I QUIT!
A friend asked me the other day – when do you admit defeat and refocus vs. when do you keep driving and going forward? How do you know? Here are some thoughts.
Thought 1: You don’t have to do something forever – jobs, careers, businesses, relationships can run their course and can cease to make sense or be relevant. Another way to think of quitting is… trading up, shifting, focusing, clarifying, changing course, bringing to a conclusion, phasing out, moving on, putting it to rest, stopping, retiring. Insert any one of these phrases for quitting… Continue reading
FEAR!
We all have it, it’s in our nature and keeps us alive. When there is physical fear, the feeling alerts us to get away to someplace safe. When the fear is in our head (no tiger stalking you), it serves to make us more aware. It’s an indication that something is happening which could mean we’re growing, taking more risk, or change is marching forward.
There is no need to deny the fear or ignore it; it won’t go away that way and it will begin to control our actions. Better to face it as an… Continue reading
Awesome!
When one of your employees is asked about you as a manager, do they say one word – AWESOME! Here are some tips that might make that happen.
1. Feedback. Talk to your employees regularly. You don’t need formal meetings, you can call someone in your office and give them a quick suggestion. Remember that feedback should be specific with emphasis on what you want the employee to do. Keep it about the behavior, not the person. Avoid giving feedback through email or text.
2. Always have time for your team. … Continue reading
DON’T!
My husband and I were traveling and stayed in a bed & breakfast in California. We were struck by an abundance of small notes taped all over the common rooms. Don’t change the radio station. Don’t touch. Don’t enter – private room. Don’t use this door. You get the picture. There weren’t any positive messages to be found. We met our hostess the next morning and felt uncomfortable at first, not knowing what to expect. She turned out to be very nice. She had run the bed & breakfast for… Continue reading
Get a Grip!
By Guest Blogger Kevin Lewis
I am sure you have heard this phrase before. Maybe you have said it to someone (or to yourself). I recently had to when we were dropping our last child off at college. With my wife, youngest daughter and her older sister in full weeping mode, I realized that I needed to “get a grip” and keep my emotions somewhat in check (somebody had to keep it together). Otherwise it would have likely been a full meltdown (which, by the way, was already happening inside my gut).
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