Frustration can be a great thief to progress. Go ahead and let yourself feel the frustration as you are mindful of your opportunity to elevate your impact.  Your big opportunity is ‘what you do next’.  What you do next is the most important choice.  Feel your frustration and let it be motivation to focus positive effort.

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Do ever find yourself talking about the bad choices others are making?  Celebrating the terrible choices of others often makes you feel worse about yourself rather than better.  Brene Brown calls this common enemy intimacy.  If we can find agreement in the faults of others, the lie is that it will make us feel closer to each other.  Let’s be generous in celebrating the good in others and stingy in speaking of their shortcomings.

#brenebrown #commonenemyintimacy #impostersyndrome #celebrate #celebratebad #celebrategood #generous #generouspraise

Hear the story of how my grandfather’s question inspired learning and giving account for progress.  And how he was intentional about learning himself.  Use what you are learning from your client and personal experiences to measure and make progress.  The ‘game’ of Life is not just four quarters,  three periods, or nine innings.  Life is an infinite game.  Never stop learning.  Never stop making progress.

#infinitegame #neverstoplearning #learning #whatdidyoulearn #learnsomethingnew #learn

For years I’ve encouraged sales professionals to be Patient with the Scoreboard but Impatient with the Process.  Legendary coach Bill Walsh wrote a book, called ‘The Score takes care of itself’ to encourage proper focus in leadership and creating winners.  In sports, although everyone may want to see every player have an excellent game, the opposing team always wants to Win.  Ironically, in business and sales, when you do things with excellence and are very attentive to your prospects and clients, they want you to WIN EVERY TIME.

#Scoretakescareofitself #billwalsh #win #dominate #sales #winning #winningattitude #wineverytime

Whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.  Farmers plant in the spring with no idea what they will get in the fall.  So it is with us.  We are kind and invest in others with no idea what is going to come of it.  There is a powerful force at work … the principle of reciprocity.  You may never know the seeds you sow.

You may be already doing more of ‘your life’s work’ than what you realize.  Listen to how a friend of mine realized how he was doing significantly more than he was giving himself credit for.

Coaching, Mentoring, and Influencing have Changed.  A movement is revolutionizing how we impact others.  It is a change from the authoritarian telling to alongside influencing.  It is harder to learn from someone that has all answers.  It is easier to relate to someone who has challenges just like you do.

What difference does it make if you work at making a difference?  How is your work impacting others?  What is the one or two gifts and talents you have that may be able to alter history in the lives of others?  You have something great inside of you that is begging to be released.

Imagine winning the top prize, getting the promotion, going on the dream trip, meeting the milestone … The same question asked when the dust settles, is a question you may face every day … Now What?!

For years, I have heard well-intended counselors and leaders prescribe that the way to manage your fears is to attempt to take those thoughts captive and ‘just believe the truth’. The problem is that those fears just keep creeping back in and occupying your thoughts.  In episode 009 you get a plan on how to manage your Fears & Fantasies.  Now, I will show you how and why it works better than attempting to argue in your mind with your fears.