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Everything is not important! Let’s review important vs urgent

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Everything is not – cannot possibly be – important.

The #1 tip to curing burnout

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Burnout results from focusing too much on process and not enough on outcomes. Burnout is getting lost in minutiae. Burnout is focusing on just what is being thrown in your face instead of taking what is thrown and evaluating it through the lens of what you’re ultimately trying to accomplish. The cure to burnout is …

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Call it what you want, but burnout is burnout

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The first step is to recognize burnout, because many would reject the term, yet experience all the signs and symptoms.

Questions pointed inward

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Double loop learning assumes that there is something to be gained and improved by evaluating what was going on in your head. 

In the rabbit hole

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It’s important to recognize when questions are not serving you. 

3 types of questions to help others

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If you are a manager or team lead, then asking questions of your team needs to be a well-honed skill. Here are three methods of using questions to keep in your tool belt.

Own your questions

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A pro will always take full responsibility, no matter who they asked.

Ask better questions

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There’s no such thing as a dumb question, sure, but there’s also an opportunity to ask better questions.

Is it possible to be too transparent?

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As long as there are no violations with HR or someone’s confidence, err on the side of sharing to realize the benefits of transparency in your teams.

How transparency serves

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Transparency opens doors for you and others.

What, exactly, should I share?

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So you are on board with the idea of being more transparent! Fantastic! So… what exactly should you be sharing?

Where we stand

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This level of transparency may feel scary at first, but managed well, it can be a total game changer in getting results.

Build trust

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Share information across the matrix to build trust all the way around.

Stop making pros/cons lists

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It’s just giving you a page of words to stare at… and still feel undecided.

The key to solving problems

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Once the information is in front of you, decide what is useful and actionable, vs just interesting but not helpful.

A “plan” is not what you think it is.

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That is not really a plan. That’s simply a well-positioned series of steps.

The solution is outside.

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There’s no thinking outside if judgment is blocking the door.

How to be an advocate

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When considering how to be an effective advocate, ask yourself these questions.

The value of management

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The value of management rests in achieving an outcome of optimal effectiveness, sustained over time.

Expertise vs experience: Knowing the difference is how you further your career efficiently

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The specialization often required at higher and higher levels of performance means that it is less and less likely that a position can be filled with someone who has done the exact same things in their past. Expertise, then, is at a premium.

Not delegating work: what’s your excuse?

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You learned. So can someone else.

Leadership | management | authority

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I would never suggest that these concepts are mutually exclusive. But neither are they the same. 

Taking action is always the win

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It’s amazing to me how many people really believe they have a crystal ball.

The difference between risk and uncertainty

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Risk and uncertainty are not interchangeable. They mean totally different things.

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Failure: Have no fear! This is how to fail well

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Yes, there’s actually a right way to fail.

Why you should seek failure

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If you haven’t had a spectacular fail in the last year, you haven’t even given yourself the opportunity to learn anything.

Controlling your narrative

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Despite the day to day tensions and nastiness that my mom might have endured in the corporate world as an immigrant and woman in the early 1980s, I grew up hearing a story of a very different tone.

A little mixed up: surrogation bias

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Be careful that you are not putting the metrics themselves ahead of the strategic intent.

Just keep going: Irrational escalation bias

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What is the worst that can happen if you change course? The answer is not what you might think.

I can fix that: Law of the instrument bias

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Understand which situation an instrument should be applied.

Of course you’re right: Confirmation bias

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Data and information is influenced by the lens through which we process that information.

Please proceed: Information bias

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Seeking additional information is a very indulgent way to look responsible in the face of uncertainty or fear.

It is not enough to plan.

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This year can be different.

Quit multitasking in two (consecutive!) steps.

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You need to do two things. Just two things!

there is no pie: the secret to managing overwhelm

The secret to managing overwhelm is realizing: There is no pie.

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There was no piece of pie for me. I was desperately struggling to carve out what felt like even 1% of the pie for myself.

Listen to yourself.

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Do not dismiss that inner voice. Do not dismiss yourself.

Neutralize negative thoughts.

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How you feel about something is only derived from what you think about it.

Another personality test? News Flash: You are not locked in.

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There is no such thing as being locked into a certain personality or style.

What it means to be “all in”

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Learn to be “all in” in any situation, and you learn an incredible job skill that will serve you throughout your career.

The reason for the season

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Opportunities for giving intangible gifts are all around us.

How to get past obstacles

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The most effective (not necessarily the easiest!) way to decide how to get around obstacles in your path.

Here’s how you know when to move on.

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“In all affairs it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.”

Responsible experimentation on the job

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Find a healthier and more growth-mindset approach to trial and error on the job.

Your Voice

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Determine for yourself how and when to use your voice to best serve you.

Step Three of the Aurelian Coaching Model: Calendar Daily Wins for Getting Results

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If you’ve made it this far, welcome to the hard part. Welcome to execution.

Step Two of the Aurelian Coaching Model, continued: Where Might Things Go Sideways?

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Acknowledge your history and circumstances, proactively address potential pitfalls, and follow through more than you ever have before.

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Deliberate Planning: Introducing the D.A.R.T. Method(TM)

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Asking why is powerful.

Step One of the Aurelian Coaching Model: Defining a Desired Outcome

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Describe the condition of your work, education, parenting, life, etc. that you want. Let that be your anchor and then build decisions that get you ever closer to that condition, regardless of the exact circumstances and all the possible wrenches that might be thrown your way. This is called a desired outcome.

Introduction to the Aurelian Coaching Model

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“I don’t know what I want.”

I hear that a lot.

My experience

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I developed the Aurelian Coaching Model based on my own experience.

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