Lessons With A King

Have you taken a drive on a super wet day and you notice how many cards have skidded off-road? Scary. Well, in life, there are times we have to deal with slippery situations. The best approach is to slow down and go carefully. If you rush, you just might find yourself in a ditch.

PROMPT: How do you navigate slippery situations?

When you use something, make sure you return it back to its rightful place.

PROMPT: How do you handle people not returning their “carts”?

We all know how a word can have many meanings. I recall watching a film and the boss tells one of their underlings to take care of a rival. Well, the underling kills the rival and when the boss asks what happened, the underling said, you told me to take care of them and the boss goes, I said to take care of them not “take care of them”. One phrase but two very different meanings. When you are talking to people, make sure they understand what you are saying.

PROMPT: How do you ensure you understand what they are saying?

Important > Urgent. There are things that might pull your attention and ask you to solve the issue, now, right now but they might not be important at all. It is a good idea to sort things by their level of importance and then work through that list. Sure you might have to delegate some and skip some but you won’t be pulled into doing urgent things when you could be doing important things.

PROMPT: What important things are you working on? What urgent things did you skip to work on the former?

I’m all for being calm but there are times you have to let it out and scream.

PROMPT: When was the last time you screamed? Why?