You have to leverage your strengths.
Not someone else’s strengths. Not someone else’s desire of what your strengths might be. Not someone else’s take on the world that might make your strengths feel redundant.
There are infinite ways to be successful.
Invest time in finding your strengths and money in developing them further.
What if you do not need an extra hour?
What if hiring a junior team member is not the best solution?
What if onboarding a new big customer is not what’s best for your people at this stage?
What if 30% growth is not sustainable for the type of company you want to build?
The point is not aiming to have more to achieve more. And the point is also not aiming to achieve more by having less. The point is aiming to achieve what make sense.
Over performing is not the best choice for most of us, because when we do that we take things away from other parts of our lives, from other people in our lives, from things that matter is life.
So, what is the work you want, and need, to do?
When you are tired of an exchange – with a colleague, your partner, a friend, your kid – it’s ok to be the one stopping it.
We always want to win, but sometimes, oftentimes, sending the ball back to the opposite side of the court is just not worth it. Grab the ball, say that you are sorry, and move on.
Almost nothing in life is a battle with winners and losers. Renouncing is a viable option.
You don’t care!
It just seems as if you don’t care.
When you are late in the morning, I feel like you don’t care.
When you are late in the morning, I feel frustrated, as I get to question your commitment.
The four statements all say the same thing. The way this is done, though, is extremely different. Only the last one opens the listener to what comes next.
And since we too easily tend to project our feelings on others’ behaviours – by judging the things they do under the lens of our own situation -, we need to practice how to give better feedback.
Thanks Ed Batista for the reminder.
Experiences matter not because of the results you are getting, not because of the expertise you accumulate, not because of the final outcome, not because of the knowledge you did not have before.
They matter because of the people you share them with.
Make it about people, sooner rather than later.
That’s a way to cherish every moment of the journey.
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