Courage And Working Smarter
One reason we work too hard is that we are using that hard work to make up for a lack of courage.
Example: Instead of firing the team member who is dragging down the project, we work harder to make up for them. Firing them takes courage.
1.87K
6.3K reads
CURATED FROM
IDEAS CURATED BY
The idea is part of this collection:
Learn more about productivity with this collection
How to manage digital distractions
The impact of technology on mental health
The importance of setting boundaries
Related collections
Similar ideas to Courage And Working Smarter
Working remotely
A 2017 study found that 57% of start-up businesses had at least one member who worked remotely, either from home or wherever they happened to want to work.
An added benefit here is the implied trust and autonomy of allowing staff to work remotely may contribute more to their happiness than ...
Hold your team responsible
Your main task as a manager is to keep up the good work. In order to ensure this, you should make sure that each and every team member takes full responsibility for their actions.
Remember everybody that rules have been created for a good reason and that, therefore, they ought to stick to...
Giving advice vs. Asking for advice
Too often we believe that whenever a person is having a hard time pushing through an obstacle we provide unsolicited advice. By doing so, we unconsciously make them feel that they are incapable or unreliable.
However, a study suggests that instead of offering unsolicited advice, we...
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Personalized microlearning
—
100+ Learning Journeys
—
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates