Tag: Connections

‘Creating Something Significant’

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning Report
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‘Work is the expression of our energy and our dreams.’

‘Significance requires trust, and trust comes from consistently keeping promises.’

‘Agency gives us control over our time, and it encourages us to choose what our contribution looks like.’

‘Dignity flows from agency, allowing us to be treated as humans, not cogs.’

Seth Godin

‘Tools can create efficiency, but value can only come from change, from humanity, and from the rare form of connection that comes with significance.’

‘What you look like is far less important than the ability to involve others in your journey.’

‘The people you lure to follow instructions are rarely the people who will help you build something of innovation and substance.’

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‘Leadership is the art of creating something significant.’-

Seth Godin

‘If we care enough to build the best job you ever had, the team notices. And if people who care build something that they’re proud of, the market notices.’

‘Leaders don’t need authority, but they must coordinate the trust, focus, and connection of people who are enrolled in a journey to do work that matters.’

Source:

Seth Godin (2023). The Song of Significance

How To Be More Effective

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Innovation Management, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning Report

‘The less you hold in mind at once the better.’

‘Group information into chucks whenever you have too much information.’

‘The only way to do two mental tasks quickly, if accuracy is important, is doing one of them at a time.’

‘Switching between tasks uses energy; if you do this a lot you can make more mistakes .’

‘When you need to focus, remove all external distractions completely.’

‘Peak performance requires the right level of stress, not minimal stress.’

‘Practice noticing what your expectations are in any given situation.’

‘Practice setting expectations a little lower.’

‘You need to work hard at creating connections to create good collaboration.’

‘Be open and transparent about your dealings with people, remembering that unfairness is easy to trigger.’

‘Creative people are all about putting together information in a novel way. Novelty gets attention.’

Source:

Dr. David Rock (2020). Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter all Day Long