Tag: Leadership Excellence

Thriving In A Chaotic World

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

‘When we aspire toward intimacy with what matters to us, we overcome alienation and disconnection and feel more at home in the world.’

‘Working on concrete tasks with objective and measurable results is a source of deep satisfaction and helps to keep us humble and grounded.’

‘By building multiple rooms in your identity house, you become less fragile, gain resilience, and bolster yourself against setbacks.’

‘It is important that your goals align with your values.’

‘Worry less about heroic days and more about creating a heroic body of work.’

‘Show up every day and give what you’ve got.’

‘Whenever possible, keep it simple and be wary of hiding behind complexity.’

‘You don’t need to feel good to get going; you need to get going to give yourself a chance to feel good.’

‘The more stress in your life, the more you should try to offset it with rest.’

‘Rest and renewal do not come at the expense of your primary pursuit; they are integral parts of your primary pursuit and your commitment to excellence.’

‘Never prejudge performance.’

Source:

Brad Stulberg (2026). The Way of Excellence: A Guide to True Greatness and Deep Satisfaction in a Chaotic World

How To Become A Better Person

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

You are who you are. No one is going to be like you . And no one can do your work the way you do it.

If you want to improve yourself, you must embrace everything about your life.

Becoming a better you is not going to happen overnight. You have to wait. You have to be patient with yourself.

And you must be willing to take risks. Calculated ones, not reckless ones.

‘With opportunities come risks, but don’t be afraid to take them.’

When you mess up, don’t blame other people. Hold yourself accountable for your mess. Because ‘lack of accountability in our personal life will certainly lead to problems in our public life.’

Don’t try to be who you are not. Don’t try to do what you are not trained to do. ‘Being who you really are is the first step in becoming better than you are.’

‘To grow, you have to be intentional.’

If you want to grow yourself, you must have your own plan. Because ‘…if you don’t have a plan for personal growth, then don’t expect to grow!’

Growth happens when you are around the greatest, when you are around people who are better than you are. ‘Being around people who are better than we are has a tendency to make us stretch and improve ourselves.’

Do the right thing.’If you keep doing the right thing, you will continue to gain greater responsibility. And the more responsibility you have, the more tough calls you will have to make.’

‘Experience teaches nothing, but evaluated experience teaches everything.’

‘The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure.’

‘Anytime you ignore reality for the sake of the relationship, you will have problems.’

‘The acquisition of experience can be costly. But it’s not as costly as not gaining experience.’

Source:

John C. Maxwell (2008). Leadership Gold: Lessosn I’ve Learned from a Lifetime of Leading