Ways of Working
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Ways of Working
Boosting Team EQ
Stop being nice and telling me what you think I want to hear (or what you are comfortable saying). Start being kind and tell me what I need to hear. I will respect you more and I will trust you more.
Brene Brown
Here are some quick tips for boosting how you approach being productive:
đź“Ś Make the workplace a nice place to be. No one is productive in a grotty environment with mean, micro-managing bosses.
đź“Ś Give people the tools they need to do their jobs and train them how to use them.
đź“Ś Set priorities across the organization or team.
đź“Ś Make sure there is good... See more
đź“Ś Make the workplace a nice place to be. No one is productive in a grotty environment with mean, micro-managing bosses.
đź“Ś Give people the tools they need to do their jobs and train them how to use them.
đź“Ś Set priorities across the organization or team.
đź“Ś Make sure there is good... See more
Elizabeth Harrin
"Don’t aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one’s surrender to a person other than oneself.... See more
But…capitalism keeps getting in the way
Screens are attention, and thus metabolic energy and brain function vampires!
Do NOT raise your kid with tech. Do NOT look at your phone all day. Do raise your child in an attentive, prosocial environment. Do make them play outside. Do engage with people directly and actively as much as possible. Do. One. Thing. At. A. Time.
Compensation follows autonomy.
When you need to be managed, there's a cap on what you can earn. When you know how to create value and do it without being told, there's no cap. This is structural, not personal.
The compensation gap isn't about performance; it's about autonomy.
When you need to be managed, there's a cap on what you can earn. When you know how to create value and do it without being told, there's no cap. This is structural, not personal.
The compensation gap isn't about performance; it's about autonomy.
Brain Food: Focus on Yourself
Shane Parrish
Design is hope made visible.
You can live your life as the result of history and what came before, or you can live your life as the cause of what’s to come. You choose.
When talent doesn’t hustle, hustle beats talent. But when talent hustles, watch out.
When you work only for money, without any love for what you do in and of itself, your work will... See more
Brian Collins • 101 Design Rules
The best art makes your head spin with questions. Perhaps this is the fundamental distinction between pure art and pure design. While great art makes you wonder, great design makes things clear.
John Maeda • The Laws of Simplicity (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life)
We can’t address the decline in empathy without addressing the decline in attention. Empathy requires a degree of sustained focus:
Paying attention to an experience someone is sharing
Recalling experiencing a similar emotional response
Sitting with your own and... See more
Dr. Samaiya Mushtaqsubstack.comWe can’t address the decline in empathy without addressing the decline in attention. Empathy requires a degree of sustained focus:
Paying attention to an experience someone is sharing
Recalling experiencing a similar emotional response
Sitting with your own and the other person’s inner state
When we are fragmented and distracted, we simply can’t complete the cognitive exercises required to feel empathy.