Trust vs Gullibility: How to Trust People without Getting Mislead
Looking at the trust vs gullibility discussion, we battle with how to trust without allowing people to manipulate us. Here’s how to do that.
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How to Eliminate Tasks From Your To-Do List and Still Achieve More
Not everything on your to-do list needs to get done, or to be done by you. Blake Straton . “Focus on This” Have you ever looked at your to-do list and give out a hopeless sigh? Many people today struggle with managing piles of work load regularly but still feel like they aren’t getting anything …
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“Good Samaritan”: On Civil Discourse and Social Media Bashing
Anyone who’s seen my social channels in recent days will know that I’ve been posting a lot about civil discourse and its importance in the hyper-connected digital world we live in. Nowadays, it seems that social media has done more to divide people more than connect. There are divisions in political, religious, social, medical, and …
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Business Sustainability in a Crisis: A Lesson From The Prospectors
The recent COVID-19 crisis has released an economic onslaught. Consequently, businesses have been closing left and right. Doesn’t matter if you’re a mom and pop business or a multi-national corporation. Everyone is affected. And when I say everyone, I mean everyone. These unprecedented times, we start to realize just how important business development basics are. …
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Virtual Leadership: What Leaders of Virtual Teams Should Focus On
The Coronavirus has been a crisis of unparalleled negative impact. It’s destroyed communities, tanked economies and put a lot of businesses and organisations within peril’s way. But in the tragedy that is COVID-19, there have been some good things that have come out of this. One of the silver linings has been the introduction of …
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Why More Money will not Drive Your Team More
There’s a fallacy that is so prevalent in today’s corporate strata that leads upper management to believe that employees operate better when they’re offered more money. Managers and directors like to dangle bonuses and incentives in front of their staff like a carrot on a stick thinking that they’ll move faster, sell better and accomplish …
When Leaders have been Chosen, We Still have A Choice
Today, the nation of the Philippines takes time to select the next officials of the country. I say politicians and not leaders because not all officials are leaders. In the same way that not all bosses, managers, directors, pastors, parents, student presidents are leaders. Leadership is not about a position. There’s a former undersecretary of …
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How To Start Your Day Strong and Finish Stronger
I’ve always been a firm believer in starting everything strong. That’s why the start is always the hardest part. But once you break in on a challenging start, you’re off to the races. I first heard about the concept back when I was in the wedding industry. My superiors told me (if I recall right, …
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Avoiding Burnout by Building Independent Teams
Many leaders today are burnt-out and overworked. They take on too many tasks, meetings, projects thinking that no one else will do it. While there are things that only a leader can do, too often leaders get caught up doing things that they can delegate. But the problem is they aren’t comfortable delegating things to …
3 Leadership Lessons from Star Wars
So last night, me and my family finally got to watch “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.” I feel bad in saying this but, “Justice League,” sorry you’re no longer my favorite movie of the year. There were twists there were turns, and awesome sequences. But this isn’t a movie review so I’ll stop there. What …