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Respected leaders “Walk the talk”
“What you do speaks so loud I cannot hear what you say”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
While watching the Bears game Sunday evening, I saw a play that I will never forget: It was the 3rd quarter and the Bears had the football. They had just had two successive plays where they barely passed the line of scrimmage. Their once commanding lead had dwindled to three points. It was 3rd down and the Steelers were coming right at Cutler. He found a hole and ran for the first down. The fans were surprised that Jay brought his shoulder down and plunged into the defender knocking him down. From that point on, the momentum of the game changed, and the Bears won by 17 points.
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Get your highest margin work
Last year I wrote a blog on a process we could use to determine our highest margin work.
Doing work that gives us the highest margin of profit makes sense, doesn’t it? Yet how many times do we find ourselves getting caught in the price-matching game where we end up falling short of a comfortable profit margin.
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Staying on top means being nimble
“Adaptability is probably the most distinctive characteristic in life” – Dr. Hans Seyle
One question I like to ask in my seminars is, “What can we say about change?” The almost universal answer is, “It is constant”
I remember when a fax machine was the most exciting talk of the day. Most of us recall the ritual of our weekly Friday night visit to the video store to select a movie. And before VCR’s, many of us remember how we clamored for the TV guide in the Sunday paper so that we could see what movies were coming up. The speed of change is mind boggling. We either get better or get beat.
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Support your plan with preparation
In my blog on August 22, I talked about some things we could do when we feel overwhelmed and torn between many tasks. We were talking about planning. Now let’s do what we can to support our plan…PREPARE!
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RX for Overwhelmed: A pen and pad
Do you ever find yourself getting to the point where you feel frazzled and overwhelmed? You are working like mad and you feel like you are taking one step forward and two steps backward? STOP! Take a time out, sit down, grab a fresh pad of paper and pen, and begin “uploading” everything rattling in your mind onto the paper.
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