As a leader, are you always worried about not being liked? Do you shy away even when someone clearly violated the culture or values? Do you try to avoid confrontation at all costs even if it is needed? The recent training I have attended has shifted my perspective on being a leader; being a nice leader doesn't necessarily mean you are a good leader. The role of a leader is to challenge your teammates to achieve their full potential and lead the ship to sail far and beyond.

Do you find yourself preferring to work with certain people over others? Do you understand why you prefer certain natures of work over others? The reason is that we all have different personality styles and one of the best ways to build self-awareness is by understanding your personality. After getting in touch with DISC personality types again during a recent corporate team building, I will be going through the characteristic of each type of personality, including the strengths and weaknesses. If you wish to do the test, you can go to the link below: 

https://discpersonalitytesting.com/free-disc-test/

Was there something your parent said to you when you were young that affect how you act and think today? I have seen many people still carrying certain limiting beliefs that were indoctrinated into them as a child. Who indoctrinated them? In fact, a lot of pain is passed on to children unconsciously due to their parents faced the same pain when they were young. As an adult, it's time to look into our belief system and let go of pains that don't belong to us.

Have you been beating yourself down because you are still far from your goal? We often set a condition for our happiness: If I achieve that, I will be happy. What if I told you that you can be happy NOW? Think about it, if we are only going to be happy for those few moments when we achieved our big goals, we will spend the majority of our life, not enjoying it. In this episode, I will share how a mini-golf game inspired me not to rush to the destination, but to also enjoy the journey.

We tend to believe that if we stay important and hold on to the things we do that make us feel important, we become valuable to our business, organization and family. It turns out, it makes us feel burnt out and make others feel insecure because we were not empowering them. In this episode, I shared about an important mindset that has shifted the way I lead: learning to be "irrelevant" as a leader.

Have you been procrastinating on things that you are supposed to do and felt bad about it? Most of the time we beat ourselves down for procrastinating and we ended up in a vicious cycle of procrastinating and regretting. What I have realized is that managing procrastination is more like managing pain, it's not about brushing away the pain, but acknowledging it and solving the root of the problem.

How creative do you need to be in order to write your own book, deliver your own speech, and start your own company? A lot of people have the perception that "creating something is only for those who are creative". It turns out that we all already have what it takes to create our own masterpieces. In this episode, let us get into the mind of a poet/author and understand how we get started in creating a masterpiece and why it is not as hard as many thought.

ABOUT PL WENG

PL Weng is the author of the anthology “Peluru Aksara” & "Rumpun Luhur, Anthology of Poetry". She is also the associate editor of Savithri, a Novel Thriller by Meera Natasya. Her work is featured in BFM Radio Station By the Book: Bibliography - Emerging Malaysian Writers segment as well as Eksentrika.com "Limericks of Unusual Occupations"

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Do you struggle to lead your team discussion to a consensus as a leader? In a team with different personalities, opinions, and personal goals, bulldozing your ideas to them may not get their buy-in. In this episode, I have shared my insecurity in leading a group discussion and 3 lessons on how to lead a team to consensus.

"Follow your passion" is probably one of the most heard advice by young people. It sounds like legit advice, but is it really doable? In this episode, I will share about why following your passion is not enough, there are 2 other missing puzzles for us to do what is really fulfilling. 

Are you currently stuck in a toxic work environment that you feel that you just can't press on anymore? Check out these 5 tips I have summarized on how you can survive or maybe even thrive in a toxic work environment.