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When Egoic Wings Flap Out of Control

by Rick Baker
On Apr 1, 2015

My work is more important than everyone else's.

With elevated mind I attack my business with lightning-quickness. My superior insight-gifts enable me to juggle priorities as they arrive, in a flurry, faster than real time. My superior intuition-gifts manifest themselves as canny discernments of opportunities and uncanny strategies for delivering solutions.

My talents are singular; my talents are superlative; my talents are most-worthy.

Therefore, I will not plan my work in advance.

Rather, I will recognize the perfect way to do my work the very instant it arrives.

At the instant my work arrives you better be ready to grab onto my wake and keep pace with me as I launch myself onward and upward with the greatest gusto, gusto befitting the irrepressible nature of my business. And, shame and scorn on you if you are not ready or willing or able to hang on tight as I go about my work.

Accept the fact you face no choice shy of supporting my efforts with full energy and pristine accuracy, passing my supreme-muster-tests.

So, do not question me.

So, do not argue with me.

So, do not feel you will ever be able to grasp my important ways.

Simply, do what I say as I say it.

And hang on for dear life.

Always.

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Emotions & Feelings @ Work | Humour

Personal Strength is the Heart of personal Drive

by Rick Baker
On Mar 30, 2015

Dan Pink wrote about 3 Drives:

Biological Drive
Reward and Punishment Drive
To direct our own lives, to extend and expand our capabilities, and to make contributions

Apparently, scientific evidence shows that 3rd Drive is the most important Drive.

In a zone similar to that 3^rd drive - but far more eloquent and provocative - Nietzsche wrote, “Physiologists should think again before postulating the drive to self-preservation as the cardinal drive in an organic being. A living thing desires above all to vent its strength - life as such is will to power -: self-preservation is only one of the indirect and most frequent consequences of it.”

I think the 3 most important human attributes are:

Intelligence
Self-Control
Drive

Every human being possesses the seeds of intelligence, self-control, and drive at birth. To a certain degree, and the degree varies from person to person, we develop these three abilities over time. The amount of intelligence and self-control we develop determines the extent we are able to express our strengths. Drive is all about putting energy to productive use...drive is innate...intelligence and self-control protect drive from negative influences [...both intrinsic and extrinsic influences].

And, no question, Nietzsche's view resonates in my mind.

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Emotions & Feelings @ Work | Spirited Leaders | STRENGTHS: People-Focused for Success | Thinking as in Think and Grow Rich | Wisdom: Surviving the Test of Time

There’s something about “The Details”

by Rick Baker
On Mar 27, 2015

We’ve all heard that idiom/saying, “the devil is in the detail”. And, we know it means important-troublesome things lurk in the details.

Wikipedia tells us that idiom/saying derives from a predecessor idiom/saying, “God is in the detail”, which [according to Wikipedia] means - whatever one does should be done thoroughly; i.e. details are important.

I believe that fascinating fellow James Allen would agree, “God is in the detail”. That would be consistent with his views about work mastery and bliss.

On the other hand, for some reason the saying - “God is in the detail” - was replaced with the current saying, “the devil is in the detail”.

Perhaps, when it comes to sticky idioms, sooner or later the pessimists out-muscle the optimists and positive messages are submerged in negative messages.

Regardless, it seems to me most people have a love-hate relationship with “the details”.

Some related points…

Most people love certain details and hate other details.
Many people feel work-details should be delegated down the hierarchy.
Many people believe positions of power & authority provide excuses for detail avoidance.
Many people who side-step the details expect others to delve into those same details.
Perfectionists have a troubled & tangled relationship with “the details”.
24 centuries ago an ancient Greek fellow named Euripides said, "Leave no stone unturned." Evidently, he was all for digging into the details. And, that saying has survived the test of time.
A century ago, in his classic 'Pushing To The Front', Orison Swett Marden wrote, "Go to the bottom of your business if you would climb to the top. Nothing is small which concerns your business. Master every detail."
More recently Steve Jobs said, "This is what customers pay us for - to sweat all these details so it's easy and pleasant for them to use our computers."