Do not look at your issue or your problem differently

Apple Store window display of colorful beads promoting iPhone 5c
Same thing different angle – looks entirely different

 

It’s challenging to look at our age old habits and issues differently. Why? Because how has it paid off for us in the past? Most likely, not as well as we dreamt.

So here’s what I’m proposing: Don’t look at the ‘issue’ or the ‘problem’ differently. Look at your motivation to succeed differently.

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The one thing we often overlook even though it’s critical to our success

Steel bridge girders with massive nuts and bolts
Crushing a paper bag is child’s play

 

The one thing we often overlook even though it’s critical to our success is feedback, especially… when we CRUSH it!

An email the account manager sent to her leadership team announced that their client didn’t think the speaker could top last year’s stellar keynote.

Using all caps and the word crush is fairly significant. Never forget that. If we had a marketing manager, they’d exploit this.

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Volunteering can become contaminated when we expect this

jeff noel's health blog Lane 8 .org
mind – BODY – spirit – money – hq

 

Writing five daily, differently themed blogs is volunteering. But it’s contaminated giving because I have an ulterior motive. By giving, I expect to receive. Big time.

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Note: The motive is simple. To hear, “Well done my good and faithful servant”.

 

Starting today you have been promoted to CEO of ME, Inc

Businessman with backpack in Delta first class cabin
He is the CEO of his life (but does he believe it?)

 

Starting today you have been promoted to CEO of ME, Inc. So think about that for a minute… what if you ran your life like a business?

And what if you thought of your direct reports, peers, and partners as your prized customers?

How will you manage your brand reputation in 2014?

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