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Control: The Most Potent Addiction of All
Today’s Strategic Alignment Journal post in two sentences: The need for control can create a sense of security while gradually increasing dependence, limiting initiative and reinforcing the very conditions we’re trying to prevent. Recognizing the boundaries of our responsibility and influence allows us to make more appropriate decisions without assuming that every outcome must be…
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What Could Possibly Come From a Dot?
Today’s Strategic Alignment Journal post in two sentences: We can overlook our abilities because they feel ordinary to us. Yayoi Kusama’s dots invite us to consider what we might develop from the things we take for granted about ourselves. I discovered Yayoi Kusama today. I was drawn in by a piece of art that someone…
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You Cannot Fix What You Haven’t Identified
Today’s Strategic Alignment Journal post in two sentences: What appears to be procrastination may come from difficulty beginning, overthinking, anxiety, perfectionism, lack of interest or the absence of a clear frame. Until we identify what is actually preventing progress, we may keep applying solutions that don’t address the real problem. It is easy to assume…
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To What Service Is My Soul Committed?
Today’s 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 in two sentences: 𝗪𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗹 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴. 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗔𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘂𝘀’ 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, “𝗧𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗱?” 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁…
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Never lose your student mindset
If I had the opportunity to start over, as in from primary, through secondary and then on to university, I’d be a much better student. I wouldn’t waste time complaining about things I can’t control – like teachers’ personalities, and homework and I’d focus more on learning and being more curious about subjects, even those…
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The money is in the clarity, not the complexity
It’s easy, we’ve been told: Except real life doesn’t work that way. Most goal-setting models are built, as if for machines, not people, with the following assumptions: But here’s the reality: Setting and achieving goals is not ever clean, because the transformation required, to adopt new behaviours, influence mindset, and maintain focus despite distraction, is…
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How do you develop a self you don’t know?
I attended an event last Saturday called “Spilling the Tea”, hosted by Sunny Gopaul. I wasn’t sure what was going to happen at that event, however I am so grateful that I attended. The panel consisted of five women who spoke about their experiences in business and life and in particular underscoring many of the…
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