There is joy all around you, even when things aren’t going your way. Choosing to see it is a mindset you control. I encourage you to look for and find joy in whatever you experience today. It actually does make bad situations more tolerable, plus joy is contagious. Here are three examples from my own experience.

If your 2023 is a year of greater focus, your 2023 will be more incredible. Don’t measure yourself by how much you do or how busy you are; instead, measure yourself by how profound your impact is and how engaged in life you are. Here are steps to take to bring more focus to your life.

2022 was a year to practice being courageous. Here is what I learned from that pursuit. #lifeprinciples #communicating #relationships #learning #leadership

We should all live like we believe that neither success nor failure are permanent. That both are more enjoyable when experienced with others. And if you want to succeed more often, determine your strengths and work at them until you can execute the fundamentals of them flawlessly. #teambuilding #winning #teams #strategy

Be a GENUINE person 

#Generous

#empathetic

#Nice

#unafraid

#integrity

#non-judgemental

#engaed 

At work, in the absence of data, we will fall into the trap of letting an individual voice drive decisions. The voice is often accompanied by a bigger title or perceived expertise or a louder approach that enables them to “be heard” and get their way to win the decision. Why does this happen? Because without data preference and opinion determine what actions are taken (or not taken).

Data helps eliminate this approach leading to better outcomes. #discovery #data #decisions #datadriven

For this article taking care of yourself means proactively addressing the mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of your life in ways that help you achieve your long-term goals and/or improve short-term performance.#habits#goals#betterlife

I researched the LinkedIn algorithm and learned it doesn’t like links that take you off LinkedIn. It makes sense they prefer you death scroll LinkedIn and not use LinkedIn as a gateway to the internet.

So I tried to work the algorithm to my advantage. I posted part of an article in the feed, included a picture (another way to boost on LinkedIn), and added a “link in comments” closing line. I even included a question to try and drive engagement.

Learned something about properly defining success.

One of the things that I believe has helped me as a leader is Leading with a growth mindset—embracing that the world of work has changed and will continue to evolve. I am consistently looking to learn and share what I learn.

So when I say need to know information, I flip this well know axiom by encouraging that all information is need to know, and everyone needs to know all the information. Leaders should model this by going first and encouraging everyone to follow their lead. #effectivecommunication #leadershipbestpractices #communication #bestpractices

Getting innovation accepted and implemented is challenging for reasons numerous enough to fill an Amazon cart so I want to do us on just three concepts and how they intersect when innovation is brought to the table. What you may notice is how all of them are working to impede acceptance of the innovation. #innovation #successfulchange #innovationchallenges

Have you ever noticed some people like to speak quickly and others are slow to speak? Which way do you go? Do you get frustrated with the other style? Why the frustration?

Here is what is happening and why flexibility instead of frustration is the way to go.

#communication

#communicationpreferneces

#effectivecommunication

Effective communication, core beliefs, values, beliefs

We can all change the trajectory of another’s life by

• Genuinely listening to their story

• Being empathetic to their experiences

• Offering our time, talents or treasure to help

• Not being distracted and always in a hurry.
  

How much time, effort and money would be required to bring this pool that had been completely neglected back to life and why should you care? Goals. Achieving. Success. Leadership lessons. 

Leadership. Planning. Strategy. All from learned from asparagus. 

We are mostly all busy and overcommitted. Taking a pause and reflect approach to the messages we receive is more productive than jumping to wrong conclusions because you incorrectly decipher a message’s meaning. Take control of your reaction to avoid overreacting. This will lead to better outcomes.

Feedback is a gift. That is what I believe. It is a gift that pays tremendous dividends for individual and team performance.

But feedback is often avoided because people don’t always experience it as a gift. Often it feels like a weapon used against them because people aren’t good at giving it or because a cultures treats it that way.

What it might cost you to live intentionally is far more tolerable than the cost of experiencing an avoidable tragedy. The cost of being intentional is a positive multiplier; the cost of an avoidable tragedy is far less positive. Here is a plan to learn from bad outcomes to avoid tragedy.