Non-Negotiable: standing-up & showing-up for yourself & each other

"Your life becomes the sum of what you tolerate."

Brianna West was really on to something when she published an article on the subject in 2019 (reposted below).

And while it holds true for personal life, it's equally as true for our work life.

When I launched Mr Nice Weird ?? I was adamant I was going to continue to build a business with the culture & environment I love and one that the people on the many teams I built appreciated throughout my years in corporate America, and that came down to one thing.

If you're on my team, standing up and showing up for yourself and each other is non-negotiable.

For me this means consistently watching out for each other & supporting each other. Which when done consistently across the team really is one of the biggest things that can drive psychological safety.

Psychological safety.

When employees feel safe and supported, they are more likely to take risks, innovate, and collaborate with their colleagues. This drives higher performance, success, and fulfillment for everyone involved.

As a marketing and consulting agency, we believe in promoting diversity and inclusion, and leveraging neurodiversity to bring unique perspectives and approaches to the table. But it goes beyond just delivering services to our clients. We also believe in creating a positive and inclusive work environment.

Creating a culture of psychological safety requires everyone to play a role, not just those who may be directly affected. By speaking up for our colleagues, and promoting a supportive and inclusive workplace, we can create a culture of trust, collaboration & innovation.

For us at Mr Nice Weird ??, it's even more vital to understand and value the unique strengths and perspectives that individuals with neurodiverse conditions bring to the table - particularly as it might not be apparent to you if someone has a neurodiverse condition or not.

So here are some tips to cultivate a psychologically safe environment for yourself and your teammates that also are sensitive to people who have neurodiverse conditions.

1. Promote open and honest communication: Encourage employees to speak up and share their ideas, concerns, and feedback. Create a safe space where everyone can feel heard and valued.
2. Celebrate diversity: Promote an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome and valued.
3. Encourage flexibility: flexible work arrangements and accommodations, such as the ability to work from home or adjust work hours, to accommodate the needs of all employees.
4. Provide clear expectations and routines: A structured environment with clear expectations and routines can help all employees feel more comfortable and focused in the workplace.
5. Be mindful of sensory sensitivities: Be aware of and accommodate for sensory sensitivities, such as sensitivity to light or sound, to create a comfortable work environment for all employees.
6. Be supportive: Offer support, resources, personal assistance or digital tools, to help employees effectively manage their workload and responsibilities.
7. Lead by example: Set the tone for a positive and inclusive work environment by demonstrating the importance of diversity and inclusion in your own behavior and interactions with others.

Your Life Becomes The Sum Of What You Tolerate

(reposted)

By Brianna Wiest

In an ideal world, life would amount to the sum of our intentions.

Good things would happen to good people; we’d be measured by our heart and depth and character.

While this is true to some degree — life is undoubtedly kinder toward those who are kind to it — the truth is that your intentions don’t amount to your outcomes. Just wanting something badly enough does not qualify you to have it, simply believing that you’re capable of more does not mean you will actually achieve more.

In the end, your life amounts to the sum of what you tolerate.

It is defined by what you?allow.?

You are treated as well as you allow other people to treat you. When you set boundaries or cut off contact with those who do not meet those expectations, you are setting the standard for relationships in your life.

You achieve as much as you allow yourself to pursue. You create as often as you are willing to show up, and to begin.

You grow as much as you allow yourself to feel uncomfortable. We often think that it is discomfort that holds us back from becoming who we want to be, when in fact, that feeling, once truly acknowledged, will point us in the direction that we need to create change.

If you are willing to tolerate mistreatment, you will be mistreated.

If you are willing to tolerate unhappiness, you will remain unhappy.

If you are willing to tolerate dissatisfaction, you will remain dissatisfied.

Your life only truly becomes your own on the day that you decide you will not — for another second of your existence — tolerate less than you know you are capable of having, doing less than you are capable of doing, and being less than you are capable of being.

The truth is that nobody else is going to give this to you.

Nobody is going to wake you up to this fact.

Nobody is going to sit you down and give you a power point presentation about your worth and potential, and nobody is going to strategize a way to make it a reality.

The only way it is going to happen is if you decide you are no longer going to be okay with excuses, empty words or broken dreams. It is only going to happen if you decide that you will no longer tolerate anything less than the outcomes you want, and the life you dream of.

Your life becomes the sum of what you tolerate, so stop tolerating less than you desire.