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6 Traps Of The First 100 Days In A New Job
Don’t get caught in some of the most frequent pitfalls like doing things the way you have always done, not listening, trying to take action too quickly without understanding the environment, learning the wrong things, setting unrealistic expectations, or trying to do too many things in parallel. A thoughtful, well-planned approach will pay dividends.
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The Power Of Gratitude And How To Show It
Gratitude can significantly increase the quality of your life and the lives of those around you. It makes us more optimistic, less materialistic, and less self-centered.
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For Greater Self-Control Remove Temptations From Your Environment
The easiest way to resist is to design your environment in a way that you remove as many temptations as possible and make it easy for you to enact the behavior you want. Routinize your life with the right default options.
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10 Ways How To Increase Your Self-Control
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.
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Lead With Ruthless Compassion Instead Of Anger
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.
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Hybrid Workplace And Supervision
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.
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Garbage In, Garbage Out… What Is Making You Miserable?
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.
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Great Leaders Turn Strengths Into Results
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.
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Joined A New Company? Onboarding Will Determine Your Long-Term Success
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.
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How To Create A Joyful Workplace
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.
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