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Thought Tweet #966

by Rick Baker
On Mar 31, 2014

Thought Tweet #966 'To Do' lists often fail. Whereas 'To Do' + 'Why Do' = Success.

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Thinking about interests, purpose, definite chief aim, definite purpose, and Simon Sinek's' 'Start With Why'...

If nothing else 'Why Do' provides context. That's the worst-case scenario. The best-case scenario is a buy-in on Values and Vision and Purpose.

Adding 'Why Do' to 'To Do'...well there's no downside...and much upside.

 

Thought Tweet #965

by Rick Baker
On Mar 28, 2014

Thought Tweet #965 On Incompetence Road: we stumble over people and processes; we get bogged down in problems' potholes and ruts. 

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

  1. There are lots of potholes where I drive and I listen to self-help CDs while I am driving.
  2. Business Contains Only 3 Things: People, Process, & Situations

Like roads, some Situations contain potholes.

Thought Tweet #964

by Rick Baker
On Mar 27, 2014

Thought Tweet #964 Problems gang up and hunt us down when we try to hide or shrink away.


The Thinking Behind The Tweet

People say, "Misery enjoys company."

I say, "Problems enjoy company and Misery gets dragged along in the wake of Problems."


Tags:

Emotions & Feelings @ Work | Solutions & Opportunities | Thought Tweets

Thought Tweet #963

by Rick Baker
On Mar 26, 2014

Thought Tweet #963 Here's what's in the cards: If we don't deal Solutions to Problems then Problems deal Stress to us.


The Thinking Behind The Tweet

Problems don't care how busy we are. Problems don't care how smart we are. Problems only react to what we do.

Problems gang up and hunt us down when we try to hide or shrink away.

 

Thought Tweet #962

by Rick Baker
On Mar 25, 2014

Thought Tweet #962 Why not set up some self-hurdles that make it real tough to jump to conclusions. 

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

...unless you can think of a better way.

 

Thought Tweet #961

by Rick Baker
On Mar 24, 2014

Thought Tweet #961 We never should have agreed to 'Show & Tell'. We should have insisted on 'Show'.

 

The Thinking Behind The Tweet

'Telling' ain't halfway near what it's cut out to be. Reminds me of my early career when we had a Mel Sell and a Mel Tell. Actually it was probably Mel Tel but nobody ever wrote it. They just said it.

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Communication: Improving Communication | Thought Tweets

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