Evidence suggests that most people struggle to grow from mistakes and defeats. Why do people avoid the lessons of failure? There are lots of emotional and cognitive obstacles to learning from failure. Overcoming feelings of failure Failure bruises the ego, that metaphorical seat of our self-esteem and self-importance. When we… Read More »How to Learn From Your Failures:
Inspired byLisa Avery
Feedback is an essential skill for leaders. But there is a fundamental problem with all types of feedback: it focuses on the past, on what has already occurred—not on the infinite variety of opportunities that can happen in the future. As such, feedback can be limited… Read More »Understanding Feedback:
What if you spent a lot of time grumbling and complaining? That is a lot of wasted time and energy. This time and energy could have been used for other – more constructive – things. What if there is a way with which you can… Read More »Care About What You Can Influence:
Identify your constraints Determine the most important goal or objective you could attain to get yourself out of this crunch, and then identify your key restraint, the limiting factor that determines the speed at which you attain that goal. Focus on alleviating that single constraint.… Read More »Know Where You Can Excel Or Stop:
Getting Unstuck Ways to Get Unstuck Once you have a problem statement, there are many formal methods that can assist you in generating solutions. Inspired by Bernard Roth
Ways to use the 5 second rule: Every single day we face moments that are difficult, uncertain, and scary. Your life requires courage. And that is exactly what the Rule will help you discover—the courage to become your greatest self. Courage Courage is the ability… Read More »Change Your Life With The 5 Second Rule: