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Full Engagement

In an article I wrote a few years ago called Do It Now, I explained some time management techniques that allowed me to finish college more quickly than usual.What I probably didn't make clear in the article was that I didn't overwhelm myself like a workaholic to pull it off.I had a great deal of leisure time every week, including taking at least one full day off each week.I stole time for doing extra homework mainly from the inefficiencies of school itself, not from my personal time.Some classes require concentration for the entire duration, but at least 80% of them don't.How much cumulative time during a typical one-hour class are you fully engaged in listening, writing, or doing some kind of mental or physical activity?For me it was probably about 10-15 minutes per hour on average.The other 45 minutes would be spent waiting for the professor to show up, waiting for the teacher to finish the opening babble-talk, pointless administrative and announcement talk that could have been eliminated with a handout, hearing further examples and explanations for a concept I had already grasped, hearing students ask questions for which I already knew the answer, and lots of digressions into the professor's nostalgia for the 60s (or worse, the 70s).So during a one-hour lecture, I would put this wasted time to good use by doing schoolwork for other classes, whereas my other classmates would spend a lot of time looking bored and not be fully engaged most of the time.So one of my greatest discoveries was that I could reclaim this wasted time during classes themselves and put it to good use.Instead of sitting there bored, I kept myself working.And this worked so well that I actually did most of my homework during classes, so I didn't have to do much extra work outside of class.See any similarities to corporate meetings? What percentage of meeting time are you truly 100% engaged? My guess would be 15-20% on average, but the exact number doesn't matter.But let's generalize this a bit more.What percentage of your day are you fully 100% engaged in whatever it is you're doing? (I borrow the term "fully engaged" from the book The Power of Full Engagement.) Ask yourself, "Am I fully utilizing all my available personal resources right now?" Think of your brain and body together as a factory where your goal is to maximize output (you're free to define output however you wish).So you want to keep the machines running as efficiently as possible.If you have machines sitting idle that could be put to good use, you're operating below capacity.Now the goal isn't to push yourself until the veins are bursting out of your forehead.By all means enjoy your downtime.But if you're going to do some kind of work, then it seems logical to work at full capacity.When you work, really work.The work time will pass anyway whether you're working at 15% capacity or 95%.But you'll experience a huge increase in output if you can fully engage yourself.Children are a great model for seeing full engagement in action.When I watch my 4-year old daughter Emily, she's always fully 100% engaged in what she's doing.When she's playing, she's 100% playing.When she's eating, she's 100% playing.When she's napping, she's 100% playing..).Sometimes being fully engaged means focusing on one task or project and tuning out everything else.If you're giving a presentation at work, there's no room for multitasking.But if you're preparing a meal or driving to work or cleaning up your office, you can also be listening to audio books at the same time.If you work at full capacity for a while and get tired, then take a break -- a real 100% break.Literally shut your brain off for a while, such as by taking a nap or meditating, or just close your eyes at your desk and breathe deeply for 15 minutes.Many of the greatest achievers of all time were nappers, including Thomas Edison.Acknowledge that you're switching from fully working to fully taking a break.Don't remain stuck in that haze of not quite working and not quite resting, such as by doing web surfing for a while and then returning to work at 20% capacity.If you feel mentally tired and can't work anywhere near 100%, don't grind yourself into the ground.Stop for a while.Switch off your mental factory, do the required maintenance, and then get it back to 100%.Finding blocks of time where you aren't fully engaged and upgrading your usage of this time to fully engage yourself is a great way to squeeze more productivity out of your life without becoming overloaded.When you watch TV, are you fully engaged? Not even close.Even while watching TV, you could be cleaning up, exercising, or giving your significant other a foot massage.Now there's nothing wrong with just relaxing either, but often you'll find you do have the energy to be more fully engaged in tasks if you push yourself a bit.I have a home gym where I do weight training, and I need to rest briefly between sets.My muscles need these breaks, but my brain doesn't.So I often read articles from magazines or newsletters during these minutes.Or I'll listen to an audio book during the whole session.So I turn a sporadically engaged activity into a fully engaged one.Now you might think that taking all your 20% engaged periods of the day and upgrading them to near 100% will have the effect of exhausting you more quickly.But most likely you'll experience the opposite effect.When you fully engage yourself, you gain an obvious short-term boost in output, and this has the effect of boosting your energy and self-esteem as well.When you look back on your day and know you only worked at around 20% of capacity, you'll often feel lousy about it.You know you could have done better and just wasted a lot of time, and years of this behavior tend to be very draining and de-motivating.But when you fully engage yourself, you tend to feel really great about your performance.You'll still make mistakes, but they won't be due to lack of effort.When you go to bed, you'll be thinking, "Wow, I really did my best today.I couldn't have done it better.".Being fully engaged isn't just about doing.It's also about being.How often have you been off somewhere else mentally? Yesterday I went for a 2-hour walk through various casinos along the Las Vegas Strip (Treasure Island, the Mirage, Caesar's Palace, Bally's, and Paris).It was crowded due to the holiday weekend, and I saw a lot of people with vacuous expressions who clearly weren't fully engaged.People were sitting at the blackjack tables looking utterly bored.Yet occasionally I'd see someone having the time of their life, regardless of whether they were winning or losing.Now it could have been the free alcohol.But at the very least, these people were fully engaged in what they were doing.They were totally present and enjoying themselves.Those who weren't fully engaged were clearly wandering mentally.Thinking about work or other problems or just zoning out completely.Such a sad way to spend a vacation.Fully engage yourself in the present moment.When you work, get yourself completely into work mode.When you play, forget about work and enjoy yourself.Squeeze the maximum productivity out of your work, the maximum fun out of your play, the maximum connection out of your conversations.If you can't seem to focus, take 15 minutes to put your complete attention on thinking about whatever is distracting you, and then let it go.If you feel anxious, then give yourself some 100% dedicated worry time, during which you get all your worrying out of the way.Incidentally, this site is now averaging about 500-600 visitors per day with less than 1% coming from search engines (and 75% of those SE hits are just searches on my name).That's wonderful for a site that's only 8 weeks old.I'm seeing a lot of hits coming from various web mail servers, which implies people are learning about this site primarily by word of mouth, or possibly someone announced this site in an email newsletter.Either way, thanks for spreading the word!Have a fully engaged day! .).

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The Power of Influencer Marketing: Part 1

What Is It?Influencer Marketing is not a new game in the marketing world and the concept is pretty simple.You enlist an individual or group with influence and credibility and you associate them with your brand.The intent is to have their credibility rub off on your brand so that you gain credibility and, hopefully, a larger following of consumers.Examples of common types of Influencer Marketing might include Brand Ambassadors and Celebrity Endorsement.With that said, it's important to note the difference between credibility and fame.A common failing for brands attempting to engage in Influencer Marketing is recognizing this distinction and simply engaging a "celebrity spokesperson".In order to effectively engage with an "Influencer" for your brand, it's important to select an association that meets the following criteria.Relevant. They are considered by your consumer base to be authoritative and influential in the specific arena in which your brand is a player.Relative. They are able to communicate and engage with your consumer base in ways that is easy to relate to and considered genuine.Respected. They carry enough influence to generate both feeling and action on the part of your consumer base.Without a compelling call to action the association has too limited a benefit.What Can It Do?One of the obvious benefits of marketing through the use of Influencers is growing brand awareness.While this is helpful, this is certainly not unique to Influencer Marketing.The real strength lies in its ability to create a very personal and powerful association between your brand and a specific group of consumers.They are not just aware of your brand.They consider it relevant to who they are and what they believe in.In effect, Influencer Marketing can shift consumer perceptions and buying patterns through a very personal association that is unlike anything possible with mainstream media campaigns.Additional Benefits.To close, we'll note that there are additional benefits to Influencer Marketing that make it a very flexible tool that can be used for just about any company or brand regardless of size.Following are a few of the biggest ones.Scalability. With Influencers, it's not necessary to have a large national or international campaign.It is just as effective, if not more so, on a local or regional level.This allows for incredible focus on key pockets of influence.Affordability. Because it is scalable and investment levels are flexible, a program using Influencers like Brand Ambassadors can be an affordable option for just about anyone.The size of the campaign can be adjusted to virtually any size budget.Visibility. The ability of the competition to see your Influencer Marketing campaign is largely under your control.If you're a small brand, you can implement a grass-roots campaign that is nearly invisible to your larger competitors until you have momentum that is difficult to stop.That covers Part 1 of Influencer Marketing.We encourage you to keep an eye out for Parts 2-4 which will cover specific examples of successful Influencer Marketing campaigns and how they have proven successful against larger competitors.

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Changing Habits - How to Create Healthy Habits

Habits and how to create them.All right, let's learn about how to create habits that serve us in our lives and in our businesses.I did an interview recently with Tony Robbins, and one of the things that he said in the interview, and I'm paraphrasing, is that the quality of our habits and our rituals is the quality of our lives.Now what did Tony mean by this? He meant that if we don't have high quality habits and we don't make them into rituals, we don't focus on these things and create them consciously, that a bunch of other stuff will sneak into our life.We'll get distracted, our minds will get taken off on things, we'll worry about stuff, and we'll never get the important things done.On the other hand, if we habitualize all of the important things and actually create conscious rituals around them, then all the other stuff will take care of itself.In fact, the more high quality habits and rituals you create, the more it kind of squeezes out all of that other stuff that distracts you from your life.So the next question is how do you create habits? I saw an interesting piece of research recently that said that we only get a little bit of willpower in our lives and most of us just go through the same habitual things day-in, day-out, month-in, month-out, year after year.We kind of do the same thing, we think the same thoughts, and we have the same patterns with other people.In other words, we are creatures of habit, but most of us never learn how to change our habits with the little bit of willpower we do get.We don't usually focus it on changing our habits.And that's really the equation, that's the magic formula, is to take the willpower that we get and focus it on making a new habit.One of the things I learned from Tony Schwartz, the co-author of The Power of Full Engagement is that it's important to only create one new habit at a time.If we try to create more than one new habit, what happens is we get all stressed out and freaked out and we just fall into our old patterns and we never actually do it.So one new habit at a time, that's the rule, and what I've found works really well for me is to try to make the new habits earlier in the day.It's a lot easier to take a habit that you've all ready created and that's all ready running, and kind of move it a little bit later in the day than it is to create a new habit later in the day.So for example, if you want to focus your time in uninterrupted blocks, start by focusing the first hour of your day in an uninterrupted focused block, every single day where you're working on something important, make it a habit, make it a ritual.In our company, one of the things that we do is our teams start each day with a little ritual of a 10 or 15-minute call.Each team goes through what's going on in their world, what their problems are, what are the roadblocks and what are the updates.Everybody on the team reports in and it's a ritual, it's a habit, and it's very high value because what it does is it synchronizes everyone, let's everyone know what any news is for the day, what's coming, and also allows people to connect up with each other in one place.So they know that if I'm trying to reach that person, the longest I have to wait is until tomorrow morning, it's a very high value habit.Now we do it as many small groups, and it has yielded tremendous results.To get this thing started took a lot of work, actually to do all of these, each one took a lot of work because everyone's all ready in a routine and everyone says, "I don't know if I want to do it.I don't know if that has any value," and then after a month or six weeks of doing it, everyone can't imagine doing it any other way because it just becomes a routine, it becomes part of the deal.Now it would be a lot easier, by the way, if we wanted to keep doing that but do it later in the day.It would be a lot easier as a team to take that and move it to 4.00 p.M.Instead of in the morning than it would be to start it off at 4.00 p.M.Why? Because later in the day, more things come into your life, it's harder to get things done, harder to keep yourself focused, and you've burned up a lot of your willpower.So to start habits, start the habit immediately.My friend Wyatt Woodsmall says, "There's only two rules for creating a habit, start now and don't deviate.".So start right now, don't start in a week or two weeks, start right now, start today or start tomorrow, start tomorrow morning.Plan out the new habit that you want to create, put it into place, and start doing it immediately, and then don't deviate.Whatever you do, make sure you do the new habit every day, you have to do it every day for at least 30 days for it to catch, for it to become a part of the way things are, and for you to feel pulled into it.So there are a couple of techniques for creating new habits in your life.Put them into action now and notice the results that they help you achieve.

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Functioning at Your Best

All of us have a "prime time" in the day.It's that time when you feel good, focused and productive.For some, it's early morning, while for others it's later in the day or evening.The idea is to understand the time you function at your best and schedule your daily routine around your energy cycles.An energy cycle is how your body functions throughout the day.You need to take note of when you feel good, when you feel tired, or you are just chugging along going through the motions.Not really achieving anything but looking like you are working.Tracking your energy cycle comes from asking questions such as, are you an early bird or a night owl? Early birds get up and are ready to go as soon as they wake.Night owl's find they're slower to get up of a morning and get going but busy themselves with work of an evening.For others, it is in between these two scenarios.The time you feel you work better, is the time to schedule the work that requires the most concentration, focus, and creativity.Leave the less demanding work such as reading mail, emails, and phone calls until your energy has dropped.Energy Management not Time Management.Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz in their book 'The Power of Full Engagement' wrote, "The number of hours in a day is fixed, but the quantity and quality of energy available to us is not.It's our most precious resource.The more we take responsibility for the energy we bring to the world, the more empowered and productive we become."."Energy, not time, is our most precious resource".Loehr and Schwartz.What we need to do is manage our energy so that we can manage our time better, be more productive, focused and reduce our stress.The quality of our energy is a reflection of our physical capacity.The four levels of energy are..Physical.Emotional.Mental.Spiritual.Physical energy - when your physical cycle is low, you may tire easily and be susceptible to illness.When your physical energy is high, you feel better and can accomplish more.Emotional energy - this affects our mental stability, sensitivity, moods and emotions.When it's low, we may be moody, bad tempered and irritable.When it's good, we're more likely to be cheerful, happy and sensuous.Mental [Intellectual] energy - this is our ability to learn, memorise and analyse; our logic is sharp, our decision making and concentration is at its best.When it's low, we may display poor judgement, find it hard to concentrate and have difficulty remembering things.When it's high, we solve problems quickly, have a good memory and think effectively.Spiritual energy - this doesn't mean spiritual in the 'religious' sense but in the connection to our values and to a purpose beyond our own self-interest.When it's low, we can have a lack of drive.Spiritual energy is sustained by balancing a commitment to others with sufficient self-care.If we're balanced in all of these areas, we have the capacity to function at our best.That's a fantastic way to be living life.When we're planning our week, we need to make sure we include "positive habits" to manage our energy in the four areas."Enthusiasm finds the opportunities.And energy makes the most of them".Henry S.Haskins.In future articles, we will provide more information on what you can do to look after your energy levels so that you can function at the best levels for you.

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We live in digital time. Our pace is rushed, rapid-fire, and relentless. Facing crushing workloads, we try to cram as much as possible into every day. We're wired up, but we're melting down. Time management is no longer a viable solution. As bestselling authors Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz demonstrate in this groundbreaking book, managing energy, not time, is the key to enduring high performance as well as to health, happiness, and life balance.

The number of hours in a day is fixed, but the quantity and quality of energy available to us is not. This fundamental insight has the power to revolutionize the way you live your life. The Power of Full Engagement is a highly practical, scientifically based approach to managing your energy more skillfully both on and off the job.

At the heart of the program is the Corporate Athlete® Training System. It is grounded in twenty-five years of work with some of the world's greatest athletes to help them perform more effectively under brutal competitive pressures. Clients have included Jim Courier, Monica Seles, and Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario in tennis; Mark O'Meara and Ernie Els in golf; Eric Lindros and Mike Richter in hockey; Nick Anderson and Grant Hill in basketball; and gold medalist Dan Jansen in speed skating.

During the past decade, dozens of Fortune 500 companies have paid thousands of dollars to learn the Corporate Athlete training system. So have FBI swat teams, critical care physicians and nurses, salesmen, and stay-at-home moms. The Power of Full Engagement lays out the key training principles and provides a powerful, step-by-step program that will help you to:

• Mobilize four key sources of energy

• Balance energy expenditure with intermittent energy renewal

• Expand capacity in the same systematic way that elite athletes do

• Create highly specific, positive energy management rituals

Above all, this book provides a life-changing road map to becoming more fully engaged on and off the job, meaning physically energized, emotionally connected, mentally focused, and spiritually aligned.

Running Low on Passion? Time to Refuel!

When was the last time you were really excited about something in your life?Where you walked around with a grin of big joy, pulsed with tons of energy, felt buoyant, lifted?Surely, each of us has experienced moments of passion.Great flows of pure enthusiasm, where time, responsibilities and worries are suspended.When nothing else matters but what or who you are immersed with at that moment.But, what about now?Are you there parts of your life in which you feel passion-less? Are you drifting? Or, feeling stuck?Is your energy waning?Do you get frustrated when you realize that some of the wants and dreams you have for your life go unfulfilled? Refueling Your Passion for Leadership and Life Many of my clients are in various stages of a passion "re-boot".Some are going through mild forms of "blahs", others feeling semi dis-engaged.Like sprucing up a tired, outdated family room with a fresh new coat of bright paint and sexy new pillows, my clients and I find ways to reconnect to the sources of energy that bring them brightness and meaning again.For me, when I'm feeling cranky and un-inspired, I know that I've allowed my "creativity tank" to get too low.So, I schedule "Creative Dates". Stroll art galleries or an outdoor art show, talk to artists, go dancing, create new programs with colleagues, write, write, write.Like a transfusion, my soul is restored with vibrant creative juice.When it comes to feeling low on passion, there is likely a common denominator..We've probably lost connection with our inner spirit.We've strayed from our heart's desires.We're so busy, we've crowded out our soul's voice.How sad.The Power of Full Engagement for Executives.When you think about it, we really are spiritual beings in physical bodies, yet we pay little or no attention to our spirit.We exercise at the gym and run, keeping our PHYSICAL self in shape.We spend at least 99% of our day working out (vastly over-working) our MENTAL self.And, it's safe to assume that in some ways, our EMOTIONAL self takes a ride around the block during the day, too.But, what about our SPIRITUAL SELF? The spirit that knows what you love, what you're passionate about? The spirit that knows precisely your greatest talents and gifts? The spirit that knows exactly your deepest purpose and what brings you most the most fulfillment?Top 10 Questions to Help You Renew Passion.If you are running low on passion in some part of your life, this month's Leadership Briefing gives you Top 10 Questions to help you refuel.One of the best anecdotes I know to reconnecting to your heart's desires is to schedule a "personal retreat"--- to get still for an hour, reflect and respond to questions like these.The power of inquiry is always telling--- it invariably opens the door to something you didn't realize about yourself or forgot about.Even though I've answered question #10 before, today my response surfaced an entirely new direction.Isn't that interesting? I hope you take time to remind yourself of what your spirit already knows.May you be illuminated by your inner wisdom and inspired to take action.1.What kinds of people, activities, interests give you the most energy?2.What are your UNIQUE TALENTS--- the strengths, gifts that are uniquely yours? (list all of your strengths, including personal, professional talents).3.What gives you the greatest joy, satisfaction and renewal in your life?4.What does your heart long for?5.If you only had the guts, you would..6.What would you be doing if you had all the time, money and energy you needed?7.Imagine that your local bookstore is reducing its inventory to one category of books.If it were up to you to choose the single remaining genre, which one would it be?8.If you could try three new and different jobs over the next year, what would they be?9.Imagine that you were meant to teach others three things in life.What would they be?10.If you were allowed to make one powerful, positive change in the world, large or small, what would it be? Take the Passion Quiz. Passion is the Key to Extraordinary Leadership Performance How about checking in on what motivates you in your work? This Triple P Quiz from my colleague David Batstone is a quick way to gauge what drives Your Purpose, Your Passion and Your Profit.Http.//www.Triplepquiz.Com.Acknowledgements. Passionate Self-Development Experts.I feel immense gratitude to the many teachers who have shared the power of deep inquiry.The questions above are inspired by..1.Exquisite Life Coach Cheryl Richardson who shares in this month's issue of Body Soul Magazine, http.//www.Bodyandsoulmag.Com, questions 7-10 above.2.Martha Beck, Life Coach and author of Finding Your Own North Star http.//www.Marthabeck.Com.3.Alan Cohen, spiritual teacher and prolific author.To this day, I still turn to my worn and torn copy of A Deep Breath of Life. Daily Inspiration for Heart-Centered Living.Http.//www.Alancohen.Com.

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The Power of Belief in People

When Henry Ford said, "Those who think they can and those who think they can't are both right," he had no idea that a generation later, science would back him up with evidence.In fact, belief is a powerful predictor of success and failure.In one study, a group of smokers who were attempting to quit were first given a psychological assessment.A researcher sat down with each of them and explained that based on their results, they each had a great chance of quitting because of their "strong will power and great potential to.Conquer desires." This group in fact went on to be more successful at quitting than the control group who did not go through the assessment.The tests were actually bogus, and indicated no such thing about these people, but because they expected success, it fed their belief and belief is very powerful.(Blittner, Goldberg & Merbaum, 1978).Psychologists who have researched "Expectancy Effects" tell us that events we expect to occur are in fact more likely to occur.Beliefs come in many sizes and shapes but I want to highlight one here.It's called Self Efficacy.It simply means having a high degree of confidence to perform a certain task.When you have a strong belief in your ability to perform a task you have what is called high self-efficacy.*Researchers have found in repeated studies that self-efficacy is one of the most powerful predictors of change and success.So how does this relate to us and to our leadership? First, leaders need a healthy dose of confidence in their role as leaders.Too often, we doubt our skills as we search for the 'one best way' to lead.The truth is there are many different approaches to leadership, and sometimes the best lesson is learning to be 'yourself.' That is as long as 'yourself' doesn't like to go around bullying your staff.When it comes to achieving a certain goal, or objective at work, we have to decide ahead of time to believe that we will be successful.This belief spurs motivation, persistence, determination and focus; all of the things that actually help us accomplish the job.Secondly, leaders need to demonstrate great amounts of belief in their people.We want to help boost their Self Efficacy.In the study cited above, the smokers who had higher success rates in quitting were the ones who had credible sources tell them they should be able to do so.Keep in mind; this belief was based on false information, but the belief alone spurred their commitment to the goal.As leaders, our voice carries a lot of weight with our employees.I am not saying we should mislead our staff in order to have them perform at higher levels.I am merely demonstrating that there is an inherent power in belief alone.Now how much more powerful is belief when it is grounded in truth? We need to use that weight to communicate belief, bolster confidence, and help people see the talents they really do have.Most people seem to underrate their abilities, and when we help them see how much they have to offer, and how talented they are, the greater chance they will have at succeeding in their role.A few tips.1.Regularly take time to express belief in the abilities of your staff.2.When you reward or recognize an employee for a job well done, remember to praise their attributes that led them to successfully completing the project and not just the completed project itself.3.Belief is something you choose to have.Each morning remind yourself to have confidence in your ability to lead others or accomplish whatever task lies before you.

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Human Power Outages

Who turned out the lights? What happened? How did I ever get here? Everyday, people all throughout the United States ask themselves these very questions.Are you one of them? Because I passionately believe in self-development, I actively seek out opportunities to grow myself and help my clients, not only in business - through an increased leadership vision, clientele and profit line - but in their personal lives, as well.Over the past few years, I've witnessed an increase in what I kindly refer to as human power outages - physical, mental, spiritual and emotional meltdowns from choosing to live in a place of unawareness.Think back to seventh grade science class.Our universe consists of millions of molecules that join together to form the cells in our bodies.Molecules make up the bed we sleep in, the water we use to shower, the clothing we will wear to work, the food we eat and the beverages we drink.Even the air we breathe.The electrically charged particles within the molecules themselves rely on electric forces to rearrange the atoms when creating or changing the molecular structure of the object.Simply put, these forces are life's energy.When I asked one of my friends, a scientist, to define energy, he described it as work - a force multiplied by distance.We may not be able to see its force but our world is made of energy - itsy bitsy, minuscule molecules that are bouncing around, forming everything we see.As humans, we exert energy to accomplish our daily tasks - planning our day, traveling to appointments, making phone calls, grocery shopping.You get the picture.As individuals, we control the energy that is expended in life and often look for ways to find more or re-energize.It is important to maintain balance in your life.Being fully engaged means balancing our energy expenditure with energy recovery.When I'm sitting at my desk and feeling depleted, I take a moment to assess why.Do I need to leave my desk and walk up and down the steps 5 - 10 times? Do I need a glass of water or a piece of fruit? Do I need encouraging words from one of my strategic business partners? Do I need to take 15 minutes to work on something unrelated to my current project? Or do I need to stop and say a prayer?Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz wrote an eye-opening book, entitled "The Power of Full Engagement." On their website, they say that "The book introduces a groundbreaking new paradigm based in the understanding that managing energy, not time, is the key to full engagement and maximum productivity.Because human beings are complex energy systems, full engagement requires drawing on four separate but related sources of energy - physical, emotional, mental and spiritual.".Back to one of the foundational principles of Upside Thinking, Inc.- You are.Where you choose to be.We each make decisions that determine where we are today in our businesses, and many of these decisions foreshadow the future of our work.I encourage you to think about where you are spending your energy - the best hours of your day.When do you feel the most energized and excited? If you're drinking one or more Monster drinks per day, have you stopped to ask why?My grandmother always said, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." I can't say I had any idea what that meant at the time.Today, however, I get it and invest in myself by identifying where my energy comes from and what takes it away so I can be the best for my friends, my family and my clients.What do you need to do for yourself right now to determine and improve your level of engagement?In closing, I encourage you to assess the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual levels of clarity in your life.After you've made your assessment, remember, no man is an island - we all need someone to keep us on track and hold us accountable which is why I work with a coach.(Every good coach has a coach.) Living fully engaged is choosing to say "yes" to all of the possibilities that life has to offer so Power Up(side), Dream BIG and Create Amazing Successes!

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How Are You Achieving Rejuvenation for Peak Performance?

When was the last time that you truly took a mental break from work? Many of us in North America are now getting out our calendars to gear up for summer vacations, so it's timely to discuss how we use our "downtime" to enhance our ability to excel in our businesses and our workplaces.The book The Power of Full Engagement, by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz, 2003, uses an enlightening analogy from their studies of world-class athletes.They remind us that muscles are grown most effectively by stretching beyond the limits of comfort and then allowing them to recover.Alternating activity with periods of rest is a training method used by elite athletes throughout the world.To quote Loehr and Schwartz, "The key to expanding capacity is to both push beyond one's ordinary limits and to regularly seek recovery, which is when growth actually occurs.".What are you doing to ensure optimum stretch AND recovery of your mental muscles?Looked at this way, it's not that difficult to buy-in intellectually to this principle.It makes sense that our creativity flows best when we are refreshed.It's logical that our ideas are more focused when our minds are sharp.We know that we are better able to "pour it on" in times of crisis when we have energy reserves to drawn on.So what gets in our way of acting on this principle?Somewhere along the way we started to equate being available to our customers, clients and employees with being "responsible" and almost "noble".We joke about our workaholic tendencies with an odd sense of pride.I have certainly caught myself in this game.The light bulb went on for me when I looked at how my behaviour matches my values.It has been helpful for me to ask myself, "How am I modelling the success that I want for my clients?" and, "Is this really what being responsible looks like?".When the pressure is on, it's easy to slip.We need anchors to hang onto that are core to us, not a list of "shoulds".Compromising our vacation and recovery time can compromise the integrity we model with our employees and our colleagues (let alone our families and friends).Integrity might be one of your anchors.How might your own values help you stay committed to the practice of rejuvenation?Clearly, running on fumes doesn't cut it.The demands of today's businesses are too high and customer expectations too great.We owe it to our businesses, our employers and our customers alike to be functioning in top form.We owe it to our employees to rely on them in our absence.When others take vacations, we need to show respect for the value of disconnecting from work.And we particularly owe it to ourselves to build in recovery, so that we can be our most creative and highly contributing selves when we get back to work.As you look ahead to summertime.What action can you take today to be accountable for building rejuvenation into your plans over the next 3 months?

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Full Engagement

In an article I wrote a few years ago called Do It Now, I explained some time management techniques that allowed me to finish college more quickly than usual.What I probably didn't make clear in the article was that I didn't overwhelm myself like a workaholic to pull it off.I had a great deal of leisure time every week, including taking at least one full day off each week.I stole time for doing extra homework mainly from the inefficiencies of school itself, not from my personal time.Some classes require concentration for the entire duration, but at least 80% of them don't.How much cumulative time during a typical one-hour class are you fully engaged in listening, writing, or doing some kind of mental or physical activity?For me it was probably about 10-15 minutes per hour on average.The other 45 minutes would be spent waiting for the professor to show up, waiting for the teacher to finish the opening babble-talk, pointless administrative and announcement talk that could have been eliminated with a handout, hearing further examples and explanations for a concept I had already grasped, hearing students ask questions for which I already knew the answer, and lots of digressions into the professor's nostalgia for the 60s (or worse, the 70s).So during a one-hour lecture, I would put this wasted time to good use by doing schoolwork for other classes, whereas my other classmates would spend a lot of time looking bored and not be fully engaged most of the time.So one of my greatest discoveries was that I could reclaim this wasted time during classes themselves and put it to good use.Instead of sitting there bored, I kept myself working.And this worked so well that I actually did most of my homework during classes, so I didn't have to do much extra work outside of class.See any similarities to corporate meetings? What percentage of meeting time are you truly 100% engaged? My guess would be 15-20% on average, but the exact number doesn't matter.But let's generalize this a bit more.What percentage of your day are you fully 100% engaged in whatever it is you're doing? (I borrow the term "fully engaged" from the book The Power of Full Engagement.) Ask yourself, "Am I fully utilizing all my available personal resources right now?" Think of your brain and body together as a factory where your goal is to maximize output (you're free to define output however you wish).So you want to keep the machines running as efficiently as possible.If you have machines sitting idle that could be put to good use, you're operating below capacity.Now the goal isn't to push yourself until the veins are bursting out of your forehead.By all means enjoy your downtime.But if you're going to do some kind of work, then it seems logical to work at full capacity.When you work, really work.The work time will pass anyway whether you're working at 15% capacity or 95%.But you'll experience a huge increase in output if you can fully engage yourself.Children are a great model for seeing full engagement in action.When I watch my 4-year old daughter Emily, she's always fully 100% engaged in what she's doing.When she's playing, she's 100% playing.When she's eating, she's 100% playing.When she's napping, she's 100% playing..).Sometimes being fully engaged means focusing on one task or project and tuning out everything else.If you're giving a presentation at work, there's no room for multitasking.But if you're preparing a meal or driving to work or cleaning up your office, you can also be listening to audio books at the same time.If you work at full capacity for a while and get tired, then take a break -- a real 100% break.Literally shut your brain off for a while, such as by taking a nap or meditating, or just close your eyes at your desk and breathe deeply for 15 minutes.Many of the greatest achievers of all time were nappers, including Thomas Edison.Acknowledge that you're switching from fully working to fully taking a break.Don't remain stuck in that haze of not quite working and not quite resting, such as by doing web surfing for a while and then returning to work at 20% capacity.If you feel mentally tired and can't work anywhere near 100%, don't grind yourself into the ground.Stop for a while.Switch off your mental factory, do the required maintenance, and then get it back to 100%.Finding blocks of time where you aren't fully engaged and upgrading your usage of this time to fully engage yourself is a great way to squeeze more productivity out of your life without becoming overloaded.When you watch TV, are you fully engaged? Not even close.Even while watching TV, you could be cleaning up, exercising, or giving your significant other a foot massage.Now there's nothing wrong with just relaxing either, but often you'll find you do have the energy to be more fully engaged in tasks if you push yourself a bit.I have a home gym where I do weight training, and I need to rest briefly between sets.My muscles need these breaks, but my brain doesn't.So I often read articles from magazines or newsletters during these minutes.Or I'll listen to an audio book during the whole session.So I turn a sporadically engaged activity into a fully engaged one.Now you might think that taking all your 20% engaged periods of the day and upgrading them to near 100% will have the effect of exhausting you more quickly.But most likely you'll experience the opposite effect.When you fully engage yourself, you gain an obvious short-term boost in output, and this has the effect of boosting your energy and self-esteem as well.When you look back on your day and know you only worked at around 20% of capacity, you'll often feel lousy about it.You know you could have done better and just wasted a lot of time, and years of this behavior tend to be very draining and de-motivating.But when you fully engage yourself, you tend to feel really great about your performance.You'll still make mistakes, but they won't be due to lack of effort.When you go to bed, you'll be thinking, "Wow, I really did my best today.I couldn't have done it better.".Being fully engaged isn't just about doing.It's also about being.How often have you been off somewhere else mentally? Yesterday I went for a 2-hour walk through various casinos along the Las Vegas Strip (Treasure Island, the Mirage, Caesar's Palace, Bally's, and Paris).It was crowded due to the holiday weekend, and I saw a lot of people with vacuous expressions who clearly weren't fully engaged.People were sitting at the blackjack tables looking utterly bored.Yet occasionally I'd see someone having the time of their life, regardless of whether they were winning or losing.Now it could have been the free alcohol.But at the very least, these people were fully engaged in what they were doing.They were totally present and enjoying themselves.Those who weren't fully engaged were clearly wandering mentally.Thinking about work or other problems or just zoning out completely.Such a sad way to spend a vacation.Fully engage yourself in the present moment.When you work, get yourself completely into work mode.When you play, forget about work and enjoy yourself.Squeeze the maximum productivity out of your work, the maximum fun out of your play, the maximum connection out of your conversations.If you can't seem to focus, take 15 minutes to put your complete attention on thinking about whatever is distracting you, and then let it go.If you feel anxious, then give yourself some 100% dedicated worry time, during which you get all your worrying out of the way.Incidentally, this site is now averaging about 500-600 visitors per day with less than 1% coming from search engines (and 75% of those SE hits are just searches on my name).That's wonderful for a site that's only 8 weeks old.I'm seeing a lot of hits coming from various web mail servers, which implies people are learning about this site primarily by word of mouth, or possibly someone announced this site in an email newsletter.Either way, thanks for spreading the word!Have a fully engaged day! .).

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The Power of Vulnerability Is Fear-Less

Lack of vulnerability is one reason why team relationships are so dysfunctional.The lack of trust leads to people putting on their "persona" (the root word in 'personality') masks.In our culture, vulnerability is confused with the concept of weakness.I've got news for you-vulnerability is anything but weak.I know this from personal experience.Early in life I started out as passive (yes, me!).I was quite the timid one.Once I was able to get beyond kindergarten, I begin to seek my voice as I have a natural tendency to lean toward extroversion, as long as I have some introversion time for myself as well, that is.The concise story here is that eventually, due to a combination of my experiences and perceptual tendencies, I started to see the world as competitive and hostile.I started to mistrust and fear my feelings, and I made up my mind not to be vulnerable because I was taught like most people that this was 'weakness'.In truth, I was afraid.In fact, I went overboard to hide my fear and became somewhat aggressive and controlling whenever I thought I needed to protect myself or my point of view.Now, here are 5 lessons that I learned..Feelings are based in our perception.We assign the meaning to what happens and then the feelings follow and create our response or reality.Science now aligns with this.My point of view is not objective in general.It is the world according to me.By the way, that is true for you also! Science shows reality is subjective.I was terrified to feel (which is why we pretend we are invulnerable), and this state of mind kept me stuck and ineffective.You can run but you cannot hide.Actually, feelings are an "Emotional Guidance System" to help you to perceive what you are thinking about your experience.If you really want to be powerful, make friends with them and you will be better able to manage them with ease.When you see them as a part of being alive, you can stop repressing them and making them scary.Being afraid is an illusion, like the boogeyman under the bed.People don't stay with leaders they fear.There is no heart engagement and no loyalty.In fact, watch your back if you are a bossy leader.Sabotage is an effect of disengagement.It takes courage, confidence, and fear-less-ness (less fear) to be vulnerable.Vulnerability is essentially about authenticity and no need to pretend that one knows it all.It's about being comfortable with your True Self and allowing space for growth and innovation.This is what real power is all about.Some of the benefits of applying my insights have been more influence of team members, more ease in connecting to people personally and professionally, very rare negative self-talk (self-compassion is also powerful), more ease in course correction and admitting mistakes, more confidence, better EQ, and less criticism of others.People respond best to inspiration, not motivation."Be the change you want to see in the world, as Gandhi said.In our society that is full of people ignoring their inner feelings, wounds, and stories, it takes courage to call out the elephant in the room.What's this? It's our denial about what is going on that people don't want to face.For one thing, it's the fact that most people are afraid to feel.We have created a mental perception, a story, that feelings are bad.Doing this is like the research that shows that pain is in the head.It is our perception, our story about the pain that makes it more intense.This is true about our feelings also.It's not what happens to us as much as it is the meaning we assign to it.Once we assign the meaning, our body records it at a cellular memory level-just as you originally perceived it.Even if it was 30 years ago!So some keys to letting go of hiding vulnerability are to be found in the above lessons that I learned.Understanding how to use the new neuroscience in a way that is user-friendly and relevant and that engages the logical mind will make it a whole lot easier than trying to force vulnerability on people, that's for sure.

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The Power Of Full Engagement Elo 4200L 42" LCD Touchscreen Monitor - 16:9 - 6.50 Ms (E505459) - Under $50

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• Marketing Information: The 4200L IDS touch display is more than a media player and more than a consumer display. IDS touch displays enable increased customer engagement and metrics for out-of-home environments by adding an exciting new dimension to traditional broadcast digital signage - the power of touch. The 4200L offers a unique interactive display designed to enhance the touch experience. The 42-inch interactive, large-format display features a choice of industry-leading touch technologies that optimizes the touch experience for a particular usage. Housed in a highly durable steel chassis for a long-life of reliable performance, the 4200L with any of the available touchscreen technologies is an efficient display canvas for almost any commercial, public access application:
• Product Type: LCD Touchscreen Monitor
• Screen Size: 42
• Screen Mode: Full HD
• Response Time: 6.50 ms
• Aspect Ratio: 16:9
• Horizontal Viewing Angle: 178°
• Vertical Viewing Angle: 178°
• Mount Type: Wall Mountable
• HDCP Supported: Yes
• Maximum Resolution: 1920 x 1080
• Color Supported: 16.7 Million Colors
• Contrast Ratio: 3,500:1
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Dare to Be a Hero - At Work, at Home, And For Yourself

What does it mean to be a hero in your life? Everyone has their personal stand for what they believe makes a hero.No matter what our personal definition of "hero" is, we all have the opportunity to be the hero of our own lives.Sometimes it takes a bit of an awakening and sometimes it's just connecting with and "owning" that hero inside us.Whatever the case, we know when we are being a hero in our own life.Being authentic, fully engaging and truly caring about others is a great start.But often it's not enough.There is much more to being a hero in your life and it centers on creating more energy, stamina, self-awareness and courage for YOU.This article address what it is to be your own hero and how you can use energy, leadership and daring to call forth an even greater hero in you everyday.I've had this conversation with many people and find it highly fascinating.I've found that the meaning of "hero" is very personal and unique to each individual.Everyone has their personal stand for what they believe makes a hero and some have varying degrees they've designated of the "hero scale.".For some it's about being fully engaged and nurturing your kids to be powerful confident little human beings who know they are valued and loved.For others it's being able to inspire others to live bigger lives and stretch beyond where they ever would have thought possible.For some it's someone who creates a major WIN for a group of people or a company.For others it's someone who is able to inspire their folks to greatness.And for many it is about doing something brave and courageous in service of another human being, or overcoming an awful disease or event, something that stretches us past what we would have thought we were capable of, but had to do.There are many heroes in this world.Different kinds of heroes, there are those who risk life and limb on a daily basis to protect us, and those who are heroes in a perhaps less obvious quiet way.I've known of parents, teachers, coaches and mentors who were considered heroes.And then of course there are the heroes who run into burning buildings, take on causes, fight for our safety and wellbeing and stand for their beliefs.What is a hero to you?What does being your own hero mean to you?Whatever your answer, whatever your definition, one thing is consistent, it's the deep knowing of whether or not we are showing up in our lives as our own heroes.It's the deep knowing that we are doing all we can to call out the hero in us and step up to be our best.We know if we are aspiring to be our own heroes and if we are in integrity with those aspirations.We know if we are heroes in the context of our lives.Or not.It doesn't mean that we always succeed or do magnificent things, in fact, we probably fail miserably in our attempts sometimes, what's important is that we give it our best shot, we are honest and authentic, we aspire to be our best and we dare to engage to make it happen.If the word "hero" does not work for you, I invite you to find YOUR word that calls your forth in your life.It maybe "warrior", "leader", "best self" or something else that resonates for you.It really doesn't matter what word works for you, what matters is the essence and what that word means.What matters is being awake and holding that essence as you go about your daily life.As you look at what the impact is you want to create - at work, at home, for yourself.It's up to you.It starts with you first aspiring to be your own hero.And bonus, it will help you be an even better hero for others.Regardless of what kind of work I am hired to do, or the agendas of my clients, holding the essence of being their own hero in their life is something that is essential in our work.So often, the word "hero" may never even be used; it's more of the energy of it.It is the energy of knowing that "the buck stops here, if I want something in my life to change or grow, I am the one who gets to step up.Blaming, complaining and abdicating will not get me there; it's in my power to choose to take action.".Through the development of self awareness and discovery, self-initiative, "response-ability", building relationships, and creating intentional results and impact, that change can happen.It's not always easy, it's often very trying and full of wins and "failures", but holding the essence of being a "hero" in my own life, can supply the fuel to keep leaning back in.Whether we're talking about creating changes in the organization; getting a new job, increasing effectiveness with a team, becoming a more conscious leader, or talking about creating changes on a more personal level; the stand is the same.It's about being the hero in your own hero's journey and sticking with it when it gets hard, taking in the learning, course correcting when necessary, building relationships and support, and being authentic in your path.All while taking extremely great care of yourself.I believe there are a couple of things we can do to be better heroes in our own lives.There are many.The most basic, yet important, of them all? Daring to engage.One of the foundational stands of my business is on "daring to engage." Daring to engage the person, place or thing that you must in order to move forward in your life and create the results you want.Daring to engage you, your energy, your presence, your relationships, your life and your leadership.It's all in there.I feel so strongly about it, that I actually rebranded my company and created a whole model and program around it to support clients in integrating these things and turning up the heat for themselves so they can be that hero.So they can more fully engage.So they can live a life well lived, full of life and energy and joy.One of the fundamental elements is the ability to engage and lead your energy Another is the ability to engage your presence, both physically and mentally.Another is the ability to step out of comfort zones and engage "edges" in service of the bigger vision and the impact you want to create on others.-) You have to have the energy and stamina to engage again and again in your own hero's journey.-) Being present and awake in this moment brings an automatic peace and awareness that you can not get when filled with rushing and worry.This is where the deeper knowing lives, where powerful action can be decided upon.-) Your physical presence can support or hinder you.What does yours do for you?-) Comfort zones can be expanded and conquered with a compelling enough reason to move out of them.What's yours?These are some of the elements we look at in our work together.They all have a powerful place and some will be more necessary than others from time to time.I challenge people to take extremely great care of themselves and to look at these things.These are the things we can lead for ourselves, the places we have choice and control over; how we treat our bodies, how we engage in healthy eating, how we lead our energy, how we show up.Combine these areas of engagement and you have a powerhouse foundation for being that hero.I have a special place in my heart for being a hero at work AND at home.I have kids and a family, and I empathize and experience the same challenges that others do in being that "hero" at work and at home - and finding the "balance".Finding the place of consistent full engagement.I see the power of full engagement and the influence it has on lives (my own included) and the lives of children.And it's important.It's not only important now, but for their futures and how they show up.I see the power of effective leadership and strong relationships and pure authenticity, and I see the power of taking extremely great care of yourself so that you can have the resources and stamina to give it your best effort, over and over again!We all need a hero sometimes; I believe that when we can be our own heroes first we're better prepared to be heroes to others in a beautifully powerful and sustainable way.You have to dare to engage to do it.You have to dare to engage you, your energy, your presence, your people, your life and your leadership to get there.And when you do this, you can dare to be a hero.

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The Pursuit of Truth: An Indispensable Part of Full Employee Engagement

Business decisions are built on information.Decision-makers gather that information from their staff, who gather it through their day-to-day work.The quality of that information drives the quality of the decisions made.A critical factor in any leader's long-term success is therefore to make sure the information he or she gets is the truth, and not some distorted version of the truth filtered to match their preferences or prejudices.Well-thought-out decisions based on bad information will be bad decisions.Get better results. Encourage truth-telling.As leaders in organizations of any size, we all pursue great results.Making the sound business decisions that lead to those results must be founded on a true, unfiltered understanding of market conditions and opportunities.That information must flow up from the "front lines," where employees most directly interact with the marketplace.That truth (the information a leader really needs) rises to the top only when those employees are fully engaged. They trust that telling the truth, whatever it is, is valued and rewarded.Every leader, at every level, must master the art of creating and nurturing a culture in which everyone seeks and provides continual clean and unbiased feedback because everyone agrees that this contributes to strong decision-making.Donald Sull, a professor at London Business School, in a recent article on Booz & Company's blog, points out the personal barriers people put in the way of pursuing truth.."Managers and entrepreneurs walk past lucrative opportunities all the time, and later kick themselves when someone else exploits the strategy they overlooked.Why does this happen? It's often because of the natural human tendency known to psychologists as confirmation bias. People tend to notice data that confirms their existing attitudes and beliefs, and ignore or discredit information that challenges them.".You have probably seen this yourself.A colleague strongly supports market research that confirms their position, but finds a hundred reasons to discredit research that challenges that position.Such managers are not interested in pursuing the truth, but in pursuing an agenda.This denial of the truth inevitably wastes resources on imperfectly targeted initiatives.Most organizations already have within them the people who have spotted the gaps in prevailing wisdom, and are just waiting to be asked to share!The Pursuit of Truth.The 'pursuit of truth' is not simply modeling good leadership behavior by telling the truth.Being truthful in everyday interactions builds Unshakable Trust and underpins Communication that Counts, the two other critical success factors in raising employee contribution.Pursuing truth goes beyond that. It is creating a culture where everyone believes in and values sharing all information, good or bad, up down and sideways across the organization, because they know the truth is the most critical ingredient in good decision-making and in taking action.Gathering the truth, and believing it without slanting, gilding or corrupting it, is hard in typical organizations.People sometimes keep important information to themselves because "Knowledge is Power," and they don't trust that superiors will treat them fairly when they share it..If it is bad news, they will carry some blame for delivering it.If it is good news, they will not get proper credit for it.And when people do share it is selectively, in support of their agendas.Inconvenient truths are hidden away or laundered to sanitize them.Motivating Chemical Salespeople.I learned quite early in my career that everyone in a corporation can blind themselves to the truth underlying a situation in the pursuit of desired results.I sold process chemicals used to manufacture finished goods.One particular case exemplifies how ignoring the truth can have catastrophic results., We had discovered a new application for a chemical surfactant with a large prospective client.We created the new application in the laboratory, and diligently field-tested it.From that point on, a lack of commitment to recognizing the truth in the situation led to some dramatically bad results..The client was enthusiastic about the new chemical because it solved a big problem in their production of particle board and was anxious to get it into production.They placed a big order of 90 barrels worth $100,000 pending successful testing and production.We tested the new chemical in three different environments.In two, it performed as advertised.In the third, it was a qualified success that raised some questions.We rationalized that the third test was an aberration (two good results against one bad!).Why? Largely because it would have required going back to square one to reformulate the solution.We went into production (a big investment involving thousands of dollars) and shipped a large initial order straight off the production line to the client.My chemist and I spot-checked the order upon arrival, and noticed that the chemical looked different than the laboratory version.Here again, the truth was that a quality check was called for before the client used the product.None of us, client included, wanted to suffer through another delay, so we decided to swallow our doubts and put the chemical into production.It failed so spectacularly that we cost our client two full days of production, a loss of close to $100,000, and had to destroy the chemical (another $100,000 lost for my company.).My company and that client did no business together again for years, representing significant lost revenue.Avoiding most of that large loss would have been simple had any person involved (including me) expressed reservations more honestly and strongly.No one wanted to be the one to bring the process to a halt, and so the loss occurred.Pursuing the truth in this situation meant both believing in the concerns raised in the third field test and admitting that the new production process was flawed.Either instance would have led to a far better long-term result for both company and client.How does a leader pursue the truth?As usual, good leaders must start with themselves.Each must admit that they are fallible, and that others know valuable stuff that will make them better and help them make better decisions.They must also..Welcome bad news, and reward the messenger.Resist self-delusion ("I am a veteran and I know best" is a common failing of managers).Put aside filters based on past experiences (while keeping them handy for comparative purposes).Build trust within the team that they will accept the truth and respond to it positively.Never assign blame, especially as a first step.Challenge "yes men" to prove that their good news is the truth.Go out of the way to aggressively listen to what is being shared.Reach out to invite more input all the time, not just sporadically.Establish an organization-wide mindset that everyone adopts this behavior, and believes that sharing the truth is a cherished part of the corporate culture because it leads to better results.Cementing this 'pursuit of truth' mindset into the corporate culture means that problems and opportunities are willingly shared sideways and upwards, and not left buried to fester, or worse, be discovered and exposed by customers.Companies that pursue truth in every interaction respond better to customer issues, and seek to solve them, learn from them, and share that learning across silos and over cube walls.

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The Power of No

"And it comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don't get on the wrong track or try to do too much.We're always thinking about new markets we could enter, but it's only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important." - Steve Jobs.Saying no has always been a challenge for me, but it especially came to light this week, when I was faced with three speaking engagements - two of them needing all new content.One was a real struggle for me, and I found myself becoming very resentful of the entire thing.The problem was, I never should have said yes to the engagement in the first place.It was not at all a group of my ideal clients, the event was nearly an hour away, and I was not being compensated for my time.All this because I could not say no to a former colleague and friend who had felt I would "be the perfect person to talk to this group." It wasn't his fault for asking, but it certainly was my fault for not politely declining.Saying no is often difficult for many of us, particularly those of us who always try to do too much.Looking at my current "to do" list, I can identify at least five items where I should have said no.Why do we have trouble saying no? For me, it's often not thinking an offer or opportunity through - just jumping right to "sure, be glad to do it!" Or sometimes my ego gets in the way, and I'm so thrilled to have been asked, my immediate response is "of course, I would love to do it!" Even when the opportunity doesn't have even one of my ideal clients in the audience!Where do you struggle with taking too much on, and not being able to say no? Is it in your business, your personal life, your community involvement?It's often said that the best way to get a job done is too give it to a busy person, but it is also important to apply a little strategic thinking to our commitments.What is the benefit from taking something on? And if we add more to an already full plate, is it something that will help us serve our clients, grow our business, or meet our personal needs? It's always wise to take a few minutes to think through an offer before the proverbial "of course I can do it" passes our lips.The silver lining in all this for me was the wake-up call to that I need to take the time to more fully consider new offers and opportunities, rather than always saying yes.Sometimes the real power is in saying no.

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What Inspirational Routines Do You Have in Place?

February 22, 2011 was the 31st anniversary of the Miracle on Ice.Last year's 30th Anniversary was a big part of the hype when the Olympics took place in Vancouver.It is hard not to be inspired by Team USA's Hockey Story from the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, New York!It is probably even a little more inspirational to me as someone who grew up in Upstate New York just 130 miles from Lake Placid.I drove through Lake Placid a few times a year, for several years, on the way to Clarkson University (a hockey school, although I played basketball) and back while getting my undergraduate and graduate degrees.There is something magical about the Adirondack National Park in which Lake Placid is located.There is something even more magical about the Miracle on Ice occurring in Lake Placid surrounded by the Adirondack National Park!Thus, one of my annual inspirational routines is to watch the movie Miracle during the week in which the anniversary occurs.I find this routine not only inspires and motivates me but also aids in my recovery.These are key aspects of strategically managing your energy as discussed in The Power of Full Engagement by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz.My key takeaways from this year's routine were. Herb Brooks was a Game Changing Innovative Leader - he developed a NEW hybrid style of hockey that combined the Soviet and Canadian Schools of hockey.What opportunities exist for us to do the same and win big in the next 6 months? Team USA's miracle unfolded in less than 6 months from tryouts to gold medal! All Stars lose because they rely just on individual talent to win.Champion teams win because they use their talent in a system that is designed for the betterment of the team! How can we better create a system for using our talent to win big? The important thing to Herb Brooks in entering the game against the Soviet Union was that "those 20 boys know in 20 years that they didn't leave anything on the table - they played their hearts out." How can we capture the hearts and heads of our team so that we don't leave anything on the table?Finally, you can not help but be touched and motivated by the pre-game speech Herb Brooks makes prior to the game against the Soviet Union.It touches you a so many levels (including your inner child).That's why I like to share with my clients the then 5-year old Joshua Sacco's rendition (search YouTube) of this pre-game speech!What inspirational routines have you built into your schedule? Copyright 2011 Jon L.Iveson, Ph.D.

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