Tag: compassion
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Leadership lessons from Murakami
“You’ve seen it. You just get wrapped up in it. So when she’s feeling down, I feel down. When she’s up, I’m up.
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It can all be taken away, but we still have one choice
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” Viktor Frankl Life can suddenly change in the space of a day. Yesterday things seemed to be smooth sailing, and everything was fine.…
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Prepare mentally for the day’s encounters
“When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: The people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous, and surly.” Marcus Aurelius The great stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius prepared his mind daily for what he was about to face. This is so that it became no shock to him when he…
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We beat ourselves up
“We don’t want to beat ourselves up for beating ourselves up.” Kristin Neff What are we hoping to achieve when we beat ourselves up? You know the feeling when that internal monologue takes over. It’s like an evil villain has taken over our brain. This hijacking usually occurs after we make a mistake or fail…
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Should work feel authentic?
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life” Steve Jobs “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken” Oscar Wilde Have you ever had the feeling that your work feels inauthentic? You don’t necessarily feel it all the time but it slowly creeps in and lingers below the surface. It started out…