Positive thinking doesn’t cure cancer or prevent wars. Unrealistic optimism might cause wars and increase the likelihood you’ll get cancer.
You do stupid things when you underestimate the possibility of failure.
3 ways to be a realistic optimist…
Quiet quitting is a disaster. I’m not thinking about organizations. It’s a disaster for everyone. Doing the minimum at work is circling a black hole. Quiet quitting is disengagement. Disengagement is boring. Imagine… Continue reading
Us/them-thinking comes naturally to everyone, even children. Imagine giving blue shirts to one group of children and yellow to another. Us/them-thinking will animate perception quickly. Children think my group is better than your… Continue reading
The world is ugly when you’re filled with discontentment.
Discontent with the past drags you into helplessness. But discontent with the present is opportunity to change the future.
Contentment isn’t passivity.
This post offers 7 practices that move leaders toward the right kind of discontentment.
The last Leadership Freak post that went to the subscriber list was published on May 23 (At least that’s the best I can tell). I apologize for this inconvenience. There are indications that… Continue reading
You can’t lower stress by avoiding difficult situations. But confronting difficult situations causes stress too. Both choices are stressful.
What kind of stress do you want?
