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Values: Personal Values
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Multi-task for mediocrity or focus for excellence.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Brain experts are telling us: The uptrend in multi-tasking , especially multi-tasking involving high-tech communication…
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With Courage we are able to truly know what we believe in and what we don't believe in.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet We speak too infrequently about Courage , the #1 Value for Spirited Leaders. This is a step toward fixing that problem.
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Curiosity sits close to Spirit...always envisioning and whispering ideas.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet When Spirit is vibrant, it listens intently and allows Curiosity free rein to explore.
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Do you commit to being useful every day from here to eternity? Has making yourself useful become one of your good habits?
The Thinking Behind The Tweet We all have good days and bad days; our internal drive-energy ebbs and flows. Regardless, we can commit to thinking and doing…
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What awesome power lies in the combination of strong willpower guided by strong definite life-purpose.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Willpower is wonderful, but without proper guidance it consumes energy without purpose . Definite purpose is wonderful, but…
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Criticism, Adrenalin Spikes & Improving Relationships
Some people naturally repulse criticism. These people may show outward signs of their repulsion. These people may not show outward signs, or their repulsion…
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Conflict at our offices: is it a foe or a friend?
Some people complain about the interpersonal damages done by office conflict while others applaud the value office conflicts have injected into innovative…
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Do you want to be on time?
On Timeliness... Do you know anyone who has achieved success in life without having the habit of meeting time commitments? As I write this I'm thinking of…
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Visions, Biases & Evolution
We have wonderful dreams and ambitions…there’s no end to our visions of better things in the future . And, behind these dreams and ambitions, our motives are…
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Building Self-confidence
A strong desire to achieve promotes self-confidence . Positive self-image and high self-esteem promote self-confidence. Sense of purpose and goals promote…
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Self-Improvement happens when talent-laden mind-sets come to the aid of skill-sets.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Some people embrace life-long learning . Those people become the best leaders. They tend to understand their talents &…
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Character reigns supreme
I heard today that assessments aimed at finding high-calibre personnel are no longer considering intelligence and talent but are now concentrating all…
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When Alpha Dogs Collide
When alpha dogs collide you see raising of hackles and you hear snarls & barks...then comes the gnashing of teeth and to-and-fro attacks...much noise, much…
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Let’s not water down Confidence.
Confidence is a personal thing. There is no reason to design your self-confidence in a way that fits someone else’s viewpoint or rules. Your self-confidence…
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Workplace Conflict: Sometimes Good, Most Times Bad
A couple of years ago I wrote an article titled, We are too tolerant of conflict! Now, I’d like to re-title that article, “We are too tolerant of bad…
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How to develop your positive mental attitude
Above and beyond everything else, Courage is the mind state that promotes positive mental attitude. Like every other mind state, with focused and persistent…
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How to make sure your confidence does not threaten your followers.
Some followers are intimidated by Leader's self-confidence . Here are some Spirited suggestions, to help you make sure you do not come across that way: Be…
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Personal Values, Rules of Engagement, & setting off those Hot Button alarms
When it comes to personal values , there are a handful of common Hot Buttons where differing views about personal values cause problems. Examples include…
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Mistakes are Stepping Stones – the question is, To Where?
Indiana Jones reminded us that you don’t have to see the whole staircase to take the first step. A journey of a thousand miles always starts with a single…
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Don’t be Passionate about Shorthand Abstractions…they have no Integrity
Over the last few years, I have written and talked about the communication problems that happen when business leaders use words like Passion and Integrity to…
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Favouring a realistic approach to Values, Virtues & Rules
Values are concepts covering things important and admirable to us (our minds). Values are our perceptions of intrinsically valuable or desirable ways of…
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Driving on the Talent Track
When we thoroughly understand our Talents we improve our ability to: clarify and express our personal Values & the Rules that are most sacred to us, ability…
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‘Real trust’ requires no thought; ‘Synthetic trust’ requires much careful thought.
Simon Sinek wrote, “Trust is like love. Both parties have to feel it before it really exists.” I read Simon’s ‘daily inspiration messages’ and from time to…
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15 Ways to Influence Thinking & Inspire Action
Vision inspires Leadership has a few essential ingredients. For example, the leader must possess a level of intelligence and the leader must possess a…
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Strengths & Weaknesses…close neighbours
We must never forget, the DNA of our greatest weaknesses lurks within our greatest strengths… and vice-versa. The fine line separating strength from weakness…
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About Habits & People & a bit about Bosses
Most people do not think about how personal things including their values and goals are intertwined with everything they experience during their workdays. As…
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10 Thoughts on Hiring Good People
Know how to communicate the essence of the role, seek simple descriptions; avoid lengthy series of tasks and responsibilities Magnetic job postings - show…
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Do you aim to give people more, less, or exactly what they expect?
When you aim to give people more than they expect… You must be ready, willing and able to go the extra mile. You must embrace Napoleon Hill’s ‘QQS’…
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Rhetoric, Actions & Consequences
While watching some of the U.S. Presidential "news coverage" a few things came to mind... Talk is Cheap. That's a saying, which carries some wisdom. Verbal…
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About our Family Business
We enjoy solving sticky problems. Wrestling down sticky problems until they give up their solutions - that's where our people and our family business are at…