Tag: Future

Focus On What You Can Do Right Now

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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‘Knowing your purpose focuses your life.’- Rick Warren

Yesterday is over. It is gone. You cannot change it. What about tomorrow? What about it? It is not here yet.

So stop worrying yourself about what is not even going to happen. What about now? Today? Yes, now? We are living it!

If you do not want to miss out, you must focus on what is going on right now. You must focus on the moment, your perfect moment.

If you are tired of where you are, if you are tired of doing the same thing, then stop worrying yourself about the past. Stop thinking about your past failures, your past mistakes. Focus on where you are going, not where you are coming from.

Living in the past is not going to help you get what you want. It is not going to lift you up. Instead, it will keep you where you are. Why is that?

Because what you are doing right now is shaping your future. Where you are right now is preparing you for your future. What you are doing right now is in charge of what you will become in the future.

So if you want to get a different result, you must do things differently. If you want to make a difference in your life, you must focus on where you are. Because change happens in the present. Because growth happens in the present.

Because the past is over!

Give More Than You Take

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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People are looking for other people who care. If you care about other people, you are a change agent. You are a giver, not a taker.

Givers give to others. Takers take from others. Givers are in it for others. Takers are in it for themselves.

Let me tell you something: If you want to live a meaningful life, it is better to be a giver than a taker.

Because, according to Paul Polman and Andrew Winston, ‘Transformative leadership requires broad partnerships.’

‘Cultivate a sense of responsibility and duty to serve the world, and encourage people to bring their values to work.’

‘Help people in the business find what they do uniquely for the world (their purpose).’

‘Embrace empathy, compassion, and humility, and openly seek help and partnership from others.’

‘Reward courage, speak truth to power, and do what’s right for even if there are costs.’

‘Look forward to understand how the world’s needs will evolve and where the company’s purpose can best serve the world.’

‘Remove rigid constraints on what the company can work on, and give people space to think big, work for the long-term, and invest in the future.’

‘Work with society by proactively inviting them in instead of waiting for them to bang on- or knock down- the door.’

‘Worry less about who gets the credit, or how to compete on issues, and focus on broader solutions.’

‘Lead the work on the biggest, most complex shared problems.’

‘Listen to smart critics to undertand systemic challenges and hurdles.’

Source:

Paul Polman and Andrew Winston (2021). Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take