Free yourself from what others are thinking
The most empowering phrase I know is: “What other people think of me is none of my business.”
Lasting change starts with an awareness of what is true
Awareness is like a muscle you can strengthen. All you need to do is to slow down and pay attention.
Where are you leading from?
Leading doesn’t mean you’re always in the front. Sometimes, the right thing to do is to let others be in front with your support.
Resilient teams have problems
Resilient teams have problems, too. They’ve just developed a keen ability to recover to resiliency quickly.
Change is like the weather
Your change plan is like a weather forecast. Both provide useful information, but you’d be wise to adjust to whatever happens on the journey.
Why not me?
Do you ever have a moment when nothing seems to be going right, and all you can think is, "Why me?" At a conference I attended last year, a panel discussed their experience with vision loss. The youngest panellist started losing his vision at 12 years old (he was 19...
Change is like the weather
Your change plan is like a weather forecast. Both provide useful information, but you’d be wise to adjust to whatever happens on the journey.
Resilient teams are connected
Give the team time weekly to connect, share, and laugh, as this is foundational to having a resilient team.
Start all meetings on time regardless of who’s present
Start all meetings on time regardless of who’s present. It’s the single greatest thing you can do to help most of them start on time.
Stop trying to sell something to people
People don’t care what you’re selling. They do care about the impact you could have on their world.