Career lessons from holiday hot tub

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Career lessons from holiday hot tub

My best friend and I are currently on a ski trip in Banff, Alberta. Two nights ago, we were in the hot tub and started talking abotu our jobs. We identified the three most difficult and rewarding lessons we have learned in our careers.

As a special replacement to answering your questions this week, I have decided to take leadership role in your life to teach you these conceps. Apply them in your life and your career with flourish.

By the way, my friend Greg Leger is a trader for Desjardins Securities and is responsible for managing hundreds of millions of dollars on a daily basis. One poll ranks his position as the second most stressful job in the world. He loves his job. He is a peak performer and is in the top four percent of all income earners.

Humility:
The definition: “someone who does nto think that he or she is better or more important than others.” Power over others is false. It is fear based. It resists change. Change is constant.

You must learn to be humble. When you successfully complete a task you must proudly own it. This is humility. However, humility is also admitting when you make a mistake. This is very difficult. When you make a mistake you must say: “I made a mistake”, and then correct it.

Risk and reward:
Greg’s greatest strength is his ability to make large decisions within 30 seconds and to stand behind them with confidence. His confidence is contagious in his office. How does he do this?

He always looks for a reward to a risk ratio of 3:1. In other words, for every decision there must be three positive outcomes for every one negative consequences.

Flexibility;
If you are too flexible people will walk all over you. If you are too rigid you will become absolete. When do you flex and when do you stand firm?

People don’t get walked on because they are flexible. They are disrespected because they have compromised on their values and are viewed as weak. Never be flexible when your values are compromised. Always be flexible when your values are not involved. Remember though, always being right is not a value.

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