Tag: Strategy

When To Quit

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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Quitting is not the end of your life. It is not the end of your career. It is not the end of your growth.

It is the beginning of your success. You get rid of things that are not helping you.

Quitting is the only way to stop what is not working. If something is not working for you, let it go. Don’t waste your time!

Life is too short for that!

According to Julia Keller, ‘Quitting is about following your heart- even if you break someone else’s in the process.’

‘Don’t fall victim to fear- or to the sunk-cost fallacy ot failing to heed opportunity cost. Quitting isn’t the end. It can be the beginning of success.’

‘Why not let some things go- without letting everything go? Quitting doesn’t have to be an absolute.’

‘You can change course when you need to. It’s a way of fighting back against random chance- and reclaiming your power.’

‘Quitting scenes make you feel bold and feisty, ready to make changes in your life. … Your reaction may tell you a lot about your comfort level with change.’

‘If you decide to give up, don’t think of it as a surrender: think of it as aerobics for your brain.’

‘Quitting is about tomorrow. Quitting is about the capacity to change, again and again, as often as you’re compelled to do so.’

‘Quitting for something better- or maybe just something different- should be the norm, not the aberration.’

‘Quasi-quitting isn’t about slacking off and trying to slide by, hoping that no one in charge notices. It’s about doing more, not less.’

‘Quasi-quitting is active, not passive. It’s powered by nimbleness and acumen, not apathy.’

Source:

Julia Keller (2023). Quitting: A Life Strategy: The Myth of Perserverance- and How the New Science of Giving Up Can Set You free

Why People Do Great Work

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Personal Growth, Workplace Learning
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Why do we work? Why do people do great work?

Work is not about money. Work is about growth. Work is about how we express ourselves. Work is how we show our inner selves.

If you want to know a good person, look at how they work.

According to Hubert Joly, ‘Through work, we are part of a web of human interactions, dealing with colleagues, customers, suppliers, and so on.’

‘We all work– and lead- best when we embrace vulnerability, learn from failure, and strive to be our best rather than the best.’

‘Companies are not souless entities. They are human organizations made of individuals who work together toward a common purpose. When that common purpose aligns with their own individual searches for meaning, it can unleash a kind of human magic that results in outstanding performance.’

‘Business does well by doing well.‘

‘Employees stand at its center because the secret of business is to have great people do great work for customers in a way that delivers great results.’

‘Doing great work starts when people feel treated like individuals- not human capital- in a work environment where they can thrive.’

‘Doing great work for customers happens when employees relate to these customers as human beings, not walking wallets.’

‘Treat everyone as a customer, as a human being with real needs.’

‘When a business is in trouble, listening to the individuals on the front line is the best place to quickly identify what ‘crazy’ goofy, or stupid’ things … have been getting in the way.’

Source:

Hubert Joly (2021). The Heart of Business: Leadership Principles for the Next Era of Capitalism