LinkedIn ViewPoint Newsletters from October 21 to December 2, 2025

Dec 3

Written By Brieanne Yuchasz

LinkedIn ViewPoint Newsletters from October 21 to December 2, 2025

Written by Brieanne Yuchasz

December 2, 2025

ViewPoint: What's your vision?

ViewPoint: Life, Career, & Leadership Reflections & Experiments

Welcome to ViewPoint, a newsletter designed to improve your ViewPoint on your life, career, & leadership through reflections and experiments. Each publication will include a reflection or experiment for a related life, career, or leadership topic. Choose one or choose all three to reflect on or experiment with – the choice is yours! My hope is that it empowers you to be your best self – in your life, in your career, and as a leader! Enjoy!

Today’s theme: What’s your vision?

Today, let’s reflect on your vision. Your vision for your life, career, and your leadership. This may take a bit of time, so read through this once and then block some time to really ponder in a comfortable environment. For each area, life, career, and leadership, I’ve listed a series of questions; they are intended to be answered in order, as they build on each other.

First, let’s get grounded on why it’s important to set your vision. Setting your vision gives you a mental picture of what you want in the future. It sets your direction. You can then set goals or milestones to get there. Without a vision, you have no destination. With no destination, you can end up anywhere, which may be fine, but may not be. If you want to be intentional about your future, take the time to reflect on what you want for your future and set a vision.

We’ll take time to reflect on your vision today and next week, we’ll start figuring out how to get there.

Now, find a comfortable space with no distractions, to start reflecting and visualizing your future to create your vision...don't worry if it doesn't come to you at first. These questions often take time to develop answers to.

LIFE REFLECTIONS

How do you want to feel in life?
How do you want to show up each day?
Which values do you want to influence your short-term and long-term decisions?
How do you want to spend your time? Visualize a non-workday, what do you do with your time?
Which relationships do you want to invest in?
Which hobbies do you want to explore more?
Where do you see yourself living in the future?
Take time to reflect and visualize your life, 1 year, 5 years, or many years out. See it. Feel it.

CAREER REFLECTIONS

What do you want to learn?
What experiences do you want to have?
Which skills, strengths, knowledge do you want to be using daily?
What impact do you want to have?
Who do you want to network with?
Which career paths support the above?
What do you see yourself doing in 1, 5, 10, 15+ years?
Who do you see yourself becoming in 1, 5,10, 15+ years?
Take time to reflect and visualize your career, 1 year, 5 years, or many years out. See it. Feel it.

LEADERSHIP REFLECTIONS

Where/who do you want to lead in your life/career?
How do you want to show up as a leader?
What’s your leadership style? Behaviors?
Which habits and routines support you?
What do you want to create with this team or in this area?
Visualize yourself leading your desired area. See it. Feel it.

For your visualization for life, career, and leadership, write down the notes that are important to you. Note the pieces you really want to have happen. Note the areas you want to explore further.

Just reflect and visualize. Next week, we’ll talk about steps to make it happen.

Each day we have an opportunity to reflect and experiment on our lives, careers, and leadership so we can be our best selves. Take the time today to reflect and experiment, to help you create your new ViewPoint and be your best self!

Here to help you thrive,

Coach Brieanne

ViewPoint Coaching & Consulting: Clarity for Complex Minds
1:1 coaching to find your next career step, unlock your peak career performance, and emerge as a leader. To learn more, visit: https://www.coachbrieanne.com

November 25, 2025

ViewPoint: What's one challenge you faced this year that you're now grateful for - and why?

ViewPoint: Life, Career, & Leadership Reflections & Experiments

Today’s theme: What’s one challenge you faced this year that you’re now grateful for - and why?

With Thanksgiving this week, it’s a great time for gratitude - for friends and family, food, your home, etc. However, I'd like you to reflect on your gratitude slightly differently this year. You’ve likely had a number of challenges this year that you’ve overcome or are still working through.

Reflect on the challenges that you faced in your life, in your career, and as a leader this year.

Which of them are you grateful for now?
And, why?
Did the challenge show you that you are capable of something more?
Did you learn something new?
Did you create stronger relationships?
Did new opportunities arise as a result?
Reflect on your challenges and what they brought into your life.
Are there things to be grateful for?
Are there things to let go?
Experiment with feeling gratitude for those challenges.
See what happens – a mental shift, a boost of confidence, or something else.

Happy Thanksgiving – may your life be full of gratitude for you being you, the people in your life, the challenges you faced this year, and how you choose to bring your strengths to the world!

Here to help you thrive,

Coach Brieanne

ViewPoint Coaching & Consulting: Clarity for Complex Minds
1:1 coaching to find your next career step, unlock your peak career performance, and emerge as a leader. To learn more, visit: https://www.coachbrieanne.com

November 18, 2025

ViewPoint: What do you find "acceptable"?

ViewPoint: Life, Career, & Leadership Reflections & Experiments

Welcome to ViewPoint, a newsletter designed to improve your ViewPoint on your life, career, & leadership through reflections and experiments. Each publication will include a reflection or experiment for a related life, career, or leadership topic. Choose one or choose all three areas to reflect on or experiment with – the choice is yours! My hope is that it empowers you to be your best self – in your life, in your career, and as a leader! Enjoy!

Today’s theme: What do you find “acceptable”?

Last week, I attended the International ADHD conference to hear about the latest ADHD research for some of my clients, and the theme of acceptance and inclusion was prevalent. You could feel it. Everyone accepted each other for who they are, who they are being, and how they operated in the world. When each presenter got up to speak and maybe had a computer glitch, presentation formatting glitch, or microphone issue, the audience gave space for the speaker to make adjustments, ask for help, and ultimately solve the problem and then actually clapped for them when it was resolved. They clapped for them! This happened multiple times. It was so refreshing to have an environment where people celebrated that you solved the problem rather than judged you for it happening in the first place.

So, today, I’d love to reflect on, what do you find “acceptable” in your life, career, and as a leader? I’m going to list a number of questions. Read through them and pick one to reflect on.

LIFE Reflections

Is it acceptable to learn differently than others?
Is it acceptable to speak differently than others?
Is it acceptable to move differently than others?
Is it acceptable to socialize differently than others?
Is it acceptable to behave differently than others?
Is it acceptable to think differently than others?
Is it acceptable to have different spiritual or political beliefs than others?
By others being different from you or you being different from others, how does that impact you?
Is it comfortable or uncomfortable to have differences?
Is there a belief that you have that helps or hinders you from accepting differences in your life?

WORK/CAREER Reflections

Is it acceptable to work differently than others?
Is it acceptable to make mistakes during a presentation?
Is it acceptable to have a different career path than others?
What work behaviors do you find acceptable and not acceptable, why?
How do the work or career differences impact you?
What beliefs have formed about work and careers that are blocking acceptance?

LEADERSHIP Reflections

What are acceptable leadership behaviors for you and why?
Are there behaviors that other leaders do that you find unacceptable and why? (I’m not referring to ethical issues, but style, approach, communication, etc.)
Are you accepting of different leadership and work styles?
Are you allowing space for your team and your peers to work the way they work best?
Where you have valid preferences, are you communicating the preferences, process, and reasoning behind them (i.e. meetings, presentations, escalations)?

REFLECT AND EXPERIMENT

Pick just one question above to really reflect on.
Dive into it.
Look at it from different perspectives.
Talk about it with people.
Then, ask yourself if there’s a new perspective you want to have and how you can shift your perspective.
What will it take for you to shift your perspective?
Put the wheels in motion.
Experiment and see what happens.

Acceptance starts with accepting yourself and your own ways of living, working, and leading. Then, it expands to accepting how other people live, work, and lead. Knowing why things are acceptable or not is important. Is it rooted in values? Is it rooted in beliefs? Where did it come from and is that still true? By accepting differences in how people live, work, and lead, it can create space, openness, belonging, among other things. The International ADHD conference did a great job of modeling acceptance; I invite you to expand your level of acceptance and model it, too.

Here to help you thrive,

Coach Brieanne

ViewPoint Coaching & Consulting: Clarity for Complex Minds
1:1 coaching to find your next career step, unlock your peak career performance, and emerge as a leader. To learn more, visit: https://www.coachbrieanne.com

November 11, 2025

ViewPoint: What's good enough?

ViewPoint: Life, Career, & Leadership Reflections & Experiments

Today’s theme: What’s good enough?

When I find myself focusing on too many little details, it’s important to ask, what’s “good enough?” What am I doing for perfectionistic tendencies? What am I doing out of fear of what others think? Perfectionism and fear of others, or perceived expectations, can slow us down from making progress. When we chase flawless outcomes, we delay action, miss opportunities, and exhaust ourselves trying to meet expectations that may not even matter. “Good enough” isn’t settling - it’s a strategic choice that prioritizes momentum over paralysis. It’s about recognizing that progress creates impact, while perfection often creates stress. The truth is, most of the time, others don’t notice the tiny details we obsess over - they care about the value we deliver, not the polish we agonize about. So today, I ask you to reflect on what’s “good enough” in your life, career, and as a leader?

Reflect:

What does “good enough” look like for your life, career, and as a leader?
Life: Is there an area of your life that you can be satisfied with “good enough”?
Career: Is 80% done on a work deliverable sufficient? What would you gain and what would you really lose? I’m not advocating for sub-par work, but asking you to reflect on, what is “good enough” so you free up time to work on more impactful things.
Leadership: If you held your team accountable for excellence in key areas and “good enough” in others, what impact would that have?
Take a few minutes to reflect and notice what comes up.

Experiment:

Pick one area you'd like to experiment with over the next week.
Practice asking yourself, what's "good enough" for the area you've chosen.
Stop at "good enough".
Experiment and see what happens. How do you feel? What do you have more time for?
Reflect and experiment again.

Here to help you thrive,

Coach Brieanne

November 4, 2025

ViewPoint: What are you free to do?

ViewPoint: Life, Career, & Leadership Reflections & Experiments

Today’s theme: What are you free to do?

With Election Day here in the U.S., I’ve been reflecting on freedom - the freedom granted by laws and the freedom we allow ourselves. We thrive when we can live our lives freely, as long as we’re not harming others or the environment. Legal freedoms are extremely important, and I encourage you to vote to protect them. Today, though, I’ll focus on the other aspect: freedom shaped by our own mindset.

How often do obligations, expectations, or fear limit what you believe you’re free to do? And what would change if you expanded that definition?

Today, let’s reflect and experiment with what you’re free to do with your own mindset.

LIFE Reflections & Experiments

What choices do you have that you’re not using?

Say no to something to free up time, give you space?
Choose to use your time for self-care?
Choose to focus on your priorities over time suck activities?

Are there times where you feel like you can’t do something because of obligations or expectations, from others or from yourself?

You've created your own expectations of when things need to be done?
You've developed an image of how things need to be done... a little perfectionism kicks in?
You've let your perception of what others expect add to the stress?

If you pause and reflect on what choices are available, truly available, would additional options appear?

For example, there was one time when I was writing up a project summary and as I started the work, I realized it was going to take 8-10 hours with the amount of data analysis, synthesizing, and formatting. In my mind, I had set a certain deadline for when it was due. I started to map out how the work could be done over the course of 3 days. Stress started to build as I realized how tight and difficult this schedule was. Then, I realized, I had created the obligation and the expectation of when it was due. I had the freedom to move the date by a day or two and create more space in my schedule. Ah, freedom.

How might you be letting your own perception of obligations and expectations, or fears, limit your choices or your freedom?

Reflect on it – notice what you notice.

CAREER Reflections & Experiments

What roles, projects, or industries are you free to explore?

Are you holding yourself back from exploring another area because of fear? Fear of something new? Fear of failing? Fear of the unknown?

Fear is normal. Your brain is trying to protect you and puts up all these signals when there is something new. You do have the freedom to face your fear and to take action. You can step into a new role, lead a new project, or learn a new industry if you want to. It is your choice. Pick the area, assess your skills and/or build a career development plan, and take intentional action to get there.

Over two years ago, I chose to leave an incredible Chief of Staff role to run a Career Coaching Business. There were and are MANY fears that I have to face. When each fear arises, I recognize it, assess it (what’s true, not true, helpful, not helpful), and determine what action I want to take as a result. I find that I initially limit my choices due to fear, but with pausing and reflecting, expand the choices to much better options.

What fears are limiting your choices?

Reflect on it – notice what you notice.

LEADERSHIP Reflections & Experiments

How does your leadership empower others to be free? To have autonomy?

As a leader, you have the ability to set obligations and expectations, and honestly, have the choice of whether you instill fear or not, too, for your team. Which of your leadership behaviors give others' autonomy to lead in their areas of expertise, or not?

For example, I had a leader that when they handed off a project, would give the objective, what requirements mattered, and then left everything else up to me. I could decide the approach, the cadence, the content, etc. as long as I met the requirements and the objective. It was freeing to have this autonomy. The projects were more enjoyable and had better results, than if I was told exactly what to do each step of the way.

How are your leadership behaviors empowering others’ autonomy?

Reflect on it – notice what you notice.

Experiment

What are you free to do right now if you look at your obligations, expectations, and fears differently, in your life, your career, and as a leader – and what will you choose?

Reflect on what choice(s) you want to make.
Pick one choice to move forward with.
Identify the next steps and take intentional action.
Experiment and see what happens.
Let me know your one choice with a direct message.

Each day we have an opportunity to reflect and experiment on our lives, careers, and leadership so we can be our best selves. Take the time today to reflect and experiment to help you create your new ViewPoint and be your best self!

Here to help you thrive,

Coach Brieanne

ViewPoint Coaching & Consulting: Clarity for Complex Minds
1:1 coaching to find your next career step, unlock your peak career performance, and emerge as a leader. To learn more, visit: https://www.coachbrieanne.com

October 28, 2025

ViewPoint: What's holding you back from embracing something new?

ViewPoint: Life, Career, & Leadership Reflections & Experiments

Today’s theme: What’s holding you back from embracing something new in your life or career, or as a leader? Let’s explore how letting go can unlock your next chapter.

Often times, we’re holding on to something, a title, a way of life, a feeling of comfort, or something else that only we really know, that we need to let go of before we can truly embrace the new. The new mindset, the new challenge, the new role, the new lifestyle, or something else new. Something is holding us back from stepping into it, completely. It may be due to fear, or grieving a loss, or our brains holding on to the familiar. Let’s take a few minutes to reflect on what you may need to let go of, in order to embrace the new.

LIFE Reflections & Experiments

In life, what are you ready to say YES to? A healthy lifestyle? A new relationship? A new challenge – pushing yourself in a new way? Or something else that will enrich your life?

In order to really free yourself to step into this space, you may need to let go of something:

Old habits and comforts
Old internal narratives, like “I’m fine with x,” when really, you want something more or a narrative like “I can’t possibly do that”
Old relationships

Reflect on:

What are you ready to say “YES!” to in your life?
What do you need to let go of to embrace the new?

Experiment:

Visualize yourself letting go of it… setting it free
Then, embark on your new journey, by establishing what you want and what it will take to get there and taking intentional action. If you're unsure of what to do next, talk with friends, do research, or consult Copilot.

CAREER Reflections & Experiments

In your current role, what mindset do you need to let go of to thrive more? Which mindset do you want to embrace in your current role? Here are some potential ideas:

I embrace uncertainty as a space for creativity and possibility.
I trust my ability to lead even when the path isn’t fully clear.
I stay open to feedback and use it to refine my vision and approach.
I lead with purpose, even when progress feels slow or nonlinear.
I give myself permission to evolve and let go of what no longer fits.

Reflect on:

Which mindset(s) is no longer serving you?
How can you let go of it and shift to something new?
What’s the new mindset that you’d like to live by?

Experiment:

How can you remind yourself daily to live by it?
Practice acting with this new mindset for the next 2-4 weeks

LEADERSHIP Reflections & Experiments

As a leader, which mindset do you need to let go to thrive more? Maybe you want to embrace one of these mindsets:

I embrace learning, iteration, and feedback as essential parts of my growth.
I lead with curiosity, seeking to understand before I evaluate.
I stay flexible and open to change, trusting the process even when outcomes are unclear.
I lead from my values and show up as my authentic self.
I trust others to lead and grow, and I create space for their success.
I practice compassion—for myself and for those I lead—especially in moments of challenge.
I keep my long-term vision in focus, even when urgency tries to pull me off course.

Reflect on:

Which leadership mindset will serve you going forward?
Which mindset do you need to let go of?

Experiment:

Visualize yourself letting go of the old mindset.
Picture yourself in a few situations where you need to apply the new mindset; visualize yourself thinking and behaving in alignment with the new leadership mindset
Practice this new leadership mindset over the next 2-4 weeks and see what happens.

What’s one thing you’re going to let go of this month? Drop your thoughts below or DM me to chat about your next step.

Here to help you thrive,

Coach Brieanne

ViewPoint Coaching & Consulting: Clarity for Complex Minds
1:1 coaching to find your next career step, unlock your peak career performance, and emerge as a leader. To learn more, visit: https://www.coachbrieanne.com

October 21, 2025

ViewPoint: How do you know what you REALLY want in your life, career, and as a leader?

ViewPoint: Life, Career, & Leadership Reflections & Experiments

Today’s theme: How do you know what you REALLY want in your life, career, and as a leader?

Knowing what you want doesn’t always happen instantly – it often unfolds slowly. Whether you're seeking direction in life, navigating a career transition, or emerging as a leader, the question “What do I really want?” can feel both liberating and overwhelming.

Here are some ways to begin answering it and questions to reflect on. For full disclosure, Copilot provided some great suggestions that are included.

Notice Your Energy

Your energy often reveals what you’re interested in and what you want more of. When you can’t wait to do a specific activity, that’s something that you legitimately want to do. When you’re dragging your feet or procrastinating, you either don’t want to do it, or some blocker is in the way (i.e. fear, not interested, etc.). Reflect on these questions to give you some insight on where your energy is:

What activities leave you feeling energized?
When do you feel most alive, curious, or in flow?

Energy is often an honest compass. Make note of your answers.

Pay Attention to What You’re Avoiding

Sometimes what you want is hidden behind what you fear.

Reflect on: “If I weren’t afraid, what would I do? What would I go after?”

Avoidance can signal both desire and discomfort - this is an area to note. If you identify something that you’re avoiding because of fear, you can address the fear and reach what you desire. Make note if you identify something you want but are hiding behind fear.

Reflect on Your Values, Your Purpose, Your Vision

Aligning what you want with your values, your purpose, and your vision creates sustainable motivation.

Reflect on:

What values guide what you want in your life, career, or as a leader? You can do a values worksheet here if you like: https://www.viewpointcoachingandconsulting.com/values
How does your purpose align to what you want?
How does your vision align to what you want?

Taking time to reflect on your values, purpose, and vision helps to pinpoint what you really want. Take a few minutes to reflect and write down your insights.

Experiment

You don’t have to commit to something 100% – you can experiment and try on different ideas.

Shadow someone, take a course, volunteer, or journal as if you’re already doing what you want.

Clarity often comes from experience, from action, momentum, not just introspection.

Reflect on: What’s one experiment you want to try, to determine more what you want? When can you start? Write it down.

Ask Better Questions

Instead of “What SHOULD I do?” try:

“What do I WANT to feel more of?”
“What do I WANT to learn and experience?”
“What impact do I WANT to have?”
“What kind of problems do I ENJOY solving?”

Does anything new pop up that you want? Make note of it.

Ask for Feedback

Ask your friends and family for feedback but be careful not to take it as a directive. You can ask a range of questions:

Where have you noticed that I’m the most energized? Or, what lights me up?
What do I complain about the most?
What have you heard me say that I want most?

Getting external feedback can give perspective. Write down what you hear.

Get Quiet

Sometimes we’re too busy to hear ourselves think.

Meditation, walks, or quiet journaling can help you listen for what you really want.

Ask yourself, “What do I really want?” and let your mind wander through answers. Let your judgment of the ideas go. Let the ideas flow. See what comes. Write down what comes up.

Accept That What You Want Evolves

What you want now may not be what you want in five years - and that’s okay.

The goal isn’t a fixed destination, but a direction that feels aligned to your values, purpose, and vision.

Next Steps

Knowing what you want is less about having the perfect answer and more about being willing to ask the question, “what do I really want?” - and stay curious through judgment, fear, and other emotions or blockers. There are a number of right answers, and we tend to think there’s only one right answer and we’re afraid of picking the wrong one. If you listen inward, to what you really want, by following the above, and especially, check that it aligns to your values, purpose, and vision, you’ve likely chosen one of the right paths.

After reflecting on the questions above and possibly identifying an experiment, write down a clean list or description of what you really want at this time. Then, identify, what is your first, next step? Think about what you need to do that step and then make the plans to do it and follow through. You’ll be one step closer to what you really want!

I personally, have been on a journey of discovering what I truly want in life, career, and as a leader. Some days it's clear. Some days it's murky. Some days it's clouded with fear that leads me in a different direction. It's a journey. What I notice though, is that it always comes back to the same things. It comes back to things that align with my values, purpose, and vision. I hope your journey does, too.

Here to help you thrive,

Coach Brieanne

ViewPoint Coaching & Consulting: Clarity for Complex Minds
1:1 coaching to find your next career step, unlock your peak career performance, and emerge as a leader. To learn more, visit: https://www.coachbrieanne.com

Brieanne Yuchasz

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