Category: Personal Development

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

How Great Leaders Inspire Their People

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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As a leader, you are not leading things. You are leading people. If you want them to follow you, to help you succeed, you must take care of them. You must not abuse them. And you must treat them with love and respect. If not, they are not going to invest in you.

Everything starts with who you are. How you show up, what you do when you are there, and how you talk to them. They matter.

According to Annette Verschuren, ‘The biggest and hardest personal transformation you will need to make in order to be a great leader is shifting from accomplishing things on your own to achieving things through other people.’

‘Puting yourself on the line may look a lot like failure and rejection before it translates into success.’

‘People rarely know what they’re capable of achieving until life puts them to the test. That’s why your success as a leader depends so heavily upon your ability to do just that.’

‘The main thing preventing people from reaching their goals is procrastination- most often in the form of the hunt for a brilliant plan.’

‘In order to quickly move on opportunity, you don’t need to be the smartest, most experienced or best educated person in the room. All you really need is a brazen attitude.’

‘Leadership is about identifying and creating opportunity, and setting a bold vision. No one will give permission to do this; you need to give yourself permission.’

‘Great leaders don’t fixate on being bad or good. They focus on being better. Focusing on getting better is the first step in effecting tangible, positive change. And getting results is what ultimately gives a leader her power.’

‘Taking the time to truly understand yourself and your values is profoundly important to your professional success.’

‘Knowing and consciously embodying your core values gives you the emotional strength, certainty and decisiveness of a credible leader that others will follow.’

‘Your ability to be successful as a leader is directly tied to your ability to stay organized.’

Source:

Annette Verschuren (2016). Bet on Me: Leading and Succeeding in Business and in Life