How personal, permanent, and pervasive are your typical life stories of good and bad events? These explanations relate to how optimistic or pessimistic you are, and whether you let good things enhance and bad things erode your self-esteem. If you believe you’re independent and self-defining, then you can practice choosing your explanations in ambiguous situations. […] The post Finding Meaning in our Life Stories: Optimism, Pessimism, and Self-Esteem. appeared first on Lead Team Culture Development.

Unselfish, The Podcast

Finding Meaning in our Life Stories: Optimism, Pessimism, and Self-Esteem.

What does being authentic mean to you? Where do emotions fit into your picture of authenticity? Is being authentic the same as having personal integrity? Visit www.leadteamculture.com/lead/unselfish-podcast-show-notes-05/ for full show notes and transcript download. Notes: Opening credits and introduction. [00:00 – 0:39] A personal story about experiencing and expressing emotions, authenticity, and social roles. [00:40 – 05:27] […] The post On Emotions, Personal Integrity and Being Authentic. appeared first on Lead Team Culture Development.

On Emotions, Personal Integrity and Being Authentic.

Are we too busy to help one another? Or can our failures to answer large and small calls for help be traced back to our cultural myths about society and human nature? We might see a conflict between pursuing our personal goals and answering a call for help. We might see asking for help as […] The post Unselfish 04: What’s in It for Me? appeared first on Lead Team Culture Development.

Unselfish 04: What’s in It for Me?

Within the span of a human lifetime the percentage of single-person households have doubled, tripled or even quadrupled in many affluent western countries. Today, a quarter to a third of all households in most developed countries are single-person. What could possibly be driving this trend towards singlehood? In this episode, we explore the rise of […] The post Unselfish 02: Singlehood appeared first on Lead Team Culture Development.

Unselfish 02: Singlehood

Today, we believe that it’s simply human nature to individually pursue our personal goals and we expect that healthy and rational others are doing the same. Unfortunately, the individualistic perspectives and market metaphors we bring to many of our situations limit the possibilities for us to express our best selves through altruism, compassion, collaboration, and […] The post Project Management and People Problems appeared first on Lead Team Culture Development.

Project Management and People Problems

How to be a Better You in these Self-Obsessed Times.

Finding Meaning in our Life Stories: Optimism, Pessimism, an...