“Condemnation without investigation is the height of ignorance.” – Albert Einstein A couple of weeks ago I wrote about a list of qualities that we don’t want to see in our leaders. As I wrote it, I reflected on the similarities to the communication weaknesses that also plague
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It’s a new week, with potential new struggles and adversity. I just wrote a couple of blogs on facing adversity and building resilience. We all need a little motivation from time to time. Life can be rather exhausting, and you might find it energizing to learn from
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A bad leader can take a good plan and destroy it, while a good leader can take a bad plan and make it work. – John C. Maxwell We often talk about the qualities of good leaders, but we can also learn so much from bad leaders. These
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“You can’t pour from an empty cup. Take care of yourself first.” – Norm Kelly Dealing with adversity and moving beyond it by building resilience was my previous topic of discussion. One of the areas I struggled most with is the concept of self-care. Despite my difficulty, several
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“Any man can win when things go his way, it’s the man who overcomes adversity that is the true champion.”– Jack Ewing Adversity is a part of all our lives. It is a human condition. We can bury our head in the sand or face it and
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“Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.” W. Clement Stone I have been working on this blog for about a month now. It started as an easy task to be done in an evening, but we must always be self-reflective and
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“Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.” — H. Jackson Brown Jr. In our last blog we talked about being authentic and its relationship to success in life and interviewing. Part of that discussion involved the requirement for confidence and credibility in our
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“Living with fear stops us taking risks, and if you don’t go out on the branch, you’re never going to get the best fruit.” –Sarah Parish Taking a risk is scary. Especially because you have no idea how things will turn out, we can’t predict the future,
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“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill Fear and failure are very negative and emotionally charged words. We don’t want to be anywhere near those words or concepts. But do we have to be fearful
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“Nothing in life in to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” Marie Curie Last week we talked about being authentic and its relationship to success in life and interviewing. Part of that
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