Introduction You can work twelve hours a day in a new job, complete every assigned task, attend every meeting, and still spend your first 90 days moving in the wrong direction. Why? Because being busy does not necessarily mean making progress. Imagine a ship with a hardworking crew. The engines are running, everyone has a responsibility, and the entire team is putting in maximum effort. But there is one problem: nobody knows the destination. Will working harder help the ship reach the right place? Not without a clear direction. The same principle applies to your career. John C. Maxwell explains this through the Law of Navigation, which emphasizes that effective leaders plan their journey before expecting others to follow. Understand Your Destination Before Starting One of the biggest mistakes professionals make when joining a new company is immediately focusing on completing tasks without understanding the bigger picture. You answer emails, attend meetings, solve daily probl...
Introduction Growing up, we accept the world exactly as it is explained to us. As children, we trust parents, teachers, elders, cartoons, and textbooks without hesitation. If something is said confidently enough, we believe it must be true. Questioning feels unnecessary—after all, why would adults be wrong? But adulthood has a funny way of revealing the truth. As we grow older, we slowly realize that many things we believed as kids were not facts at all. They were myths, half-truths, or oversimplified explanations passed down for convenience, discipline, or storytelling. Some of these ideas were harmless, while others shaped how we thought about our bodies, intelligence, and the world around us. Unlearning these myths is part of growing up. It sharpens our thinking and reminds us of an important life lesson: just because something is widely believed doesn’t mean it’s true. Let’s revisit some of the most common childhood myths that turned out to be completely wrong. 1. Bulls ...