If you won the lottery, would you stop working? How you answer this question depends in great part on how you think of your work. Is it a job? If so, you would probably quit if you could. If it’s a career, you may consider keeping it. If it’s a calling, you’re likely to hold … [Read more...] about Thriving in 2018: 7. Rewrite Your Job Description
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Thriving in 2018: 6. Have Fun
Earlier this month I visited a friend and former colleague. She’s a successful leader who recently relocated as part of a cross-country move. Like other thriving professionals, she is motivated, productive, collaborative, and fulfilled. But, if I had to name a single defining … [Read more...] about Thriving in 2018: 6. Have Fun
Thriving in 2018: 5. Breathe
How do you respond to the idea of doing nothing? Does it feel like a passive state to which you easily default, happily surrendering your efforts to do? Or does it feel like an effort, a list of actions that must be completed before you are able to not do? In either case, doing … [Read more...] about Thriving in 2018: 5. Breathe
Thriving in 2018: 4. Ask For And Grow From Feedback
Despite the credence of 360 reviews and the value generally ascribed to leaders who ask for, accept, and/or incorporate feedback, many of us unconsciously avoid or consciously steer clear from soliciting new perspectives. Sure, hearing how others experience you can feel … [Read more...] about Thriving in 2018: 4. Ask For And Grow From Feedback
Thriving in 2018: 3. Share the Gift of Feedback
It’s feedback season in COMM-253 at RIT. And every student in the professional communication class is giving and receiving. This is my favorite time of the semester. Seeing honest praise and constructive criticism circulated thoughtfully makes me feel like the … [Read more...] about Thriving in 2018: 3. Share the Gift of Feedback
