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

by Rick Baker
On Jun 9, 2014

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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...then success follows.

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Good Leaders focus their attention and concentrate on the places where Talents meet Tasks.

by Rick Baker
On Jun 7, 2014

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Good leaders recognize you cannot force round individuals into square roles and you cannot force square individuals into round roles.

Good leaders know you must take Talent to Task. More specifically, good leaders recognize you cannot force round Talents into square Tasks and you cannot force square Talents into round Tasks.

To Take Talent To Task you must know the details of both the individual's talent and the task and you must know how they fit one another...the better the fit, the better the work, the more the value, the more the profit.

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Do you gain advantage from value embedded in the relationships between the talents and work-tasks?

by Rick Baker
On Jun 6, 2014

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Talents tend to bounce off tasks.

This is especially true when talents first meet tasks...talents often resist new tests.

And bounce off is predictable when talents meet repeated defeats at the hands of tasks...after repeated defeats, talents will avoid tasks at all costs.

Fortunately, the exact opposite is also true.

It's like talents have egos of their own.

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Entrepreneurs have an innate talent: moving back and forth between narrow and wide focus...identifying opportunities.

by Rick Baker
On Jun 6, 2014

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I have talked with many successful entrepreneurs who possess this innate talent. Many of these talented entrepreneurs work in our Waterloo area. This innate 'focus-talent' provides them the ability to see problems & opportunities before others see them.

Because of their innate Focus BrainSmart, it is accurate to say these entrepreneurs see things that are invisible to most people. 

They see problems before others see them. Sometimes this is interpreted as pessimism. It isn't pessimism. It's better-than-most vision.

These entrepreneurs also see opportunities before others see them. Sometimes this is seen as maverick. If it is maverick then maverick is a really good thing because it opens the doors for innovation and insight...and injection of value for clients.

When this valuable talent is not recognized by employers...well, that's a common cause of successful entrepreneurial start-ups.

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People are happier and do better work when their Talents & Strengths are put to good use.

by Rick Baker
On Jun 5, 2014

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People struggle when they lack required talents, they lack opportunity to use their talents, they lack the knowledge required to do the task, or they lack experience.

Create a Strengths plan - Learn people's strengths - Engage people's strengths.

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Up-skill the hands that use your finest business tools; make master craftsmanship a top priority.

by Rick Baker
On Jun 4, 2014

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1.     Failure isn't caused by lack of talent, it's caused by discouraged thoughts and words.

2.     Practice makes perfect.

3.     If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right. 

4.     Strength = Natural Talent + Opportunity to perform + Focused Knowledge + Skill through practice.

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