Leadership Viewpoint

Colleagues often marvel that I manage to plan my work year so successfully. My clients are willing and able to book my time for the entire year, typically before the beginning of the year. This allows me the luxury of planning for both preparation and down time, both of which are critically important for my mental health!

What many people never realize is that people treat us the way we teach them to treat us, and they learn more from our actions than from our words. Hence, if every time somebody needs to see you, you make yourself immediately available, they learn that you are at their disposal, and treat you as disposable. If, on the other hand, they have some trouble connecting with you and cannot get to see you for a few days or weeks, they learn that your time is valuable, and treat you accordingly.

We each have more power to influence others than we realize, if only we have the confidence to use it!

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