My blog dedicated to teaching leadership/self-development and sharing interesting ideas
Leading people is about more than just completing the job. As leaders, we must priorize helping our people reach their full potential. People aren’t meant to be static - people want to improve, grow, and achieve mastery and autonomy over their work. People want to serve a higher purpose. As leaders within any organization, it … Continue reading Why You Should Spend at Least 1 Hour a Week Developing Your Team
Do you remember a time when you thought WWE was “real” wrestling? You may have never believed it; I never did. But if you did believe that it was real, there came a time when you stopped believing. As you watched, you caught little details. You noticed punches that didn’t land, but still had effects. … Continue reading Why Our Personal Beliefs Ought to Remain Flexible
If you read my previous post about why I have been taking cold showers for the past two months, you saw me say this: “Other living organisms are driven by urges they cannot control. Down to the cellular level chemical imbalances drive molecules to bond and break in search of equilibrium or ‘comfort.’ Most living … Continue reading My Observations on Free Will
In my last post, I talked about why I have been taking cold showers for the past two months. In this post, I am going to share the two easiest methods I have found to make taking a cold shower more manageable. If you don’t regularly take cold showers, hopping right into cold water might feel … Continue reading Two Methods to Make Taking a Cold Shower More Manageable
Most people don't enjoy taking cold showers. I didn't either for the majority of my life and I wouldn't have have given it a second thought if it wasn't for the book, "What Doesn't Kill Us: How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude, and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength" by Scott Carney. In the … Continue reading Why I have been taking cold shower for the past two months
Leaders and managers in all fields use time pressure to push their people toward completing goals and benchmarks quickly. We set deadlines, daily priorities, and sometimes we demand for things be completed now. Often when we spring short-fuzed deadlines and demand tasks be completed immediately. Resulting in either poorly developed products or mishaps. Depending on … Continue reading How to Effectively Set Deadlines, While Avoiding the Negative Impacts of Time Pressure
In my previous post about giving feedback to your employees, I promised to post an example feedback that I gave to one of my employees. So, here it is: Areas of Excellence: -Performance. For a guy straight out of the school, your maturity surprised me. Within 3 months of working here, you assumed all responsibilities … Continue reading Example Employee Feedback Sheet
One of the most important activities that you can do as a leader is spend time engaging with your team and providing feedback and counsel on their work and performance. I personally see counseling/performance feedback as among the highest responsibilities of a leader because it is the means by which we develop our people and … Continue reading A Simple Way To Do Performance Feedback/Coaching
If you have ever been on a team or in a leadership position, you know that getting people to care about their work or the group's direction isn't always easy or simple. This article is about how to motivate other people, create team consensus, and set up an environment where your team willingly and enthusiastically … Continue reading 3 Ways to Motivate Your Team
There are many factors that drive people to do the things that we do and, at points in our lives, we don't even realize what is driving us. We can live life in a haze, being told what to do, being driven by someone else's will or by our most base impulses. If you've felt … Continue reading How to Build Intrinsic Motivation
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