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Personally Remarkable

January 30, 2012 in Development, Performance with 0 Comments

US Marine Museum, Quantico, VA

I am preparing for a speech for a large group of sales managers and executives. As part of the preparation process I was interviewing the lead executive of this group and she couldn’t say enough good things about what her team accomplished in 2011. The challenges they overcame, the victories they won, what a team effort.  As I presented my idea for the presentation I planned to give to her team I used the word “remarkable”. She approved of my idea, but she added, “Not everyone was remarkable, but the overall result was nothing short of remarkable.” As I walked away from this conversation the phrase, “not everyone was remarkable” kept ringing in my ears

Who Me?

I am sure that if I asked the audience during my talk for a show of hands on whether they think they were personally remarkable or not, most if not all would say their performance was indeed remarkable. We tend to give ourselves a break most time and judge ourselves on the curve.  Continue Reading…

New Year, New You

January 9, 2012 in Growth, Performance with 1 Comment

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I saw a cartoon last week that asked the question, “What is a New Years Resolution?” Answer, at least according to the cartoon, “A to-do list for the first week of January.”

I am not a big fan of the new years resolution, at least not since I learned the importance of setting goals. Setting a few, clearly defined, measurable goals for the next 6-18 months is clearly one of the all-time best practice activities of top performers. I saw a survey recently that showed that of the top 5% of performers in a particular area 100% of them had written goals. Of the bottom 5% of performers only 16% had written goals. Seems to me that having written goals is important to achievement.

Begin with the End in Mind

When I ask people why they don’t have a written plan for what they would like to accomplish this year I often hear that they Continue Reading…

Dedicated

November 19, 2011 in Leadership, Performance with 0 Comments

Dedicated, now there is a word that is easy to overlook. Someone asks are you dedicated? Dedicated, why yes of course I am dedicated. What’s next? Whoa there, not so fast Skippy. Dedication sounds so simple, but it is definitely not easy. Thanks to a recommendation from my son I am currently reading the Tim Tebow story in his new book titled, “Through My Eyes”. Tebow was the star quarterback for the Florida Gators football team and today plays in the NFL for the Denver Broncos. Being a University of Georgia graduate I was trained to hate Florida and pull for anyone who played them, but how could you not admire this young man Tebow. What really jumped out at me from his story was his complete dedication to what he was trying to accomplish. From the very early years of his life, no matter what sport he was playing, he dedicated himself to growing, developing and being the very best he could be. Average or mediocre are never words you could use about Tim Tebow. And not just in sports. He exhibits a high level of dedication in everything he does.

To be dedicated to something is to set it apart or to devote yourself wholly to the purpose you are pursuing. Being dedicated means devoting yourself to those disciplines that lead to accomplishing great things no matter how you feel about them on any particular day. Continue Reading…

Making Your Minutes Matter

September 6, 2011 in Performance, Productivity with 0 Comments

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I had a doctor’s appointment today. It seems that no matter how good intentioned the office staff may be there is always a wait. They try to keep you moving so it seems like something is happening, but moving me from the outside waiting room to the inside waiting room still has me waiting. As I look about these various waiting rooms it is obvious to me that people have differing ways of dealing with the wait. Most are staring blankly at the floor or at the TV in the corner that inevitably gets tuned to a cartoon to keep the children from losing it. A few are looking at People or Sports Illustrated magazines that are easily over a year old. A few are playing games on their smart phones. Continue Reading…

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