Complaining is like gossip – a little bit of it is inevitable, but when it becomes the norm, it becomes destructive,negatively affecting your mood, your health, and your relationships with everyone around you.
In this article, I share 4 Tips to Limit Negativity for the Can’t-Help-Yourself-Complainers.
Smart leaders know how to use deep conversations to allow others to be heard and influence behaviors. Deep conversations can also be used to clarify intentions, create bonds, or convince your board that you have a creative way to tackle business challenges. My favorite deep conversations are those in which I can exchange ideas and create breakthroughs, even if they feel uncomfortable.
We know that motivation and discipline are two key aspects to ensure long term success, but how do we keep it going when the going gets so tough? Should we work on getting motivated or on creating discipline?
Even in uncertain times, getting a quick spurt of motivation in the moment is not that hard. Motivation is about the “why” — the gratification that comes from doing something for a specific immediate outcome. The problem is that quick spurts of motivation are not sustainable. On the other hand, while creating discipline for the long haul is more difficult, it is sustainable. Motivation is about the “why,” but discipline is about the “how.”
The great leaders of our time have had the ability to get a populace enthused about the future, but our great leaders have rarely come from the corporate world. It’s because emphasis hasn’t been placed on the development of strategic narratives until recently. On the flip side, statistics show those companies with strong narratives – Starbucks, Alcoa, Walmart – have the most engaged employees. The difference between a merely satisfied and a fully engaged employee? As it turns out, 100%. You can’t do much better than that.
The great leaders of our time have had the ability to get a populace enthused about the future, but our great leaders have rarely come from the corporate world. It’s because emphasis hasn’t been placed on the development of strategic narratives until recently. On the flip side, statistics show those companies with strong narratives – Starbucks, Alcoa, Walmart – have the most engaged employees. The difference between a merely satisfied and a fully engaged employee? As it turns out, 100%. You can’t do much better than that.