Getting separation
from work
(even for a few minutes)
gives space for
contemplation,
which often leads to
appreciation
and
a new found
application.
STOP THINKING
Sometimes the best way
to solve a problem
is to
stop thinking about it.
PRACTICE INFINITE MATH
The mind plays math tricks.
It tells you:
In business and love,
there are only finite numbers,
only so much you can
get
and
give.
This causes us to
live fearfully,
hoarding carefully,
looking for any signs of subtraction,
and
clinging to any hope of addition.
It’s a lie.
Better to practice
infinite math.
WHAT DID I SIGN UP FOR?
If you’re tendency is to say
“Yes”
and
ask questions later,
you will find yourself saying,
“I didn’t sign up for this!”
Better to ask your questions first.
THINGS UNSAID
When we leave things unsaid,
we live with regret instead.
NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY
What they really mean is
“No experience with this particular skill necessary.”
No matter what the job,
we want you to have
being with people experience,
not acting like a jerk experience,
being coachable experience,
taking responsibility experience,
wanting to learn experience,
willing to try something new experience,
but that doesn’t fit on the want ad.
Oh and we want you to use that
experience,
Every. Single. Day.
WOE - IS - ME - INESS
It leads to an uneasiness.
Sometimes when you feel it in your stomach,
it’s a queasiness.
Living this way enhances
loneliness.
This woe-is-me-iness
keeps you from considering the potential
of your giftedness.
It stops you from the taking the steps
toward your completeness.
And makes you forget your
connectedness.
Best to leave behind the
woe-is-me-iness
and get back to
business.
LOVE CULTURE
Love is not soft.
Love holds accountable.
Love cares.
Love collaborates.
Love confesses.
Love forgives.
Love makes things right.
Love repairs relationships.
Love stands in and stands up.
Love does the work.
If you want to create a great
work/life culture,
you’re going to
have to do the same
Every. Single. Day.
WISHING YOU WEREN’T HERE
Her eyes are dimmed,
not without life,
but not filled with light.
She’s taking the money for my coffee,
wishing she wasn’t here.
Maybe this is the only work
she has
found.
It doesn’t make her heart pound.
Too many people
in their daily work
wish they weren’t there.
Whether it’s
golden handcuffs,
wrong thinking (“this is the only job I could ever get”),
poor management,
poor fit with the business’ culture,
or something else,
too many lives are being wasted
this way.
Businesses try to fix this with
lunch and learns,
online training,
better on-boarding,
exit interviews
and yet
dis-engagement is still high.
Why?
Employees have a sense
that nothing will really change
because there is little
followup
or
follow-thru.
And the light in people’s eyes grows dimmer.
We can do better.
We can stop wasting the
human capital
entrusted to us.
It starts when we quit
looking for a quick fix.
It starts when
we commit
to a continual
process
of developing
what are improperly called
soft skills.
It starts when we look
at developing the
whole person
not only the profitable parts.
It starts when we decide
we want the light in people’s eyes
to shine brightly
Every. Single. Day.
UNCLEAR THE WAY IS
When unclear the decision is,
clear your mind you must.
When unclear the way is,
stop to get your bearings you must.
When unsettled your
heart, mind, and soul are,
pay attention to your breathing you must.
For so often,
the decision,
the way,
the heart, mind, and soul
remain
unclear and unsettled
because we
think,
talk,
fret
too much.