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If you want to change the world then spend 20 minutes a day working on self-understanding.

by Rick Baker
On Jul 21, 2020

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

The question was asked at the HBR LInkedIn group..."How can we change society? Just give one step which you feel will change society." 

Change requires Courage.

Change requires knowledge of self and knowledge of others.

Change cascades like dominos:

Courage

Self-Knowledge

Self-Education

Self-Discipline

Self-Change

Self-Confidence

Confidence in Others

Teaching Others: Courage, Self-Knowledge, Self-Education, Self-Discipline, Self-Confidence

Working With Others: Creating Change For The Better 

 

This is the stuff of leadership

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Business Contains Only 3 Things | Change: Creating Positive Change | Thinking as in Think and Grow Rich | Thought Tweets | Values: Personal Values

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Biting your tongue just before it expresses something quite right but nonetheless doomed to be poorly received – that’s a good thing.

by Rick Baker
On Jul 20, 2020

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

You can choose to adjust your personality so it is more pleasing and less annoying. Sometimes, the choice involves biting your tongue.

 

Benjamin Franklin

"Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do."

 

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Attitude: Creating Positive Attitude | Change: Creating Positive Change | Communication: Improving Communication | Personalities @ Work | Thought Tweets

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Do the right little things right.

by Rick Baker
On Jul 19, 2020

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

"If it's worth doing then it's worth doing right." That's what our mothers and fathers taught us. Good advice.

“Go to the bottom of your business if you would climb to the top. Nothing is small which concerns your business. Master every detail.” That's an excerpt from Orison Swett Marden's 1911 classic 'Pushing To The Front'. The devils are in the details...master every detail and remove the devils...more good advice.

"Managers are people who do things right, while leaders are people who do the right thing." Warren Bennis taught that. While we may not agree with drawing that boundary line between leaders and managers, we cannot argue the importance of doing the right things. 

 

So, Do The Right Little Things Right.

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Beyond Business | Thought Tweets

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The optimist probably are just as wrong as the pessimists...but optimists have more fun.

by Rick Baker
On Jul 18, 2020

The Thinking Behind the Tweet

Just don’t let optimism get outside the bounds of realism.

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Abundance | Attitude: Creating Positive Attitude | Optimism & Pessimism | Thought Tweets

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Perfectionist: someone who takes great pains…and gives them to others.

by Rick Baker
On Jul 17, 2020

The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet

Perfectionists have trouble finishing. That becomes a problem when others rely on them.

 

Leo Tolstoy

"If you look for perfection, you'll never be content."

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Attitude: Creating Positive Attitude | Definitions - Spirited Words Defined | Emotions & Feelings @ Work | Humour | Thought Tweets

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The thicker the explanation the less absorbent the message.

by Rick Baker
On Jul 16, 2020

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

If that explanation you're hearing just don't make no sense and the explanations that follow make even less sense...methinks the person doth communicate too much.


Alexander Hamilton

"The obscurity is more often in the passions and prejudices of the reasoner than in the subject."

 

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Attitude: Creating Positive Attitude | Communication: Improving Communication | Humour | Thought Tweets

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