Los Angeles Rams Coach Sean McVay has a Rain Main-like memory. How does he do it? It essentially comes down to four components.
Our jobs are hard, and it’s not a question of if we will suffer some losses but when. But let’s make sure we also take some time to enjoy the significant accomplishments and victories.
Success is not a measure of your salary, title, and degrees but the impact you have on others and the collective happiness of the people you touch.
There are three key lessons from Serena Williams' career that are easily applicable to our own lives.
If you are already established in a group, temporary withdrawal from it will make you more talked about, even more admired. You must learn when to leave. Create value through scarcity.
As leaders, we're held to a higher standard. When we see someone facing some form of discrimination, the moment can't be too big for us.
How much time do we spend preparing for a meeting with those we lead? Do we run meetings with our fingers and voice?
“We've been conditioned to base our self-worth on how others see us, not how we see ourselves. This is our biggest challenge.”
Understand there is no endpoint or arrival date. We are forever students.
When we disconnect to reconnect as leaders and positive-difference makers, life becomes art, and the beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
If the future is uncertain and the past unchangeable, the most important thing is what we do right now.
Before we set permanent boundaries about what we will not do, we need to be abundantly clear about the short- and long-term repercussions of our choices.
