Category: Leadership
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“Bring solutions, not problems” – Not quite
“Bring solutions, not problems” We say this to our folks as a way to push them onto being solution-oriented. We also need to stop doing this to people. This is a form of shaming people into silence. We treat addressing problems as bad and bringing solutions as good. Without a solution, someone is labeled or…
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Understand Emotional Intelligence and How to Increase Your EQ Today
If you had met me several years ago, you would’ve found it was tough to be around me. I was challenging to work with and being my friend might’ve been a taxing experience for you. I also really struggled with change, both personally and professionally. I didn’t know it then, but I was low in…
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My 10 Year Anniversary at Rocket Companies
It has been theorized that it takes 10 years or 10,000 hours to master something. Anders Ericsson, a professor of psychology at Florida State University, and two other colleagues published this information in a 1993 paper after researching the role of practice in violin students. On June 3, 2013, I started a new job at…