A friend of mine told me she hates salespeople. As part of her job, my friend has to buy large amounts of printing products. I asked her, “How do you purchase the things you need to run your operation? She said, “I don’t deal with the salespeople, I just.
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Consider the difference between these two phrases: “I have to.” vs. “I get to.” Imagine you’re going to spend the day taking care of a sick family member. Maybe it’s your father, or your brother, or maybe it’s your child. You’re going to spend a day taking care of.
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Do you remember when we all used to like each other? I do. In fact, I remember when our shared national aspiration was to dream big dreams and become bigger people. A few years ago, I was at an upscale burger place in Atlanta with my youngest daughter. The.
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Would you ever stand in the way of a rocket going into space? Do you want to hold your country back, or help it move forward? These are important questions. They’re examples of how the milieu creates the meaning. Milieu is the social conditions and events that provide a.
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Are you looking forward to the next round of family holidays? I’m lucky, I like my family, in fact, I love them. Yet as I listen to people complain about their awful in-laws, crazy sister or cheapskate uncle, I realize, not everyone is so lucky. If you have horrible.
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If you get caught in a riptide, the best way to survive is swim with it – go in the direction it’s carrying you. When people try to overpower the tide, they drown. Instead you should use the tides’ energy to go elsewhere. I was working with a Chief.
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Do you ever have one of those days when you wonder, why am I even bothering? Sometimes work and life can be overwhelming. What if I told you, there was a simple mental technique to improve your attitude and your performance? I call it framing. It can help you.
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Have you ever tried to eat a live scorpion? I hope not. But if you ever want to try, get a meerkat to train you. Adult meerkats have to teach their young pups how to dismantle a live venomous scorpion and then eat it. They’re a great model for.
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“Is the view pretty good from the cheap seats AJ? In the 1995 film, The American President, Michael Douglas plays President Andrew Shepherd facing a tough challenger for re-election. His Chief of Staff and long-time campaign manager, AJ, played by Martin Sheen, advises the President to take on the.
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Do you ever wish you could simply tell your people what to do and then have them actually do it. We’ve all been there. Sometimes telling people works. More often than not, if you want to improve your team, coaching is required. A lot of people in business like.
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