The Buoyant Leader
by Dr Howie Jacobson
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The audio version of Dr Howie Jacobson's weekly newsletter.
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- Move Fast and Don't Rush · 8 min · Episode 81Last week, I bought a gelato shop in Andalusia. I tell you this not to brag (or to admit to an extreme and fairly late mid-life crisis), but rather to tell you what I’ve learned…
- Responsibility: Burden or Opportunity? · 4 min · Episode 80“Sometimes responsibility means you’re the only one who can change things.” Whoa. That line, from Lisa Feldman Barrett’s How Emotions Are Made, rewired the word for me. Before I…
- A Guide to Dealing with UH-OHs · 5 min · Episode 79Are any of the following folks familiar to you? • The project manager who’s always singing dirges in the key of risk, no matter how well things are going. • The ops person who…
- My Wife's Two-Word Fix for a 3am Existential Crisis · 6 min · Episode 78I talk a big game when it comes to achieving buoyancy in the face of stress and uncertainty. But that doesn’t mean I live a perfectly balanced, blissful life, facing all…
- The Real Elephant in the Room is the Emotion You Won't Feel · 6 min · Episode 77Is it OK to get angry at work? How about scared? Or anxious? Or ashamed? Does being buoyant mean that you make yourself immune from emotions that get in the way of connection and…
- The Art of Catching Bad Passes · 7 min · Episode 76When I lived in London in my early 20s, I took up juggling. The city was a hot spot for the best jugglers in Europe, who could make a lot of money as street performers in Covent…
- Wax On Wax Off: Why knowledge isn't enough to change how you lead under pressure · 8 min · Episode 75In the original Karate Kid movie, Daniel spends what seems to be days of wasted time performing menial chores for Mr. Miyagi. Four days of waxing the car, sanding the floor…
- The Way of the Rubber Ducky · 5 min · Episode 74As a coach, trainer, and facilitator, one of my great strengths is empathy. I’ve learned how to tune in to other people’s emotions, which means that I can help guide them to…
- Feeling Like a Fraud · 7 min · Episode 73Fraud Today I feel like a fraud. On the one hand, it’s Monday, and time to draft this week’s Buoyant Leader newsletter. On the other hand, I’m feeling decidedly non-buoyant…
- Zen and the Art of Nervous System Maintenance · 6 min · Episode 72One aspect of taking care of yourself that’s often overlooked is nervous system maintenance. For the sake of this discussion, I’ll define your nervous system as the body’s…
- The Hidden Cost of a Drama-Free Workplace · 6 min · Episode 71A team of Swedish researchers recently set out to answer a question on everyone’s mind: What happens when you drug a bunch of baby salmon with anti-anxiety meds? They exposed…
- The Soothing Seductiveness of Self-Doubt · 10 min · Episode 70Augustus III, King of Poland, received a cover letter in July 1733 from a German musician — some fella named Bach — attached to a bunch of sheet music. Here’s part of that…
- Are You as Smart as an Amoeba? · 9 min · Episode 69Are You as Smart as an Amoeba? A brainless, single-celled organism can navigate mazes, design efficient transit networks, and reliably find opportunity — with nothing more than…
- Why Being 5% Present is a Leadership Sweet Spot · 7 min · Episode 68If you ever want to make me feel inadequate, suggest to me that I “be fully present.” For a long time, that was my aspiration. A thousand yoga and meditation classes drilled into…
- What if Imposter Syndrome is Your Friend? · 7 min · Episode 67Pretty much every leadership article about imposter syndrome says the same thing: dispute it, push through it, power-pose your way past it. Cut a mantra-groove in your brain…
- Don’t "Get the Gist." Get the Details. · 6 min · Episode 66You're in a one-on-one with a direct report. They're telling you about a problem — maybe a project that's off the rails, a team dynamic that's souring, or a client relationship…
- Are Your Secret Goals Sabotaging You at Work? · 6 min · Episode 65In How Emotions Are Made, Lisa Feldman Barrett explains that you don’t see the world “as it as,” but rather you construct it, moment by moment, by filtering and analyzing the…
- Are You Reading the Room, or an Old Wound? · 7 min · Episode 64Are You Reading the Room, or an Old Wound? In her book How Emotions Are Made, neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett tells a story of going on a date with a guy from her lab that…
- Is Your Brain Burning Premium Fuel on Bad Data? · 6 min · Episode 63Your brain uses about 20% of your body’s total energy budget all by itself, before a single muscle moves or a single molecule of food gets digested. Which means it has to be…
- Know Everything. Unplug Often. Yes, Both. · 6 min · Episode 62I teach leaders two things that are both true, and mutually contradictory. One: know everything as soon as possible. Two: unplug often. Ruh-roh. How can you do both without…
