Tag: Trustworthy People

When ‘Courage Goes To Work’

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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‘The safer people feel, the more risks they are likely to take. People extend themselves when the consequences for doing so are forgiving.’

‘The best way to find places to TRY Courage is to look for things that people are complaining about and then take actions to remove the complaints.’

‘TRY, TRY Courage forges ahead, relentlessly and tenaciously, despite setbacks.’

‘Trust Courage involves taking risks on other people and accepting that you might get harmed in the process.’

‘Building TRUST Courage Involves releasing control to others, giving them a voice, and sharing vulnerabilties.’

‘TELL Courage is the courage of ‘voice.’ It involves having independently formed opinions, telling the truth, and being accountable for your own mistakes.’

‘Admitting you are wrong and saying you’re sorry are forms of TELL Courage.’

‘Courageous conversations are designed to help teams confront and address- in a sober and adult way- issues that are getting in the way of superior performance.’

‘Courage takes its fullest and noblest form when it is shaped and tempered by intelligence, discipline, focus, and morality.’

‘Courageous Conversations involve a mature give and take.’

‘What kind of role model will you be?’

Bll Treasurer (2019). Courage Goes to Work: How to Build Backbones, Boost Performance, & Get Results

Why You Shouldn’t Trust Yourself Too Much

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Personal Development, Personal Growth
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Self-trust is everything. Because if you do not trust yourself, nothing will work.

Life happens when we trust ourselves.

Growth happens when we trust other people. And

Mistakes happen when we trust ourselves too much.

Self-trust is self-belief. When you trust yourself, you know who you are. You know what you can do. And you know what you cannot do.

When you trust yourself, you don’t pretend to be who you are not. You are just you. You know what is right, and you know also what is wrong.

You trust yourself when you believe in yourself, when you believe in your thoughts, when you believe in your decisions, when you believe in your dreams, and when you believe in your friends.

But is that all? No, there is more. We make mistakes when we trust ourselves too much. We trust ourselves too much when we don’t consider other people’s thoughts, their feelings, their actions. We trust ourselves too much when we make decisions without talking to people who have done what we are about to do.

As a being, you can trust yourself. But do not forget that you don’t know everything. If you want to see what is going on around you, you must bring other people to the table. Because no one is smart enough to know everythting. If you know everything, you trust yourself too much. It is dangerous. It is not healthy.

Do not trust yourself too much. You need other people. If you want to do something really big, don’t go it alone. Do not ignore other people. Talk to people who can help. Because we are better when do things together. We are smarter when we think together. I am not talking about group think. That is a whole new thing. I am not going there right now.

We are stronger when we learn from other people, when we make room for mistakes, when we face our demons. We are smarter when we are willing to receive what the world has for us.

We are better together than alone. We can do more when we trust other people, when we learn from other, and when we step out of our comfort zones.

Remember, self-trust is everything. Because if you do not trust yourself, no one will trust you. If you trust yourself too much, no one will follow you.

So if you want people to trust you, you must first trust yourself. And you must NOT trust yourself too much.