Walking Over Fire – How Getting Sacked for the First Time in My Career was Probably the Best that Could Have Happened to Me

Walking Over Fire – How Getting Sacked for the First Time in My Career was Probably the Best that Could Have Happened to Me

Fabian
Career

Almost exactly three years ago, I got fired for the first, and luckily so far also the only time in my management career. Without a doubt, getting terminated was one of the lowest points in my professional life and something I am not proud of. At the same time, there is no reason for being ashamed for getting the boot (given that it was not for disciplinary reasons). Stigmatizing people for getting their job terminated is not helping anyone, neither is beating yourself up over it. That’s why I wanted to write this article for a long time, to share my personal experience and tell those of you out there dealing with redundancy or termination that life and your career will go on, even if it does not feel like that right now.

Daydreaming as a Form of Planning – Using Your Imagination as a Source of Intrinsic Motivation

Daydreaming as a Form of Planning – Using Your Imagination as a Source of Intrinsic Motivation

Fabian
Career, Happiness, Productivity, Life

One of my LinkedIn contacts recently tagged one of his posts with “Daydreaming, after all, is just a form of planning.” When I saw this line, I knew it was the missing piece for this article that I have been pondering over for quite a while. As it turns out, I have without knowing prior to writing this article, practiced what NYU Professor of Psychology Gabriele Oettingen calls “Mental Contrasting for Goal-Fulfillment.”, a framework to tap into daydreams for motivation and more productivity.

Leading Like Jürgen Klopp – Five Reasons why Liverpool FC’s Champion Coach Should be Your Role Model as a Manager

Leading Like Jürgen Klopp – Five Reasons why Liverpool FC’s Champion Coach Should be Your Role Model as a Manager

Fabian
Career

Being a business' general manager is a lot, like being the coach of a football club. You put the best team together that you can afford; you do what you can do to make them play (work) well together; you motivate, coach, troubleshoot, and eventually, you take responsibility for the results.

Because of these similarities, it is pretty natural to look to successful sports coaches as role models for leadership. Jürgen Klopp is without a doubt one of the most successful coaches in football and I believe there are a few good reasons why this is the case. Hear me out!

You Too Are a Butterfly – Why We Are Powerless and Yet a Lot more Powerful Than We Think

You Too Are a Butterfly – Why We Are Powerless and Yet a Lot more Powerful Than We Think

Fabian
Happiness, Life

In the eye of giant issues like a global pandemic, social injustice, institutional racism, or climate change, it is easy to feel powerless. It seems that our voices, even our votes do not matter. We are all just small potatoes.

And it is true; it is unlikely that any of us will cause a revolution or change the course of the world significantly. But it would be too easy and convenient to give up and accept everything around us as it is. In many ways, we are powerless and yet powerful.

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