Follow Leadership Freak, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/leadership-freak Fri, 28 Jan 2022 04:58:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHvVTP0m3Iyf5bmyhX6zo8SW Taking time off isn’t the answer when you don’t know how to live. A four-day workweek is pointless for miserable people. Do you live to work or work to live? The answer is… Continue reading →]]> Thu, 27 Jan 2022 13:31:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHvVTP0m3Iyf5bmyhX6zo8SW https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHsQ8Br1Hk5HZhhSCv31NykC You can’t move forward when you’re running in circles. You can’t efficiently do two complex tasks at the same time. We’re addicted to constant distraction and repeated interruption. You feel insecure if your… Continue reading →]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 14:36:52 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHsQ8Br1Hk5HZhhSCv31NykC https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHvFRy8ArDGx1UQqW5gBv7mX “Shut up Nate. You’re never going to be any good… We’re not good at wresting and we never will be,” Nate Zinsser’s classmate By the time Nate became a Junior in High School… Continue reading →]]> Tue, 25 Jan 2022 13:31:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHvFRy8ArDGx1UQqW5gBv7mX https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHt6YgM6RpL3i0QqW5gBv7mX “… financial advisors are 37% more likely to commit misconduct if they encounter a new co-worker with a history of misconduct.” HBR “… individuals tend to mirror the food choices of others in… Continue reading →]]> Mon, 24 Jan 2022 13:31:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHt6YgM6RpL3i0QqW5gBv7mX https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHviMtLDR6xJYK7VFky8BpXO Vishal Garg is the CEO and founder of the startup better.com, an online mortgage company. Just before the holidays in 2021, Vishal terminated 900 employees on a zoom call.  You can watch it… Continue reading →]]> Fri, 21 Jan 2022 13:31:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHviMtLDR6xJYK7VFky8BpXO https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHuqtF4ZbcBZXTRQaTQYXBS9 You think you know yourself, but you don’t. You never have self-knowledge; you gain it gradually, sometimes painfully. You throw punches in the air until you gain self-knowledge. Pretending you don’t sabotage yourself… Continue reading →]]> Thu, 20 Jan 2022 13:30:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHuqtF4ZbcBZXTRQaTQYXBS9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHtDS2TJcRLSFWnhpmeYcemU 85% of the current remote workforce enjoy working remotely. Remote work is here to stay and the number of people who work from home is accelerating. But there’s more to the story. 55%… Continue reading →]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2022 13:31:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHtDS2TJcRLSFWnhpmeYcemU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHtcox2GsfhDw7DXWBZfdr71 Everyone gossips. Slander and backstabbing are destructive, but there’s a healthy side to gossip. When you say, “Your reputation precedes you,” you acknowledge the power of gossip. Gossip is one reason businesses grow… Continue reading →]]> Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:31:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHtcox2GsfhDw7DXWBZfdr71 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHuYcoIm0OiLT84HQhe4ZUzd Living without meaning makes beasts of us all. Just bury your head in the mud to escape drudgery. Don’t let environments bully you into exhaustion. Walk through the door dedicated to manage meaningfully.… Continue reading →]]> Mon, 17 Jan 2022 13:38:41 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHuYcoIm0OiLT84HQhe4ZUzd https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHv_2WivRKA4_UZPHFZJLI3I Over the years, I’ve asked leaders to tell me about a tipping point in their lives. They typically give me the same answer. The question goes something like, “Tell me about a time… Continue reading →]]> Fri, 14 Jan 2022 15:04:39 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHv_2WivRKA4_UZPHFZJLI3I https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHtnaAXph5PuqrmyhX6zo8SW In the past you wondered when the next crisis would hit. You don’t wonder that today. Crisis-mode used to mean canceling appointments, working late, drinking too much coffee, and eating pizza late at… Continue reading →]]> Thu, 13 Jan 2022 14:17:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHtnaAXph5PuqrmyhX6zo8SW https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHuC7thuqX3kCGsGk81fO-bN Life begins to change when you change the way you think. Change the way you think about yourself to extend your potential. Change the way you think about others to increase your impact.… Continue reading →]]> Wed, 12 Jan 2022 13:31:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHuC7thuqX3kCGsGk81fO-bN https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHvDQ8BYfn3h4nHnycKeoCpf New Book Giveaway! 35 copies available!! Leave a comment on this guest post by Mark Miller to become eligible for one of 35 complimentary copies of his new book, “Smart Leadership: Four Simple Choices… Continue reading →]]> Tue, 11 Jan 2022 13:31:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHvDQ8BYfn3h4nHnycKeoCpf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHs0Wa4mfzqPwlT72x6uxjiK Bad habits – in the beginning – are easier than good. The habit of almost finishing stuff destroys effectiveness, diminishes respect, and drains energy. Anyone can start. Leaders finish. People live with dangling… Continue reading →]]> Mon, 10 Jan 2022 13:31:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHs0Wa4mfzqPwlT72x6uxjiK https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHvcyqA-T8jp3O9WSSr4-0sP You have thoughts you would rather not think. Your mind wanders like a cat looking for mice. You know you know something but can’t remember it. You tell yourself to forget a bad… Continue reading →]]> Fri, 07 Jan 2022 13:52:24 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHvcyqA-T8jp3O9WSSr4-0sP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHv5Qt17WY-T_c4HQhe4ZUzd My fondest childhood memories include toys. I had a boy-doll named Rocky. Later I had a James Bond 007 spy attaché case with secret compartments and a gun that could be assembled into… Continue reading →]]> Thu, 06 Jan 2022 13:31:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHv5Qt17WY-T_c4HQhe4ZUzd https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHtUV3DetHavGhhSCv31NykC Normal people choose pleasure over pain. It’s normal to avoid thorny issues. How to bring up thorny issues: 5 reasons people avoid thorny issues: The burden of feeling right creates stress to convince… Continue reading →]]> Wed, 05 Jan 2022 13:31:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHtUV3DetHavGhhSCv31NykC https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHsJGOZBWeFgDslTP0vptTFR Everyone does stupid things. Thankfully, most of us don’t do stupid things on national television. Last Sunday, Terry Bradshaw did a stupid thing when he joked about Antonio Brown (AB) on national television.… Continue reading →]]> Tue, 04 Jan 2022 14:42:28 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHsJGOZBWeFgDslTP0vptTFR https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHuyrsYgNhouKSVCAQLB0bf5 Show up like a kid peeking over the fence. Better to live on your toes than stumble back on your heels. Successful leaders are prepared for action. They show up READY. Three ways… Continue reading →]]> Mon, 03 Jan 2022 13:28:41 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHuyrsYgNhouKSVCAQLB0bf5 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHslwasYz59PKTRQaTQYXBS9 If you had room to grow and didn’t, you’re a failure – regardless of your achievements. David Shapiro said, “The purpose of life is to grow and give.” Only perfect people don’t need… Continue reading →]]> Fri, 31 Dec 2021 16:14:33 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/0BAi_BR6MHslwasYz59PKTRQaTQYXBS9