Tag: Management

Why You Should Go Back To Yourself

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Leadership, Management, Personal Development
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Accept yourself. Love yourself. Be yourself. Stop running away from yourself. Stop treating yourself badly. Stop it! Because you can never get away from yourself.

If you do not stop it, you are not helping yourself. You are making your situation even worse. That is not good. That is not where you want to be. If you want to live your life, you have got to know who you really are. You have got to accept yourself. You have got to love who you are. And you must stop pretending to be who you are not. You must get back to yourself. You must get to accept yourself, no matter what.

Once you accept yourself for who you are, once you love who you are unconditionally, once you start to get comfortable with yourself, you will start to see your life in a whole new way. You will start to feel better about yourself.

If you have been away from yourself, you have got to get back to yourself. Because you are who you know. You are who you are. You are not going to be able to abandon your true self. Because there is no one out there who can live like you, who can do like you, who can think like you, who can talk like you, who can smile like you. No one. So get back to yourself. Your real self is waiting. Stop faking things. Stop living a fake life. Stop doing things to make people happy. Stop living for other people. Start living for you. Because you deserve it. Get back to yourself. There is nothing out there.

There is nothing out there. People are not who they say they are. People are going through things. Some are not who they say they are. Others are really good at faking it till you make it. Don’t go there. Because you are enough. Because you are good enough to design your own life, to live the way you want to live, and to have what you want to have.

Don’t wait for external forces to help you get back to yourself. You can do it for you. Right now, get back to who you really are. You know who you are, don’t you ? Know it or not, one thing is clear here: you are responsible for your life. You are also responsible for your freedom. You are responsible for getting back to yourself.

You are responsible for your progress. You are responsible for your security. Your peace is not going to come from outside yourself. Your happiness is not going to come from outside yourself. Your future is not going to grow from outside yourself. The only way forward is through you. It is to face yourself, not to run away from yourself, not to wear a mask. That won’t work.

Stop hurting yourself. Stop it. Because what you are looking for is looking back at you. Only by accepting yourself can you build a better life for yourself. Only by trusting yourself can you become a better human being. And only by being yourself, by being comfortable with yourself and by loving yourself can you find a better path forward.

No matter what, no matter where you are, the only way forward is to get back to yourself, your real self. Why not now?

‘People Make The World Go Around’

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Leadership, Management, Personal Development
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The world needs you. And you need the world. You need people. And other people need you. No one can exist alone. Because we are social animals. And it is good for us.

Being alive is when we are truly connected with ourselves. It is also when we are truly connected with other people. Because people make the world go around. Whether you are in business or not, people are people. If you want them to stay relevant, to help you succeed, to bring their full selves to work, you must invest in them. Yes, some are not going to give you what you want. But do not let that stop you from making them feel better about themselves.

When you make them feel great about who they are, they will give you the same. They will go to work for you, for your organization, not against you. But to get there, you have got to meet them where they are. They are waiting for you. Your people are waiting for you. They are not coming to meet you.

If you ever want to know who your people are, that is what you should do. It is good for you. It is good for them. And it is good for your organization. Because the more you meet your people, the more you will get to know them- their concerns, their values, their dreams, the more you will learn from them, and the more successful you will become.

When you are in the house, do not hide yourself in your office. Your people are not working for your office; they are working for you, for a living thing, for a human being. They are not working for your logo, for your machines, for your furnitures, but for you. So they want to see you on the floor. Meet with them. Listen to what they have to say. Do not interrupt them. Just listen. Because you are there to listen, not to tell them how powerful you are.

When your people know you care about them, they will listen to you. When they know you don’t care about them, that all you care about is your numbers, they won’t listen to you. To them, you are not even there. You are there but not there. Do not let that happen to you. You are a leader, not a bystander. Have real conversations with your people. Get to know them. And they will get to know you. Do not do it for your own business purpose, but because you want to know them better.

Be real with your people. When you are real with your people, they will let you know when there is something going on in the house. They will bring your attention to what is not working. They will bring your attention to what your manager might not be telling you.

Those things won’t happen if you are not real with your people. They are not going to tell you anything if they do not trust you. And to build trust, you have got to be you, no matter what. You do not have to fake it to make it. If you are real with yourself, if you are not trying to take advantage of anyone, you can make it without faking it. Authenticity is everything. You can’t connect with your people if you are faking it to get them. If you are not faking it to get them, if you are who you say you are, your people will accept you for who you are.

When you are real, not trying to fake it till you make it, you can connect with your people. Because your people want to work for a human being, not for a boss. And you can make it happen. The question is, ‘Will you?’