From here: The Listener Who Challenges You Think of the last time a friend or a partner truly “got” you. It likely wasn’t when they were nodding along. It was likely the moment they pushed back, honestly and warmly, on the story you were telling yourself. Maybe they said: “I hear how much that hurt,…

“Supporting love of the job means creating conditions where enjoyment, commitment, and connection can develop organically through meaningful work, supportive leadership, and healthy job design. Love of the job does not replace good management; it depends on it.” From here.

For senior leaders, this matters. The conversations that feel least exciting on your calendar may be the ones where trust is built, early warning signs surface, and unexpected ideas emerge. When leaders mentally disengage from conversations that sound uninteresting, they risk missing information, signaling disinterest, and weakening relationships. From: You Should Take That “Boring” Meeting

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The terrible secrets of Taiwan’s Stasi files from The Economist

The internet sucks now–but it doesn’t have to. From here Unfortunately, this is what all of the internet is right now: social media, owned by large corporations that make changes to them to limit or suppress your speech, in order to make themselves more attractive to advertisers or just pursue their owners’ ends. Even the…

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