But that’s our job – firing people up! Right?

University entrance display
What is leadership? Here it looks important, no?

 

University entrance display
what is leadership if not setting the example

 

As leaders, we never rarely ask ourselves (mostly because we’re too busy), “Am I a thermometer or a thermostat?”

More energy is required to keep the heat high all the time. But that’s our job – firing people up!

The difference between our low motivation days and our high motivation days, is, well, motivation.

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Books on our 2013 “to be read asap” pile

inspiring thought on hotel room key
Reading books opens doors otherwise locked for us

 

Books on our 2013 “to be read asap” pile:

This is on top of routine, everyday reading, and work life responsibilities.

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What one thing did we learn today that will make tomorrow better?

jeff noel professional speaker at AV check
confidence is every employee’s best friend

 

What one thing did we learn today that will make tomorrow better?

Yes, difficult challenging to think about this each day, let alone actually do it.

Can we hear an example? Sure…

Yesterday, caught myself feeling remarkable during a half-day program.

But in a flash, it was crystal clear. Teacher’s high.

I (re)learned that desire, confidence, ownership, humor and purpose are, well, indestructible.

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Create our art for one purpose and one purpose only

To find a way to get people to think so differently about common sense that they feel like their life moving forward will never again be the same.

Do we know why we do what we do?

Are we crystal clear?

Mostly, we weren’t really keyed in. But something happened in the past (say, 1999) that made work different.

Meaningful.

Artistic.

And so on this special milestone day, April Fool’s, a thought. A deep, profound thought.

Whatever we do for a living, there is much to be done before ever showing up to do our work.

And ultimately, in reality, there is very little time to do what needs to be done while our customers are there with us.

But at the end of the day, everything we do to create our art is for one purpose, and one purpose only…

After all our searching, we arrive where we started (1st sentence) and recognize it for the first time.

Um, if you want to read today’s final post about our opportunity to be be CEO of “You, Inc“, click here.