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Are You A Grateful Person?
One of my favorite holidays is Thanksgiving. I enjoy the family gatherings and great food, but the best thing about the day is taking time to be thankful. Take a minute right now and think about what you are thankful for. Thankful and grateful are considered...
Three Keys to Reach Your Potential
We all have potential. The question is, will we reach our potential? The younger you are, the better chance you have of attaining this goal. However, no matter how old you are, it is never too late to begin. Here are three keys that never change in reaching your...
Putting Paperwork before “Peoplework”
Both paperwork and peoplework are important. However, paperwork should be a means to the end. The end is peoplework! Signs of a Paper Pusher Consider people as interruptions. Tend to run over people (insensitive). Not good listeners. Impatient, tend to say, “Out with...
#1 Leadership Hang-up
The number one leadership hang-up is top-down leadership. This pattern happens when the leader acts like a dictator. They bark orders to the people under them and expect everyone to jump. Let me suggest a better way of leading. It is called servant leadership....
Alignment Before Assignment
The vast majority of organizations never discuss alignment when hiring people. Will the potential hire align with: 1. The company’s mission 2. The culture 3. Values 4. Philosophy A job description details the assignment of a new hire. But without alignment with...
Five Surprising Time Wasters
Time Waster #1 Worrying You waste time when worrying about: Past failures or mistakes What people think Tomorrow, next week and next month Time Waster #2 Planning for the Future There is nothing wrong with planning for the future but don’t...
Always Late?
Did you know that 20% of Americans are chronically late? My motto is five minutes early is on time, on time is late and late is unacceptable. Have you ever been in a meeting that does not begin on time because of that one person who is always late? This problem is...
Less Is More
The Two Best Kept Secrets of Leadership: 1. The less you do, the more you accomplish. 2. The less you do, the more you enable others to accomplish. Implement the LESS IS MORE PRINCIPLES 1. Play to your strengths and delegate your weaknesses. 2. Within the...
It’s Not Too Late: The Top Five Regrets of the Dying
Bronnie Ware was an Australian nurse who served several years in palliative care, helping patients in the last 12 weeks of their lives. She recorded their dying epiphanies and turned it into a book called “The Top Five Regrets of The Dying.” Here is the list: ...
