Management is about persuading people to do things they do not want to do, while leadership is about inspiring people to do things they never thought they could.
Steve Jobs – Apple Founder & CEO
Today’s uncertainty and disruption presents burning questions: How does a person manage or lead in VUCA time? Continue reading
If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.
Jim Rohn – Author and Entrepreneur
Intentional Self-Management is the fundamental principle behind Working It and is really critical in COVID time. Intentional Self-Management is the art of taking responsibility and the science of taking control of your behavior, health, spirit, career, life, and work. Think about these key Intentional Self-Management questions: Continue reading
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.
Steve Jobs – Apple Co-Founder
A few years ago, I wrote Working It: Disruption Rules. The objective and premise of the book was for you to take charge and design a better, stronger, and more resilient you. Better can be whatever you dream or want of yourself. How? Through your Intentional Self-Management. You gotta want to change to design a better you. Continue reading
Disruption isn’t about what happens to you, it’s about how you respond to what happens to you.
Jay Samit – Entrepreneur
Decision making in VUCA time often focuses on downside consequences and is fear based. Fear based choices are a form of doom addiction. We become addicted to watching, tweeting, or listening to online grim-reaper news – one after another. It’s called ‘doom scrolling’ or ‘doom surfing’. Algorithms exacerbate this. Continue reading
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
Thomas Jefferson – U.S. President
The other day, my wife and daughter were out to dinner at an outside local pizza bar. The place was busy. The server was a masked tattoo’ed millennial. She was part-owner of the restaurant. The tattoo across her forearm read: ‘Love the process’. Her process was her work. Her passion. Her work affirmation. Maybe, her calling – her true north. True north is a compass metaphor for finding your true path in life and at work. Continue reading