Tag: Leadership
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The Road Not Taken
It is safe to surround oneself in the familiar. To eat the same food, hangout with the same friends, speak only one language and develop a life full of predictability. Predictability creates consistency and reduces discomfort and potential for failure. But predictability robs my of contentment, fulfillment, wonder and sense of accomplishment. I like changing…
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Taking the Lead
Question: Kalen, how are you going to be a leader of our time/. Answer: By taking risks. The social norm is conformity, isolation, apathy, and self-promotion. Those are things that divide society, promote prejudice and stratification. In a world that celebrates only looking out for yourself and living in fear of others, I want to care…
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Though I’m Wrong, I Write
I think critically, I share my thoughts and I grow. I better utilize my strengths and I am more aware of my weaknesses. I enjoy studying cultural competency and the importance of diversity. Though I condemned echo-chambers in my last post, I realize that I may reside in an echo chamber myself. How can you say, ‘Brother, let me take the speck…
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Lessons in Leadership
“Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.” Tom Peters. Anyone can manage a group’s output without much skill or effort, but leading a group and enhancing the strength of each individual is rare/. Leadership is not stagnant, but adaptive to the needs of a situation and a group. For example, even if you make the world’s best…
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