I’m willing to do it, but I’m not sure he is. It’s the biggest obstacle to making a positive change. We want to know, for sure, that the other guy is all in with good intentions, before we fully invest ourselves. I was working on a consulting project recently.
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We’ve all been there, or at least many of us have. You have a foolproof business plan; you put in the time, money and mountain of work to make it successful. Yet somehow, it stills fails. Or perhaps you’re on track for a big promotion, and it goes to.
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What’s keeping you from happiness? If you’re like most people you can list the obstacles standing between you and bliss. We all want to be happy. When we’re not, we’re often quick to point to reasons outside of our control. “I can’t be happy because I had bad parents,”.
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We were selling our house. The buyers wanted to play hardball negotiation. We had agreed on a price, but they wanted us to throw in lots of extras, furniture, the clay pots on our front porch, rugs. We were OK with all of it, until it came to the.
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Do you have “Ultimate Influence?” Are you able to get other people excited about your ideas? Can you convince your kids to do their chores without constant reminding? Are you able to change your boss’s mind about something? Bestselling author Bob Burg says, “Ultimate Influence is the ability to.
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Does your boss ever remind you of an ape? Snorting around, grunting orders, lurching through the office with his knuckles dragging the ground, beating his chest and growling every five minutes just to prove that he’s Chief Chimp in Charge. Gorilla bosses have more in common with their grub-eating.
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I confess; I crowbar things. If I find myself with 10 minutes free, I’ll crowbar in a phone call. If I see a blank spot on my calendar, I’ll crowbar in one more appointment. People often ask me how I get so much done. The truthful answer is, sometimes.
[Read More]How many times have you been in a situation, where you knew things were going to go badly, yet no one had the guts to tell the person in charge? It’s the elephant in the room. Everyone can hear it bellowing, except the boss. I was recently working with.
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I like to talk. A lot. My talkativeness has won me business, forged friendships, and been the bedrock of my career. My talkativeness has also made me overbearing, ruined relationships, and been my Achilles heel in almost every role I’ve played. As with most people, my greatest strengths are.
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There’s a great scene in the 1980’s movie When Peggy Sue Got Married. Kathleen Turner’s time travels go back to high school. Already having lived much of her adult life, she confidently tells her math teacher, “Mr. Snelgrove, I happen to know that in the future I will not.
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