How To Thrive In A Changing World

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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Change is not going anywhere. If you want to change yourself, you must not resist change.

‘Greatness comes to those who keep moving forward, figuring out what works, driving down More’s Law….’

‘Continually question and challenge your recipe, but change it rarely.

‘Test equipment in real conditions, sub-zero freezer and simulation trips before the actual expedition.’

‘Resilience, not luck, is the signature of greatness.’

‘Luck favors the persistent, but you can persist only if you survive.’

‘Luck is not a strategy, but getting a positive return on luck is.’

‘A single stroke of luck, no matter how big the break, cannot by itself make a great company.’

‘In selecting teammates, choose people to get stranded with.’

‘Have two separate team, climbers and filmmakers, that work well together on the mountain.’

‘Never let a weak member attempt to summit. ‘A team is only as strong as its weakest member.’

Source:

Jim Collins (2011). Great By Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos, and Luck- Why Some Thrive Despite Them All

‘How To Get Buy-In For Your Ideas’

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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No one knows everything. If you want to get results, move ahead, you need other people.

‘To get other people to buy into your ideas, you need to buy in first- or, … you need to convince up!’

‘Trying to build buy-in without understanding the prevailing mood of your audience is like walking into a funeral whistling ‘I’m walking on sunshine.’

‘No matter how good you might think your idea or initiative is, the only thing that matters when it comes to buy-in is how your audience feels.’

‘So much often remains unsaid in conversation, and the more you can do to demonstrate your sensibility to the unspoken stuff, the more likely you are to build real connection through your listening.’

‘We all experience mood swings; we all have our good days and our bad; we all say and do things we regret the next day. Being intentional enables us to chart a steady course in the face of these challenges.’

‘Catalyst don’t rest until they see the change become reality. Catalysts are true influences.’

‘Just as an inclusive mindset looks for differences, an abundance mindset adopts the view that conflict is a good thing. It’s a path to growth.’

‘At its core, an abundance mindset requires us to have great trust in our ability to achieve a good result without having control over the final outcome.’

‘Every time you seek to influence others to take action around an idea or initiative, you have to choose to influence them through ‘win me’ approach. You have to choose to be collaborative. You have to choose to be a champion of buy-in.’

‘A Great idea will stay just that- an idea- unless you can get others to work with you to turn it into reality.’

Source:

Simon Dowling (2020). Get Heard Get Results: How to Get Buy-In for Your Ideas and Initiatives