Tag: Personal Development

‘Making Impossible Dreams Possible’

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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‘Ultimate fulfillment and significance come from a lasting sense of joy and satisfaction, from fully living a life purpose centered on adding value to others.’

‘When you stop wanting to control people, that’s when you begin to empower them to take responsibility for and ownership of the choices they make and the actions they take.’

‘Don’t take things personally, and don’t let problems drag you down.’

‘When we push others down, we can’t help but push ourselves down. When we bring others up, we can’t help but bring ourselves up.’

‘In the process of giving we are already receiving.’

‘People are often too engrossed in what they are doing to become aware.’

‘Don’t be attached to the need to be right. If what you perceive as the truth turns out to be not the case, you can acknowledge it, let it go, and move on.’

‘You should … be on the lookout for teachable moments to ask direct and powerful questions that energize change.’

‘Don’t be too attached to your intuition, no matter how certain you feel; always be ready to let go.’

‘People can make adjustments to stay on course when they know how they are progressing toward their goal at any given time.’

‘When you focus on open-ended questions and broader questions, you stimulate ‘out of the box’ thinking and widen people’s horizons.’

Source:

Jack Canfield and Dr. Peter Chee (2013). Coaching for Breakthrough Success: Proven Techniques for Making Impossible Dreams Possible

Energizing Your People For Results

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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‘Rather than trying to get more out of people, organizations are better served by investing more in them and meeting their multidimensional needs in order to fuel greater engagement and more sustainable high performance.’

‘Awareness is the key to recognizing the consequences of the choices we’re making and their impact on others.’

‘Learning to observe our feelings as they arise, rather than simply acting them out, allows us to make more reflective, intentional choices about how we want to show up in the world.’

‘We must embrace the opposites. By celebrating one set of qualities and undervaluing another- courage or prudence, confidence or humility, tenacity or flexibility- we lose access to essential dimensions of ourselves and others.’

‘We’re most effective at work when we alternate between active forms of renewal, such as exercise and play, and more passive forms, such as meditation, napping, and sleep.’

‘Deeply held values define the person you aspire to be.’

‘The key to effective renewal is not how we do it but how well we do it. As with any other capacity, we get better at effectively renewing by practicing it more systematically.’

‘We can develop the capacity to influence the stories we tell ourselves, so that they empower rather than undermine us.’

‘Leaders who default to negative emotions to motivate others may get short-term performance they’re seeking, but the costs over time are high.’

‘The most effective leaders are those who regularly recognize and show appreciation for the real accomplishments of their people.’

‘Organizations that set aside separate spaces for creative thinking make a statement about the priority they’ve accorded innovation.’

Source:

Tony Schwartz (2010). The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working: The Four Forgotten Needs that Energize Great Performance