Category: Freaks unite

Better to lead or compete?

a model for work life balance?
combine spirit and emotions for starters, two more missing?

 

Better to lead or compete?

Sorta a trick question but not meant to be.

Competing means you’re doing something everyone else is doing, and trying to do it better.

Leading means paving the way. And the only one in your category.

One of many or one of a kind?

Photo taken from an unknown Facebook status update. If we combined spirit and emotions then the above model would consist of three components.

What’s missing, for me, is work and home. Where do those go? So the model really has five?

In claiming status as The Internet’s Only Five-A-Day Blogger, I’d like to remind everyone this stems from a father/son relationship.

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You’re such a freak, is a crowning leadership glory

 

parking space labeled 5 in bright red
The Internet’s Only Five-A-Day Blogger is um, well, me

 

The main point: Great leaders (but not great managers) bring out the freak in each of us.

You’re such a freak, is a crowning leadership glory.

In our desire to make more money, so we can buy nicer things, we work hard to get the next promotion, or make the next commissioned sale.

There’s a tried and true path that is crowded, and, predictable. Only a few get there first.

Freaks slow things down, because they question, they balk, they don’t follow. Status quo hates that.

But here’s the tip of the ROI iceberg. And it’s the reason I read his daily blog.

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Moves like Jagger?

the Rolling Stones prefer an electric guitar, but they can groove unplugged if needed
the Rolling Stones prefer an electric guitar, but they can groove unplugged if needed

 

Holy cow Batman, what a day!

Command, creativity, teamwork, inspiration, activity, focus. Did I mention command?

Apparently, the Ivy League MBA in the room thought the delivery was brilliant.

Anyone who’s spoken to a million people is gonna move like a Rolling Stone.

They say if you can do it, it ain’t bragging. Sometimes you just have to say to yourself, “Self, you were amazing today, but don’t you dare let it go to your head”.

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This month jeff noel is encouraging Mid Life Celebration readers to follow all five daily blogs about work life balance. To go in an instant from this money (career) blog to the HQ blog, just click ->; go to Next Blog

 

Serenity and hidden Mickey’s in the workplace

hidden Mickeys
amazing what you can observe simply by paying attention

Serenity and hidden Mickey’s? Yes. Both have a special place in my soul. Doing work inspired by a man and his mouse results in a serenity uncommon in a loud, busy world.

Find what inspires you. It’s there. It may be staring you in the face and you can’t see it to save your life.

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