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Feel that Ooze of Abundance

by Rick Baker
On Jul 28, 2011
Most of the successful Leaders we have met with feel the ooze of abundance.
 
They are inspired by competition. They are solution-oriented. They are optimistic.
 
The Leaders who have an abundance mindset really stand out. They tell some amazing stories of how they have done things that many folks find counterintuitive.
 
Their businesses operate in no-bad-mouthing zones.
 
Optimism bounded by realism is a wonderful character trait. I wrote about that last week: Is our way of thinking affected by our personality?
 
Some folks are born with a tendency toward optimism and their life experiences taught them how to keep their optimism within realistic bounds. When compared to pessimists, these realistic optimists have a far greater chance of seeing the world as an abundant place.
 
As a Leader you will employ optimists, pessimists, and other folks who fall between the two extremes.
 
Given a choice you will want to help some of those people become more optimistic...you will want to help them feel that ooze of abundance.
 
How might you do that?
 
Feeling the Ooze of Abundance - the 4 major steps:
  1. Self-Assessment,
  2. Setting clear rules,
  3. Communicating those rules so they are sticky, &
  4. Leading by example
  1. Self-Assessment: you will need unbiased outsider help to do this. It isn’t a huge time-consumer but you must be a little tough on yourself. Better to air on the tough side than the lax side. That’s why unbiased outsiders are helpful.
  2. Setting clear rules: Depending on how strongly you feel about abundance mentality, this could be one of your “Master Rules”: the major rules that cannot be bent at your business. [refer to our Spirited Leaders’ Workshop #4]
  3. Communicating those rules so they are sticky: don’t just ‘tell’…inspire your followers. Describe your most-interesting real-life abundance experiences and how they have caused you to feel the ooze of abundance.
  4. Leading by example: as they say, ‘talk the talk and walk the walk’…and when the heat of major business stresses is burning down on you….run the run. If you slip up and fall into scarcity talk or scarcity action, and that may happen from time to time, remedy your error quickly and with full force.

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Abundance | Attitude: Creating Positive Attitude | Leaders' Thoughts

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Sales Tweet #269

by Rick Baker
On Jul 28, 2011
Sales Tweet #269 Ernest Seller took his dear old Dad to an antique auction. Five elderly ladies bid on him.
 
The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet
OK. That’s a bit of an exaggeration. Maybe it was only 3 of 4 elderly ladies. But, that’s not the point. The point is Ernest is a chip off the old block. In fact, that’s true figuratively and literally. His dear old Dad’s given name is Block. Block Seller…now there’s a guy who could sell. Why, he could sell ice cubes to Eskimos...he could sell Lego to Civil Engineers...or bricks to a lumber yard. That's Ernest's dad, Block Seller. And, good looking? You bet! And - a sharp dresser to boot. Block Seller wore plaid jackets, paisley ties and white shoes long before they were haute fashion for the sales elite. So, let’s not be too harsh on those elderly ladies.

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Ernest Seller | Thought Tweets

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