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Blog Post Series: The Top 10 Lessons I Wish I Knew Starting Out as an Asian Leader
Want to boost your effectiveness as a new leader? The first lesson is to embrace self-encouragement. In this post, we explore how Henry learned to stop beating himself up over mistakes early in his leadership journey, going from self-doubt to self-assurance by responding better to his inner critic.
Meet Sarah: A Leader's Journey to Transformation
At the beginning of the new year, Sarah had resolved to be a more effective lead nurse at her hospital. After 3 months, she was struggling to stay resolved to the promise she made to herself. Here’s how she got back on track.
Don’t Let Your Dreams Die In February
Did your New Year’s Resolutions already flame out? You’re not the only one. Whatever you do, don’t sweep them under the rug and abandon them. Consider these three insights to make sure you don’t settle for the status quo or let shame get the best of you.
Six Common Reasons People Don’t Do Yearly Reflections
Do you take time to reflect on how your year went? If not, do you realize what the cost of inaction is? Here are six common reasons people don’t, and what you can tell yourself to remove these barriers.
My Top 5 Books from 2023
Are you an avid reader? Do you want to become one? Here’s a list of books you can consider adding to your queue next year. Just in time for New Year’s Resolutions!
How to Leverage Your Learning Style to Enhance Your Skills
Do you know your learning style? Do you know how to leverage it to maximize your strengths? Figure out which of these seven styles fits you best so you can be your best, most productive self.
Unpaid Endorsement: The Second Mix Podcast
What if you could remix your life? Matthew Bennett shows how you can alter the trajectory of your life if you’re willing to put in the work. This includes improving your approach to conflict. Don’t let the world tell you to settle for a default future - remix it!
Unpaid Endorsement: The Level Up Tribes Podcast
Conflict at work never seems to go away. This is just one more ongoing opportunity to level up your life! Let Agnes Goodwine help you with this challenge and others with episodes from her podcast, Level Up Tribes. You can check out our specific conversation on work conflict here.
Unpaid Endorsement: The All Ears English Podcast
Learning English is important for anyone who wants to lead across cultures. But the skill means little if you don’t use it to speak up in difficult situations. On our All Ears English podcast episode, join Lindsay and me as we discuss how to navigate conflicts as a global leader.
Unpaid Endorsement: Your Transformation Station Podcast
Want to be an effective leader? First learn how to follow, then assemble teammates with key qualities you know you need in followers who will come through for you. Check out the high-energy conversation Greg Favazza and I have about this topic!
How Leading On the Dance Floor Helps You Beyond It
Wondering how dancing can improve your leadership skills? Here are some useful principles and tips, even if you never set foot on a dance floor.
How To Break the Bamboo Ceiling
In Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling, Jane Hyun gives tips on how Asians and other minorities can move up the career ladder.
Unpaid Endorsement: The Unlimited Potential Show
The Unlimited Potential Show has great hosts, dialogue, and content for all your self-improvement needs!
How To Remove Distractions
In Irresistible, Adam Alter shows us the techniques behind distractive technology and how we can counter them.
The Secret to Making Good Habits Stick and Bad Habits Disappear
How can you keep the good habits and eliminate the bad ones? Let James Clear show you how in Atomic Habits.
Your Advice Isn’t Helping
In The Advice Trap, Michael Bungay Stanier makes a strong case as to why advice doesn’t do what it should. Read more to find out a better way.
Five principles in choosing great over good
A lot of things are important, but only a few are essential. In Essentialism, Greg McKeown shows us how to not only distinguish between the two, but to live out the latter.
Four Tips When You Encounter Pushback
In Switch, the Heath brothers talk about ways to overcome internal and cultural resistance when you’re ready to make a change.
Three thoughts on problem prevention
What if there were a way to never have pandemics again? This requires a new level of thinking discussed in Upstream.
Five ways to turn up your charm level
Learn how to develop charisma, which isn’t as elusive as you may think.
Want to boost your effectiveness as a new leader? The first lesson is to embrace self-encouragement. In this post, we explore how Henry learned to stop beating himself up over mistakes early in his leadership journey, going from self-doubt to self-assurance by responding better to his inner critic.