When searching for fresh ideas in a typical setting, a good leader leads the conversation but a great leader allows a free flow of ideas without hindrance. Both leaders should resist the temptation to evaluate the ideas immediately even when some of them don’t seem to make sense.
"The people who believe in me could not help me. The people who could help me did not believe in me". I extracted the above from a touching story I read and it got me thinking how essential it is to define our relationships. Defining your relationships affords you the leverage to give value and to extract value in return from every relationship.
My Mama warned me never to mistake popularity for acceptance nor activity for purpose. She once pointed me to a rocking chair to show me that motion is not the same as movement. With the benefit of hindsight, my perception of life is changing with age. Reflections.
My friend asked me when is the best time to make critical decisions. I’m not sure I have the accurate answer but I know that the best time to make a life impacting decision is not when you are very happy, neither is it when you are very sad. Read that again.
Quite often, we talk about life of purpose. A life of purpose is a life of impact. No one ever promised that the journey of life would be smooth and rosy. If you have your life, you have it all in your hands.
If you are a student of government or political science, it is almost impossible that you have not come across this quote by Lord Acton way back in 1887 when he said “power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely”. Even if you are not cut out for politics, you cannot shut your ears to politics because politics controls everything.
I have seen nations boast of power and I have seen individuals boast of knowledge. There's nothing wrong with that. In normal times, what you know may put you in a position of strength but in abnormal times, what you don't know may spell your defeat faster than all that you know. Let that sink.
It was Dale Carnegie, in his book - How to win Friends and influence People - who said that "to get a man's attention, find out what interests him and what catches his enthusiasm." Men may be indifferent but women do not oberlook it when you fail to celebrate them.
Have you ever been lethargic that you don't even feel like doing what you like doing most? Nothing can be more real, but you know what? Keep going; don't stop.
Midlife crisis is a moment of self-reflection in your middle age when you possibly question the choices you have made. It can result in self doubt and dramatic lifestyle changes capable of having significant impact on your emotional being and critical life decisions.
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