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From Eric Barker's latest excellent blog post about productive habits of leaders: Here are six things the most productive people do every day: Be Proactive, Not Reactive. Judge Results, Not Hours: ... With anything truly important in life you don’t shrug and take the attitude of, Well, I tried. If you merely tried to eat, you’d have starved to death long ago. It’s about results. Know thyself is more important than ever: Working from home, that awful co-worker is not your greatest enemy. You are your greatest enemy. Know yourself and outsmart yourself. Create your new tailored CEO system: To paraphrase Steve Martin, It’s easy to be great. It’s hard to be consistent. Outcome goals don’t last. Process goals do. Manage your environment: Why do you eat more at a buffet than at a normal restaurant? Environment matters. Luckily, it’s now under your control. Customize it for results. Plan communication and feedback: Casual conversations are no longer casual and just because they’re informal doesn’t mean they’re unimportant. Serendipity must be planned. Motivation Is Mood Management: When you’re happy, things are easy. So instead of trying to make hard things easy, make yourself happy. Full post is at: https://www.bakadesuyo.com/2020/11/productive-people/

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In preparation for my leadership class, I came across this gem of a poem and wanted to share it. Not sure that the order of items is in order of importance....Enjoy! Take time to work, it is the price of success. Take time to think, it is the source of power.... Take time to play, it is the secret of perpetual youth. Take time to read, it is the foundation of wisdom. Take time to be friendly, it is the road to happiness. Take time to dream, it is hitching your wagon to a star. Take time to love and be loved, it is the privilege of the gods. Take time to look around, it is too short a day to be selfish. Take time to laugh, it is the music of the soul.

Terrific article by Angela Duckworth on how to work better not harder.

From the Harvard Business Publishing's Faculty Lounge -- the four C's (curiosity, candor, courtesy and courage) are useful for the classroom and beyond. With the pandemic continuing to thrust issues of racial and economic inequality to the forefront, we will need to address topics in our courses that can make some students uncomfortable. But how do we quickly build the trust necessary to have those uncomfortable conversations with our students, particularly now that our class...Continue reading