Leadership Memo 2024-2 Happy Year of the Dragon! I always like this season, because when things are getting back to the routine, and the holidays are becoming a distant memory, the Lunar New Year reminds me of the lessons learned…
Category: Culture
Do you want to revitalize your life? Schedule your weekly day of rest!
Do you rest? I mean, do you take a day of rest every week? That’s when you take a day off from work, not just from your job, but from any kind of work. Or do you feel that you…
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How to Maintain Joy in Seasons of Change
Last week, we talked about needing to think about what we think about. And every behavior is based on a belief. So, how do we maintain joy when we go through a season of great change and stress? We do…
Want to be healthier and more purposeful? Then think about what you think about!
Every behavior is based on a belief. If you act scared, it’s because you believe scary thoughts at that moment. If you act resentful, it’s because you believe you’ve been devalued, and so you’re going to defend yourself. If you’re…
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What the Holidays Teach Us In How to Reignite Our Creativity
Leadership Memo 2024-1 Happy New Year! Did you have a refreshing time away from work? Now that you’re back from the break, do you find yourself having lots of ideas swimming in your head or flashes of insights that enable…
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Would you be surprised if I tell you that failure can be good for you?
We usually think of failure as negative. But wise people know how to take advantage of it. They learn from it. They use it as an education. How can failures be good? 1. Failures can educate us. Mistakes are simply…
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What do you do when you fail? Give up or keep going?
Never forget this truth: Most failures won’t kill you. We vastly exaggerate the effects of failure. We blow the prospects of failing all out of proportion. Failing is not the end of the world. The fear of failure is far…
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Do you realize that the fear of failure has a maddening grip on our lives?
In some cultures, failure is almost the unpardonable sin. That’s because we idolize success. But that kind of pressure creates major stress for people. The fear of failure has many different faces. It can cause us to be indecisive, a…
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How do you treat your intelligent failures? Embarrassed or excited?
Leadership Memo 2023-12 Would you agree that failure (try something out that didn’t work the way you’d hoped) is a lot more common in highly uncertain environments than it is in better-understood situations? Yet, instead of learning from failures, many…
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Do you think all failures are created equal?
Leadership Memo 2023-11 Do you want to be able to respond and adapt to this fast-changing and increasingly complex world, instead of just reacting and always worried that you made a wrong decision? Then you need a culture of learning…