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Compassion is a crucial leadership skill!
While empathy is the tendency to feel others’ emotions as your own, compassion is the intent to contribute to the happiness and well-being of others.
Compassion isn’t just about being kind in the workplace; being Compassionate is more proactive.
It’s a conscious effort to nurture others to their full
... See moreLosing your job might not be a bad thing.
Many of you were recently laid off, had your job offer revoked, or denied a new career opportunity due to the ongoing pandemic.
You might feel rejected, anxious, or upset.
With such negative emotions, losing your job is undoubtedly a bad thing. Right?
Not quite. Not yet.
Five years ago, my internship offer with
... See moreSeek to understand before you seek to be understood.
If you want to influence people, learn to listen.
Listen with intent.
During meetings, people usually focus on what they are going to say and how they can cover as much as possible.
After all, how can you influence someone without talking their head off…right? Wrong!
If your goal is to influence the
... See moreBecoming great takes consistency!
It’s not just about being talented. It’s about being talented, every single day.
It’s not just about being creative. It’s about being creative, every single day.
Want to build an audience? Create content, every single day.
Want to build a business? Sell your idea, every single day.
Want to be a rockstar employee?
... See moreCreate more than you consume.
Successful people who live fulfilling lives create more than they consume.
Someone created the last movie you watched, and you enjoyed it.
Someone created Sublime, and here you are—consuming!
Someone created this post, and you get to learn from it.
I encourage you to plant two trees for every one you cut down.
What will you
... See moreMake friends, not contacts!
Everyone knows that your network is your net worth. But what exactly is networking?
Here’s what people think networking is:
Step 1: Walk around a big event.
Step 2: Shake random hands and try your best to be extroverted.
Step 3: Wait and hope for a dream opportunity to fall right into your lap shortly.
Sorry, this is not
... See moreExcellence is not an act; it’s a habit.
It doesn’t matter what you’ve done in the past—you are what you do consistently.
Your long list of past accomplishments becomes irrelevant if you start making bad decisions today.
Let me explain.
If I start smoking cigarettes today, I am officially a smoker. Right?
In contrast, imagine I had been a smoker for
... See moreAdversity does not equal failure!
Everyone faces adversity.
It is rare to find vision, ambition, and ultimately, success without adversity.
To find the success that lies beyond hard times, you must view adversity as a hole to climb out of instead of a grave to lie down in.
Successful people embrace adversity because they understand its value.
Don’t quit
... See moreStop saying, “I want to pick your brain.”
Many people don’t realize this, but saying “I want to pick your brain” is a networking faux pas.
It sounds like you want to waste their time, drain their energy, and provide no value in return—I’m sure that’s not your intention 😉.
So, the next time you reach out to someone, please don’t say, “I want to pick
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