Relationship building feels like a pain in the butt when your schedule is packed with deadlines. But healthy relationships make life better.
You can’t force people to connect. But you can engage in behaviors that make strong relationships more likely.
Tension on the team turns small obstacles into toxic distractions.
The problems we have with each other destroy us. External challenges invite teams to depend on each other. But we can’t rise when we beat each other down.
The people we can’t confront run the team.
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Hot emotions lie. They scream danger when your safe and kiss you with happiness during self-destructive choices.
Conflict intensifies when passions govern your mouth.
Feelings make overstatements.
Emotions distort time.
Passion blurs reality.
Here are some ways to translate hot emotions into positive actions.
A leader with a closed mind has a disengaged team.
Disengagement begins in the mind.
Leaders who close minds defeat themselves.
A leader with a closed mind is working too hard.
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Disposition determines decisions. You want to believe you’re open-minded, but your disposition narrows your focus.
Disposition shapes perception and predicts responses.
Read this post to expand your opportunities to grow and lead.
Performance goals are useful, but learning goals transform. Learning goals emphasize development. Performance goals target achievement.
A leader told me he was learning a lot. I asked, “What are you learning?” He couldn’t name anything.
You aren’t learning if you don’t know what you’re learning.
How to set learning goals…
