Be Realistic With Your Daily Schedule

It is good to have achievable targets and not to overbook or overschedule your day in such a way that everything feels annoying, as that can lead to self-sabotage.

If a small inconvenience can make you aggravated, don’t have too much on your plate in the first place.

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How to Be Patient in an Impatient World

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Every introductory psychology class talks about this thing called "The Skinner Box." It sounds like something out of a Saw movie, but it's actually a famous psychological method from the golden days of research, back when pregnant women still drank and torturing rats for science was cool.A Skinner Box works like this: A rat or some other unsuspecting small animal is placed in this box which has a lever and a little feeding bowl.

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Waiting patiently

Patience is not the ability to wait for something. Patience is our attitude towards waiting.

And the truth is we are becoming more and more impatient, mostly because we are now us...

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"Patience wins in an impatient world. When everyone else is in a hurry and distracted by the latest Tweetstorm, sitting back and merely observing the planet’s slow, arcing trajectory–and noticing it has been unmoved by almost anything that has happened lately–is the supreme advantage, both in terms of getting ahead, but also just in becoming a stable and non-insane person."

Learn to be still

Block out time to be still. Finding moments of stillness in our lives increases creativity, makes us more productive and also helps us stay grounded in our emotions.

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Becoming a More Patient Leader

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Slow down to get ahead.

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Effective Leadership

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Most leaders want quick fixes and get irritated easily. But effective leadership requires patience, endurance, resilience and calmness in the face of crisis.

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The Two Basic Leadership Behaviours

Task-Oriented or Futurist Leaders: Those having a powerful vision and employing current resources efficiently to realize their goal.
Relationship-Oriented or Facilitating Leaders: Those fostering teamwork and empowerment of the team members to come to a solution.

The best managers are a combination of the two behaviours and are able to build a level of patience that helps them stay calm even in a crisis situation.

"Slow Is Smooth And Smooth Is Fast"

The U.S. Navy SEALS follow the maxim Slow is Smooth and Smooth is Fast, a product of their sixty years of experience in crisis situations, which means that acting fast does not necessarily lead to an effective solution.

It is crucial to be methodical, patient and to focus on reducing the time it takes to deliver value, instead of confusing operational speed with strategic speed. This involves going back to the drawing board and using the added experience to redesign the process of delivering value.

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