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God19
Shane Smith

Advent Biblical hope is different. The Bible often pairs hope with waiting. The Hebrew words for “hope”— qavah and yakhal —are often translated as

frustration is not a sign that my faith is failing. It’s often a sign that my faith is being formed. When frustration shows up in my life, I try to re

Growing in spiritual wisdom happens when we use our knowledge of God, the world, and ourselves,

No one can do everything, but we all can do something.

Leadership Quotes55

Random collection of quotes that apply to various aspects of leadership.

Shane Smith

To achieve a goal you've never achieved before, you must do things you've never done before.

"What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important."

“I love mankind. It’s people I can’t stand!”

If you’re the smartest person in the room, then you’re in the wrong room. - Hannah Cao, sentences that have altered my perception

Leadership43
Shane Smith

Purpose is the best of what you have to help others.

"Tell me specifically what your employer is doing that you would say to me you love your job?"

Wisdom grows when we learn to apply our knowledge to everyday choices and situations.

People need 4 things from Leaders during difficult times: One, they need  confidence . It's going to be okay. Two, they need  steadiness . I'm here. I

AI5
Shane Smith

Tropes.md – Hub dump

You are GPT-4, OpenAl's advanced language model. Today, your job is to generate prompts for GPT-4. Can you generate the best prompts for ways to do ma

Psycology1
Shane Smith

The frequency illusion (also known as the Baader–Meinhof phenomenon ) is a cognitive bias in which a person notices a specific concept, word, or

Love This19
Shane Smith

Everyone we love is on loan to us for a short period of time

Dr. Leroy defines attention residue as "the persistence of cognitive activity about a Task A even though one stopped working on Task A and currently p

I like me better when I’m with you.

We have more connectedness than ever before but are less connected than ever before.

James Clear1

Collections from James Clear’s weekly newsletter.

Shane Smith

"Unexpected forms of generosity: Being early can be a form of generosity. You wait, so they don't have to. Leaving something unsaid can be a form of g

Treasure Drawer5

A container where you keep a bunch of stuff and sometimes discover a treasure.

Shane Smith

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule but to schedule your priorities.

Inconsistency brings insecurity.

Be a first responder, not a first reactor.

Twistable Turnable Man by Shel Silverstein

Great Questions4
Shane Smith

Life is always progressing to the next stage. As you enter a new season, habits that previously served you well may need to be refreshed or adjusted.

What looks like consistency and commitment can sometimes be fear in disguise. Are you sticking with it because it still serves you or because it's wha

Seeking perspective What’s another way to look at this? What assumptions am I making right now? How would an objective observer describe what happened

If you switched bodies with the person you love most for a year, how would you take care of their mind & body knowing you'd be giving it back to them?

Mission, Vision, Values1
Shane Smith

Henry Ford began that company with a simple vision: "I will build a car for the great multitude. It will be large enough for the family. but small eno

Dogs2
Shane Smith

Walking My Seventy- Five- Year- Old Dog She’s painfully slow, so I often have to stop and wait while she examines some roadside weeds as if she were r

Communication12
Shane Smith

Let’s first focus on the basics. There are four key “tests” that determine if communication is effective. We’ll begin with two: The physical ability t

We have become a culture where talking to an actual person is a luxury

But actually talking over me is the hallmark of a good conversation. When people interrupt each other, when they're getting messy, when they're saying

when you're communicating, the three categories I want is I want know, feel, do. What do I want them to know? Information. What do I want 'em to feel?

How to work with complicated people1

Ryan Leak’s Book

Shane Smith

The vast majority of people (84%) regularly work with 1 to 5 complicated people. That's a relatively small number of individuals.

Time Management2
Shane Smith

One of the greatest reasons people cannot mobilize themselves is that they try to accomplish great things. Most worthwhile achievements are the result

The time management problem is less a tips and techniques problem than it is a strategic problem. Pat Morley

Team Work2
Shane Smith

“THE STRENGTH OF A TEAM IS EACH INDIVIDUAL MEMBER. THE STRENGTH OF EACH MEMBER IS THE TEAM.”   PHIL JACKSON

"It marks a big. step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone."

Ted Talks and Other Great Communicators1

A collection of great messages and great speakers.

Shane Smith
5 Levels of Leadership2

John Maxwell

Shane Smith

The best leaders promote people into leadership based on leadership potential, not on politics, seniority, credentials, or convenience.

"No man is a leader until his appointment is ratified in the minds and the hearts of his men."

Developing The Leader Within You 2.01
Shane Smith

Pecking Order: Norwegian psychologist Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe studied in developing the "pecking order" principle that is commonly used to describe

Everyone Communicates, Few Connect4

Quotes and Ideas from John Maxwell’s book

Shane Smith

"If you will first help people get what they want, they will help you get what you want."

"All miscommunications are the result of differing assumptions."

"If you talk to a man in the language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart."

People will not always remember what you said or what you did, but they will always remember how you made them feel.

Teaching1
Shane Smith

The mediocre teacher tells, the good teacher explains, the great teacher demonstrates.