"The secret to getting ahead is not just doing great work, it also requires the ability to navigate office politics, not in an insincere or manipulative way, but rather as a skill to better handle the politics that goes on inside your organization. Left unhandled, office politics is not only bad for your career, but it can also be harmful to your personal well-being."
― Navigating Office Politics: 5 Powerful Ways to Get Ahead
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"A company’s learning cycle is strengthened and optimized when people give honest feedback to those in charge. It leads to greater reflection at all levels and increases the flow of new ideas about how the organization can operate and perform. Similarly, teams in which peers hold one another accountable are more likely than others to identify areas of improvement and increase both individual and group effectiveness. And taking on stretch assignments or championing a bold process change can be a significant driver of personal growth and learning for individuals — which, of course, also benefits the organization."
― The courage to be candid
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“You are undoubtedly familiar with this situation: You’re struggling with a problem—a tough work or school assignment, a complicated relationship, the prospects of a career change—and you cannot figure out what to do. So you decide to take a walk, and somewhere along that trek, the answer comes to you. It turns out, any walk outdoors has the potential to unlock our brains. Walking changes our brains, and it impacts not only creativity, but also memory"
― On the link between great thinking and obsessive walking
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“When [what you are deeply passionate about, what you can be best in the world at and what drives your economic engine] come together, not only does your work move toward greatness, but so does your life. For, in the end, it is impossible to have a great life unless it is a meaningful life. And it is very difficult to have a meaningful life without meaningful work. Perhaps, then, you might gain that rare tranquility that comes from knowing that you’ve had a hand in creating something of intrinsic excellence that makes a contribution. Indeed, you might even gain that deepest of all satisfactions: knowing that your short time here on this earth has been well spent, and that it mattered.”
― Jim Collins
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People you hang out with, space you work and live in, the things you read, listen and watch, all play a crucial role in your success. Do you take time to surround yourself with the right people, content, and communities? Do you create an environment that works for you instead of against you?
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Enjoy your weekend,
Vinita
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