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This Is How To "Work Smarter Not Harder": 3 Secrets From Research
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Do Less — Then Obsess
Top performers definitely focus on fewer goals — but they also obsess like crazy over them, to produce quality work.
That extreme dedication to their priorities creates extraordinary results.
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Deliberate Practice In The Workplace
- Pick one and only one skill at a time to develop.
- Dedicate 15 minutes a day to reviewing your performance on a workplace skill.
- Isolate micro-behaviors. If you want to give a better presentation, break down what goes into a good presentation and set a goal.
- Get feedback. Ask people what you can do to improve.
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Feel Passion & Purpose
- People think passion has to come from being excited about the tasks you perform. It doesn’t. There are 6 ways to derive passion from your work: Task passion, achievement passion, creative passion, people passion, learning passion and competence passion.
- Purpose is about creating value for others in a way that is personally meaningful to you. It's less about the actual tasks you perform and more about how you frame them.
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- Emotional empathy: “You feel awful? Then I feel awful too!”
- Cognitive empathy: “I understand that you are feeling awful. That must suck.”
- Compassion: “You feel awful? I feel for you. How can I help?”
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The Impostor Syndrome
It is the feeling that you are not worthy of your designation, title, position or success.
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The Reality of Impostor Syndrome
- The impostor syndrome is like a nagging feeling that our success might be due to luck, good timing, or even a computer error.
- It makes us think we have done nothing, and that we secretly are a fraud for taking undue credit.
- The person suffering from an impostor syndrome lives in fear that soon the 'secret' about his true nature will be uncovered.
The Impostor Syndrome: Self-Efficacy Is The Antidote
The antidote to the impostor syndrome is self-efficacy, which is about learning one's own value.
Self-efficacy is described as a perceived ability to succeed at a particular task. It means having rock-solid confidence, a supercharged belief in your ability.
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The importance of friends
Having a weak circle of friends carries the same risk as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.
Researchers suggest that the core factors in a happy life are the number of friends, the closeness of f...
Reconnect with old friends
You have probably met a large number of friends through just a handful of people. Those are your superconnectors. Rekindle those friendships and ask them if there is anyone you should meet.
Connecting to people
Don’t be interesting. Be interested.
- Listen to people and ask them to tell you more.
- When they mention something you have in common, point it out.
- Be enthusiastic and encouraging.