Tag: empowerment

Relationships over ideas

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Start something new with a relationship, not with an idea.

Whether it’s a new job or a new project, a new role or a new country, a new company or a new responsibility. Identify the ones who own a stake in what you are going to do, sit with them, and listen. Gather their problems, their expectations, their motivators, their goals, their ambitions. Be friendly and genuinely interested.

With this knowledge, you can shape the work in a way that serves a real purpose. At the very least, you will have found supporters and sponsors for what will come next.

We think we know

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We think we know, and we know nothing.

We think we know how other people feel, think, prioritise, decide.

We think we know the full picture of the situation we are in.

We think we know what’s important, what matters, what everyone should be focused on.

We think we know what’s going to happen tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, and next week, and next month.

We think we know the consequences of our choices on ourselves and others.

We think we know the answer to the question, and the question no one is asking.

We think we know how others see us.

We think we know how we feel, think, prioritise, decide.

And we know nothing.

Accept this simple fact, and you’ll be free.

Far away

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Sometimes we are deeply touched by events that happen miles away from our life and daily routine.

There’s much to learn when this happens. It’s about the interpretation we give to the facts, about the values they represent, about the relationships we want to establish in the world, about the group of people we want to belong to.

If we take some times to reflect on why and how such events affect us, we can get out on the other side more aware and grateful for the things we are building.

Let this be a step forward, not a reason to get stuck.

Measuring life

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There’s so much in this article by Clayton Christensen. So much to relate to and to learn from.

And most importantly, there’s this.

I have a pretty clear idea of how my ideas have generated enormous revenue for companies that have used my research; I know I’ve had a substantial impact. But as I’ve confronted this disease, it’s been interesting to see how unimportant that impact is to me now. I’ve concluded that the metric by which God will assess my life isn’t dollars but the individual people whose lives I’ve touched. I think that’s the way it will work for us all. Don’t worry about the level of individual prominence you have achieved; worry about the individuals you have helped become better people.

Clayton M. Christensen, How will you measure your life

Start walking

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If you are like most people, and you are not born with a well-defined passion or a recognized talent, the best thing to do is to start walking.

You might find later you are on the right track, or perhaps you will realize that some adjustments are needed. But there’s no map to your destination, no secret instructions to follow to get where you are headed.

Start walking, and own your unique trajectory.