Take some time away from your desk to go for a walk from 12 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. and listen to the two short podcasts below. After your walk, join the zoom call, which will be sent two hours before the event and engage with your colleagues in a virtual discussion until 1:15 p.m. about how we can apply what we learned from the Podcast to our own lives.

All of us have experienced the stressors, moments of hope, and sadness that has accompanied the events of 2020. At times, this new way of living we have been plunged into, along with the 2020 emotional roller-coaster can be accompanied with feelings of losing control over our lives. Join a discussion with your colleagues after listening to two short podcasts to explore a powerful exercise called “fear-setting” and the simple steps we can take now to regain a sense of control over our lives and make a pandemic Buffalo winter easier.

Please Listen to the two short Podcasts below on your walk:

Content warning for the podcast ”Why you should define your fears instead of your goals” by Tim Ferris. In the podcast, Tim Ferris does discuss suicidal ideations in his life when introducing the topic. If you do not feel comfortable, please do not feel any need to listen to this podcast. During the program I will share the fear setting tool Tim Ferris references, so you will not miss out on topic if you choose to not listen.

If you feel triggered, please know there are resources:    

Crisis Services Hotline: (716) 834-3131

Addiction Hotline: (716) 831-7007

Domestic Violence Helpline: (716) 862-4364

NYS Domestic & Sexual Violence Hotline: 1-800-942-6906   

Please Listen to the two short Podcasts below on your walk during the event:

Listen on NPR, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify for free: NPR Life Kit: Prepare Now for your Pandemic Winter.

Your Future Self Will Thank You - https://www.npr.org/2020/09/21/915289747/prepare-now-for-your-pandemic-winter-your-future-self-will-thank-you

Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify for free: Why you should define your fears instead of your goals. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-you-should-define-your-fears-instead-your-goals/id160904630?i=1000386546789

Bio –Jonathan Hulbert is the Director of Leadership and Organizational Development and a Part-Time Lecturer in the Higher Education and Students Affairs Administration Master of Science Program at SUNY Buffalo State College. In 2019, Mr. Hulbert received the Workforce Game Changer Award through Work Force Magazine, which is given to 40 high-potential professionals under the age of 40 who are some of the best workforce development practitioners and strategists in the nation. Prior to working at Buffalo State College, he served as the Dean of Student Success at Tiffin University.

Presenter: Jonathan Hulbert