Brene Brown studies human connection — our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk at TEDxHouston, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity. A talk to share.

Ethos Edge Comments:

Great talk on our need for human connection and those things that inhibit the connections we seek. Shame, fear and the feeling that we are not good enough continues to trip us up.  People who have a strong sense of love and belonging have one variable in common, that is feeling a sense of worthiness.  Those that have a strong sense of worthiness have the Courage to be imperfect, Compassion to be kind to self and to others, and a Connection as a result of authenticity.  Vulnerability in life is a necessary component to truly achieving joy, happiness, connectedness and wholehearted living.

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1) Developing a stable inner core, being anchored in your values, knowing your beliefs, and having a vision and a purpose.

2) Becoming flexible, adaptable and resilient. Developing self-awareness of limiting behaviors and being open to change.

Developing these skills is central to your success in the leadership of others for 3 reasons.
1) Having a clear path forward and being anchored in your life allows you to have better clarity and direction in the workplace.
2) It makes you wiser and allows you to operate at an optimal level. Provides emotional stability and clarity.
3) Through feedback we realize the need to fill gaps we have, are open to change, and develop new habits. It provides us with a growth toolkit and personal development plan.

#InternalizeRightPrinciples  #MarchToAMission  #MakeThingsHappen #RealignRigorously ]]> http://keithaldrich.com/?feed=rss2&p=2177 0 http://keithaldrich.com/?p=2175 http://keithaldrich.com/?p=2175#comments Sun, 19 Jan 2014 01:03:59 +0000 http://keithaldrich.com/?p=2175 Ken Blanchard talks about developing your leadership point of view.  He explains that great leaders have a clear leadership point of view and are willing to share it and teach it to others.  He asks:

• Who are the models in your life?
• What is your mission in life?
• What are your own personal values?
• What are your beliefs about leading others?
• What can people expect from you and what do you expect from them?
• How are you going to model what you say?

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1. Autonomy
2. Mastery
3. Purpose

Are you developing the habits and personal discipline required for growing in “mastery”?  Are you gaining clarity about your personal sense mission and unique contribution?

Organizations are you taking these motivators into account as you shape your work environments and culture?

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Nigel Marsh is the bestselling author of “Fat, Forty and Fired” and “Overworked and Underlaid” and the Regional Group CEO of Young and Rubicam Brands for Australia & New Zealand. Finding the balance between work and life is an ongoing battle.

My Comments:

This talk by Nigel Marsh explores the importance of taking personal responsibility for establishing boundaries and taking control of your life. He contends that if you don’t design your life, someone will design it for you. He proposes that with small investments in the right places you can radically transform the quality of your relationships and the quality of your life.  If each of us at Ethos Edge begin to make strides in the is direction, we may be able to “change society’s definition of success away from the moronically simplistic notion that the person with the most money when he dies wins, to a more thoughtful and balanced definition of what a life well lived looks like.”

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Leaving a high-flying job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth took a job teaching math to seventh graders in a New York public school. She quickly realized that IQ wasn’t the only thing separating the successful students from those who struggled. Here, she explains her theory of “grit” as a predictor of success.

My Comments:

According to Angela Lee Duckworth, Grit is passion and perseverance toward for very long term goals. One key is developing a “growth mindset”, which is the belief that we all have the ability to learn new things, and grow and change through our entire life. We must continue to explore our passions, and develop the discipline, flexibility, and perseverance to “fail forward”, and try again.

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