By Peter Jeff
The Leadership Mints Guy
Here’s an idea to clarify your facts before you make a decision. Reading time: 4:24
Laughter is the best medicine, you’ve heard for years. Yet how many times do you laugh in a single day especially now that you have the added responsibilities in your leadership position?
No wonder the most effective leaders have to work at sharpening their sense of humor. A good laugh or even a mild smile can go a long way in helping you practice your CYA- Check Your Assumptions-in your decision-making process.
A good laugh or two can lift a big burden of pressure off your shoulders . That’s why you deserve a break- maybe even a fracture of your funny bone or at least your tongue firmly wedged in your cheek. Hone your sense of humor today.
Savor the following three humorous Leadership Mints. Freshen your ability to practice your CYA. And perhaps refresh your leadership thinking in the process.
1. The 13-year-old daughter was concerned. Her parents were refinancing their house again. The daughter needed clarification: “But dad haven’t you been paying on the house all these years,” Amy wondered. Yes her dad assured her.
She looked around her bedroom like a queen looks at her throne and said with a good deal of exasperation: “Well, is MY ROOM at least paid for?”
2. “Father, your TV is broke,” the housekeeper said to the Priest. The Priest corrected his housekeeper: “That’s our TV, not mine. It is the entire Church’s TV. I have taken an oath of poverty. I can’t own anything.” The house keeper understood but must have forgotten because a few weeks later she announced to the Priest “Your DVR is not working.” CYA- Check Your Assumptions. Continue reading “CYA Check Your Assumptions”
