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Eight Powerful Ways to Maintain Persistence

Often we become so fixed on the goal, we forget that other options exist. Be prepared for the fact that not only will the road to achieving your goals take a number of unexpected turns, the goal posts may shift too. Allow yourself to stay flexible and understand that what you originally envisioned may alter to become a fresher, more realistic outcome.

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Help, I’m Spinning

I often do a brain dump exercise like this when I’m feeling overwhelmed with a project I’m working on or when I have lots of ideas or commitments going on in my head. I may think “Who has the time for this?” but the reality is that it doesn’t take long and truly saves you time and energy and gives you peace of mind. It could even be a great way to help you focus at the start your day.

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Four Strategies for Getting It Done in Your Organization

Getting the right things done involves a systematic process of rigorously discussing “hows and whats,” questioning, tenaciously following through, and ensuring accountability. It requires making assumptions about the business environment, assessing the organization’s capabilities, linking strategy to operations and the people who will implement that strategy, and then linking rewards to performance and results.

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The Power of Persistence

What really is the difference between being persistent and being a royal pain in the butt? Persistence requires a great degree of premeditated thought and advance planning. When someone is persistent they are fully committed, not to an action, as if repeating multiple incidents with no particular purpose, but to a plan.

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Don’t Wait for Perfection: Do It and Get It Done

Typically, when I meet someone and show them my book I have them open up to any page in the book and see how the strategy on that given page hits them. So back to the event. I handed the book to this woman and she opened the book. She read what was on the page and started to cry. I realized how powerful that strategy was for her and of course was curious what it said.

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What Dancing With the Stars Can Teach You About Business

In case dancing isn’t your thing, Donald Driver, wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers, won this year’s Dancing With the Stars. Even if you’re not a Green Bay Packers fan, there are a lot of reasons to root for Donald. He’s the classic rags-to-riches story: Dad in jail when he was born, family was homeless during much of his childhood. He was a seventh round draft pick of the Packers and ended up becoming one of the most productive receivers in Packer history. (Plus he’s just an all-around really nice guy.) But even though Donald is probably worth having…

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Graduate and Move On

Nobody ever considers staying in high school beyond graduation because once you’ve graduated you’ve learned what you needed to learn there. How many times can you take the same science or math class? How many times can you write the same essay in English? High school was a vital stepping stone but it was just that…a stepping stone on a journey to another place.

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IS Your DRIVE Derailing YOU?

Many people don’t realize it, but their loss of interest or mojo may have everything to do with what had motivated them in the past to get them to where they are now. What I mean is that we can actually outgrow our motivation! For example, if you were motivated to not be poor like your parents and now you have plenty of money but are losing interest in your work, it may very well be because you are not running on a motivator that means anything to you today. You already reached where the old motivation got you to! It’s time for a new drive!

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What’s Really Going On?

You know as I just wrote that sentence I’m reminded of something I share with clients when we are working on creating systems. I suggest that they look at the systems that work for them and mimic those systems for other uses. The things that work in one area of your business or life tend to work in other areas. I guess this is the same thing in reverse. The things that aren’t working in one area tend to be broken in other areas.

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The Difference Between Exhausted and Tired

I’ve been exhausted a few times in my life but I’ve been tired many more times than I can count. When I’m exhausted I’m on the wrong path and beaten up, down and sideways. Raced, depleted, drained, mentally beaten up, emotionally sucked dry are all things that occur when you’re doing something that is in contradiction to what you know is in your highest and best interest. Exhausted

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4 Ways to Create Linsanity on Your Team

Do you have a Jeremy Lin on your team? You might. You may think you understand the potential of every person on your team but the truth is, you could have unbelievable, untapped talent sitting “on the bench” just waiting to be discovered by you—or your competitor. As company leadership we must think like championship coaches and learn to recognize and develop game-changing talent.

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