LISTEN NOW! This week we answer a question that everyone wonders about: does mindfulness at work actually work? Well, we first need to understand a few things. First, what do we mean by mindfulness? Are we just talking about meditation? The answer to that question is no. And then, does mindfulness work for every person and if so, what are we using it for? We dive into the nuances of mindfulness and meditation and also, what makes these approaches useful for people to manage stress and maybe enjoy themselves a little bit more. The good news is that it can work and often does for many people. Th ..read more

LISTEN NOW! On this week’s show we talk about how to really say no. The good news is that you can do it without all of the guilt and concern of letting people down. What we like to say is that when you say no to something, you’re actually saying yes to something else. This can become our guiding force! The famous investor Warren Buffet even had this to say about it, ” the difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say no to almost everything.” We can definitely take a page from his book when it comes to saying no. So listen in this week and ..read more

LISTEN NOW! Today we are going to be offering a lot of tips with how to work with the experiences of anxiety, depression, overwhelm and isolation. First, we want to recognize the experience we are experiencing. So often we do attempt to rush to solutions to “get rid” of our experience or to force it to change in some way. We don’t trust the process as it is happening. We’ve also been told a lot of stories about our experiences too. The stories we’ve all been told begin with some form of “should” or “shouldn’t”. We shouldn’t be sad, we should be happy and grateful, for example. In times of unc ..read more

LISTEN NOW! In this episode I officially bring a close to the Super Fantastic Leadership show podcast and announce the new show that will be starting in 2024. Thank you for listening all of these many years! LINKS: http://www.wakingupaleader.com daphne@daphne-scott.com http://daphne-scott.com https://www.facebook.com/dsleadershiplife/ https://www.youtube.com/user/DSLeadershipLife The post 295: The Last Show Before the New Show appeared first on Daphne Scott. Evolve Leadership ..read more

LISTEN NOW! Today’s show was inspired by a blog post from Mr. Money Mustache. Actually, it was inspired by a response to a post on the blog of Mr. Money Mustache by the main Mustachian himself, Pete Adeney. Now, I’ve read his blog for several years and I wish I could remember how I came upon him. I’m sure it was when I was really trying to make sense of how money mattered in my life, or rather “how much”. Take that in two ways, how much did I make it matter and how much really mattered. Mr. Money Mustache writes about that very thing. How did we want to live our lives and how did we want mone ..read more

LISTEN NOW! This week we are talking about resilience and what to avoid doing if you want to be even more resilient. That’s right, even more resilient. Human beings by in large are given much resilience but, some of the things we may be choosing to do can erode this naturally occurring strength to “bounce back” in ways that we may not recognize. First of all, watch out for complaining, blaming and criticizing others and also yourself! This is numero uno for you for sure. While it may feel slights enlivening due to the hits of adrenaline that we get when we are feeling righteous about what oth ..read more

LISTEN NOW! This week we discuss the many ways in which our lives may change due to the pandemic and also, the caution we might want to consider as we begin to get convinced that we should go back to business as usual. Today’s show was inspired by an article that Daphne read on Medium written by Julio Vincent Gambuto. In this article he warns us to be intentional about what we bring back into our lives. However, the article also points too many fingers at the world outside of ourselves for creating our lives the way they are. Daphne wrote a response article that addresses this point and we ta ..read more

LISTEN NOW! This show is our first show since the pandemic came into our awareness and into our lives. Never before have any of experienced a moment in time like this and I’ve been saying to everyone that “this is my first pandemic”. And so it is for all of us. We are going to be doing many shows over the course of the next several weeks and until we feel that we don’t need to do so. We also hope that we provide a lot of additional support to you during this time too. With today’s show, we are going to cover few tips to help you get grounded and to establish a few practices for you that will ..read more

LISTEN NOW! Today we are talking about the simplest of things that we can do as leaders, and beyond, that don’t take too much effort at all to demonstrate acts of kindness. In a recent Harvard Business Review article, the author proposed that great leaders know that small gestures matter. What landed for me though is that any acts of kindness really aren’t small at all. Although, we often may think we need to make some grand gesture, it is the little things that matter. And it is the series of these actions that matter over time. We share some of the acts of kindness we’ve both experienced th ..read more

LISTEN NOW! In this week’s show, we give a nod to the age old ideas of flexibility and freedom. Do you want both in your work and your life? And what does it mean to have these as we navigate our work and leadership? We discussed why the idea of a “flexible” work schedule may not mean what we really think it means in episode 210. It always helps to make some distinctions and to really understand what it means when we talk about flexibility or freedom and both. Join us in the conversation this week as we explore the possibilities. LINKS: http://www.wakingupaleader.com daphne@daphne-scott.com ..read more