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Organized people get work done; disorganized people get work repeated.

by Rick Baker
On Jun 23, 2021

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Disorganization = more errors = more fixing of errors = repeated work.

And, of course, disorganization consumes time and generates stresses and anxieties.

Have you noticed - Disorganized people are the ones who complain most about being overworked!

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Emotions & Feelings @ Work | Habits: Good Habits, Bad Habits, & New Things | I'm too busy! - I don't have time! | STRENGTHS: People-Focused for Success | Thought Tweets

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We benefit when someone or something makes us do what we can.

by Rick Baker
On Jun 15, 2021

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Even the great Ralph Waldo Emerson needed that sort of help. Emerson said, "What I most need is somebody to make me do what I can." 

People Only Do 3 Things: Good Habits, Bad Habits, & New Things. 

When we want to develop better habits we need an injection of accountability; we benefit when someone or something makes us do what we can.

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Habits: Good Habits, Bad Habits, & New Things | Hero Worship | Thought Tweets | Wisdom: Surviving the Test of Time

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"When you chase your tail ‘literally’, you get tired; when you chase your tail ‘figuratively’, you get nowhere."

by Rick Baker
On Jun 11, 2021

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Bad Habits are a lot like chasing your tail. They consume energy and take you away from your long-term goals.

Loss of Focus and lack of Concentration are, for the most part, Bad Habits...learned over a lifetime of distraction...self-imposed anti-goal activities.

Focus & Concentration are choices...You can improve in both areas...yes - easy to say and hard to do.

...and worth the extra effort.

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

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"Fear is (a) an impulse, (b) a habit, (c) a disease."

by Rick Baker
On Jun 5, 2021

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

That's a quote from Frank Channing Haddock's 'The Culture of Courage', (1910).

What an interesting view of fear.

What an interesting base for growing courage.

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Emotions & Feelings @ Work | Habits: Good Habits, Bad Habits, & New Things | Thought Tweets

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Don't let yourself get so busy you let Situations catch you unprepared...anticipate Situations, plan ahead.

by Rick Baker
On Jun 1, 2021

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

So many people think they are 'too busy' when the reality is they are 'too unprepared'. They live a business life consumed by a repeated series of fire-fights. Many of the fire-fights are directly linked to specific individuals' behaviour. And, habits being what they are, to a very large degree, behaviour is predictable. Think of a probable Situation. Think of who will be in the Situation. Think of how the people in the Situation will act. Plan your best Actions before the fires start. 

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Business Contains Only 3 Things | Habits: Good Habits, Bad Habits, & New Things | I'm too busy! - I don't have time! | Thought Tweets

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The greatest of leaders change themselves. They mould their character to remove the bad habits that impair leadership.

by Rick Baker
On May 31, 2021

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Sometimes they replace combative attitudes with kind attitudes. Sometimes they toughen up their softness. Either way they mould their character to remove the bad habits that prevent leadership.

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Change: Creating Positive Change | Habits: Good Habits, Bad Habits, & New Things | Thought Tweets

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