Harness the power of your ‘Team’
Imagine these three individuals are working together….If you were their manager, how would you harness this team’s strengths to get the best results?
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The Scientific Method
Picture it: a group of scientists in a lab, laser-focused on finding a cure. They think they’ve nailed it. They test the theory, hold their breath, and then… nothing. It doesn’t work.
“Well, that’s it. We tried. Clearly, we’re terrible at this. Pack it up, everyone—we’re done here.”
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What’s up Fear?
Frozen in fear, I was on all fours on the mountain slope, staring nervously at the steep drop on my left. I realized I had two options: either hurl myself off the edge and get it over with or muster every ounce of courage and keep going. (Spoiler: I chose the latter.)
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Getting off the ‘Right’ couch
“Listen here Missy! I’m right, and you’re wrong, and I don’t have to listen to you!”
Picture it. A seven-year-old girl bouncing on a couch, screaming this at me at the top of her lungs. Yup. One of my most vivid memories from years ago when I was working in a group home for kids with severe behavioural challenges.
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Being your own detective
Have you ever found yourself in what I like to call ‘post-rehearsal’? Re-playing a conversation or event over and over in your head, thinking about all the things you coulda, shoulda, woulda said or done? Maybe feeling tense, anxious, angry, or in despair?
Well guess what? You’ve been triggered.
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