Success Is . . .

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Jamsi at Workboxers Says

Be the turtle. Click the title to find out why.

Be the Turtle

He’s got the numbers, and he’s right you know.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

Bad Boys: You’re Losing Your Memory

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What Was I Going to Say?

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I’m ready to write something and as I sit at the keys, it’s gone. It was a spectacular idea. I know it was. Damn. It’s the second time this week, or is it the third? Suddenly I’m forgetting things — things that I’ve never forgotten before.

I used to be known for this memory of mine. Some folks even steered clear of it, feared it. They knew it could track details for decades and offer them back at lightning speed. Now what? A brain of mush has moved in where the razor sharp memory was. . . .

-Stop-

That’s the voice of a Bad Boy of Business. Bad Boys are negative messages, bad tape recordings, in our heads. Bad boys are ideas that we tell ourselves that undercut our success and productivity.

The bad boy here is “You’re losing you’re memory.”

What’s happening? Read more

Bad Boys: You’re a Fraud, a Fake, a Phony

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New Job, New Career, Finally On Your Own

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We land a new position, change careers, or finally take the plunge and start that business of our own that we’ve always thought about and for the first few weeks, few months we’re sailing. Enthusiastic beginner they call it. Even though we’re not beginners. It’s the newness. Everything’s shiny. Then, it’s not.

A Bad Boy roars into our thnking. Bad Boys are negative messages, bad tape recordings, in our heads. They’re things we tell ourselves that undercut our success and productivity.

The bad boy here is “You’re a Fraud, a Fake, a Phony.”

Sound outrageous? I’ve seen it happen. I’ve predicted it. I’ve even done it myself. Read more

Leaders, Tunnels, and Vision

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Leaders and Tunnel Vision

Tunnel photo
When your thinking is stuck in a tunnel,

it’s the leader in you that finds a way out.

Seeing the tunnel and the light at the end of it

is what leaders recognize as opportunity.

Walking to the light invites others to follow.

What the leader called opportunity, others call vision.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Leaders and Higher Ground

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Leaders and Higher Ground

Leader\'s Uphill Trail photo

There’s not a person on the planet
who has not been a jerk.

That’s a fact.

Circumstances change. People adapt.
Those are also facts.

Arguing with facts wastes time and energy.
It’s not good practice or effective leadership.

Leaders deal with facts about their weaknesses.
They work on building up their strengths.
Then they relace their shoes.

They keep on walking toward higher ground.
They don’t turn back.

They do all of this because that’s what leadership is.
It’s a harder hike, but the view is better.

–ME “Liz” Strauss
[for Sabine]

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