Category: Connection
Is Facebook an addiction?
Yesterday morning, on the 28th of February 2019, I quit Facebook. I “permanently” deleted my account, which means that I have to stay off Facebook for the next 30 days,…
How can you ignite thinking during a job interview?
Most of us have, at some point in our lives, experienced a job interview. Many of us will have experienced it from both sides of the table: as candidate and…
Appreciation matters
Here’s a question for you. When was the last time you paid someone a compliment? Not a superficial one, like “oh my, you look beautiful”, but a profound and heartfelt…
How good a listener are you really?
“At Toastmasters we value speaking a lot, and for most people it’s probably the number one reason to join. But along with it, we value listening, which is the second…
The art of asking. And of saying thank you.
Recently, I’ve noticed a change in how I ask questions. Especially personal ones, questions that someone might be reluctant to answer. As an example, today I asked someone about her…
My experience playing ‘Moving Motivators’
Quite recently, I have played Management 3.0’s Moving Motivators with my team. This game is centered around 10 intrinsic motivations: Curiosity, Honor, Acceptance, Mastery, Power, Freedom, Relatedness, Order, Goal, and…
Don’t lose track of your humanity. In stead, stop and connect.
Just now, I posted a tweet saying this: “This morning I ran into a friend. In stead of stopping and connecting, I said ‘Hi’ and rushed to catch my bus.…