1,638 Quotes About Values

A leader will always have tasks that aren’t life-giving, but learning your natural abilities frees you to test accomplishing these responsibilities in ways that are more in line with your innate talents. This reduces stress and fill your work with renewed energy and purpose.

When you find yourself in a moment of doubt, you can turn it into an opportunity to ask yourself how your deeper motivations and your colleagues’ might play into the situation, possibly transforming the dynamic.

Don’t let your sense of right and wrong cloud your perceptions. Learn to be open to how your team gets things done, even if it’s not exactly the way you would do it.

Paying attention to how people react can help you grow your ability to use your strengths without unintentionally slowing your team down.

To grow, you must discover what you really want. You need to reserve energy for acting on your priorities, not spending it all on fostering harmony.

Just because someone says they need you to do something, it doesn’t mean you have to do it. It might be better for their growth if they do it. You aren’t letting others down by taking care of yourself.

Be careful of your tendency to blow off other people’s feelings. Emotions can slow down a process, but you will ultimately be even more efficient if you pause long enough to listen to the other person.

Take time for yourself to find out who you are at the core. Knowing who you are apart from a group will make you even more effective in front of a group.

Learn to appreciate others around you. Their ability to enter into the fullness of your individuality doesn’t necessarily mean they are being inauthentic or shallow.