STRENGTHS: People-Focused for Success

People feel good when putting their strengths to work. People do not feel good when working outside of their strength zones. People feel particularly bad…

Most people have, at best, a vague understanding of their personal strengths. They have perceptions of things they can do well...but, they have little…

Stephen Covey teaches ' The 7 Habits of Highly effective People '. Covey's Habit #2 is ' Begin with the End in Mind '. In summary - know where you want to go…

Don't go against the grain; stretch in the direction of your strengths. Engineering teaches us about tensile forces and shear forces. Tensile forces are…

Human beings evolved from lightly-furred prey to Earth's dominant species. How did that happen? Certainly, 2 things played a large role: brawn and brains…

Thought Tweet #570 If you cannot see the forest for the trees, check to see if you're out on a limb. The Thinking Behind The Tweet Few people possess the…

Thought Tweet #560 Up-skill the hands that use your finest business tools; make master craftsmanship a top priority. The Thinking Behind The Tweet Failure…

Some samples of links that will help you create the details of your recruiting program... L EADERSHIP POTENTIAL Leadership Teamwork A TTITUDE Attitude…

What's the difference between business leaders and people who own or run businesses? The best business leaders approach the role of leadership as a career…

Thought Tweet #552 Invest in developing your people, building their strengths, and covering their weaknesses. The Thinking Behind The Tweet The essence of a…

Thought Tweet #537 Personal strengths, desire to achieve, & attitude: 3 keys you can develop. The Thinking Behind The Tweet Lou Holtz, the famed Notre Dame…

Thought Tweet #513 An ideal way to help people: show them how to 'un-entangle' the energy and power they, naturally, possess. The Thinking Behind The Tweet…

Thought Tweet #507 Every leader wants to build something of value...with individuality & personality. The Thinking Behind The Tweet Personal strengths are at…

Take the time out to think... Apparently, Julius Caesar said, " Under my tent in the fiercest struggle of war I have always found time to think of many other…

Thought Tweet #473 Two human abilities rise above all others: intelligence and self-control. The Thinking Behind The Tweet Every human being possesses…

Thought Tweet #470 Often, people don't do stuff because they don't know How. The Thinking Behind The Tweet Often, it can be that straightforward. People…

Thought Tweet #456 Intrinsic Goals feel right ...they inspire & they energize. The Thinking Behind The Tweet Intrinsic Goals envision life purpose, mastery…

Thought Tweet #432 Sales mastery involves a clear & narrow focusing of Personal-Strength Energy . The Thinking Behind The Tweet About Focusing on Personal…

Thought Tweet #430 Role Mastery happens when personal Strengths are combined with 10,000 hours of hard work. The Thinking Behind The Tweet The folks from…

Thought Tweet #415 " Only the strongest survive. " That's not what Darwin said! The Thinking Behind The Tweet Here's what Darwin said, “ It is not the…

Some business people Plan Their Work & Work Their Plan . These people feel most comfortable when they have spent the time to plan before they act. These…

In science classes they teach PV=nRT . As the Pressure goes up so does the Temperature. Put another way - under pressure, things heat up. Sometimes we see…

Thought Tweet #403 "But you've got to use your talent if you want to profit from it." Robert Collier (1926) The Thinking Behind the Tweet Two thoughts here…

Thought Tweet #391 "A person can only perform from strength." Peter Drucker The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet Regarding peak performance, excellent…

The most-successful leaders take regular time outs to ask themselves tough questions. The main reason they ask themselves questions is to better understand…

Recently, I was listening to an audio book about ' Courage '. When the audio used the words 'Vigilance' and ' Intention ', I wrote those two words in my…

The great Ralph Waldo Emerson said, " Our strength grows out of our weaknesses ". Ralph Waldo Emerson isn't a fellow I would want to debate. Well...let me…

Part 1 of The Master Rules can be summed up just the way my 2nd boss taught it to me: He who carries the gold makes the rules . Part 2 of The Master Rules is…

Intention may be one of the most underrated forces. I recently listened to a CD where Deepak Chopra said: Intention has organizational power…in a way…

Ten years ago, Jim Collins wrote about getting the right people on the bus . And, business people and business teachers have been talking about getting the…