Monthly Archives: April 2024
Two easy steps to feel good today – and raise your leadership quotient
✳ Step 1 Look around you, friends, there must be someone in the workplace whom you admired recently – for any reason. ✴ Step 2 Now write an email to this person’s manager telling them why you admire this person … Continue reading
When was the last time you thought: I can’t get involved?
In workplaces, sometimes we see things happen which are not right. But you decide to do nothing, because: ✳ it’s not your team ✴ the people involved are senior 💠 you’re too busy to get involved 🔵 you think it’s … Continue reading
Managers – what do the family members of your direct reports say about you?
I once watched a workplace video of a colleague whose kids were talking about what they did for Father’s Day. One of the young kids referred to my colleague’s manager directly on camera and said ‘my dad works too hard, … Continue reading
Do you know how you REVEAL your insecurities in conversation?
Friends – if you have concerns about the impression others might have about you, or about something that was given to you, be careful about what you might inadvertently (yet voluntarily) reveal in conversation. Your casual speech will reveal your … Continue reading
The most useless comment: Let me know if I can help.
😪 A relation is grieving a loss 😣 A colleague has lost their job 😓 A friend is going through a rough patch You waltz in, all well-meaning and empathetic, and say: Let me know if I can help. Seriously, … Continue reading
What did you last do that made you feel alive?
My friend Mike asked me this question, and then followed it up with: 💛 take a walk in the rain and feel it on your skin 💚 go to a music concert and absorb the music 🧡 take a moment … Continue reading
Friends – what are you chasing in your life?
🎇 that special someone whose attention you’ve sought for months 🎆 that house you love and you keep negotiating for weeks ✴ that job with 6 interviews and you’ve pinged them 7 times already ✳ that promotion that has slipped … Continue reading
Should you take a break from working so you don’t burn out?
But what if what you do is so engaging, fulfilling and meaningful, that it does not feel like work at all? And that’s the difference between the drudgery of doing tedious stuff, and doing something that gives you purpose. So … Continue reading