Bold Business Podcast

The WORST thing for us, as leaders, is when the way we think limits our achievement. Self talk gets in the way…of everything. Productivity, growth and overall effectiveness decrease. Rejuvenation in this discussion is not self-care. Rejuvenation is the ability to look at the past, choose what’s useful and what lessons can be leverages and charge forward. Find out how connected the way we think and the way we use past experience can be holding us back.

Starting the conversation...

• We're trying to figure it out, and when we don't rejuvenate everyone around is affected.
• Define rejuvenation and growth.

Host: Jessica Dewell Co-host: Les Dossey

What You Will Hear:

Being grounded in our workspace.

Working meaning of rejuvenate for our conversation.

Move through experiences and use the best things.

Definition of Rejuvenation: use experience (good and bad) to move forward.

Seasons rejuvenate the earth.

What we do today is based on our brain power, which is ageless.

By being able to figure things out we can accomplish a lot.

"Whether you think you can or think you can't, you are right." Henry Ford

4 Things that have value, and use for the future.

How we use experience to make better decisions.

Define Useful and how usefulness and motivation interrelate.

Unwritten agreements about how work gets done.

Capabilities and happiness and fulfillment.

When we don't get to choose who we work with...and we are all on the same team.

Build relationships - a necessary skill.

Clean thinking and keep learning.

Archilochus: "We don't rise to the level of our expectations we fall to the level of our training."

Help others (solve their problems, and guiding them to solve their own).

There is more than one way to figure things out.

4 Steps to solve a problem.

Business and personal growth - we define it, starting with freedom.

Notable & Quotable

Les Dossey: I break away from tradition.

Les Dossey: I challenge that wounds never heal and I have to suffer the rest of my life.

Jessica Dewell: Acceptance of what we are now, recognizing where we came from, is the platform for where we live.

Jessica Dewell: The path my parents told me isn't going to work for me. Now what?

Les Dossey: Relationships that influence you in a positive way also challenge our assumptions. 

Jessica Dewell: Face the fear that the relationships we have may not be right.

Les Dossey: Let me take responsibility for what I didn't do to set this up property.

Jessica Dewell: Use lessons to make different choices in the future.

Jessica Dewell: Our capabilities are our competitive advantage and have a concrete value.

Les Dossey: Being useful to others is the key to happiness.

Les Dossey: We need an awakening in our country that education doesn't stop when we finish school.

Les Dossey: We need to be intentional about keeping our thinking clean.

Jessica Dewell: The quickest way to feel useful is to help another solve their problem.

Jessica Dewell: I kept my mouth shut.

Les Dossey: The kid is not the experiment, life is the experiment. The kid is the scientist!

Jessica Dewell: Freedom is having a choice.

Les Dossey: Freedom is access to resourcefulness.

Resources:

• Getting Rejuvenated is the Key to Business Growth
• Mythology of Phoenix
• 8 Ways of Looking at Intelligence

Tags: work, tradition, inspiration, history, loss, experience, status-quo, influence, belief, mindset, fixed-mindset, intention, influence, relationship, successes, decision making, capabilities, motivation, disruption, change, grind, value, usefulness, resourcefulness, skills, relationship building, relationships, lifelong learning, problem solving, modeling, growth, freedom, choice,

When actions are out of line with values, there is dissonance. That friction we experience defines how we view a person, a situation…even ourself. Understanding what we mean when we use the words respect and self respect give us clues about how we evaluate others. What about ourself though? In this world where everything goes so fast, its easy to forget to check in with ourself. A personal reflection, a check in, is important to understand how we are responding to situations…and how others respond to us. On this program, leaders discuss how do you earn your own respect?

Starting the conversation...

• We run, act, and respond so fast that sometimes we don't check in with ourselves.
• Definition of self respect and respect.
• How do you earn your own respect?

Transcript for How Do You Earn Your Own Respect?

Host: Jessica Dewell

Panel: Joel Dawson, Tanya Bourque

What You Will Hear:

The answers to the question How do you earn your own respect?

What it's like when we lose confidence, and how to get it back.

Personal stories, how it felt and looking back at it.

There could be more than one right answer.

Loss is part of life. It's through loss we learn our values.

Difficult situations might affect our personal identity.

Take a step back from reaction and look a little closer.

Comfortable can be useful - it's safe. Growth doesn't happen there.

Circle of influence is where we get our needs met.

The (incorrect association of the) interplay of taking advice vs being accepted.

Being pulled toward something different and facing resistance.

Facing the fears of doing something new, different, and what we are called to do.

Facing what happens even if it is extremely different than the plan/vision.

Goal Setting experiences and processes.

Respect in teams and knowing the strengths and weaknesses to support each other.

Skills necessary to be a leader that has respect.

Steps to Listening, empathy, observation.

Notable & Quotable

Tanya Bourque: The moment we act different than our values we lose respect for ourself.

Joel Dawson: You can't just snap your fingers and have self-respect.

Jessica Dewell: It starts with a really good question.

Joel Dawson: I must pick myself up by my bootstraps and keep going.

Tanya Bourque: [An opportunity may] look like it is going to be good, but we don't dig in to see if the align with our values.

Joel Dawson: Circle of influence is where we get our needs met.

Joel Dawson: I was not looking for advice, I was looking for acceptance and love.

Jessica Dewell: Sometimes I'm right, and so is the other person. We have different experiences.

Tanya Bourque: I come from a family of entrepreneurs.

Joel Dawson: I focus on what will go right.

Jessica Dewell: Uncomfortableness and pain is where the stretch is for our growth. It's what gives us our self respect.

Tanya Bourque: I set a goal that meets the criteria for the program, the task, and does it align to the program.

Joel Dawson: Active listening is taking the time to understand - listen with your eyes.

Tanya Bourque: Influencing the team to work together and make the right decisions.

Resources

• 7 Ways to Earn More Respect
• State Farm Commercial with Aaron Rodgers
• Girl Scout Gold Award
• Boy Scout Eagle Project
• Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
• SMART Goals

Tags: respect, self respect, embarrassment, comfort zone, communication patterns, fail, learn, try again, uncomfortable, awareness, self reflection, entrepreneur, business, leader, do the work, work ethic, goals, predictable, Act To PLAN, vulnerability, listening, empathy, observing

When actions are out of line with values, there is dissonance. That friction we experience defines how we view a person, a situation…even ourself. Understanding what we mean when we use the words respect and self respect give us clues about how we evaluate others. What about ourself though? In this world where everything goes so fast, its easy to forget to check in with ourself. A personal reflection, a check in, is important to understand how we are responding to situations…and how others respond to us. On this program, leaders discuss how do you earn your own respect? Starting the conversation...

• We run, act, and respond so fast that sometimes we don’t check in with ourselves.
• Definition of self respect and respect.
• How do you earn your own respect?

Transcript for How Do You Earn Your Own Respect?

Host: Jessica Dewell  

Panel: Joel Dawson, Tanya Bourque

What You Will Hear:

The answers to the question How do you earn your own respect?

What it’s like when we lose confidence, and how to get it back.

Personal stories, how it felt and looking back at it.

There could be more than one right answer.

Loss is part of life. It’s through loss we learn our values.

Difficult situations might affect our personal identity.

Take a step back from reaction and look a little closer.

Comfortable can be useful - it’s safe. Growth doesn’t happen there.

Circle of influence is where we get our needs met.

The (incorrect association of the) interplay of taking advice vs being accepted.

Being pulled toward something different and facing resistance.

Facing the fears of doing something new, different, and what we are called to do.

Facing what happens even if it is extremely different than the plan/vision.

Goal Setting experiences and processes.

Respect in teams and knowing the strengths and weaknesses to support each other.

Skills necessary to be a leader that has respect.

Steps to Listening, empathy, observation. Notable & Quotable

Tanya Bourque: The moment we act different than our values we lose respect for ourself.

Joel Dawson: You can’t just snap your fingers and have self-respect.

Jessica Dewell: It starts with a really good question.

Joel Dawson: I must pick myself up by my bootstraps and keep going.

Tanya Bourque: [An opportunity may] look like it is going to be good, but we don’t dig in to see if the align with our values.

Joel Dawson: Circle of influence is where we get our needs met.

Joel Dawson: I was not looking for advice, I was looking for acceptance and love.

Jessica Dewell: Sometimes I’m right, and so is the other person. We have different experiences.

Tanya Bourque: I come from a family of entrepreneurs.

Joel Dawson: I focus on what will go right.

Jessica Dewell: Uncomfortableness and pain is where the stretch is for our growth. It’s what gives us our self respect.

Tanya Bourque: I set a goal that meets the criteria for the program, the task, and does it align to the program.

Joel Dawson: Active listening is taking the time to understand - listen with your eyes.

Tanya Bourque: Influencing the team to work together and make the right decisions.

Resources

• 7 Ways to Earn More Respect
• State Farm Commercial with Aaron Rodgers
• Girl Scout Gold Award
• Boy Scout Eagle Project 
• Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
• SMART Goals

Tags:  respect, self respect, embarrassment, comfort zone, communication patterns, fail, learn, try again, uncomfortable, awareness, self reflection, entrepreneur, business, leader, do the work, work ethic, goals, predictable, Act To PLAN, vulnerability, listening, empathy, observing

What is the most important investment for a business? That is the topic of today's conversation. Leaders discuss what matters most, right now and how their business is laser focused on it. Can you just pick one thing? This panel did it. It's difficult to have so many daily tasks and monthly responsibilities, that putting focus on the right action right now. While hard to do, its important to understand how what we do today impacts what we can do in the future.

Starting the conversation…

What is THE best investment for your company right now?

Good To Great p 51 "Nucor rejected the old adage that people are your most important asset. In a good to great transformation, people are not your most important asset, the RIGHT people are."

Host: Jessica Dewell Panel: Carmen Rojas, Joel Dawson

What you will hear:

Invest in our business…now.

Testing and finishing core areas to invest in.

Communication between sales and marketing.

How to best use all the information available to us - cross department.

Quality or quantity: two very different focuses.

Communication of written and unwritten agreement. Gap between what we say will we do and what actually happens.

What finishing strong looks and feels like - the experience of it.

4 ways to motivate people, your custom combination builds on your culture.

Shared meaning is more than using the same words.

Leaders be on the same page about 'what are we doing.'

Document: What have we learned? How does it add value?

Ruthlessness, unawareness, of the communication between sales and marketing.

Marketing and sales together train customers, and together they can change behaviors.

Work is rigorous and courageous. (And, what that means).

What the important business investment is 18 months from now.

Notable & Quotable

Carmen Rojas: Chivalry is not dead.

Carmen Rojas: Give self space to make a mistake and go back and fix it.

Joel Dawson: We want to finish strong in the last quarter of the year.

Joel Dawson: We have to finish strong.

Jessica Dewell: It comes down to how we prepare what we say, the words we use, and model what we do.

Joel Dawson: When everyone is on the same page, the tension goes away and it is more profitable.

Jessica Dewell: Create independence at every level.

Carmen Rojas: Know what you want. Do you want quality or quantity of leads.

Jessica Dewell: What we actually model for ourselves and teams matter.

Carmen Rojas: End of year pushes for the end of the year start in June for marketing.

Joel Dawson: Being a leader is not for the faint of heart.

Jessica Dewell: We can still by the seat of our pants but we have to know what direction we are flying.

Resources

Good To Great

Tags: business development, growth, focus, attention, results, testability, sales, think time, people, action, accomplishment, recognition, motivation, relatable, shared meaning, feedback loops, leads, value, accountability, steadfastness, consistent, courageous, brave,

What is the most important investment for a business? That is the topic of today’s conversation. Leaders discuss what matters most, right now and how their business is laser focused on it. Can you just pick one thing? This panel did it. It’s difficult to have so many daily tasks and monthly responsibilities, that putting focus on the right action right now. While hard to do, its important to understand how what we do today impacts what we can do in the future.

Starting the conversation…

What is THE best investment for your company right now?

Good To Great p 51 “Nucor rejected the old adage that people are your most important asset. In a good to great transformation, people are not your most important asset, the RIGHT people are.”

Host: Jessica Dewell Panel: Carmen Rojas, Joel Dawson

What you will hear:

Invest in our business…now.

Testing and finishing core areas to invest in.

Communication between sales and marketing.

How to best use all the information available to us - cross department.

Quality or quantity: two very different focuses.

Communication of written and unwritten agreement. Gap between what we say will we do and what actually happens.

What finishing strong looks and feels like - the experience of it.

4 ways to motivate people, your custom combination builds on your culture.

Shared meaning is more than using the same words.

Leaders be on the same page about ‘what are we doing.’

Document: What have we learned? How does it add value?

Ruthlessness, unawareness, of the communication between sales and marketing.

Marketing and sales together train customers, and together they can change behaviors.

Work is rigorous and courageous. (And, what that means).

What the important business investment is 18 months from now.

Notable & Quotable

Carmen Rojas: Chivalry is not dead.

Carmen Rojas: Give self space to make a mistake and go back and fix it.

Joel Dawson: We want to finish strong in the last quarter of the year.

Joel Dawson: We have to finish strong.

Jessica Dewell: It comes down to how we prepare what we say, the words we use, and model what we do.

Joel Dawson: When everyone is on the same page, the tension goes away and it is more profitable.

Jessica Dewell: Create independence at every level.

Carmen Rojas: Know what you want. Do you want quality or quantity of leads.

Jessica Dewell: What we actually model for ourselves and teams matter.

Carmen Rojas: End of year pushes for the end of the year start in June for marketing.

Joel Dawson: Being a leader is not for the faint of heart.

Jessica Dewell: We can still by the seat of our pants but we have to know what direction we are flying.

Resources

Good To Great

 

Tags:  business development, growth, focus, attention, results, testability, sales, think time, people, action, accomplishment, recognition, motivation, relatable, shared meaning, feedback loops, leads, value, accountability, steadfastness, consistent, courageous, brave,

There are times we find ourselves watching or smack in the middle of a disagreement. What happens when everyone is against us? That's what we're going to dig into today. It's easy to stand on the outside and be supportive, provide guidance, even facilitate…but when the tables are turned…we might be the one that is right and everyone else is wrong. Or, we might be right and so is everyone else. It takes self awareness to recognize that there is more than one path to solve a problem and get to the end goal. It takes willingness to be curious to figure out if there is a way that supports everyone's perspective … or build consensus on a combined idea that might not make everyone happy yet is clearly what's necessary for the situation.

Starting the conversation…

• What do you do when no one else agrees with you?

It's easy to stand on the outside and be supportive, provide guidance, even facilitate…but when the tables are turned…we might be the one that is right and everyone else is wrong. Or, we might be right and so is everyone else. It takes self awareness to recognize that there is more than one path to solve a problem and get to the end goal.

Host: Jessica Dewell

What you will hear:

What we do when people don't agree with us.

What, how, where…avoid WHY. (Why creates defensiveness.)

Go forward when no one else is with us.

Do we ask for help - even if different thinkers? …Sometimes.

When like-ability trumps productivity.

When the leader is the bottleneck - because leaders don't want to develop.

HBR article summary: Competent Jerks and Loveable Fools.

Approachability and pressure.

Teams don't have one weak link.

Communication (or lack of) patterns what the team will talk about.

The more open, and real, communication is within a group, increases value of each person.

Albert Einstein: "I speak to everyone the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university."

Leaders stop and pause before responding.

It's hard speak up (and the excuses we tell ourselves).

When we don't communicate (in agreement and disagreement), burnout is the result.

We have to have courage to have a voice that is different that everyone else.

Notable & Quotable

Jessica Dewell: The purpose of being on a team..is BEING on the team. We can still disagree.

Jessica Dewell: The wrong time is the exact right time to avoid a bigger mistake down the road.

Jessica Dewell: Every link in a chain has a strong point in a weak point.

Jessica Dewell: Speak up for the best in others.

Jessica Dewell: Part of productivity, sometimes what needs to be said…needs to be said.

Jessica Dewell: There is a when and a how to say what needs to be said.

Resources

Halt and Catch Fire

Competent Jerks and Loveable Fools

Is silence killing your company?

Tags: conflict, resolution, disagreement, defensiveness, relationships, weak link, conflict resolution, team building, communication, leader, development, strengths, weaknesses, skills, achievement, respect, emotion management, agreeableness, productivity, courage

There are times we find ourselves watching or smack in the middle of a disagreement. What happens when everyone is against us? That’s what we’re going to dig into today. It’s easy to stand on the outside and be supportive, provide guidance, even facilitate…but when the tables are turned…we might be the one that is right and everyone else is wrong. Or, we might be right and so is everyone else. It takes self awareness to recognize that there is more than one path to solve a problem and get to the end goal. It takes willingness to be curious to figure out if there is a way that supports everyone’s perspective … or build consensus on a combined idea that might not make everyone happy yet is clearly what’s necessary for the situation.

Starting the conversation…

• What do you do when no one else agrees with you?

It’s easy to stand on the outside and be supportive, provide guidance, even facilitate…but when the tables are turned…we might be the one that is right and everyone else is wrong. Or, we might be right and so is everyone else. It takes self awareness to recognize that there is more than one path to  solve a problem and get to the end goal.

Host: Jessica Dewell

What you will hear:

What we do when people don’t agree with us.

What, how, where…avoid WHY. (Why creates defensiveness.)

Go forward when no one else is with us.

Do we ask for help - even if different thinkers? …Sometimes.

When like-ability trumps productivity.

When the leader is the bottleneck - because leaders don’t want to develop.

HBR article summary: Competent Jerks and Loveable Fools.

Approachability and pressure.

Teams don’t have one weak link.

Communication (or lack of) patterns what the team will talk about.

The more open, and real, communication is within a group, increases value of each person.

Albert Einstein: “I speak to everyone the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.”

Leaders stop and pause before responding.

It’s hard speak up (and the excuses we tell ourselves).

When we don’t communicate (in agreement and disagreement), burnout is the result.

We have to have courage to have a voice that is different that everyone else.

Notable & Quotable

Jessica Dewell: The purpose of being on a team..is BEING on the team. We can still disagree.

Jessica Dewell: The wrong time is the exact right time to avoid a bigger mistake down the road.

Jessica Dewell: Every link in a chain has a strong point in a weak point.

Jessica Dewell: Speak up for the best in others.

Jessica Dewell: Part of productivity, sometimes what needs to be said…needs to be said.

Jessica Dewell: There is a when and a how to say what needs to be said.

Resources

Halt and Catch Fire

Competent Jerks and Loveable Fools

Is silence killing your company?

Tags:  conflict, resolution, disagreement, defensiveness, relationships, weak link, conflict resolution, team building, communication, leader, development, strengths, weaknesses, skills, achievement, respect, emotion management, agreeableness, productivity, courage

 

We all grew up and learned lessons from our childhood. In fact we're still learning lessons now (yet in both cases, the level of actual value varies). Whatever we learned to survive, to create, to support, to be seen…or not directly relates to our definition of commitment. It directly impacts how we do commitment. There are three facets to commitment that directly relate to business that we talk about on this program:

1. The definition of commitment; 2. Aesop's fable The Crow and the Pitcher; 3. Commitment is a character strength.

Starting the conversation...

• When is the right time to keep the boundary of commitment?
• When do we question our understanding of commitment?
• Whatever we learned to survive, to create, to support, to be seen…or not directly relates to our definition of commitment. It directly impacts how we do commitment.

Host: Jessica Dewell

What you will hear:

Commitment is a mindset.

The definition of commitment: promise to do something, loyalty, and/or attitude.

What we expect of ourself and others comes from our personal experience.

Resistance can crop up when asked to commit.

The ways commitment problems show up and what we can do.

What does commitment mean to you? A barometer to check in.

Aesop's Fable: The Crow and the Pitcher

Try something and wait to see results.

Bring in the 3 definitions of commitment into a single idea.

Approaches building skills.

Stick to the plan until information is available to evaluate.

Every action moves us toward or away from our goal.

Planning is part of having our commitment.

Regardless of skills and work style - having a common understanding of the goal to work from.

Level of commitment shows through in action and word.

Commitment is a character trait.

Find the story to find out what's been tried and try something different.

Under promise and over deliver … has changed and is different today.

"The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment" - Tony Robins

Disconnect in priorities. Right project, wrong communication.

Additional skills that contribute to commitment: loyalty, courtesy, respect, approachability, coach-ability.

Notable & Quotable

Jessica Dewell: We experience positive feelings when we add value and actively contribute to something bigger than ourselves.

Jessica Dewell: Its in our unique experiences that give our perspectives on life.

Jessica Dewell: How we define commitment relates to how we show up.

Jessica Dewell: We know we can believe in someone when they do what they say they will.

Jessica Dewell: Is where we are going really where we want to end?

Jessica Dewell: Stick with it long enough to see a result.

Resources

• 200 Aesop's Fables
• Are crows the best problem solvers?
• Crows give gifts.

Tags: commitment, promise, loyalty, quality, attitude, work ethic, problem solving, perspective, tenacity, results, uncomfortable, unknown, evaluate, data, planning, prioritize, communication, shared meaning, common ground, imagination, challenge, questionability, loyalty, courtesy, respect, approachability, coach-ability

We all grew up and learned lessons from our childhood. In fact we’re still learning lessons now (yet in both cases, the level of actual value varies). Whatever we learned to survive, to create, to support, to be seen…or not directly relates to our definition of commitment. It directly impacts how we do commitment. There are three facets to commitment that directly relate to business that we talk about on this program:

1. The definition of commitment; 2. Aesop’s fable The Crow and the Pitcher; 3. Commitment is a character strength.

Starting the conversation...

• When is the right time to keep the boundary of commitment?
• When do we question our understanding of commitment?
• Whatever we learned to survive, to create, to support, to be seen…or not directly relates to our definition of commitment. It directly impacts how we do commitment.

Host: Jessica Dewell

What you will hear:

Commitment is a mindset.

The definition of commitment: promise to do something, loyalty, and/or attitude.

What we expect of ourself and others comes from our personal experience.

Resistance can crop up when asked to commit.

The ways commitment problems show up and what we can do.

What does commitment mean to you? A barometer to check in.

Aesop's Fable: The Crow and the Pitcher

Try something and wait to see results.

Bring in the 3 definitions of commitment into a single idea.

Approaches building skills.

Stick to the plan until information is available to evaluate.

Every action moves us toward or away from our goal.

Planning is part of having our commitment.

Regardless of skills and work style - having a common understanding of the goal to work from.

Level of commitment shows through in action and word.

Commitment is a character trait.

Find the story to find out what’s been tried and try something different.

Under promise and over deliver … has changed and is different today.

“The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment" - Tony Robins

Disconnect in priorities. Right project, wrong communication.

Additional skills that contribute to commitment: loyalty, courtesy, respect, approachability, coach-ability.

Notable & Quotable

Jessica Dewell: We experience positive feelings when we add value and actively contribute to something bigger than ourselves.

Jessica Dewell: Its in our unique experiences that give our perspectives on life.

Jessica Dewell: How we define commitment relates to how we show up.

Jessica Dewell: We know we can believe in someone when they do what they say they will.

Jessica Dewell: Is where we are going really where we want to end?

Jessica Dewell: Stick with it long enough to see a result.

Resources

• 200 Aesop's Fables
• Are crows the best problem solvers? 
• Crows give gifts. 

Tags:  commitment, promise, loyalty, quality, attitude, work ethic, problem solving, perspective, tenacity, results, uncomfortable, unknown, evaluate, data, planning, prioritize, communication, shared meaning, common ground, imagination, challenge, questionability, loyalty, courtesy, respect, approachability, coach-ability

 

As we find and develop our greatest strengths, we get into a groove. We figure out how to make the most of what we are good at and rise…rise above what we thought possible. Then something crazy happens. We hit a snag - a big snag, and go to the bottom. In fact we surpass bottom and end up at rock bottom. What then? Find out in this conversation.

Starting the conversation...

As we find and develop our greatest strengths, we get into a groove. We figure out how to make the most of what we are good at and rise…rise above what we thought possible. Then something crazy happens. We hit a snag - a big snag, and go to the bottom. In fact we surpass bottom and end up at rock bottom. What then? Find out in this conversation.

What you will hear:

Actions from love are intentional.

Our intention matters.

"You know when you are over something when you have the opportunity to run over someone and don't." -Anonymous

Truth 1: Even when we're the scapegoat, we never have to do that to another person.

Our level of care shows up in many places.

The buck stops with leaders. That makes us accountable for the outcome. We are responsible for results.

A leader is as good as the team, and they remove obstacles.

Use our networks - develop them too.

Truth 2: Problem solving is immediately useful … everywhere.

Learn and practice steps of problem solving to do what needs to be done.

Problem solving adds value.

Do it yourself, at least try. What can I do here?

Steps to solve problems.

Knowledge transfers are tough.

Truth 3: Until we do something we don't know if we really like it or just holding up a limiting belief.

Fear holds us back.

"I try to find hope in struggle and resistance in small places as much as I can." Danny Glover

Stay open.

Notable & Quotable

Tanya Bourque: It's valuable to be there for another person, and it's overlooked.

Jessica Dewell: I can better recognize the love some else is giving the world.

Tanya Bourque: Forgive other people when they have done harm to us.

Jessica Dewell: They might be good people making the wrong decisions.

Jessica Dewell: There are good leadership skills, but someone has to be out front - leading the line.

Tanya Bourque: Leaders tend to be generalists.

Jessica Dewell: Communication loops matter.

Jessica Dewell: What does this person need to know to do they best they can and the best I see in them?

Tanya Bourque: Skills that are transferrable add value.

Jessica Dewell: The leader of an organization decides the culture and the skills necessary to add to the culture.

Tanya Bourque: Assumptions come at a cost.

Resources

• Waffle Street Movie
• 5 Love Languages
• 5 Leadership Questions Podcast
• Undercover Boss

Full list: 11 Truths, by Jessica Dewell

1. When we have to convince ourselves it probably isn't right
2. Even when we're the scapegoat, we never have to do that to another person
3. Doing whatever it takes to hold up responsibilities is useful
4. The edge of comfort is where the magic happens
5. Problem solving is immediately useful … everywhere
6. Get up when knocked down - something better is waiting
7. Our values must align with the business we work for
8. As soon as we recognize the gravy train, it's time to get off
9. Our partners matter in life
10. True mentors are not always squeaky clean - they made mistakes too.
11. Until we do something we don't know if we really like it or just holding up a limiting belief

Tags: action, love, intention, problem solving, usefulness, limiting beliefs, tact, network, transparency, culture, leaders, leadership, responsibility, accountability, pressure, burnout, curious, education, support, fear, assumptions