1: Don’t just stand there.  Do something.

Really?  Not always, Ryan Holiday writes in The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph.

Certain situations call for a different approach.

As in: Don’t just do something.  Stand there.

“Sometimes, staying put, going sideways, or moving backward is actually the best way to eliminate what blocks or impedes our path,” Ryan writes.

Yesterday, we looked … continue reading

It’s easy to get lost in our own conclusions.

The other person?  They’ve got it wrong.  How frustrating!

Instead, what if we prime ourselves to be curious?

We wonder: How did the person we are speaking with come to believe that?  

This is a side game we can play, suggests Vid Deva, Religious Scholar and Program Manager of Stagen’s Advanced Leadership Program, which I’m participating in this year.  

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