Flourish brought back our monthly Lunch & Learns where each team member takes a turn leading the time together. This month Michele Lenz shared a topic originally inspired by the book The Four Agreements which highlights:
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Agreement 1: Be Impeccable With Your Word
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Agreement 2: Don’t Take Anything Personally
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Agreement 3: Don’t Make Assumptions
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Agreement 4: Always Do Your Best
Michele found a Tedx talk by Frederik Imbo on “How Not to Take Things Personally”. We had a fascinating conversation and loved hearing insights from each other on how this concept can apply to both our professional and personal lives.
Some of our key Team takeaways were:
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Proactively provide thoughtful responses to team members
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Ask for clarification to get more context
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Assuming good intentions instead is better than reacting out of suspicion or reading into an email or voicemail
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We are all in this together
