Write down the last five to ten times you lost your composure, analyze for common triggers, and develop and practice better responses to each trigger (e.g., P.A.U.S.E.).

Write and submit an article or participate on a panel pertaining to the present and future of your field of expertise or particular profession.

Write an article for your professional organization's newsletter about innovative ways talent in your unit is empowered to support the achievement of the mission.

Work on a new initiative with a local community or professional organization.

Within your role in a non-profit, talk to people directly involved with a service or process that you seek to learn more about.

With your teenagers, create guidelines and expectations for respectful interactions.

With stakeholders, create deadlines for task and project completion.

With a group of friends who have different movie preferences, decide what film to see. Give yourselves a time restraint to decide and hold everyone to it.

With a friend, set a personal stretch goal (e.g., run a 5k race together), develop a training plan and ask a friend or training partner to hold you accountable.

With a friend or family member, talk about your similarities and differences. Then print and fill out the Social Identity Wheel and answer the Spectrum Activity Questions. Discuss your results and how they might impact your relationship.