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If it ain’t broken then…

by Rick Baker
On Aug 3, 2011
A traditional aphorism of wisdom states: if it ain’t broken, don’t fix it.
If that thought is kept in the isolation ward then it is fine.
In reality, the human mind has few if any isolation wards.
And, it seems many people take that if-it-ain’t-broken-don’t-fix-itthought and stretch it into new dimensions, specifically:
  1. if it ain’t broken, leave it alone and
  2. if it is broken, fix it.
We have learned those can be serious-problem dimensions.
Here are some thoughts
  1. Successful people in all occupations build on their strengths. Successful people focus attention on their talents, their passions, and their strengths. They dedicate a larger-then-average amount of their time gathering knowledge and honing skills around their talents. Successful people surround their strengths with action and they aim their strengths toward results.
  2. When successful people have weaknesses they do not dwell on them. They do two other things:
    • they improve in their areas of weaknesses just enough to ensure the weakness does not disrupt or negate their strengths and
    • they ally with others who possess the necessary but missing strengths
This approach to strengths & weaknesses is one of the major reasons successful people are successful.

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STRENGTHS: People-Focused for Success

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Sales Tweet #273

by Rick Baker
On Aug 3, 2011
Sales Tweet # 273 A Rule for Elephants: "Whatever you feel compelled to do, don’t."
 
The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet
If Tony Schwartz met Jonathan Haidt then that could be the topic they discuss. The quote above is from Tony Schwartz’s book ‘The Way We’re Working ISN”T WORKING’ and Jonathan Haidt is the author of ‘The Happiness Hypothesis’. In that book, Haidt likens people’s behavior to Riders, on Elephants, on Paths…where riders are our logical side, Elephants are our emotional side, and Paths are the situations we face. [Elephants can be very compelling.]

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Emotions & Feelings @ Work | Thought Tweets

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