Real Leaders. Real Life. Stories Podcast

After making it through a lengthy interview where you are discussing all of your experience, skills and education the recruiter or hiring manager asks you a (seemingly) benign question, "so, tell me about your hobbies". If this question bothers you, then you're not alone. A LinkedIn News editor was hit with quite a lot of strong responses to an article written on this topic and we too have thoughts! "Ever been stumped by a question about your hobbies during a job interview? When hiring...

As per the article written on theladders.com, "Three senior employees at Netflix were fired by the company after criticizing their co-workers over Slack, according to the company’s CEO, after a report claimed that the workers were let go for bad-mouthing their bosses. The Hollywood Reporter first reported that the streaming giant fired three senior marketing executives for comments aimed at leadership in what the workers thought was a private channel, citing sources. However, Netflix is...

Today's Real Leaders Real Life stories come from individuals dealing with some interesting situations in the workplace and we are here to talk about them! One story was posted anonymously on reddit.com where an individual decided that they were going to try and get fired (instead of putting in their notice) and for a month they came in to work late, wore their club clothes to work, and even came in to work drunk/hungover. The other story involves a little bit of a bait and switch with a...

Today's Real Leaders Real Life stories come from individuals dealing with some interesting situations in the workplace and we are here to talk about them! One story was posted on reddit anonymously in hopes of getting feedback on what to do about their new boss that refused to give them a raise until they "stopped walking funny". Another story follows a former entrepreneur now working for a micromanager that is unable to let go, even when they are on vacation thousands of miles away. And...

Thank you for listening and we hope you choose to subscribe and follow for more tips, tricks and thoughts on how you can get more out of your day, every day! Want to Get More? Start Here: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stories are submitted anonymously online and can also be sent directly to us here at Bare Slate via our support portal at bareslate.ca You can also join our Private Facebook group where members comment on stories throughout the week and some answers...

Thank you for listening and we hope you choose to subscribe and follow for more tips, tricks and thoughts on how you can get more out of your day, every day! Want to Get More? Start Here: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stories are submitted anonymously online and can also be sent directly to us here at Bare Slate via our support portal at bareslate.ca You can also join our Private Facebook group where members comment on stories throughout the week and some answers...

Thank you for listening and we hope you choose to subscribe and follow for more tips, tricks and thoughts on how you can get more out of your day, every day! Want to Get More? Start Here: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stories are submitted anonymously online and can also be sent directly to us here at Bare Slate via our support portal at bareslate.ca You can also join our Private Facebook group where members comment on stories throughout the week and some answers...

Thank you for listening and we hope you choose to subscribe and follow for more tips, tricks and thoughts on how you can get more out of your day, every day! Want to Get More? Start Here: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stories are submitted anonymously online and can also be sent directly to us here at Bare Slate via our support portal at bareslate.ca You can also join our Private Facebook group where members comment on stories throughout the week and some answers...

Episode 60 of The Get More Podcast: Capacity & What You're Capable Of We are wrapping up Adaptability Month and today is all about identifying our capacity, and what we are capable of. Your capacity looks different from everyone else's and it's important to uncover where your boundaries are, and what the limits look like so that you don't run right past those lines on a regular basis. You also have different types of capacity like emotional/psychological capacity and physical capacity -...

Episode 59 of The Get More Podcast - The Art of Changing Your Mind This week we are diving into what it means to develop the skill of keeping an open mind and changing it when the people, places, things, information and demands around us change. A few things that we are discussing this week: So, the question we have for you today is: How do you feel about changing your mind? ~~~~~~~~ Want to Get More? Start Here: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stories are...

The Get More Podcast Episode 58 - Adaptability and What We Know This week we are taking a look at why we need to figure out how to "unlearn" our old habits, thoughts, and beliefs especially when presented with change. It's no secret that change is hard for most of us, but part of that difficulty is due to the fact that we are faced with this wave of, "ugh, I need to learn a new way to do that!?". It's not exciting to learn something new, especially when we've already learned a different...

Episode 57 of The Get More Podcast: How to Relate to Others In this episode we discuss why you need to develop the skill of being able to relate to others (instead of assuming everyone else has to relate to us). Change is so difficult, but when we are able to relate to the people around us it makes dealing with that change a little bit easier. People change all the time and unless you understand how to pause and collect more information it is very easy to make negative assumptions and...

Episode 56 of The Get More Podcast: Consistency We are wrapping up Confidence Month and today's episode is all about the importance of consistency when it comes to our confidence levels. As we have learned in the last year, in order to get good at something you need to practice it. And in order to practice something, you need to do it on a regular basis and do it a lot. The by-product of doing something a lot, on a regular basis, and getting good at it, is our confidence level! It goes...

Episode 55 of The Get More Podcast: Awareness is Key to Confidence This week is all about developing Awareness (or paying attention!) of how we think and act in our every day life - both at home and at work. Why should we care about where our thoughts, actions and focus goes? Frankly, it's pretty hard to be confident in yourself and your decisions when you have no idea where your time and energy goes each day. We run on auto-pilot when we aren't aware of our actions, which means we can't...

This episode wraps up the end of Motivation Month and we are discussing the 4 Quadrants where Motivation lives. If you attended the Members Only Monthly Workshop then you will have learned all about each quadrant and the 5 questions to ask yourself when motivation is starting to feel a little low. As we all move into April, start to think about why, and how, you start to feel motivation and how you might apply that feeling to each day. Want to Get More? Start...

In this episode we start to explore the first of the 4 elements of the Bare Slate Motivation Success Formula, and today it's all about values. If you were asked about your values, would you be able to answer what they are? Many of us aren't able to, because we haven't been taught to think about them, or align our life, relationships or work with them. Something to consider: Coming up on The Early Morning Experience this week we will be touching on why you may hate your job right now, and...

Welcome to March 2021 where it's Motivation Month here at Bare Slate! This month we are diving in to discover what is behind motivation, grit, passion, perseverance, and why some of us are more resilient than others. Is this something that we can learn and practice and build, or are you simply born with it? Join us as we explore the 4 elements of the Bare Slate Motivation Success Formula: Values + Goals + Action + Reward, as well as what leading experts have to say on this topic. It's...

Episode 51 of The Get More Podcast Today we are wrapping up Accountability Month with the final element in the Bare Slate Accountability Success Formula and it's all about Capacity. "Capacity is the maximum amount that something can contain", and this includes you! Just like putting on that oxygen mask, you need to help yourself first when it comes to your capacity to handle everyday situations, circumstances, and decisions. One thing that leads to being at capacity is the tendency to...

Today we are looking at Purpose and being accountable so that we can understand the "why" behind your yes! Let's think about that for just a moment; when you say YES to everything, you're automatically saying NO to the things you may find important. There is an opportunity cost to saying yes to all things all of the time - and this can be where People Pleasing enters the room. When we take a step back and really understand why we are committing to something, it becomes clear whether or...

Episode #49 of The Get More Podcast: Accountability vs Responsibility. Did you know that most of us mix up being accountable with being responsible? It makes sense, because they are pretty similar - but there are subtle differences that make a huge impact on the way things turn out in our lives. Listen in as we explore the difference and discuss why it's so important to develop the skill of accountability! Be sure to join us for our Accountability Workshop on February 27th, 2021 during...