YOKONORI
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You run into a friend that you haven’t seen in a while in the checkout lane. You chat about the weather, what you have been doing and then before you know it, out comes the b word. Before you know it you have used it 10 times as you talk about work, family and the…
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If you wake up every day with a finite outcome as your only goal, I think it’s fair to say that your life will be not only predictable but also decidedly difficult. Why is will it be difficult? It will be difficult because most things in life just don’t work that way. Most things in…
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Compliance is good for productivity but that might not be what most people are looking for when it comes to uncovering a deeper meaning in life or in a workplace. What most people are longing for is connection and belonging. When you ask people to comply, it’s all about obligation. And obligating people to perform has…
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One way to lead people is to obligate them to follow. It’s not hard to do. Just give someone a job description and a pay check and you have obligated someone to that said responsibility. A better way to lead people is to tell them a good story and invite them to join a team…
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There is looking and they’re seeing. And I think there is an important difference that needs to be understood. To look at something is to focus on it, observe it for what it is, where it is. But to see something or more importantly, someone is to know them, to begin to stand in their…
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I don’t think people are to be studied or observed from a distance. People have a deep-rooted desire to be known and to know others. The trouble with this is that to be know requires us to let down our guard and be honest about who we are and where we have come from. The beautiful…
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People like being in the know. People like it so much that they use knowing more of something or knowing something before others as power. They think it gives them some kind of credibility but it’s not true. Knowledge is important and we should never stop learning. But have you ever said “that person is…
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The more empathy I have, the less annoying other people are.
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Have you ever been walking somewhere familiar and see something you’ve never seen before? Maybe you had walked that same street or path 100 times and always took care to look where you were going but never saw anything interesting before. But on the right days and in the right light and at just the…