Month: April 2015

A simple work reminder for 2015

Yocco's Hot Dogs

 

Yocco's Hot Dogs

 

(photo: Pretty sure the founder didn’t claim to be “The Hot Dog King” in 1922.)

A simple reminder for all you zealots working at admirable companies. People think you’re the last group needing a reminder to be amazing for the new year.

Passionate, ambitious, authentic people are always looking at what they can do to make things better.

Always.

But they subconsciously forget that what they are already doing is amazing.

How do you inspire these crazy, passionate, game changers?

They doubt themselves too.

Constantly.

Even though you think they don’t.

PS. Guess who had hot dogs for dinner last night?

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Confession time

Noel

 

(photo: Disney characters and NOEL Christmas decoration in a Disney fanatic’s home.)

Confession time. It’s tough to walk the talk.

Why?

Because of the high probability some will be offended, and our distaste for offending others.

And then those people (your friends, colleagues, Family) will call you arrogant. And they’ll do it behind your back and gossip about you.

This is the first and best sign you have a passion that you can’t contain.

But you may never fully unleash it because you’re too worried about what others think.

Important to note:

Over time we’ve all been jealous of another’s success, or angry at our lack of success. Or both. Our colleague’s success is an unintentional spotlight on our personal issues.

Also over time is the ability to rise above this.

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Everyone’s a critic

Three Mile Island from airplane

 

(photo: Three Mile Island, background. Chapin, foreground.)

March 28, 1978, there was a nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island.

Major leadership failure.

Leadership is a hot seat few understand, but all are free to criticize.

Nothing and no one is perfect (ok, God is the exception).

But we still need great leaders.

And we all need one to lead our life.

Right?

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