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Metamorphosis
Your highs transform into your best memories, and your lows – when faced with courage, acceptance, and resilience – metamorphose into your proudest accomplishments. When you are walking, the road might appear as a line, as if it is leading somewhere, but it rounds in circles, in cycles. Smooth, bumpy, shadowy, every step comes as Continue reading
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Marie-José Pérec
Her name is Marie-José Pérec. She is a three-time Olympic gold medalist sprinter. She is a great athlete and a great human being, drawing the borders of the map of potential which one can reach when the body and the mind are in complete synchrony. Did she have the speed before or the energy to Continue reading
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Longevity in a Career
Some chase happiness in a career and it seems like a dream that is impossible to catch. The more one runs for it, the farther it seems to get. Joseph Campbell once said « Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain. » There could be joy in Continue reading
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Level Up, Look Up, Lift Up
The most forgotten yet important word in the leader’s dictionary is “UP”. A good leader levels up; the business, the company, the products, the services, and the people. His job is not about protecting the status quo, but about seizing opportunities. He levels up naturally, intrinsically, and purposefully. He does this by looking up, looking Continue reading
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Lonely
« It’s lonely at the top, so you better know why you are there. » John C. Maxwell Working in a team is great. You feel equal. You are surrounded by like-minded. The only challenge is to have a boss, but even that is tolerable because, against the boss, you are a team. You stand Continue reading
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Freedom
Adam Grant said, « The most important measure of success is not status, power, or wealth. It’s how much freedom you have—and how much freedom you give. Choosing how to spend your time and share your ideas is a right. Using your resources to help others gain that right is a responsibility. » A leader has the Continue reading
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The price of leadership
“The price of leadership is criticism,” said Albert J. Dunlap. Anyone who has taken a leadership role would second that. People love to criticize leaders, but why is that? High expectations: People still expect perfection from their leaders, almost inhumanely. Even though there are many different leadership styles (think about Steve Jobs vs. Abraham Lincoln), Continue reading
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Exes
You are single. You meet someone new. You get to know each other. You feel like you share the same values, bond over shared interests, and have a specific chemistry. Would you call all the ex-partners they had and ask their opinion about them? Certainly no. Thank god no. Probably very few relationships would be Continue reading
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Who is this blog for?
Being a leader is tough. When I first got promoted to manager, I was star-struck with the title. It felt like I made it. Little did I know that I was at the beginning of a leadership hustle that would last for years. There is no secret recipe to leadership. Different moments call for different Continue reading
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There is no winner in a war
Wars make people lose. The attacker and the attacked lose the same. The resources, the energies, the collateral damages, the people… during… The shame, the embarrassment, the regrets… after… A war lasts for eternity in the realms of history. It becomes the most horrific memory of our collective consciousness. The fight for power, the fight Continue reading
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Busy is the new Pandemic
I counted ten meetings per day last week. Ten meetings that I attended over 10 hours, from 9:00 to 19:00. Booked one after another, except the 30 minutes slot I had for my so-called lunch – which was pushing a sandwich into my mouth while trying to catch up with my emails. My nights were Continue reading
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You won’t, don’t, can’t
You won’t be able to make it. You don’t have what it takes. You can’t be that. You won’t fit in. You don’t have a chance. You can’t promote. You won’t succeed. You don’t cut it. You can’t understand. Won’t, don’t, and can’t are among the most generously used business vocabulary. I had my share Continue reading
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