Limitless Women
You Can Have it All
On June 5th, 2012 I attended a conference
called The Art of Leadership and wanted to share with you some of the brilliance I heard from speakers that
stood out. There were SO many fabulous
insights and if you want to know even more please contact me!
His ideas were simple and valuable:
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What is your story? What is the narrative that you say lead
you to your (professional) position today? The more clear and coherent you are
the more people remember
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IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION YOU
CAN ASK YOURSELF.
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Authenticity is your most precious commodity
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In leadership we teach concepts and
LEADERS catch moments of excellence on HOW THEY DO IT….the technique/concept is
not the most important thing.
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According to his new algorithm there
are 9 ways people lead…I have included a link if you want to know more.
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FASCINATING WORK!
I strongly urge ALL OF YOU to watch
her TEDTalk on the Power of Introverts, now a NY Times Best Seller.
As an extrovert I was deeply humbled
by her research, and realized not only do I need to operate differently in my
role but I also need to integrate practices that allow me to obtain the POWER
of introverts.
Her ideas:
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1 out 3 ppl are extroverts
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Dr. Suess, JK Rowling and the the
co-creater of Google are all introverts; Facebook creater Mark Z chose Cheryl S
because of her extrovert qualities he does not have…good to have a mixture on
teams.
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We believe the most charismatic
leaders have the best ideas because in our society we value characteristics of extroverts.
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We are most creative when we are
alone, brainstorming diminishes creative because as a group we fear rejection
from the ‘extroverts’ who often dominate the discussion
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No such things as a pure introvert.
TIPS FROM SUSAN CAIN
· Abolish meetings every Tuesday
· Design office spaces mindfully ( i. e Pixar
· Make meetings as structured as possible. Ask everyone to write
down there ideas..online interactions, brainstorm electronically.
· Hire and promote more thoughtfully
Leonard Brody ( THE BEST OF THE DAY!)
Two Time Emmy Nominee
& Bestselling Author, Innovation Nation
The Myth of Generations
Okay, TOO much to write about him. If
you would like to know more, come and see meJ The clip above will
give you a snippet of what we heard.
Wow.
His ideas were on the internet,
social media, education and my favourite: Innovation in Education:
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We have produced more data now than
we have in the last 3000 years
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Human behavior used to change over a
long period of time; Government etc would change our behaviors
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Now, humans benings have changed more
than the last 12-15 years that in any other period in human history.
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Technologically has fundamentally
altered our behavior over the last decade
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We are not the same people
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We don't fit in here anymore
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30 min there was 3.5 million status
updates when Sydney Crosby scored the goal in the 2008 Winter Olypmics...mostly
women over the age of 40!!
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Bahvirourlly we are focused on
sharing the events of our lives with others...
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We are the guinea pigs....
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The world is spinning faster. Time is
changing it is shrinking.
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We spend 2 billion dollars a year on buying
shoes online; eBay largest auto selling company in the world; by 2014 of all North
American wedding 50% will be from online dating sites.
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2/3 of our work day is from our
virtual self- WHICH IS SIGNIFICANLY different from our true self.
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We are 3 times more trusting online
that in person if you are on FB it's 4 times
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Internet has rewritten the code on
human relationships
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Human relationships has expanded.
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The larger your social graph/social
network is online the more success you will reap and you are statistically more
happier ( Dr. Bokshi study)
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Our brains work now on
transactional memory, finding an answer vs. knowing the answer
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ASK ME about the PEBBLE WATCH story
Hope this not only gives you food for
thought, but inspires you to both think and act differently in your roles to
achieve the goals you have for yourself as a Limitless Woman!
Yasmin
limitlesswomen.ca
