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Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five different sites.
Leadership thinking 101:
BFO = Blinding Flash of the Obvious.
Then:
Finally:
Got it? Good. Now let’s all go do GREAT work today! Bring it on!
You Never Succeed By Being A Follower.
There are probably exceptions to this rule, but let’s be real. The exceptions are just that, exceptions.
Please don’t get me wrong, following is good. And safe. And mostly predictable.
And then there are the questions of when, where, what, how and why?
Whatever it is that is important, should be visualized and evaluated.
Then, there is that simple choice: Follow or lead.
And in my case, this took a lifetime.
Found this article by Alaina Love from The Purpose Link, sharing her Business Week article: “You Can Lead. But Can You Inspire?”
Click here to read about the ten attributes senior managers need to lead their organizations through the recession and the demoralizing consequences on their workforce.
You see it and hear it every day. In the world news and in the hallways of your own organization. There are demoralizing consequences from this brutal recession.
We are way past managing in today’s world. You know it and I know it. The antidote is inspiration.
Which leads us back to the original question, “Is there a doctor in the house?”
“You’ve been thinking like an adult since you were a kid”, she said in response to a story I had shared from my youth.
Told her about wanting to be a Physical Education teacher to help make people healthier, and help make the world a better place. I was in 8th Grade.
So here we are 37 years later, back on the mission to help make the world a healthier place.
Got dreams?
The answers are obvious to the person who thinks things through, paying particular attention to what’s common sense.
What did you answer from yesterday’s choices?
The correct answer is open the window, let the dog sniff and reward the dog for waking you up.
You get bonus credit if you made an additional choice that wasn’t offered (on purpose), to grab a flashlight and take your dog outside to sniff even more thoroughly.
Why not yell at your dog to shut up and be quiet? After all, you work hard, you’re exhausted, and you have a big day tomorrow.