Inner peace is a resource that is always available to us, even under the most intense life pressures. Patience is a quality of emotional equilibrium—and to develop, it requires constant practice. Our aim is to find a neutral equilibrium. Neutrality is where we enjoy the highest creativity, where we see the most alternatives to instant reactivity.
Read MoreDealing With Challenging People: Refrain From Complaining
Understanding first how lucky you are, to live where you live, work where you work, and have the problems to solve that you do, helps mitigate the initial urge to complain. From there, seeing a path toward a better outcome, a path toward insight can help you cultivate your critical thinking skills, rather than indulge your itch to complain. Complaining adds nothing but volume.
Read MoreDriving Results With Others: Find Traction
There are no dead ends. Tipping back or being stuck teaches valuable lessons about how to get back on track. Focusing our attention on accumulating small wins. Framing our views determine our direction. Amplifying what works increases our momentum and ultimately gets us back on track.
Read MoreDriving Results With Others: Embrace Emotional Labor
We practice what we know—over and over—until what we are trying no longer works or has diminishing returns. At that point, we acknowledge that know-how or routine behavior won’t help us and we are ready to surrender to another way. When we utilize our inner resources to learn new pathways we innovate. That takes emotional labor.
Read MoreDriving Results With Others: Learn to Cooperate
It’s hard enough to cooperate when we work with people in person, let alone across various geographies. Distributed teams are becoming more and more prevalent, making our ability to develop and manage relationships that much more important.
Read MoreDriving Results With Others: Cultivate Perspective
The hurt feelings that come from remembering how we were slighted can run deep and have physiological and emotional impacts on us. When we feel intensity, it's important to step back and cultivate perspective. There are many practices to consider aiding the skill of cultivating attention.
Read MoreDriving Results With Others: Be Compassionate
When analyzing other people's motivation, know that you will never see the whole picture. Your task, on route to maturity, is to do your best to be kind, empathetic, and compassionate to people who challenge you.
Read MoreDriving Results With Others: Develop A Practice
We make decisions more than anything else. Filtering information effectively forces us to learn crucial skills of prioritization and delegation—skills that enable or block our advancement. When the stakes are high and the pressure is on, learning how to embrace a daily practice increases our chances of not only survival but effective performance. Learning how to prioritize and delegate information for ourselves, first, helps us drive results more effectively with others.
Read MoreDriving Results With Others: Find Stamina
Like a seed, we are equipped with everything we need to succeed. We don't require perfect conditions. In fact, persistence amidst challenge and change is what serves as the catalyst for growth.
Read MoreDealing With Challenging People: Refrain from Judging
Your ability to evaluate others requires context you likely do not have. Instead, focus on yourself.
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