Gossip is weakness reaching for power.
Don’t undermine the people you depend on. Strong teams aren’t built by spreading venom.
Real leaders feel strong when they strengthen others.
The cure for gossip isn’t silence; it’s learning to praise others to others.
Energy determines who leads, not titles. Positive energy multiplies impact.
Multipliers breathe life into people.
Bad is 5X stronger than good. One draining habit cancels five encouraging ones. Eliminate what drains before adding what lifts.
Socrates said, “The unexamined life is not worth living.”
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A bad mood suits this time of year. It’s the dead of winter in Central Pennsylvania.
Pursuing happiness leads to misery.* But ignoring it doesn’t help.
Your bad mood kills productivity, destroys retention, and dilutes engagement.
Unhappy leaders lead unhappy teams.
A bad mood spreads faster than the flu.
Losing yourself is exhausting. Vitality rises when you stop working to prove yourself.
You’re most like your real self when you feel most alive.
Stress rises when you feel like a fraud.
You are your own raw material.
Meetings make work harder—they drain energy.
We can’t expect high performance from people shackled with fatigue.
Our minds are distracted. Our bodies are tense. Our agenda is crammed.
Choose energy before agenda.
Here’s how to reclaim energy in 2-minutes.
E.B. White writes about his geese, “They badmouth everybody and everything. But they’re oddly companionable once you get used to their ingratitude and their false accusations.”
Negative people are like geese.
A goose may honk your ear off. It’s tempting to withdraw, stop trying, or retaliate. But teams are full of imperfect people.
