Tag: Gratitude

How To Change Your Day

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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If you don’t like what is going on in your life, then you have got to change your day.

Focus on others, not on yourself. Serve others, not yourself. That is how you are going to change your day.

‘Serving others requires a shift of focus toward the way you work, rather than the outcome of your work. It requires a shift in focus from feeling threatened or ‘under fire’ at work, to feeling challenged and useful.’

You can do it. To change your day, according to Andy Core, ‘Refuse to complain. Instead, infuse your day with expressions of appreciation and gratitude.’

‘Make it a goal to change the atmosphere in your workplace or home to one of relational strength, not stress. Remember to serve, and not shine.’

‘Settle on a set of patterns and attitudes that you believe will gain you the greatest possible fulfillments and satisfaction. And then stick with those patterns and attitudes. Don’t budge from them.’

‘Explore more of the ‘inner you.’ Choose to create an attitude that becomes the atmosphere in which you live and work.’

‘Think about mini-patterns now so you don’t have to think about it later.’

‘Decide where you need to jump in and make a change in your day.’

‘Be honest with yourself and own up to your junk hours.’

‘Take time to reflect on the way your daily behaviors produce attitudes, feelings, and ideas.’

‘Be a DO-KNOW-BE: Lasting motivation is an experiential lesson.’

‘Remember, ‘Nothing in your life gets better until your daily patterns do. But, when your daily patterns get better, everything gets better.’

Source

Andy Core (2014). Change Your Day, Not Your Life: A Realistic Guide to Sustained Motivation, More Productivity, and the Art of Working Well

Why Leading With Gratitude Is More Important Than Ever

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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Gratitude is not a strategy. It is a way of life. It is how you see the world around you. It is how you see yourself. It is how you do your work. It is how you treat people. It is how you face challenges. Above all, gratitude is a way of saying, ‘Life is great, no matter what!’

According to Adrian and Chester, ‘A lack of gratitude is a form of stupidity. It leaves on the table an enormously powerful tool not only to inspire people to reach their potential, but to actually better understand the true nature of their contributions.’

‘Developing genuine gratitude involves carefully observing what employees are doing, walking in their shoes, developing greater empathy, and sincerely trying to understand the challenges they face.’

‘Developing respect is about helping others grow and supporting people who make honest mistakes. It includes sharing the credit and absorbing blame when needed.’

‘When the right behaviors are in place, there is little time spent in fear.’

‘… gratitude provides clarity about whether the work they are doing is correct, valued by the boss or others, and making a significant contribution to the business.’

‘Expressing authentic gratitude is about much more than what a leader says, or even how she says it- it’s about why she says it.’

‘If employees are afraid of punitive actions, they are more likely to try to cover up problems.’

‘Leaders who develop empathy for others are great enablers of authentic gratitude.’

‘Creativity requires trust. Cultures of low trust, where managers react badly to failure, create too negative an environment for productivity and innovation to flow.’

‘Avoid the over-ask- especting too much from employees by asking for ideas that are out of their purview or asking too many questions at once.’

Source:

Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton (2020). Leading with Gratitude: Eight Leadership Practices for Extraordinary Business Results