The paradox of measurement and significance

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Going from managing things to leading people

 

The paradox of measurement and significance:

Many of the things you can count, don’t count. Many of the things you can’t count really count. – Einstein

There are great measurements, like hours worked at a place, for example, that can prove someone worked hard all week.

There are great measurements, like results, that can prove someone was effective regardless of how many hours worked last week.

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Why we really should focus on all the can’ts in our life

Central Florida landscape project
Can’t do it myself, but I can hire someone

 

Why we really should focus on all the can’ts in our life.

We get mired with all the things we can’t control – the government, work policies, state regulations, neighbors.

What if we really, seriously focused more on our can’ts?

  • I can’t wait – I must act
  • I can’t compromise – I must remain true
  • I can’t pretend – I must be authentic
  • I can’t deny – I must convince

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Being a leader is such a huge privilege to serve

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Doesn’t take a genius to know if we’re happy

 

Being a leader is such a huge privilege to serve.

Yet often it’s seen as a way to make more money.

Pity.

Leadership is art. So is making money.

Be an artist, not a wealthy, lost soul, finding little joy in the journey.

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When the cat’s away, the mice will play

University of Iowa Memorial Union
Mice love old buildings

 

As a leader, when we’re gone, will our team be able to do an excellent impression of us?

It generally sounds sarcastic to think a team could love their leader so much that her legacy would be one to emulate.

But isn’t that the goal of the parent?

To be the example and not the warning?

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Art and the artist

Poster showing customer appreciation
Randy Austin, my trusted auto mechanic, is an artist

 

Art and the artist.

Art is what we do. The artist is us.

We either see this as truth or we don’t.

Mid Life Celebration’s art is not about painting.

It’s about the art of balancing life’s five big choices. All day, everyday.

Simply being able to see this as truth is, well, art.

Be well and remain amazed.

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