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Sales Tweet #197

by Rick Baker
On Apr 19, 2011
Sales Tweet #197 You must Click with other people.
 
The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet
When other people like you they will be much more inclined to meet you half way…at least, some of the time. And, the opposite is true. Bottom line: a pleasing personality is a key to success. Clicking is the elite area of interpersonal relationships. For more on Clicking check out the book ‘Click’ by Ori and Rom Brafman: http://www.brafmanbrothers.com

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Beyond Business | Thought Tweets

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Sales Tweet #196

by Rick Baker
On Apr 18, 2011
Sales Tweet #196 Ernest was a Jokester during his public school years. One year he brought home a report card and…
 
The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet
Last week, at Sales Tweet #195 we introduced Miss Rechnen, Ernest Seller’s Grade 5 math teacher. Here is a little story…After his 1st term with Miss Rechnen, Ernest brought home a report card. It contained some low marks and some comments about his being a bit of a troublemaker in class. Ernest was blessed with natural sales talent. When he brought that report card home he asked his Dad if he could write in the dark. His Dad said, “Yes son, I think I could do that…what would you like me to write?” Ernest replied, “Your name on this report card.”

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Ernest Seller | Thought Tweets

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Sales Tweet #195

by Rick Baker
On Apr 15, 2011
Sales Tweet #195 When Ernest Seller was in Grade 5 he had trouble with mathematics – a conversation with his teacher…
 
The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet
Yes – young Ernest Seller had a problem with math problems. So, he asked his teacher for help. It went like this….Ernest: “Miss Rechnen, I don’t know how to solve this problem”. His teacher, Miss Rechnen, was very stressed out that day [as was rather common] and without thinking she said, “Ernest, any eight year old can answer that question”. And, Ernest replied, “Oh, no wonder I can't do it…I am almost eleven.”

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Ernest Seller | Thought Tweets

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One of those Synchronicities

by Rick Baker
On Apr 14, 2011
The other day I was returning to the office. As usual, I was listening to an educational CD book.
 
The CD book was 'The Spontaneous Healing of Belief' by Gregg Braden:
 
The author was describing a fellow named Konrad Zuse, a pioneer in the computing industry.
 
Apparently, at one point Konrad Zuse posed questions (something like), “Does the universe operate on the same principles as a computer?" and "Is our reality actually a simulation?"
 
Apparently, these questions were posed 50 or more years ago.
 
The author then mentioned these Konrad Zuse thoughts were a precursor to the 1999 movie "The Matrix".
 
I remember that movie, my memory is - my sons watched it over and over….and over.
 
While I was thinking about Konrad Zuse and the Matrix movie, I was in a Tim Horton’s drive thru line...about to order. So, I turned off the CD so I could place my coffee order.
 
After my order was placed I returned to thinking about the movie "The Matrix". I was deep in thought and forgot to pull ahead...I looked up at the car in front of me and was amazed to see its model name - Matrix. It was a Toyota Matrix.
 
I was captured by the synchronicity so I took a picture of the car in front of me…here it is [with the licence number blacked out]:
 
 
Then I got my coffee and headed to the office.
 
Synchronicities always slow me down.
 
And I talk about them…this time with Robin.
 
Robin suggested I look at what I was holding in my hand.
 
I did that.
 
Here is what I saw…
 
 
When that happened I was really paying attention to this synchronicity.
 
So I started to tell Cecil my Matrix-synchronicity story.
 
As I started to tell the story Cecil warned me the Matrix-synchronicity wasn’t over…
 
When I finished telling him my story he told me he had bought a copy of the Matrix movie the night before I had my Matrix-synchronicity.
 
So…what do you figure all that means!
 
PS: do any of you know…
Is the universe a massive computer-program-generated simulation…like in that Matrix movie?

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Beyond Business

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Sales Tweet #194

by Rick Baker
On Apr 14, 2011
Sales Tweet #194 Dr J. Haidt says people behave like - Riders [logic], on Elephants [emotions], on Paths [situations].
 
The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet
Elephants are huge – they weigh 3 or 4 tonnes. Riders are about 1/40th the size of an elephants. 40-to-1. Elephants-to-Riders. Emotions-to-Logic. Yes – that is a good way to look at thre causes of behaviour. http://www.happinesshypothesis.com ‘The Happiness Hypothesis’, Dr Jonathan Haidt.

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Emotions & Feelings @ Work | Thought Tweets

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Some thoughts about ‘Fake Work’

by Rick Baker
On Apr 13, 2011
  1. You can do work that contributes to your business goals.
  2. You can do work that does not contribute to your business goals.
  3. You can do work that maybe does or maybe does not contribute to your business goals.
I think people only do 3 things: Good Habits, Bad Habits, and New Things.
 
Say you have business goals.
 
Say you do work that contributes to your business goals – that work is Good Habits.
 
Say you do work that does not contribute to your business goals – that work is Bad Habits.
 
Say you do work and you are not sure if that work contributes to your business goals – that work is also Bad Habits.
 
When you do work that contributes to your business goals, that work is ‘real’…it has meaning and substance.
 
When you do work that does not contribute to your business goals; that work is fake…according to Peterson & Nielson1 that work is Fake Work.
 
According to Peterson & Nielson, there are 10 Causes of Fake Work:
  1. Failing to Understand Your Job - Your Real Job
  2. Failing to Recognize the Finish Line
  3. Failing to Focus and Prioritize
  4. Failing to Understand the People Around You
  5. Failing to Communicate About the Right Things
  6. Failing to Understand the Importance of Your Team
  7. Failing to Clarify and Drive Strategy from Top to Bottom
  8. Failing to See the Execution Gap - Alignment Then Execution
  9. Failing to Manage - No Matter Our Level
  10. Failing to See That Culture Creates an Environment of Fake Work
 
 
Footnote:
  1. 'Fake Work' (2009) by Brent D. Peterson & Gaylan W. Nielson

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Goals - SMARTACRE Goals | Habits: Good Habits, Bad Habits, & New Things

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