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Most people have to work for money. That’s life. But when it becomes your sole focus, you may find that your aspirations get sucked into a vortex of acquisition, consumption, and presentation. This modern version of indentured servitude is quite powerful. Working for meaning, on the other hand, releases you to deeper joys and fulfillment.
- Optimize For Profit
- Focus on Numbers
- Short-term Perspective
- Loyalty to Self
- Consumption Orientation
- Extrinsic Motivation
- Impressing Others
- Optimize For Impact
- Focus on People
- Long-term Perspective
- Loyalty to Cause
- Contribution Orientation
- Intrinsic Motivation
- Blessing Others
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To assess your personal impact on the psychological safety of your team, ask yourself the following seven questions:
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Consider this: We include naturally in childhood and exclude unnaturally in adulthood. Why? Exclusionary behavior is learned behavior, the result of bias acquired through socialization. That bias may be conscious or unconscious. How, then, do you root out exclusionary bias, behavior, and policy?
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Innovation is a team sport. It comes easier and faster when you work together. If you're going to create solutions to difficult problems or find new ways to exploit opportunities you'll need innovation. Here are the five steps to innovating with your team: