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The Thinking Behind The Tweet When you are in the heat of day-to-day business work, leadership work, it seems difficult to free up the time to be…

The Thinking Behind The Tweet Wouldn't it be nice if we had X-ray vision so we could see the roots of our problems! ...and Ultrasound....and RADAR...etc.

The Thinking Behind The Tweet Problems are the seeds that allow opportunities to flower. And, when problems are solved the results are things of beauty and…

The Thinking Behind The Tweet Remember... Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. and "A beast does not know that he is a beast, and the nearer a man gets to…

The Thinking Behind The Tweet Our brains are powerful machines, designed to remember, not to forget. Why waste brain-energy fighting the natural flow? Invest…

The Thinking Behind The Tweet Winners seek solutions and think of better places. Losers agonize over problems and fear uncertainty.

The Thinking Behind The Tweet There are 3 good options: help those people by providing options, help those people by providing decision-making help such as…

The Thinking Behind The Tweet 'Strike while the iron is hot'...we all know that means we must take advantage of opportunities before they vanish. 'Carpe…

The Thinking Behind The Tweet We human beings have a curious habit. We tend to express problems in ways that conceal the real sources of our 'pain'. I…

The Thinking Behind the Tweet Spirited Leaders likes this Collins’ advice for a number of reasons. Here are two: It aligns with an abundance mentality and It…

The Thinking Behind the Tweet Of course, I can not prove this from first-hand experience…although; I have always been very fond of monkeys. The point…

Like Beauty, Problems are in the eye of the beholder. Somehow, Nature blessed human beings with the ability to identify and appreciate Beauty. And…

A project has a life of its own. It has a beginning. It has an end. It has a useful purpose. Throughout its life, a project relies on people. With the help…

When we agree on the thinking process we will use to address and solve problems 80% of the work is done. The thinking process serves as the template we call…

7 Steps: A Problem Arises [100% guaranteed to happen...Identify them] STOP [focus attention - multi-tasking won’t work] Get Present – no ‘past regrets’, no…

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…

Sometimes it seems you just can’t win. Sometimes, every action seems right and feels right. Yet, when we add all the actions together we do not get a…

From time to time, people say to you things like, “ I didn't know ” or “ I didn't know how ”. This happens, for example, when people fail to perform up to…

I didn't know I was supposed to do this task. I knew then forgot I was supposed to do this task. I didn't think this task was necessary, so I chose not to do…

The Thinking Behind The Tweet Many people complain about the boss. That's the norm. Few people realize the boss' weaknesses are prime routes to…

From tradition, we recognize four professions: Medicine, Engineering, Accounting, & Law. People who master these professions possess special abilities. They…

It's not unusual for bosses to get annoyed when their people bring problems to them. While that's not unusual it's also not productive. Often when people…

The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet Another piece of free up some time advice… Many people waste a huge amount of time worrying about and even agonizing over…

Thought Tweet #999.99 When we don't know the Why behind the problem our solutions do little to stop repeated errors. The Thinking Behind The Tweet When we…

Before you blame People for the problems make sure you have given sufficient thought to the Processes and the Situation.

Business Contains Only 3 Things: People, Processes, & Situations. When a problem arises at work you can consider these 3 things and you can choose from 3…

Thought Tweet #981 Some Problems grow and get big enough to have a life of their own...almost free from solution efforts. The Thinking Behind The Tweet Quote…

Thought Tweet #979 A stitch in time saves nine. A stitch soon after saves eight. The Thinking Behind The Tweet Nip problems in the bud. Don't let one or two…

Band-aids stop the bleeding when we keep the cuts small enough. And a series of band-aids is better than a series of bleeding cuts. Better to implement a…

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…