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We can choose to multi-task and struggle or we can choose to task-multi and win.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet If we try to cram multiple pieces of work into a time frame we lose focus and dilute concentration . The result is, at best, a…
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Trust your gut feel...after all, the fast food industry trusts your gut feel.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Sometimes your gut feel gets you into trouble...despite the warning signs from your tightening belt.
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Give yourself injections of that oxymoron, Constructive Criticism
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Create a Do It Yourself Hormesis Program , aimed at thickening your skin and building your tolerance for other people's…
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Loose lips sink ships…Loose cannons sink 'em too.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Loose Cannons Fire At Will...and they fire at pretty much everyone else within earshot and nearshot . Loose cannons get…
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When they are messing on the floor, sometimes you just gotta put down your newspaper.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet It actually happened just after the turn of the century...amidst double entendre & a wicked sense of humour .
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May your ego refuse to jump over molehills to join the mule trains climbing all those mountains!
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Sometimes those little voices in our heads goad us into thoughts and actions that really defy logic. Deep down we know the…
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Maybe, curiosity kills cats; definitely, curiosity motivates people.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Perhaps, many animals are curious . Certainly, some are...cats have a reputation for it. Human beings must be the most curious…
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100 grams of planning are worth a tonne of excuses.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Some things are worthy of forethought. Some things are worthy of planning . Some situations can and should be anticipated.
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Mediocrity muffles motivation
The Thinking Behind The Tweet When you want to reduce the sounds coming from the power of an automobile engine, you use a muffler. When you want to stifle…
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Trust is Influence's sweet spot.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet If a tennis racquet can have a sweet spot, so can Influence . If you wanted to pave the path for Influence and you could only…
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Respond to cries for help with listening ears, seeing eyes and thinking brains...rather than with your cries for help..
The Thinking Behind The Tweet As Eckhart Tolle said, “ Most people respond to a cry for help with a cry for help ”. You can find plenty of opportunities to…
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Take your big treasure chest of Curiosity off the shelf...dust it off...open it up...and put its contents to good use.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet At one time, you were an incessantly curious and creative person. You were chock full of curiosity. Over the years and through…
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Negative thinking cannot be band-aided into insignificance: it is a thick, multi-layered, multi-textured problem.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet When you witness negativity , what do you think? Do you have the ability to understand the negative person's…
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Multi-task for mediocrity or focus for excellence.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Brain experts are telling us: The uptrend in multi-tasking , especially multi-tasking involving high-tech communication…
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"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning." Einstein
The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet Good Questions are a, perhaps even the, key to excellence. Good Questions [to oneself] can maximize Self-knowledge. Good…
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People want to hear positive messages…give them what they want...deliver some positive messages.
The Thinking Behind the Tweet We tested positive and negative marketing messages. We tried both " in these tough economic times " and " to build for the…
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Talking Russian Roulette: shooting off your mouth, ignorant of what your brain has placed in the cylinder behind your muzzle.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet You meet people whose brain-to-mouth filters fail on a regular basis. And you see the damage happening in real time: damage to…
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Sooner or later, entrepreneurship beats egos down to a successful size.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet To succeed for any extended period, an entrepreneur must have a balanced ego. When an entrepreneur's ego gets out of control…
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With Courage we are able to truly know what we believe in and what we don't believe in.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet We speak too infrequently about Courage , the #1 Value for Spirited Leaders. This is a step toward fixing that problem.
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Curiosity sits close to Spirit...always envisioning and whispering ideas.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet When Spirit is vibrant, it listens intently and allows Curiosity free rein to explore.
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Don't thumb your nose at the grindstone.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet If you cannot put your nose to the grindstone, you might be tempted to thumb your nose at it. Thumbing noses at…
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"Leave no stone unturned." That ancient wisdom reeks of perfectionism. Better to leave some stones unturned!
The Thinking Behind The Tweet "Leave no stone unturned." Euripides [Greek Playwright, 480-406 BC] And, more about devils and details .
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Don't let your desire for metrics and measures overrule your common sense.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Measurements help us understand our progress. Measurements are of little value when managers fail to exercise common sense and…
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Do you commit to being useful every day from here to eternity? Has making yourself useful become one of your good habits?
The Thinking Behind The Tweet We all have good days and bad days; our internal drive-energy ebbs and flows. Regardless, we can commit to thinking and doing…
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Intrinsic Goals feel right...they inspire & they energize.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Intrinsic Goals envision life purpose, mastery of task, and self-actualization. Naturally, intrinsic goals align with talents…
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Isn't it a funny fact-of-life: nobody taught us how to do the most-important things...like changing our Bad Habits.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet People taught us readin' ... People taught us ' ritin' ... People taught us 'rithmetic ... People explained the mistakes we…
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If you want to be a leader in your industry sector, return phone calls and respond to e-mail.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Successful people seem to have more time . Also, with the current trend of slackening business etiquette, returning phone calls…
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Anxiety is in our genes...it is the legacy of fight or flight, which allowed our ancestors to bring us us.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Anxiety : be present, don't fret over it, observe it in real time, & learn what it takes to control it if it gets out of hand…
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Embrace the realities of life...and do not be too disappointed in results.
The Thinking Behind The Tweet Paraphrasing one of the messages Charles Haanel placed in ' The Master Key ' (1917). My take-aways... When we focus too much on…
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When people tell you they are giving 110%, do you think they are talking in superduperlatives?
The Thinking Behind The Tweet When I was a child neighbourhood parents had a habit of stopping me and asking me to answer math questions. [At one point I…