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Slow That Decision Down

Stop, Take Stock, and Use That Calendar to Your Advantage

September 4, 2018 by RiShawn Biddle

“Don’t rush me, sonny! You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles,” warned Billy Crystal, costumed up as Miracle Max in the 1987 classic The Princess Bride. In the movie, that was a laugh line, but it’s not a bad way to think about the decisions you make as a leader. For every decision that […]

Filed Under: Leadership Tagged With: creative thinking, how to think, Leadership, Personal Development, productive, Success, think, thinking

How Hobbies Make You a Better Leader

August 28, 2018 by Michael Hyatt

Many leaders compensate for feeling overwhelmed and over-busy by working even more hours. But neglecting self-care puts us on a downward spiral that leads to lower productivity and, ultimately, burnout. In this episode, Michael and Megan share the secret weapon for boosting productivity—a hobby!

Filed Under: Lead to Win, Leadership, Personal Development, Podcast Tagged With: hobbies, hobby, Leadership, Personal Development, Podcast, productive, self-care, Success

Hobbies for Perfectionists

Learning to Embrace a Hobbyist’s Mediocrity

August 28, 2018 by David Mark

The Wharton-educated bank executive quits weekend bird-watching excursions after missing a prothonotary warbler (rare orange and yellow-headed songbird) sighting. The tenured physics professor storms out of the kitchen because her batch of gazpacho soup turned out a tad too peppery. First-world problems, to be sure. But they’re also the type of increasingly common complaints hyper-accomplished professionals […]

Filed Under: Leadership, Personal Development Tagged With: hobbies, hobby, Leadership, Personal Development, productive, self-care, Success

The Science of Play

Where Win-Win Comes From

August 28, 2018 by Erin Wildermuth

As a kid who wasn’t allowed to watch television, the focus of my childhood was play. The games are too many to count. There was, for example, a little girl who lived in mirrorland and would possess me if I accidentally touched that shiny, reflective surface at night. She scared the heck out of my […]

Filed Under: Leadership Tagged With: hobbies, hobby, Leadership, Personal Development, productive, self-care, Success

Churchill’s Finest Hobby

Painting Helped Him Beat Depression, and Nazi Germany

August 28, 2018 by RiShawn Biddle

Winston Churchill once wrote that “The cultivation of a hobby and new forms of interest is therefore a policy of first importance”. He knew this well. Even as he warned the world about the threat of totalitarian regimes and led Britain during the Second World War, the statesman crafted many of his more than 500 […]

Filed Under: Leadership Tagged With: hobbies, hobby, Leadership, Personal Development, productive, self-care, Success

Stop Busywork Now!

Now's the Time to Stop Wasting Time

August 21, 2018 by RiShawn Biddle

You already know that busywork does nothing more than create the perception that people are working harder than they really are. In fact, 65 percent of your colleagues surveyed by Havas Worldwide felt that people were simply pretending to be busy. Nor does busywork make you or your company more productive. What you get instead […]

Filed Under: Leadership Tagged With: Leadership, productive, Productivity, Success

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