Are you happily married? I'm asking not only about your personal life. I mean your work too - because it has all the ingredients of a long-term commitment. So how can we thrive in love and at work? 6 books helped me connect the dots and I heartily recommend putting all of them on your summer to-read list.
Read MoreIn this edition, I have collected tweets, videos, and snippets of wisdom from East and West that teach us two things: (1) Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it seems, and (2) Equanimity is probably the best strategy to face everything that happens to us.
Read MoreI am not a big fan of the expression ‘staff engagement’. It sounds like a one-way street where people owe the leaders their engagement, while leaders owe nothing much in return. My deep conviction is that if we want people to be engaged with us and our ideas we need ourselves to be deeply engaged with our people: meet them as they are and respect them. It's a two-way street. In this newsletter, I have explored the ideas that bring different perspectives to the topic of engagement.
Read MoreThe Law of the Least Effort rules the world, for better or for worse. What do you do when your convenience clashes with someone else’s?
Read MoreGood energy is like good art: you know it when you see it. You know it when you feel it. It is both attractive and contagious. How to boost it? How to keep it? And in hiring, is there anything more important than energy? A few ideas in this newsletter.
Read MoreWhen we change jobs and/or companies, our success - or failure - often depends on the trust we are able to build with our new team and across the wider organization. Trust - or lack thereof - can make it or break it when we step into a new role.
So, should we start with trust or distrust? What does trust mean exactly? How to build it? Does it work the same in different cultures? And do we always need trust? Here are a few ideas from very smart people that help answer these questions.
Read MoreWhen we consider a career transition, lucky are those who have a safe fallback plan. It’s great insurance that can give peace of mind. Isn’t it strange then that we sometimes stick to the fallback plan as our Plan A, while the dream remains always just a dream? Why do we mistake Plan B for Plan A? One recent consultation got me thinking about it and in this edition, I have collected a few ideas about risk and fear that may help if you find yourself in a similar situation.
Read MoreHow to be perfect | Doing the right thing, or why do we need moral philosophy as business leaders | I’d rather learn than be right | Try to be right 51% of the time | How to be right more often | When being right is not right
Read MoreExamine the bright spots | Don’t give feedback, give recognition | Resist the eulogy delay | Pay gratitude visits | Write Thank You letters | Do It Often | Keep a praise file | Life’s worth being grateful for
Read MoreIt’s all about relationships. What are our key relationships at work? Why do they matter? Why is management one of the noblest of professions? What makes a good relationship? Which mental models can we use to evaluate a relationship? And can we build great relationships at scale?
Read MoreWhat is good learning? How can we learn to understand? How do we learn what can't be taught? Do we need university degrees at all? And finally, do all the learning and experience guarantee us success in a changing world?
Read MoreWhatever you always wanted to do, start now, be impatient with actions and patient with results, slow down to go fast, and stay in the game long enough to - maybe 😉! - see the Big Magic happen.
Read MoreNew Year’s resolutions are easy to make and hard to keep. In this newsletter, a few ideas that can help you stick to your resolutions and live a year worth binge-watching.
Read MoreYou Are Not So Smart | Beyond Smart | A Technique For Producing Ideas | Why Smart People Have Bad Ideas? | ABCD of Relationship Building | With Goals, FAST beats SMART | 10 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings
Read MoreMaking it easier to do what matters most | Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule | Eliminating Work About Work | Find a Position of Leverage
Read MoreWhat is the one thing you should be doing right now? | How to stop languishing and start finding flow | Not languishing, but dormant | Essentialism | Everything I do is the most important thing I do
Read MoreA problem well-framed is a problem half-solved | Looking at things in a different way | The 5 dollars challenge | Why can’t we see solutions in plain sight? | Usain Bolt of speed-eating | A primer on space | What’s your problem?
Read MoreEverything is relative | Everything is sales | Harder than it looks, not as fun as it seems
Read MoreThinking in bets | Luck is not a strategy | How to create your own career luck | Life is luck - how to plan a career around it | How to fail at almost everything and still win big
Read MorePay attention to your attention | Awareness | Best yoga teacher in SG | Best yoga app | Jiro Dreams of Sushi | A project of one’s own | Eye-candy: attention can affect our perception
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