Are we aware of our question’s focus?

Airport bookstore sign
Atlanta airport bookstore sign two days ago.

 

Are we aware of our question’s focus?

What do i need to know today is a good question.

But it doesn’t become a great question until we add a prioritized context.

Most of us skip this step because of the increased degree of difficulty in thinking through the bigger picture beyond today’s to-do list.

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Business trifecta at Authority Rainmaker

Ellie Caulkins Opera House, Denver
Ellie Caulkins Opera House, Denver, yesterday.

 

Business trifecta at Authority Rainmaker.

  1. Amazing speakers.
  2. Amazing event/venue.
  3. Amazing attendees.

It was the last one that was an aha moment though.

The crowd.

The other busy, ambitious people.

Those people.

They were beyond amazing.

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Pretty sure this ain’t emphasized in business school

Game Changer t-shirt

 

(photo: MBA = managing business administration… it gets real when it’s yours, not someone else’s.)

First rule of negotiation.

Be able and willing to walk away from every opportunity.

Not being able to walk away cripples your soul.

Pretty sure this ain’t emphasized in business school enough to be the first rule of negotiation. It’s covered, but not emphatically driven home.

It gets real when your MBA is your business administration, not a piece of paper and resume booster.

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Are leaders really just environmentalists?

Tweets form Orlando Based Motivational Speaker

 

The most important thing a leader can do probably isn’t on their list today.

Nobody’s perfect.

Shame isn’t it?

Won’t be on the agenda tomorrow either.

Why?

One of the great mysteries in business.

Probably has something to do with the bottom-line and all that.

The leader’s job is to create an exceptional environment.

Is profit the goal or is profit the reward?

These two approaches create the DNA of the environment.

Each approach has a direct and proportional ripple effect on employees.

We pick one whether we are conscious of it or not.

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