Leading Thoughts for July 25, 2024

IDEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with:

Greg Hoffman on inspiration:

“Leaving inspiration to chance, where it just hits you in a random moment, is not a recipe for sustained success in the creative world. You have to go out and find it. While some may be born with a seeker’s mentality, others can learn to be more curious. Curiosity is a muscle, and muscles need to be trained.”

Source: Emotion By Design: Creative Leadership Lessons from a Life at Nike

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Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan and Al Switzler on deliberately practicing soft skills:

“Few people, if any, would think of practicing with a coach to learn how to get along with coworkers, motivate team members to improve quality measures, emotionally connect with a troubled teen, or talk to a physician about a medical error. Most of us don’t even think that soft and gushy interpersonal skills are something you need to study at all, let alone something you’d study and practice with a coach. But that’s precisely what should be going on.

“Many of the profound and persistent problems we face stem from a lack of skill (which in turn stems from a lack of deliberate practice) than from a genetic curse, a lack of courage, or a character flaw.”

Source: Influencer: The Power to Change Anything

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Look for these ideas every Thursday on the Leading Blog. Find more ideas on the LeadingThoughts index.

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