Sunday, November 5th, 2017
Sunday, I read Rebecca Elvy's latest i3 Leadership Newsletter, in which she challenges us to stop trying to do everything on our own and ask for help instead.
I enjoy reading Rebecca's newsletters and blog posts, which often challenges me to continue the train of thoughts on my own and reply with my thoughts - exactly the thing that the Internet does so well: brings us together with inspiring people all over the world and allows us to interact with them.
And as so many times before, I returned from the newsletter with inspiration to write a blog post of my own.
I enjoy reading Rebecca's newsletters and blog posts, which often challenges me to continue the train of thoughts on my own and reply with my thoughts - exactly the thing that the Internet does so well: brings us together with inspiring people all over the world and allows us to interact with them.
And as so many times before, I returned from the newsletter with inspiration to write a blog post of my own.
Monday, November 6th, 2017
Monday, I came across Elizabeth McCourt's piece on iris.xyz from August on getting off the hamster wheel to grow your abilities and business.
The text was originally written with the summer vacations in mind, but I think we can equally well use the trick among other things to do in a not-too-overbooked weekend: "Take yourself out to lunch or for a walk in the sunshine. Use this 30-60 minutes to have a dialogue about what it is that’s going right and celebrate that for a moment. Then think about how something might be better and use that time to think about what it is that you want to change."
We are very prone to relying on habits, and not all habits are good - and some time for contemplation might well give us reason to replace the habits that do not quite work with something better.
The text was originally written with the summer vacations in mind, but I think we can equally well use the trick among other things to do in a not-too-overbooked weekend: "Take yourself out to lunch or for a walk in the sunshine. Use this 30-60 minutes to have a dialogue about what it is that’s going right and celebrate that for a moment. Then think about how something might be better and use that time to think about what it is that you want to change."
We are very prone to relying on habits, and not all habits are good - and some time for contemplation might well give us reason to replace the habits that do not quite work with something better.
Tuesday, November 7th, 2017
Since I met a brilliant CEO back in the previous millennium, I have been a firm advocate for leaders asking the question "What can I do for you today?" But reading Claire Lew's Stop asking your team this one question - it's hurting them this Tuesday actually put some things straight for me. When I cannot see a specific need for help, "What can I do for you today?" might be all very good. But if I am able to see that an individual might actually be in serious need for help, it is so much better to put forward specific propositions of help I could offer, rather than stressing the person in need additionally. That's a piece of advice I will definitely carry with me from this week.
Wednesday, November 8th, 2017
I am not overly fond of difficult conversations, because they are... well, difficult.
But Wednesday I found the excellent piece Do You Make These Mistakes In Difficult Conversations? from LaRae Quy - so now, there are at least seven mistakes that I will be mindful not to make the next time, a difficult conversation comes up. (Because: let's face it. There will always be another difficult conversation...)
But Wednesday I found the excellent piece Do You Make These Mistakes In Difficult Conversations? from LaRae Quy - so now, there are at least seven mistakes that I will be mindful not to make the next time, a difficult conversation comes up. (Because: let's face it. There will always be another difficult conversation...)
Thursday, November 9th, 2017
As I touched upon last week, I am prone to procrastinate from time to time, and I basically would like to have as many tricks as possible available in order to keep the Instant Gratification Monkey (see Saturday, November 4th, 2017) at bay.
Therefore, I was happy to stumble upon a text with the tantalizing title Your To-Do List Isn't Working. Here's How to Fix It in 1 Step (How to get unstuck, procrastinate less, and focus more) written by Sabina Nawaz for Inc.com.
She recommends that we split our to-do lists into three, depending on the complexity of tasks: rocks, pebbles and sand to avoid being overwhelmed by a large list of all the various tasks. I look very much forward to trying it out.
Therefore, I was happy to stumble upon a text with the tantalizing title Your To-Do List Isn't Working. Here's How to Fix It in 1 Step (How to get unstuck, procrastinate less, and focus more) written by Sabina Nawaz for Inc.com.
She recommends that we split our to-do lists into three, depending on the complexity of tasks: rocks, pebbles and sand to avoid being overwhelmed by a large list of all the various tasks. I look very much forward to trying it out.
Friday, November 10th, 2017
Friday, I found the article Your Brain Can Only Take So Much Focus by Srini Pillay published by Harvard Business Review. He tells us about the need for unfocusing the brain - and gives three suggestions on how to do it. Something I for sure intend to look more into doing.Saturday, November 11th, 2017
I am fascinated by creativity, and try my best to boost my creativity as much as possible, and I welcome all inspiration that drives me in this direction - such as Linda Neiman's text Top 10 Brain-juicers to Boost Your Creativity that I found at Creativity at Work. Especially I like #10: "Build a brain trust". I am constantly pondering on how to turn the most engaged part of my Twitter tribe into such a brain trust - and any suggestions on how to do it are most welcome.Having started out successfully with what I found were seven good topics last week, I was a bit concerned with whether I would be able to do it once more this week, but actually, I think it proved to be possible.
And again, I hope the above has been able to inspire you in your reading, and I hope you stay tuned for seven new things next week.
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