Cy Wakeman discusses why engagement is overrated and what really drives results.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) How your ego ruins 2.5 hours of each day.
2) Three questions for breaking free from your ego.
3) Why to stop saying “should".
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— ABOUT CY —
Cy Wakeman is a drama researcher, international leadership speaker, and consultant. In 2001 she founded Reality-Based Leadership. She is the author of four books: Reality-Based Leadership: Ditch the Drama, Restore Sanity to the Workplace and Turn Excuses Into Results (2010), NY Times Bestseller, The Reality-Based Rules of the Workplace: Know What Boosts Your Value, Kills Your Chances, and Will Make You Happier (2013), No Ego: How Leaders Can Cut the Cost of Workplace Drama, End Entitlement, and Drive Big Results (2017), and her newest release, Life’s Messy, Live Happy.
Deemed as “the secret weapon to restoring sanity to the workplace,” Cy Wakeman was voted in the top 100 leadership professionals to follow on twitter for 7 years in a row. In 2021, 2022, and 2023 she topped the Global Gurus list of Top 30 Leadership Professionals across the globe, coming in at #1.
• Book: No Ego: How Leaders Can Cut the Cost of Workplace Drama, End Entitlement, and Drive Big Results
• Newsletter: Reality-Based Leadership Newsletter
• TED Talk: Ditch the Drama – How to Live Happy in a Messy World
• Website: RealityBasedLeadership.com
— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —
• Book: Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words by David Whyte
• Book: Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy by David Burns
• Figure: Byron Katie
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