For better self-control remove temptations from your environment, routinize your life with the right default options, set the right goals and remove as much short-term decision-making as possible, remove options and possibilities to deviate from the desired course of action, and remind yourself what someone like you does or doesn’t do.
When leading with compassion, you do what is right regardless of what people may think of you. You stand up for the truth rather than trying to please everyone. You are compassionate and kind, yet you maintain high expectations. You support others rather than punish them. You do what is necessary rather than what is easy.
If you worry about employee productivity while working from home, then work on your own personal and professional development as a manager and a leader so you build enough confidence in yourself that you can lead with trust.
You can’t expect a great life if all the inputs are bad. To start enjoying your life a bit more, pay attention to what inputs you consume: food, information, work, and relationships.
Hire motivated people with unique strengths and then find ways how to develop their strengths to the point of mastery. You turn everyone’s strengths into results.
Don’t underestimate the importance of proper onboarding and integration. It is very attractive and often expected to dive right in and start quickly producing results, but it will make you less effective and haunt you down the road.
Making work more playful will lead to creativity, innovation, adaptability, joy, satisfaction and become an antidote to stress. Demilitarize the language you use and become more inclusive. Prioritize flow over efficiency.
Your goal is not to hire the best but to hire the right people who are passionate about your mission, who believe what you believe, and who can get excited about your cause. They will join already motivated, and all you have to do is inspire them to give your mission their best.
If you genuinely want to help someone, give them attention and support. Show them that you care, help them to identify their strengths, and use the attention they desire to help them achieve mastery in things they care about.
When you increase what you demand of your employees, you need to increase the resources you provide and allow for adequate recovery time. You want your team to flourish.
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