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Thought Tweet #776

by Rick Baker
On Jul 8, 2013

Thought Tweet #776 It's Your Mind: do you choose to sculpt it or just let it wander lost?

                            OR   

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Thinking...that's the way to sculpt your mind, solidify your thoughts, & shape your character.

And what about food-for-thought?

Well - observing people and what they create, particularly written words...that's food for thought.

 

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When you think about your Personal Values...

Do you believe you can sculpt your character?

Do you see Value in sculpting your character?

Do you think in ways that sculpt your character?

Do you act in ways that sculpt your character?

Thought Tweet #775.5

by Rick Baker
On Jul 5, 2013

Thought Tweet #775.5 Be clear about your Interests and state your Vision...then let your people express their Talents around your Vision.

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Be clear about your Interests...people need to know what you want...stories help them understand and remember.

State your Vision...people need to know what you see in your imagination..stories help them understand and remember.

Admirable Interests and Vivid Visions are magnetic...they attract Talented people...and Talented people express their Talents...success follows.

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STRENGTHS: People-Focused for Success | Thought Tweets | Vision: The Leader's Vivid Vision

Good Decisions: at the heart of your business

by Rick Baker
On Jul 5, 2013

Consider the decisions made at your business:

  • Are decisions made quickly? 
  • Do decisions receive attention and quality input from many people?  
  • Are decisions understood and implemented successfully? 

These are important areas:

  • the simplicity with which decisions can be made, 
  • the quality of input received prior to finalizing decisions, and 
  • the success rates for implementation of decisions. 

If your leadership team scores high in these areas then your business will stand above most of your competitors:

  • Your business will be fleet of foot. 
  • Your business will be thinking accurately and acting properly. 
  • Your business will be able to forecast, budget, and receive profitability. 

All of these things contribute to a best-in-class workplace and a sustainable approach to business. Less than these things signals potential problems. More often than not, the problems have passed through the potential stage and they are real - real problems. Now, problems are a necessary ingredient if we want to make business our career. However, repeated problems are destined to ruin the business recipe. And, too many problems spoil the business meal.

So, there is value in stepping back and checking the pulse of your business decision-making:

  • Is it a healthy pulse? 
  • If so then you will find decisions are made relatively quickly. 
  • Is it a strong pulse? 
  • If so then you will find your key people are pushing in the same directions as your decisions. 
  • Is it a pulse that can withstand stress? 
  • If so you will find it is a variable pulse, able to hum away at methodical work and also able to ramp up when situations demand more. 

And finally, is it a pulse that complains rarely If it does not complain too much about already-made decisions then it is a good and healthy pulse...a beating pulse.

The beat goes on.

Desired results follow.

Thought Tweet #775

by Rick Baker
On Jul 5, 2013

Thought Tweet #775 Why are some people so inclined to be morale busters at work? And - How might we help them get over it?

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

I want to create a Top 10 list of ways to help morale-busting people get over whatever it is that causes them to want to spread negativity at work. I am not talking about people who express concerns openly, in front of those who they blame for this or that. I am talking about people who do their complaining behind the backs of the people about whom they complain.

I'd like to create a list of the Top 10 Remedies for Behind-the-Back Complaints.

Any help you can provide will be appreciated...

Here's one -

  1. Ask people to accept an environment where others can, without risk, openly express concerns about one another directly to one another. And, if that doesn't work the concern must be escalated to the boss or the 'team'.

Thick-skinned people can handle both sides of that approach.

Do you agree?

Thought Tweet #774.5

by Rick Baker
On Jul 4, 2013

Thought Tweet #774.5 Ease - note how success appears easy; Dis-Ease - note how non-success happens without ease or appearance of easy.

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

When you fully engage your Talents & Strengths things happen with relative ease...and success follows.

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STRENGTHS: People-Focused for Success | Thought Tweets

Thought Tweet #774

by Rick Baker
On Jul 4, 2013

Thought Tweet #774 Baby action steps pave the path to unshakable self-confidence.


The Thinking Behind The Tweet

We learn from our experiences. This learning grows experience by experience, piece by piece. And the more repetition of experience-pieces the stronger the learning. And, because we have gone through the learning process we know we know.

When we know we know we become confident about our abilities. The more we know we know the greater the confidence. 

Simple repetition of properly-performed action steps are the key to self-confidence.

We need to imagine future situations to determine the right action steps. That's the best path.

However, if we are confused about the right action steps then we can perform the action steps we know we  know...and do them with mastery. Every one of us can do that!

So, baby steps take every one of us toward unshakable self-confidence.

Self-confidence is a process. We can design it. We can control it. 

We should all want to do that - self-confidence is a mindset to great value.

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Thought Tweets | Values: Personal Values

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