What are you hoping for? Often people get good for a short time in developing skills, taking steps to their goal and persist through the startup phase. Sometimes they “I got this” and then find a way to not do it today and then the next day and the next day. Over the last week […]
What makes you an expert in your role? 10,000 hours? Lifetime doing it? Reading a few books? Getting a license? Something else? Successful people are those who pour their entire being into an activity. Seeking to serve in some way with all one’s strength and soul gets you ahead of the average population. Sometimes people […]
Work smarter is an important part of doing business if you want to stand out from others like your peers, other divisions, other companies, other organizations. Change is inevitable. However, the people who embrace doing the right change for the right reasons for the right investment and better than others will see their goals and […]
What does your team do with the daily process? Are you getting the same results? Is performance less than it could be? Sometimes there is a better way to work smarter not harder. Successful teams employ major redesign to get a better result. They get clever about the redesign and then monitor and care for […]
When the team becomes of one mind to further the positive change in the world served, the result shines from it like a beacon, a beacon of hope. It illuminates the world. What might you do today to foster team unity whether in your family, your work, or your community? Successful leaders foster the team […]
What do you get done? In the end what difference does it make? Does it improve you and those around you? Successful leaders guide the team to reach the goal while knowing that the goal isn’t the only thing important. Empathy, patience, listening, and caring are all important in making a difference, in lifting others […]
When do you take a revitalizing break? When do your team members? Too often you may try to cram one more thing in before the clock strikes a temporal event, such as lunch, quitting time, dinner, sleep time. Successful people know that it isn’t quantity that leads to success. Attending to another thing just adds […]
People sometimes lean toward under-communicating in team environments. The thought goes “If you don’t ask me, I won’t offer.” Focus for the next three years and beyond is on collaboration. Correcting cuts deeper than improving. Apex living people get out in front improving their communication channels to be open and respectful. Foster good rapport and […]
What do you hold secret? Some people hold back a story about themselves because of a perceived shame. They hide it away and it eats at them and their performance. They feel less. Though they want to give their all to the team. Sometimes members of your team need to share and they need to […]
You might be told to think “outside of the box” to think a new way or stop thinking like what got you or the team to the current point. Do you feel that thinking outside is foreign and hard to do? Think back to your childhood through the eyes of a six-month-old child. You knew […]
Do you find yourself where the day gets by without completing what you want to do? Well, think of what you want to do and see what is getting in the way. Is it another person’s agenda item or yours? Look at the top five items you are doing this day? Which ones are furthering […]
What have you done today to make a significant change or which leads to doing so? What are your cries about the status quo that isn’t changing your world? People sometimes cry out against an atrocity in their world expecting the government or someone else to step up and make a change. These people yearn […]
Do you hear dreams dashed in a single sentence? “I want to build a better future for our youth BUT….” “I want to make a difference BUT….” Why does the great negator enter the conversation and eliminate the dream? Often it is because the reasons not to do something are more important than putting oneself […]
Do you look after the people that are around you? You have the responsibility to see that the people who surround you have their needs met. Make them feel safe and they will focus then on why they are where they are. They want to be their best for you. They just need to know […]
When do you feel inspired and when do you include it in your day to express to another? What is happening when you do? How do you feel otherwise. In today’s sharing Joe Dutkiewicz, your chief leadership thought partner and Founder CEO of Crayon Leadership, discusses the inspiration paradox and how to understand it in your daily […]
