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10 Ideas That Will Change the Way You Lead (opens the original)
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When someone brings you a problem, do you immediately start solving it?Maybe you offer an answer, jump in to help, or start thinking three steps ahead. After all, that’s what good leaders do, right? Sometimes.But that instinct to act can also be a response to pressure. And pressure doesn’t have to mean a crisis. Pressure is the stress, urgency, or weight we feel when something is difficult, uncertain, or demands our attention.It might be a tense conversation, a decision you’re not ready to make,
6 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Responding to a Difficult Email (opens the original)
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We’ve all gotten that email.The one that makes your stomach drop. Or your blood pressure rise. Or has you typing a response before you’ve even finished reading it.In those moments, we’re often reacting to more than the words on the screen. We’re reacting to what we think they mean, what we fear they imply, and whatever emotion they just triggered.A difficult email is a tiny test of leadership under pressure.So before you hit reply, ask yourself:1. What am I feeling right now?Annoyed? Defensive?
What Confident People Aren’t Thinking About (opens the original)
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What if a constant focus on yourself is making you less confident? We assume confidence comes from working on ourselves - improving our performance, finding our voice, and achieving more. And to an extent, it does.But here's the paradox: The more attention we put on ourselves, the more self-conscious we become.Was that good enough?Did I say too much?Should I speak up?How am I coming across?Notice where the attention is: Me. Me. Me. Me. Me.Excessive self-attention feeds self-consciousness. There’
You’ve Hit a Ceiling. But Not the One You Think. (opens the original)
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There comes a point in almost every successful person’s career when working harder and learning more skills stops being the answer.It’s not because they’ve reached their potential, but because they’ve reached a ceiling. And often, they can’t see what’s creating it.What happens to you when the pressure is on?When things are going well, it’s relatively easy to be the person and leader we want to be. We listen. We think clearly. We speak honestly. We set appropriate boundaries. We trust our judgmen
The Orange Notebook (opens the original)
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When I was five years old, my dad gave me a Mead notebook.The orange cover caught my attention. The pages smelled of fresh paper as it rested awkwardly in my tiny hands. I had no idea that something so ordinary would become the pages where my imagination learned to speak.“What do I do with it?” I eagerly asked.“You can draw in it, write... anything you want,” he responded. Anything.It’s such a simple answer. Yet I wonder how many adults still believe it’s true. <str
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