Category: Love

On Comparing Yourself to Others

We all know that com­par­ing our­selves to oth­ers comes with per­son­al and pro­fes­sion­al risks, the main one being that as indi­vid­u­als we can devel­op a sense that we lack some­thing that oth­ers have — and this is bad for our con­fi­dence, sense of dig­ni­ty and self-respect. But despite this aware­ness, for many if not most… Con­tin­ue read­ing On Com­par­ing Your­self to Others

On Personal Agency

There might not be many top­ics relat­ed to lead­er­ship more impor­tant than per­son­al agency. I think of per­son­al agency as espe­cial­ly, but not exclu­sive­ly tied to the more dif­fi­cult exis­ten­tial deci­sions we learn to make, par­tic­u­lar­ly the ones that stand out­side our usu­al deci­­sion-mak­ing pat­terns, choic­es that cause us to step back, exam­ine and inten­tion­al­ly… Con­tin­ue read­ing On Per­son­al Agency

Defensiveness is the Problem of Our Time

At a deep lev­el, self-reflec­­tion can be a bridge across trou­bled waters, a way to lib­er­ate our­selves from that most dam­ag­ing dis­ease to which lead­ers are prone – which is defen­sive­ness.  Defen­sive­ness is the instinct to pro­tect who and what we are.  While it is impor­tant to be able to defend one­self from unfair attacks, false nar­ra­tives, and… Con­tin­ue read­ing Defen­sive­ness is the Prob­lem of Our Time

Are you intrinsically motivated? Really?

It’s easy to think you are, but your behav­ior might tell a dif­fer­ent sto­ry. For exam­ple, if you find your­self work­ing 24/7. It could be that you love your work, that you feel you are mak­ing a con­tri­bu­tion to some­thing big­ger than your­self and that at the core you are help­ing oth­ers with­out ask­ing for… Con­tin­ue read­ing Are you intrin­si­cal­ly moti­vat­ed? Really?