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How to Bounce Forward When Life Throws You a Curve

Leading Blog

The way we think about a problem—our attitude about a problem—will determine how we handle the problem. Resilience is rooted in our belief system. How we come out on the other side is determined by our attitude. And like any test, it is designed to help you see where you stand.

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How to Break Through Your Own Leadership Limits

Lead from Within

Breaking through your limitations means spending time addressing your belief systems and rethinking your assumptions. Very few understand why or how to prevent it. How to Succeed as A New Leader. How to Succeed as A New Leader. Be willing to do the work. Identify and remove any obstacles standing in your way.

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How to Avoid the 5 Career Derailers

Leading Blog

This can happen due to a simple fear of change or an inability to adjust to changes that have been made, or because they possess a rigid belief system. Some research studies state that it affects over half of managers who derailed.” A Version 1.0 can think they are traditionalists when really they are closed-minded. Version 1.0’s

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Never Enough … Excellence, Agility, and Meaning

Leading Blog

On a team and organizational level, we must aim to be Never Agile Enough and understand how to shift between roles to best serve our missions, how to put systems in place that lead to superior decision-making, and how to keep our teams as flexible and responsive as possible. It begins by having a belief system in place.

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How to Let Go of Perfection and Pursue Happiness

Steve Farber

Most perfectionists have been given a belief system — what Pei calls “their BS” — that they once were responsible for someone else’s unhappiness. Stay Out of the Labyrinth of Poop. Negative thoughts, to put it bluntly, stink. And they lead to more negative thoughts, which ultimately leads to self-blame.

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064: 5 Principles of Ultimate Influence: Turning Adversaries into Allies | with Bob Burg

Engaging Leader

Together, Jesse and Bob discuss how to take our influence to an entirely new level using Bob’s Five Principles of Ultimate Influence: Control your own emotions Understand the clash of belief systems Acknowledge their ego Set the proper frame Communicate with tact and empathy The technical skills of any profession are vitally important.

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4 False Beliefs That Will Destroy Your Leadership

Lead from Within

Our belief system is based on how we view the world. Many of the beliefs we cultivate about life date back to childhood, ingrained in us by our parents and other influential adults. Most of the time, these beliefs serve us well up to a certain point. How to Succeed as A New Leader.