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Finding Rest

Joseph Lalonde

Then the weekend comes. Finding rest could look like this: Spending an afternoon soaking up the sun at the local beach. The more rest you find yourself taking, the more recharged you’re going to be for the coming struggles of the week. Here are a few people you may know talking about the importance of rest.

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How To Prepare For Anything

Joseph Lalonde

When you focus on today’s challenges, you can be prepared for what is to come. Tomorrow’s challenges typically come from yesterday. Study: The Bible tells us that there’s nothing new under the sun. We can infer that what’s come before will come again. This may sound a bit woo-woo or wrong.

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How to Bounce Forward When Life Throws You a Curve

Leading Blog

Some disruptions are predictable and some we never saw coming. He wrote: I returned and saw under the sun that—The race is not to the swift, Nor the battle to the strong, Nor bread to the wise, Nor riches to men of understanding, Nor favor to men of skill; But time and chance happen to them all. It’s not very logical.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2023

Leading Blog

From Sun Tzu to Julius Caesar, the ancient Israelites to Zelensky, there’s a bold and highly effective tactic seen throughout history—when leaders want to motivate their troops for success, they destroy all opportunities for retreat, and go all-in on the mission. These titles address how it can be done and how others are doing it.

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10 Books to Get You Back to Work – Fall 2023

Leading Blog

Here are ten books to help you get back into the world of work and make plans for an improved future: How Trust Works : The Science of How Relationships Are Built, Broken, and Repaired by Peter H. T HE FALL EQUINOX arrives on September 23. Time to turn the page. Temperatures begin to drop. The days get shorter. We barely know how trust works.

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Increase Your Influence – Stop Talking!

Lead Change Blog

We diligently craft messages about leadership for every social media channel under the sun. Here are two ways you can keep that commitment and more easily reach your goal of listening 80% of the time in every conversation you have: 1. If your life was a silent film, could the people in the audience discern your influence?

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The Antidote to Languishing? Make It Better.

Next Level Blog

For today, here are a few make it better principles to get started with that have worked for my clients and me: Keep It Do-able : Over-optimization and the desire for perfection kills momentum and progress. As is his gift, Grant described something many were feeling but couldn’t quite articulate. I just mean better.