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5 Gratitude Strategies to Energize Your Team Today

Gratitude energizes.

Unspoken appreciation drains vitality.

Would positive energy improve your life? Your team?

Think of gratitude as pouring energy into others.

Discover five simple strategies to bring vitality to your team and yourself.

12 Secrets of Self-Management

Life requires management. Spontaneous living ends in disaster. Fulfillment follows intention.

Self-management is managing personal energy.

Read this post to discover 12 secrets to self-management.

What are you self-management strategies?

Stop Protecting Start Correcting: 4 Reasons Unnecessary Mistakes Persist

Elbert Hubbard was wrong when he wrote, “The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.”

The greatest mistake is the persistence of unnecessary mistakes.

Read this post to learn how to break destructive patters.

From Hubris to Intellectual Humility: Advantages for Modern Leaders

Intellectually humble leaders get better when things get harder.

Humility isn’t a feeling. It’s a way of seeing yourself.

This post explains the advantages of practicing intellectual humility.

Read this post if you want to thrive in leadership.

Stand Out Without Standing Alone

Fitting in makes you insignificant. But what if you stand out in disruptive ways. Misaligned standouts irritate teams. A brilliant idiot pulls the rope three different ways at once. 7 ways to stand… Continue reading

Fatigue: 3 Dangers – 3 Unexpected Gifts

71% of professionals have experienced burnout. Over half have experienced it more than once. The numbers are higher in the public sector.

Constant pressure leads to fatigue. Burnout leads to defeat.

Aspirational leaders overestimate their capacity.

Sincerity causes overcommitment.

People-pleasers let people walk on their boundaries.