Tag: Consistency

How To Master Risk And Create A Sense Of Possibility

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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If you know what you want, then go ahead and do something about it. Don’t just talk about your future, do something about your future.

According to Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, ‘If you’ve determined your goal, … use risk-taking to help you discover and validate your goals and to open up new and unforeseen pathways toward achieving them.’

‘Real growth isn’t linear, but cyclical.’

‘Taking small risks early and often helps you to build risk-taking muscles, with compounding benefits.’

‘Rather than focusing solely on the potential for loss, we can reframe risk as decisions we make that afford us considerable upside potential.’

‘You don’t need perfect goals or clarity to start taking risks.’

‘A great plan is simple, efficient, and capable of evolving as we go. Whiteboard your way to the future.’

‘Embracing our inner risk manager helps us face our fears instead of avoiding them.’

‘Smarter risk-taking requires that we look inward as well, aligning our choices not just with our ambitions but also with who we are at our core.’

‘To achieve a larger success later, focus on delivering shorter-term outcomes and impact.’

‘By delivering impact through each larger chapter of ambition, iterating and taking smaller risks continually to create results faster, we’ll build successful overall careers.’

‘When we choose possibility consistently, we don’t need others to make us powerful. We generate power for ourselves.’

Source

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy (2021). Choose Possibility: Take Risks and Thrive (Even When You Fail)

How To ‘Shape Your Narrative’

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in BriSights, Health & Well-Being, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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‘Start by changing the way you see yourself.’

‘If you don’t tell people what you want them to know, they will happily make up their own narrative.’

‘People only know what you tell them.’

‘Consistency and repetition are the secrets to becoming know for something.’

‘Be your own hero, but not to the extent that you inadvertently become the villain.’

‘Consistency drives familiarity, and then people begin to recognize you.’

‘Never become tone-deaf to your own words. Pay attention to how your messaging is received, whether positively, negatively, or neutrally.’

‘At the beginning of a new role, you have the exciting chance to decide how you want to make people feel when they engage with you.’

‘Building an effective personal brand means that you’re strategically sharing parts of yourself that support your goals. You’re not putting everything on display.’

‘Don’t take comfort in your anonymity to the point that you feel it’s a shield of armor. You’re still responsible for what you say.’

‘Don’t let the fear of public opinion scare you out of making a big change. Practice telling your story so you can confidently explain what you’re doing.’

Source

Aliza Licht (2023). On Brand: Shape Your Narrative. Share Your Vision. Shift Their Perception