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5 Tips For Leading Through Trials

If you work in the professional world, you will face trials during your working life. If you’re fortunate, those trials will be short-lived, and you won’t have to deal with them more than once. If you’re unlucky, you’ll face one trial after another, and you will need to learn how to lead through those trials effectively.

Too often, we will repeat the same mistakes that made the trials arise in the first place. We need to overcome these mistakes. More importantly, we need to get through the trials so we can resolve the main issue.

Today, we will look at 5 tips to help you lead effectively through any trial.

5 Tips For Leading Through Trials

1. Be mentally tough:

Want to make it through the trials of leadership? You will have to be mentally tough.  Read more...

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3 Alternative Investments To Diversify Your Portfolio

This is a contributed post to JMLalonde.com. For more information on contributing a post, please see our contributing policies.

Risk is an inherent part of investing, although there are ways to minimize it. Diversifying your portfolio is one of the more notable; by having your investments spread across several areas, you’re protected if one sours.

You’ll have fewer eggs in one basket, so you’re risking less with each particular investment. That doesn’t mean diversifying your portfolio is easy, however. You’ll need to pick the right options, with a few alternative investments being notable.

Diversify Your Portfolio With Alternative Investments: 3 Top Options

1. Direct Lending

Direct lending is a type of private debt, with lenders typically being non-bank entities providing short-term loans to companies. As these happen outside of the public market, there are few correlations to traditional investments, and it can generate a stable return on investment.  Read more...

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How Leaders Can Inspire Creativity In Their Team: Tips And Techniques

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Creativity is a valuable asset in any business. When teams are creative, they come up with new ideas and solutions to problems that can help the company grow and succeed. However, creativity is not always easy to come by. Leaders need to be able to inspire their team members to be creative and think outside the box. In this blog post, we will discuss how leaders can inspire creativity in their team and provide tips and techniques that you can use to get started!

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Encourage Creativity By Setting An Example

The best way to encourage creativity in your team is to set the example yourself. Be creative in your own work and show your team that it is valued. This will inspire them to be creative as well.  Read more...

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness

A Reel Leadership Article

My latest book, Reel Leadership, is now available on Amazon. If you love movies and leadership, you will love this book.

Benedict Cumberbatch returns as Doctor Stephen Strange in Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness. The movie is one many moviegoers have long waited for. Myself included.

The first Doctor Strange movie was a fun, trippy movie into the world of mystic arts. Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness is an attempt to bring a touch of horror to the Marvel universe.

Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange in Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness/Doctor Strange 2

The new movie isn’t bad. However, the movie struggles to find itself. Directed by the amazing Sam Raimi (the original Sony Spider-Man movie director and the creator of Army Of Darkness) just couldn’t seem to find the right mix. Despite this, I still highly recommend the movie.

You’ll get more than your fair dose of entertainment, horror, and comic book goodness. If you see Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness, you will also find many leadership lessons.  Read more...

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How To Maintain Good Mental Health

There are times when life is stressful, and it’s easy to let our minds wander to dark places. At these times, it’s important to remember that we have control over the quality of our lives. We can make decisions that put our minds at ease and take steps to ensure that our minds remain healthy.

A healthy mental mindset is crucially important for leaders. You’re not looking out for yourself only. You’re also looking out for your team.

When your mind wanders to dark places, the people you lead are impacted. We need to make sure our mental health is in a positive place.

How do you do this? We’re going to look at how to maintain good mental health in today’s article. I hope this will help you keep your mental health healthy or begin moving you toward better mental health.  Read more...