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What to do when totally overwhelmed

by Sam Radford on July 15, 2009

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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Reorienting your job around your strengths

by Sam Radford on April 24, 2009

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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Know your weaknesses

by Sam Radford on April 6, 2009

It is vital that we dedicate the majority of our time to focussing on our areas of natural talent and strength. A successful life is not built upon a foundation of our areas of weakness.
We must avoid the trap of dedicating all of our time to trying to improve our weaknesses. We may make small [...]

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Good at everything; great at nothing

by Sam Radford on April 1, 2009

Strengths Based Leadership kicks off with a great quote right at the start of the opening chapter:
“If you spend your life trying to be good at everything, you’ll never be great at anything. Whilst our society encourages us to be well rounded, this approach inadvertently breeds mediocrity.”
Why settle for average when we have the capacity [...]

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