burned out, overwhelmed, anxious and unsatisfied in your work life, it's imperative to make space to figure out what truly fulfills you. From her twenty-two years of experience in Silicon Valley, award-winning design leader and international speaker Tutti Taygerly shows readers how you can design your best professional and personal lives using the design process of research, ideation, and focused experiments. Make Space to Lead shares ideas, stories, and experiments from leaders at the top technology companies and startups. Insights include: -The Cult of Achievement: how to break the business cycle and why accomplishing more won't bring you the validation you seek. -It's okay to exhale. You need a break from the constant to-do list and milestones and make room for creativity and flow. Pausing and slowing down your thinking actually makes you stronger-How to develop self-awareness to see the recurring patterns in your work life. With this superpower, you can decide which patterns to keep and which ones to experiment with breaking. -As a surfer, Tutti shares how surfing as a metaphor balances the achievement and flow needed to be a leader in business and your own life. This book will be your hands-on guide to research, create experiments, and take action on what matters for your leadership.