Tanaka in Three

We all face fear at some time in our life. As leaders, we get into the trap of believing we need to be strong…at all times. And thus repressing our fear. Dismissing our feelings of fear, limits us from the important datapoint emotion brings to us.

Don’t run away from your current undesirable situation. Instead, start identifying better options, then run to them

Don’t accept criticism from those whom you don’t want their advice. When they don’t don’t know you, they don’t know your situation or the circumstances that surround you. don’t waste your energy concerning yourself with their negativity.

Life is unfair, embrace it The rules are stacked against you. Others have an advantage. Life is unfair… and it will always be. Successful people overcome odds. Listen to “Life is unfair, embrace it” to get insight on how.

There’s nothing like encouragement. We all like to hear words of encouragement. As a leader you need to raise the bar and push people to greater performance and achievement, but you also need to lift people up, inspire them.

Allowing a stop button is a powerful tool for leaders. It gives people the opportunity to question you. That is certainly a stop button. But if you don’t, you may be making an inferior decision on limited viewpoints. It also empowers people to express their POV and to provide a new idea to improve anything, even if it ain’t broke. Challenge old standards/systems. These are just a few reasons why l...

Focus and finish to turn clarity into progress. That’s the approach to helping people find their life story.

Everything you want is on the other side of hard Anything worth having is hard. Things taste sweeter when you have to work for it. Failure is tough, but not bad, if you can learn from it and then get beyond it. Take ownership, take control and take action.

In their April 5, 2021 article Help Your Employees find purpose or watch them leave, McKinsey shares eye popping stats that demonstrates it does matter, a lot. So how do some of the more progressive organizations address this?

In my June 21 st Tanaka in 3 episode, purpose at work matters, alot, I show results from a McKinsey study that 70% of employees surveyed said that their sense of purpose is largely defined by work.

Our destiny chooses us! In the movie Rounders, actor Martin Landau is telling a story to Matt Damon about his choice of a career in law. His parents wanted him to be a Rabbi, but he chose to be a lawyer, explaining to Damon, "We can't run from who we are. Our destiny chooses us."

We exchange lots of words, thoughts and selfies, but we don’t communicate anymore!

Want to be distinctive? In the flow? Then 3 ex.

We’ve all heard about the rule of 10,000. Some feel that doing 10,000 of something can make you an expert or a master. Well, think again.

I subscribe to the idea that we need to put ourselves in a position to be lucky. However, there is such a thing as “dumb luck”.

You want to get somewhere or achieve something, maybe you should do a little.

You want to quickly and effectively establish a new win-win relationship? Leverage the awesome power of questions.

There are many programs on how to give feedback. But it is also critical that we learn how when receiving feedback to embrace it.