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·Sep 19

Outcome vs System mindset

In our professional world today we tend to be very outcome oriented. One company that I worked at recently even had “owning outcomes” as a measure of each leader’s performance. …

Mindset

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Outcome vs System mindset
Outcome vs System mindset
Mindset

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Sam Ng

·Sep 2

Creating an empowering environment

From the moment of birth we are exposed to a vast array of environments. These environments have a wide range of variations. They can vary in formality, in size, in structure, in purpose. They can be professional environments of learning and productivity or personal environments of friendship and trust. …

Empowerment

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Creating an empowering environment
Creating an empowering environment
Empowerment

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Sam Ng

·Aug 20

Empowerment

In our culture today empowerment has become a buzzword. Whether we’re talking about empowering women to learn and raise their communities out of poverty, empowering young children and students to reach for a better life, or empowering young employees to speak their mind for change, empowerment it seems is everywhere…

Empowerment

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Empowerment
Empowerment
Empowerment

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Thoughts for my sons

·Aug 12

A life of temperance, not of chaos

My sons, I’ve been reading a lot about temperance and moderation, and its impact on our culture, and by extension, our leaders and role models. The Big One and I recently got back from our annual father-son trip to DC. It was a great trip for a number of reasons…

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A life of temperance, not of chaos
A life of temperance, not of chaos

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Sam Ng

·Jul 21

A culture of learning

I wanted to talk a bit today about our Amazon Leadership Principle Learn and Be Curious. The description of this LP is as follows: “Leaders are never done learning and always seek to improve themselves. They are curious about new possibilities and act to explore them.” But what does that…

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A culture of learning
A culture of learning
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Thoughts for my sons

·Jul 17

Showing up for life

My sons, We were created for relationship and were wired to need one another. This is why there are so many tragic stories of the rich, famous, and powerful but lonely feeling entirely unfulfilled in life. We crave connection. …

Relationships

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Showing up for life
Showing up for life
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Thoughts for my sons

·Jun 11

Effective relationships pt 1: Consistency

My sons, Relationships make our world go ‘round. No matter how we slice it, no matter how we try to automate things and put impersonal systems in place to remove the human element, we cannot escape the fact that at the end of the day, we are a relational species…

Relationships

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Effective relationships pt 1: Consistency
Effective relationships pt 1: Consistency
Relationships

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Jun 10

Happy couples recognize the detrimental effects of holding onto grudges and actively choose to let go of past grievances. They understand that nurturing resentment only serves to poison the relationship, hindering its growth and potential for happiness.

5 Things Happy Couples Never Do
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Diana Meresc

Love this - would add that they don't try to "win" either!

Love this - would add that they don't try to "win" either! Grudges have a much bigger hold on us if we feel like we've "lost" in an interaction.

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Jun 8

…d we are by our habits. Because everything seems to be on autopilot, you have to be very careful to notice what kind of habits you have. So, if you want to have a better life, you should first give up those habits that make your life d…

6 Habits You Should Give Up If You Want to Have a Better Life
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Diana Meresc

Have you read the two habits books?

Have you read the two habits books? Atomic Habits and The Power of Habit. They talk about the flywheel of habit generation (and habit breaking!) - your post made me think of those!

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Sam Ng

·Jun 7

Having high standards yet loving people through them

We live in a world of deteriorating standards. Across the board, our world’s standards seem to be slowly but surely dropping. …

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Having high standards yet loving people through them
Having high standards yet loving people through them
Relationships

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