Mike’s Blog
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It’s time to value self-acceptance over self-improvement
Focus on self-acceptance, and let self-improvement be a by-product of loving yourself.
Stop playing zero-sum games
What would be different if you collaborated with your peers to find a solution that helps the company achieve its goals?
The ABC of confronting anxious moments
Anxiety is information you may want to pay attention to.
Stop creating problems for yourself
Only you create and foster the problems in your life.
Turn your fears into excitement
One way I’ve learned to tame fear is to turn it into excitement.
What road will your intentions lead you down
The way to move forward in life is to set intentions for yourself.
Strive to be a better leader than you were yesterday
Are you a better leader and person than you were yesterday, last week or year?
It’s time to get messy
What are you not doing because you’re too worried about getting it right?
Stop waiting for a better day
What have you been putting off that you’re going to do today?
Create from the emotions you experience
Starting with the cause of the emotion, someone states an idea for making things better in the future.
Define the emotion
Once an emotion is named, the next step is to define what is beneath the emotion.
Name the emotion
Naming your emotion will not change anything, but you might prevent an explosion like venting a pressure cooker.
Getting things done and space go hand in hand
Open your calendar. How much unreserved time do you have this week? If the answer is 'not much,' you may want to change your reality as it's hard to get anything done without space in your calendar.
What’s your relationship with chaos?
Do you control the chaos? Or does it control you? Chaos is when you can't know the relationship between cause and effect. Rather than let it control you, try something small to change the chaos. Notice what's different. Keep doing this until it isn't as chaotic.
How to get the best from Introverts and Extroverts
Introverts do their best thinking while they’re not talking. Extroverts do their best thinking while they’re talking. For best results: let both be who they are.
Why not make it easy?
“99% is a bitch, 100% is a breeze.” — Jack Canfield Stop making things so hard. Decide that something will be easy and go do it.
What will you do with your week?
What would you do this week if you had unlimited time, talent, and resources? Hint: You have all of those things.
Don’t project on others
“They’re concerned …” “They didn’t …” "They" won't solve a problem, but "they" will help you feel better about a problem. Do you want to feel better or solve the problem? Rather than starting with “they,” try starting with “I.” “I noticed …” “I’m concerned…” “I.”...
How to improve your meetings
Take five minutes at the end of meetings to ask how to make them more effective. Their insights will make things better every day.
Your title isn’t important
“Titles don't matter. Your attitude towards others does.” — Hari Haralambiev
Can you improve your meetings?
If meetings always fill the scheduled time, there’s a good chance you can improve them.
When was the last time someone shut down a failing project?
When shutting down a troubled project is career-limiting in a company, then there are more significant problems in the culture than a failing project.
How full is your schedule?
A leader with a jammed-packed schedule will become the bottleneck for their team.
What if people never challenge your ideas?
If people never challenge your ideas, it's unlikely that you're doing much leading.
