Submissions are coming in fast and furious from The20Project Contributors :)
Great work everyone!! Can't wait to see how this is all going to come together!
Great work everyone!! Can't wait to see how this is all going to come together!
Submissions are coming in fast and furious from The20Project Contributors :)
Great work everyone!! Can't wait to see how this is all going to come together!
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I love social media for articles these days!! "10 Life Lessons to Excel in your 30s"; for the full article click HERE.
1. Start Saving for Retirement Now, Not Later 2. Start Taking Care of Your Health Now, Not Later 3. Don’t Spend Time with People Who Don’t Treat You Well 4. Be Good to the People You Care About 5. You can’t have everything; Focus On Doing a Few Things Really Well 6. Don’t Be Afraid of Taking Risks, You Can Still Change 7. You Must Continue to Grow and Develop Yourself 8. Nobody (Still) Knows What They’re Doing, Get Used to It 9. Invest in Your Family; It’s Worth It 10. Be kind to yourself, respect yourself Hey Contributors, you have only 2 weeks left until the submission deadline.... the 31st of March 2014 is it and creeping up fast!
Please, please, please edit your chapters before sending them in. Also, I will be requesting a short boi One of our contributors Amberley Laverick suggested that I post this article & video. See What Advice Convicts Offer Their Younger Selves In a Striking Photo Series It’s easy to think about jail as an abstract concept, a vague threat lurking in the periphery for those who go off the rails. What’s harder is realizing that the people inside of prison didn’t always consider their current home an inevitability. Some of them probably thought it was impossible just like you. A little over a year ago, one of photographer Trent Bell’s friend got sentenced to 36 years in jail. This wasn’t a shady acquaintance, but rather a friend Bell had grown up with--someone who shared a similar background and had gotten into some trouble. Thinking about this friend led the photographer to contemplate the series of events that lead people to jail and the stories they tell themselves about them. This curiosity became the basis for a new series of photos that aim to uncover what, besides the grace of God, separates the average man from a convict.... [read more] I received an email the other day asking me to clarify on a few emails. I thought that I was clear and I thought that of course everyone knew what I was talking about! However, this is rarely the case. Miscommunication is one of the most common issues in both our work and personal lives. How many times have you thought it was the "other persons'" fault for not understanding? We need to take ownership of this miscommunication and actively ensure that others are 'picking up what we are putting down'. So this morning I went online to see what people were saying about miscommunication and found this gem of an article on Forbes.com....
Too Much Miscommunication At Work? A Simple Fix. “I’m sure he understood what I meant.” “I’m sure it was obvious.” “It goes without saying…” The most common source of miscommunication in any workplace is a very simple one: people routinely fail to realize how little they are actually communicating. In other words, we think we’ve said a lot more than we actually have. Psychologists call this the signal amplification bias (because we can’t resist slapping esoteric names on things – ca lling it the “I’m Sure It Was Obvious” Effect would be much more to the point.) Studies show that the vast majority of us tend to believe that our behavior is much more expressive than it actually is, and this occurs across a wide variety of situations. For instance, we often think people know when we’re lying – that our discomfort with deception is obvious – when they rarely have any idea. We also assume that others understand our goals and what we’re trying to accomplish, when in fact they don’t have the first clue. Most of what we say and do every day is open to multiple interpretations, and when other people try to figure out what we really mean, they are apt to guess wrong. We are particularly likely to be “sure it was obvious” with people we know well or who we’ve worked with for a long time – we assume our thoughts and behaviors are transparent, when they are far from it. So, ironically, the risk of miscommunication is greater with a close colleague than a brand-new coworker. When we assume that other people know what we’re thinking, and what we are expecting of them, we do them a real disservice. Assuming that we’ve been clear about what we wanted, we blame them when things don’t go as planned. The next time you catch yourself thinking “I didn’t expressly say that to Bob, but it should be obvious…” STOP. Nothing is ever obvious unless you made it obvious by spelling it out. Remove the phrase “It goes without saying” from your mental lexicon, because it is total rubbish. If something is important, then it goes WITH saying. Make a point of saying exactly what you mean, and asking for exactly what you want, and you will be pleasantly surprised by often you get it. During my MBA I had the pleasure of working with Tammy Dewar and Dave Whittington from Calliope Learning. One of the things that stayed with me from the course work was that "we judge ourselves by our intentions and we judge others by their impact". (article link)
This week at work for me has really highlighted this little gem as navigating the whitewater of the workplace is always difficult and has left me with thinking about this -> How am I going to show up at work? In concert with this idea was one from Chris Hadfield's book about showing up to be a zero... as in zero impact. I think sometimes we put a lot of value in our knowledge and experience and tend not to listen or soak up what other people are saying or what their body language is telling us. Just something to think about as you navigate your own workday..... Hey Contributors! This is just a friendly reminder to put the conference call into your schedule for Saturday March 8th 2014. In order to get as many people on the call as possible I have scheduled it for:
5am Vancouver 8am New York 1pm London 5pm Abu Dhabi 9pm Singapore Midnight Sydney Submissions are due on the 31st of March and during this call I will be answering some of the questions people have been sending me. Please get your questions into me via email. Cheers, Hilary |