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I’m still making my way through Seth Godin’s new book ‘Linchpin’. I read something the other day that really jumped out at me and totally resonated. Here’s what he said:
“Transferring your passion to your job is far easier than finding a job that happens to match your passion”.
It resonated because I’ve felt the very same [...]
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Sometimes we can be ‘in the zone’. Everything just comes together the way we want it to. We feel passionate, we’re flowing in our strengths, and everything just feels, well, great. If only life was like this all the time!
Sadly, we often end up spending most of our life between these kinds of peaks. And [...]
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Ok, I admit it, I’m jealous of people who are innately focussed! Without even thinking about it, they are just able to focus, to identify what is crucial and give full attention to that.
That just doesn’t come naturally to me. I am someone who gets bored very easily. Focussing on one thing and getting it [...]
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Some days are just really, really tough. We can’t escape them. They come to us all. For me, yesterday was one of those days.
If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook, you’ll be aware that my IT job has been made redundant. Well yesterday was just a moment where it felt like all the walls [...]
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#StrengthsDay is back after a week off. This is where we take a different persons five StrengthsFinder talent themes and profile them. If you would like to be in a chance of being profiled in the future – or to find out more – then you can do that here.
This week we’re profiling Chris’s five [...]
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I love grand slam tennis. In particular I love Wimbledon, the home of tennis. And it feels like the last two yeas we’ve been served up a real treat. Last years final between Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal was arguably the greatest game of tennis ever played. Who would of thought that the very next [...]
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I can’t believe we’re onto our fourth #StrengthsDay already. Each week so far has been a really fascinating conversation with some great insights coming to the fore. I’m looking forward to more of the same today.
For those of you who don’t know, every Wednesday on Awaken we profile one person based on their top five [...]
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It’s #StrengthsDay again. Every Wednesday on Awaken we profile one person based on their top five StrengthsFinder themes. You can find out more about it all here and submit your five themes for the chance to be profiled in the future.
This week we’re profiling Shannon Chapman. His five themes are:
Futuristic
People strong in the Futuristic Theme [...]
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Today I want to share a quote from the late Donald Clifton. Here he describes what was his greatest discovery from three decades of leadership research.
“A leader needs to know his strengths as a carpenter knows his tools, or as a physician knows the instruments at her disposal. What great leaders have in common is [...]
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We looked yesterday at the various indicators of whether or not we are operating in an area of strength or weakness. This is only the first step though. We need to move beyond this to reorienting our jobs around our strengths.
If you are like 80% of the population, your work environment will not be giving [...]
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