If someone called you and said they wanted to have a chat to give you some feedback, and you’re like most of the population, you would likely assume the worst.
If you’re like most, you’ve been taught to do your best, go for gold, the harder you work the more successful you will be. And like many you may have associated that with being the best. But what if that doesn’t serve you?
The Japanese have a practice known as Kintsukuroi, which literally means ‘gold mending’. It’s a process that repairs broken objects, like cups and bowls, with gold.
If you were an orange (stay with me) and I took you to work, and put you on the boardroom table, are you still an orange?
I could tell that Jessica was really struggling. The funny thing is, her career was going very well. She was earning acclaim from her company, and she had even been recently promoted. From the outside, it seemed like all engines were firing on cue, but inside she felt like she was stalled out.
