Category: Business
Hard Challenges Provide Value, Are You Solving Hard Problems?
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Effectiveness in life does not come from focusing on what is automatic, easy, or natural for us. Rather, it is the result of how we consciously strive to meet life’s harder challenges, grow beyond our comforts, and deliberately work to overcome our biases and preferences, so that we may understand, love, serve, and lead others.…
Are you the jerk that works all night and breaks the project?
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Until about ten years ago, we admired those who could survive on only four hours of sleep and those stalwarts who worked through the night. They were heroes, people whose fierce devotion and commitment revealed everyone else’s fecklessness and frailty. Then, as sleep science reached the mainstream, we began to change our attitude. That sleepless…
You’re not making sales because you’re easily replaced
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If your organization wanted to replace you with someone far better at your job than you, what would they look for? – Linchpin If you’re struggling with clients, ask yourself the same question the same question. “If my clients wanted to replace me with someone far better, what would they look for?” For many people,…
A short list of who helped me in 2018 already
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One reason people struggle to gain influence in their personal and professional lives is that they simply don’t ask for what they want. This is, in part, because people drastically underestimate the willingness of others to engage and help. – High Performance Habits Here is a short list of who has helped me in 2018…
The Things You Think Make you Different Don’t…and here’s why
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There are two types of qualifications for clients when they’re rooking at a service provider. First, there are the bare minimum qualifications. What they just expect because…thats’ what it takes to do a project. Second, are the standout qualities. The things that set you apart from the rest. How Often The Two are Confused Talking…
How do you ‘finish’ focus time?
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I’ve talked a bunch about focus time and that you need it. That you need to block out a few hours, I like three, and focus on the task at hand. But some of you have had questions. Here’s one from Lucas: Quick question about your focused time. Writing a book isn’t so different than…
Dealing with conflict well – assume the other side is smarter than you
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Dealing with conflict in a productive way is the greatest challenge we have as a society and as individuals. – PLAY NICE In Your Sandbox1 In conflict, we often resort mostly to name calling and thinking that the other side is stupid. It’s not going to work people. The other side is not stupid, in…
What are you working for?
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We work our lives away to buy objects of luxury instead of enjoying the luxury of our time on earth. We should be yearning for free time to do what we want, not what we must. We should want time to do the things we like, not the things we dislike. Forget the desk job.…
The 10x Business Isn’t Working 10x as Hard
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People earning $1,000,000 per year aren’t working 10 times harder than people earning $100,000. In fact, they are sometimes working less — but they are working differently. – The 12 Week Year Which one are you? Which one do you want to be? Those earning 10x you are planning their weeks. They measure their lead…
You Have to Finish Something First
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After Brendon Burchard’s first book didn’t do as well as he hoped, he started interviewing bestselling authors to see what made them bestselling authors. He describes his findings from these authors in High Performance Habits on page 199. The first point is the crucial one: Finish writing a good book. Until that’s done, nothing else…
