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Have you ever said this?
How long have these words delayed action, or tough decisions? How many times have you hurt someone by postponing? How much time have you lost? How many opportunities missed?
Are your days overflowing with firefighting, reacting to interruptions, and a lot of drama?
… As Charlie Brown would say, “AAUGH!”
When our lives are like this, time passes quickly. Opportunities are lost.
About two years ago my beloved Mazda Tribute was fading fast. The transmission was clunky at best, and the engine ran super rough. It sounded like the automobile version of strep throat.
It was time for a new car.
After a lot of thought and effort, we have changed our name to Manage 2 Win. It is a slight change, perhaps insignificant to you, but it means a lot to us.
We wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for your business, your support, and your friendship.
Last year I read 13 books. It was the first year in which I kept track of the books I read. I stacked each one on top of my Ikea Kallax 4x4 shelf until all of them together created an unstable tower of literature by December 31st (ok fine, not that big of a tower, not that unstable).
This year one of my goals is to…
Last year you were unable to live some of your dreams.
Hopefully you are thankful for what you were able to achieve. No disappointment should block out the joy of sincere gratitude for what you have.
However, how can we improve our game this year?
Here is an option for you.
It’s the end of 2018. Did you achieve all of your objectives this year professionally and personally? Did you even have objectives for 2018? If you are honest with yourself, the likely answer is no.
The good news is, you get another chance in 2019.
The bad news is, your unproductive habits are ready to sabotage 2019.
In the book, Flawless Execution, author and former U.S. Air Force pilot James Murphy describes how the Air Force uses a continuous improvement process to reduce errors, casualties, and losses.
Two of his recommendations struck me – how the Air Force prepares for missions, and how they learn from them – the debrief. I think the debrief is a serious weakness in most companies.
It was 2008 at a Big Ten indoor track event. Heather Dorniden, now Heather Kampf, was the favorite in her 600-meter race.
The race was three laps around an indoor track. As she moved into first place towards the end of the second lap, her heel got clipped by the runner she was overtaking and she fell.
Do you want a real assessment of your performance?
Here is a simple exercise to get a glimpse of your current leadership strengths, weaknesses, and impact of your company culture. It takes less than 5 minutes.
For decades millions of Americans have lamented the Republican and Democratic candidates in our presidential election forced us to choose between the lesser of two bad options. This is a classic Fool’s Choice.
A Fool’s Choice is when we mistakenly think there are only two options, when in reality there are more.
Leaders ask great questions, but are also careful listeners.
This is a skill we need to teach our employees. Our Leadership Essentials Academy has Dave's Charm School (and other team members) training to develop questioning and listening skills. However not all of you are members.
One of my goals for this year is to automate as many things as possible at Manage 2 Win. In the past we have been bogged down with so many manual tasks it has been difficult to actually focus on work that matters most.
Emailing emailing each newsletter and podcast episode. Changing customer credit card information over the phone. Manually requesting information for talent assessments. What a waste of time!