We all have weaknesses. We all have bad days, rough spots and problems. But it seems like the usual business advice is that you don’t admit weakness. David Sandler says “A winner has alternatives, but a loser puts all his eggs in one basket.”
People say that crying at work is a sign of weakness, not business acumen. Writers like Marcus Buckingham says we should “focus on our strengths.” But there’s something else about weakness: it can be a sign of loyalty and specialization. Think of the colleague that says, “That’s not really my area. I’m glad you have it covered.”
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About 4,000 years ago, humanity invented a new technology called written language. Here’s something we still haven’t seem to learn: if it’s not written down, it did not happen. (Read the rest of this post…)
Over the weekend, a new commercial caught my eye. It was a PSA about mental health. Directed by Ron Howard, it depicts the impact and pervasiveness of mental health in an elegant way:
1 in 6 adults lives with a brain-related disorder (depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, generalized anxiety, etc). Think about six people you know. I bet your list looks something like this: 2 parents, 1 significant other, 1 sibling, 2 friends. This means within your most intimate circle there is, statistically speaking, at least one person with a mental health problem. Since the video depicts not only the person with the mental health problem, but also a person connected to them, this got me thinking. By the time you account for the people directly impacted by a brain-related disorder and their loved ones, nearly all of us are connected to it, directly or indirectly. It makes me wonder how much our office environments are impacted – directly or indirectly – by untreated or poorly treated psychiatric problems.
I recently got an email which was missing something. Sure, it had my name in the top and all of the words were spelled correctly, but for some reason it just didn’t feel right. Here, I’ll include the email and you can decide for yourself:
Robby,
I’m heading out of town, but lets keep this discussion active. I suggest Oct 26 at 10AM.
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