The self discipline of daily, monotonous life.
It’s all we have.
If we don’t master it, it’s still all we have.
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The self discipline of daily, monotonous life
Category: Common Sense, Not Common
The good reason for doing the hard stuff first
The good reason for doing the hard stuff first is that the easy stuff is always easier than the hard stuff.
Draw the blueprints first.
Sweat the foundation, the infrastructural, the design.
You can decide later whether the family room floor will be tile, wood or carpet.
It doesn’t matter if you are certain about your floor if the house never gets built.
The easy stuff should always come last when it comes to organizational architecture.
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Let’s rename advice to suggestion
After my leadership keynote, a client told me he made a commitment to learn all the staff member’s names, because he realized not knowing was really poor leadership. Here’s my response:
Advice? Let’s rename it to suggestion, since you haven’t officially asked.
Five years ago i stopped all texting, emails and phone calls while driving. Our Son was ten. i didn’t reveal what i was doing for 90 days.
After three-plus months i asked him, while we were stopped at a red light, “Have you noticed anything different about me?”
He responded with, “Did you get your hair cut?”
We quickly got to the end goal.
He had noticed.
A lot.
By the time he gets his permit, he may not recall me texting and driving. My clear expectation that he never texts while driving will carry so much more weight, because there will be no double standard. People hate double standards. Betting you do. Your staff is no different.
My advice suggestion:
i wouldn’t announce what you are doing. At all. Just do it.
And while you’re doing it, sneak in a bit of casual conversation – getting to know them, but don’t make it seem like an interview or an interrogation. They’ll get suspicious and start talking about you behind your back.
They’re going to talk about you behind your back anyway, but if you do it right (intentionally), the buzz/rumors will be extraordinarily positive.
Go slow, be sincere, and find a million ways to stay motivated.
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A never ending cycle of mismanagement
Who expects extraordinary work from people who aren’t trusted to create it?
A fool?
Probably.
Disorganized and unfocused leaders spend way too much time on things that don’t matter.
Continuously cleaning up after mismanaged and mislead employees is a slow death.
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We know this
Excellence is a habit, created by what we repeatedly do.
We know this.
And here’s the harsh reality.
To know is to do. To know and not do, is to not yet know.
And by excellence, what’s implied here is balance, wellness, personal responsibility in all five of life’s big choices: mind • body • spirit •work • home.
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