Remind yourself going in that no matter how unfair the criticism, your first job is to listen to understand, not defend.
Lifelong Learner retweeted
On major life decisions, the purpose of seeking advice is not to get answers. It’s to gain perspective.
No one knows what's best for you. They can only share what makes sense to them.
The most important question to ask is not what you should do. It's what you might be missing.
They ask questions that are challenging enough to be useful but not so harsh as to seem hostile, interrogatory, or deliberating.
Effective leaders are known more by the questions they ask than the answers they give.
<<The Leadership Mind Switch>>
"look for and expect the best, but plan for the worst" - being confident while being realistic
<<The leadership mind switch>>
Lifelong Learner retweeted
When patients share a story they’ve told me before, I don’t stop them and say that I’ve already heard that one.
Instead I assume that I didn’t hear what they needed me to the last time, and try to listen more deeply and with new ears.
Try this with parents / friends / kids ✨
Lifelong Learner retweeted
After 20 years of books, I'm compiling Kindle readers' most underlined passages.
Here's one from A Whole New Mind:
Replying to @fishouthebox
Still loving it and feels like lots to learn and experiment...
With that said
I don't mind to be in a place that I can read books all day and get paid for it 😄
Or
Helping others in need, without worrying about paying my own bills after kids grow up and having their own families












