Sincere managers unintentionally take responsibility for other people’s jobs.
People get dumb and weak when you solve problems for them. Being the answer-manager builds your ego and weakens your team.
Stop pressuring yourself to solve everyone’s problems.
Leaders are irresponsible when they do other people’s jobs for them.
Some anxiety is destructive. Other forms of anxiety improve life.
Anxiety means you care, but caring can become destructive.
Destructive concern loves to remind you of things you can’t do.
Begin by answering anxiety with gratitude. The best expression of gratitude is being thankful for opportunities to serve.
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I have never heard an employee complain their boss was too grateful. Although it is possible to show too much gratitude.
This post explains three don’ts and three dos of expressing gratitude.
A person who deserves everything they get is an ingrate.
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Dangerous situations including trusting someone who tears you down. Toxic cultures that erode relationships. Egos that focus on power instead of progress, and more.
Determine how you want to show up when you feel threats.
Aim for a clear target. Ask, “What do I want?”
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Inexperience experiments. Congealed experience hinders progress. Arrogance assumes it will win because it won in the past. Disaster awaits when business-as-usual meets new challenges. Experience is destructive when it causes you to resist… Continue reading
