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How to strengthen your willpower
How to overcome temptation and distractions
The role of motivation in willpower
Don't underestimate the value of your perspective
Young or inexperienced people are often reluctant to share ideas because they are not in a position to do so.
Shift your mindset: Never underestimate the value your perspective brings to the table. If you remain silent, you are effectively choosing not to help the company.
- Ensure your idea is relevant to the group, not just one individual.
- Offer an alternative solution if you plan to disagree.
- Aim to strengthen the discussion.
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Half-baked ideas are useful
Employees may refrain from speaking up because they:
- Fear being ostracised
- Don't want to be embarrassed
- Want to avoid negative remarks
- Feel like speaking up is inappropriate
They may decide to hold back an idea that is not thought out thorough...
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Shifting your mindset
Finding the courage to speak up is critical to your success and your team's success, as collective decisions are driven by the diversity of your experiences and expertise. To be more productive in your next virtual meetings, shift your mindset from:
- ...
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It is about the collective intelligence
Research on collective intelligence shows that participation increases collective intelligence and the decision-making quality of the team.
Shift your mindset:Think of your next virtual meeting as a puzzle where each team mem...
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Difficulty speaking up during virtual meetings
We all struggle to speak up at times for many reasons:
- It's harder to read physical and social cues onscreen and even impossible on a big team.
- If you're a junior employee or still new to the company, you may feel reserved around your teammates.
- You may feel your id...
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How to speak up in a virtual meeting
- Prepare your nudge: Think of one on-topic question you want to see answered during the meeting and write it down. Even if you get "cold-called", you have at least one thoughtful question.
- Rehearse your introduction: Don't say: "Hi, I'm Haruto, ...
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Choose to adopt the perspective that you can do what you love with your life. One of the best ways to strengthen this point of view is...
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- Put aside your feelings so that you can concentrate only on the other person’s perspective.
- Use open ended questions that can help you draw out the interests and motivation that the person may not be verbalizing.
- Be clear about your own position and the weaknesses it has.
Evaluate your business value
- Think about what you bring to the table. Knowing what you do well will also help you decide the things you should work on.
- Don't focus only on the skills that benefit you. Go for the intersection between goals that serve you and your employer or cl...
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