They’re doing the best they can. How often do we hold people to a higher standard than that? “They should know better” or “they should be acting this way” is far more common, particularly for managers and company leaders That’s understandable! With greater power comes greater responsibility, so we’d like them to be better. But…
Month: May 2023
Treat it like a tantrum.
Treat it like a tantrum. I have two young kids, so I am learning to deal with tantrums. The key is for me to realize that their tantrum is not about me – they are expressing their big feelings about the situation. When I take it personally as an indictment on my parenting, I get…
What does it take to be sustainably productive?
What does it take to be sustainably productive? A lot of my clients are high achievers who are driven to be productive and have impact. They are ambitious and competitive, and often refuse to stop working until all the work is done. These are great traits…until they reach a point in their career when there…
Seppo Helava’s post is spot on in examining the tension between tolerating difficult working environments and overdelivering.
Seppo Helava’s post is spot on in examining the tension between tolerating difficult working environments and overdelivering. One of the harder years of my life was 2009, when I worked most if not all weekends, and I think Labor Day was the first holiday that year that I wasn’t in the office. And yet I…
“Freedom is being disliked by other people.”
“Freedom is being disliked by other people.” I’m reading The Courage to Be Disliked, by Ichirou Kishimi and Fumitake Koga, which is an exploration of Adlerian psychology through a fictitious conversation between a young man and a philosopher, and just came across this quote which I assume serves as the basis for the book title….