Category: Leadership
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Everyone has their own insecurities
I am currently reading John Steinbeck’s classic novel East of Eden, which I highly recommend as it is packed full of timeless life wisdom about what means to be human. One of those nuggets of wisdom which caught my eye was a line: “A dragon killer, he was, a rescuer of damsels, and his small sins seemed…
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How do you make people feel?
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Maya Angelou We are often unconscious of our emotions and how they impact others. We may be on a mission to achieve great things, but what good is it if…
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Are you a good boss to yourself?
“The world’s worst boss might very well be you. Because the most important boss whom each of us answers to is ourselves. And what it means to have a better boss is to have a boss who raises the bar for us but still gives us a break when we fail. What we need is…
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Can trust exist without authenticity?
“With that privilege (of being different) comes a very sincere temptation to hold back who we are. And if we hold back who we are, we are less likely to be trusted. And if we are less likely to be trusted, we are less likely to be given stretch assignments. And without those stretch assignments,…
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Why you should believe in others
“If we take man as he is, we make him worse, but if we take man as he should be, we make him capable of what he can be.” Viktor Frankl Viktor Frankl was a neurologist and psychiatrist who developed the psychotherapy approach Logotheraphy, which is based on the idea that the primary motivation for…
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We’re all in this together
“To bring health to a system, connect it to more of itself.” Margaret Wheatley It’s easy to forget we are all part of the same living and breathing system. During these troubling times we can feel more divided than connected. In the companies where we work, people selfishly compete against each other and forget that…
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Get curious
“Be curious, not judgmental.” Walt Whitman Do you ever catch yourself judging others for their behaviour? Maybe someone was late for an important meeting, or somebody was acting cold towards you. You jump to conclusions… The person was late because they are lazy, or they don’t care about the meeting. The person acting cold is…