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- #279 What Thoughts Stop You?
By now, you know that your thoughts influence your feelings, and your feelings influence your behaviors, which affect your thoughts. And so it goes, around and around, for you and everyone else. Before you know it, a few decades slip by, and you become the dreaded “set in your ways.”
What’s been stopping you from achieving what you want to achieve? It’s not just your thoughts, but you’re making it harder for yourself if you don’t turn your thinking around.
It’s fear.
You’re afraid of any number of things projected with your mind’s eye, and if you think a good leader can’t be afraid, you’re sabotaging yourself. A good leader — great leaders, acknowledge their fears and then proceed.
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About Reflections on Leadership: Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS accountability partner, Karl Bimshas, shares quick reflections on leadership, and interviews other busy professionals, to challenge your perspective, provide inspiration, and give insights to help you manage better and lead well.
Read the Reflections on Leadership blog => bimshasconsulting.com/blog
Leadership Workbooks => LeadershipWorkbooks.com
Disposable Journal: The booklet-sized journal with a week’s worth of daily prompts, designed for you to take on your biggest challenges. Portable, insightful, personal, and disposable => www.disposablejournal.com
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4 min - #278 Not Every Idea You Come Across Has to be Pursued
Time is short, and resources are limited; just because you come across something new or get a great idea from a book, video, or a self-proclaimed subject matter expert, doesn’t mean you should adopt it.
Small and mid-size company presidents and CEOs do this a lot. They are searching for the secret sauce that will solve their problems. After their offsite meeting, they return to the office with new vigor and a “stop the presses” mentality. Have you ever subscribed to the idea-of-the-month club?
It’s difficult for a professional tinkerer and occasional gadfly like myself to say, but you don’t have to act on every outside stimulus you get. Of course, you want to remain open to trying new things, test hypotheses, and experiment, but don’t do so at the cost of what you’re already doing unless you know what you are currently doing isn’t working.
Think about it; A1 Steak Sauce tastes differently on a hamburger than it does on a pork chop. I imagine it would be dramatically different on an oven-baked cod. Repeat after me; “the same sauce does not always work in every situation.”
Each organization has a unique culture, so it stands to reason how not every solution offered in a book or seminar will work equally well, if at all.
Most professionals do a so-so job revisiting their vision, mission, and values, and few incorporate them in day-to-day operations. Do that first, and then make sure the new idea will fit in.
Need help along the way? Let me know; I know a guy.
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About Reflections on Leadership: Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS accountability partner, Karl Bimshas, shares quick reflections on leadership, and interviews other busy professionals, to challenge your perspective, provide inspiration, and give insights to help you manage better and lead well.
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4 min - #277 WTF is Your WFH Policy?
The boss or business owners who fear-monger the potential loss of camaraderie, culture, or efficiency are misinformed, ineffective, and have an unfortunate reliance on ego, control, and habit, instead of strategy.
Very few people buy the argument that office culture is superior to working from home or remotely. Is there something to be said about the spontaneous and serendipitous mentoring that occurs when people in professional services work in close proximity? Yes, however, it is rare, not guaranteed, and no longer has a dependable ROI. Join a mastermind group or someplace where common interests and ambition to grow overlap, and you'll have that covered.
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Learn from Karl: https://www.learnfromkarl.com
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At Karl Bimshas Consulting, our vision is to create environments where great leaders outnumber lousy leaders, and better leadership is the norm, not the exception. Your support of the Reflections on Leadership podcast helps move us even closer to that vision. Thank you!
***
About Reflections on Leadership: Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS accountability partner, Karl Bimshas, shares quick reflections on leadership, and interviews other busy professionals, to challenge your perspective, provide inspiration, and give insights to help you manage better and lead well.
Read the Reflections on Leadership blog => bimshasconsulting.com/blog
Leadership Workbooks => LeadershipWorkbooks.com
Disposable Journal: The booklet-sized journal with a week’s worth of daily prompts, designed for you to take on your biggest challenges. Portable, insightful, personal, and disposable => www.disposablejournal.com
***
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6 min - #276 Are You Acting or Taking Action?
We too often forget the “United” part of our society. We reclaim it by being of service to each other. Imagine if we became quicker to aid and support and slower to judge, mock, or demonize.
Begin making this imperfect place a more perfect union. It will not be easy, but your bit of elbow grease will help make things begin to shine. Choose unity over division, democracy over authoritarianism, love over hate.
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Contact Karl Bimshas Consulting: https://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/
Learn from Karl: https://www.learnfromkarl.com
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At Karl Bimshas Consulting, our vision is to create environments where great leaders outnumber lousy leaders, and better leadership is the norm, not the exception. Your support of the Reflections on Leadership podcast helps move us even closer to that vision. Thank you!
***
About Reflections on Leadership: Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS accountability partner, Karl Bimshas, shares quick reflections on leadership, and interviews other busy professionals, to challenge your perspective, provide inspiration, and give insights to help you manage better and lead well.
Read the Reflections on Leadership blog => bimshasconsulting.com/blog
Leadership Workbooks => LeadershipWorkbooks.com
Disposable Journal: The booklet-sized journal with a week’s worth of daily prompts, designed for you to take on your biggest challenges. Portable, insightful, personal, and disposable => www.disposablejournal.com
***
Listen to Past Episodes: https://reflectionsonleadership.org/
Stay Up to Date and Subscribe: http://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/sign-up/
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More resources => LearnFromKarl.com
Leadership Swag: Visit LeadershirtsPlus.com
Books by Karl Bimshas: http://bit.ly/BimBooks
Thank you. Keep advancing confidently in the direction of your dreams and help others along the way.
4 min - Are Great Leaders Born or Made? Who Cares?
I frequently get asked if great leaders are born or made.
Studies seem to indicate about a third are born with favorable characteristics, and two-thirds are forged by life experiences.
If you’re told you were a born leader, you’ll probably act like one. There’s also a strong likelihood you’ll fall into certain traps of entitlement and privilege, which can blind you.
If nature and circumstance cause you to act like a leader because no one else has stepped up, or you’re deeply committed and focused on a vision for a better future, would you be successful if you didn’t have the latent capabilities?
I don’t particularly care, and to me, it doesn’t matter.
Born, raised, forged, or accidental, great leaders who do not deliberately practice and further their development will ultimately decay, and then lousy leaders win.
That is unacceptable.
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Contact Karl Bimshas Consulting: https://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/
Learn from Karl: https://www.learnfromkarl.com
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At Karl Bimshas Consulting, our vision is to create environments where great leaders outnumber lousy leaders, and better leadership is the norm, not the exception. Your support of the Reflections on Leadership podcast helps move us even closer to that vision. Thank you!
***
About Reflections on Leadership: Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS accountability partner, Karl Bimshas, shares quick reflections on leadership, and interviews other busy professionals, to challenge your perspective, provide inspiration, and give insights to help you manage better and lead well.
Read the Reflections on Leadership blog => bimshasconsulting.com/blog
Leadership Workbooks => LeadershipWorkbooks.com
Disposable Journal: The booklet-sized journal with a week’s worth of daily prompts, designed for you to take on your biggest challenges. Portable, insightful, personal, and disposable => www.disposablejournal.com
***
Listen to Past Episodes: https://reflectionsonleadership.org/
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More resources => LearnFromKarl.com
Leadership Swag: Visit LeadershirtsPlus.com
Books by Karl Bimshas: http://bit.ly/BimBooks
Thank you. Keep advancing confidently in the direction of your dreams and help others along the way.
5 min - How Big Is Your Imagination?
You could build a world in your mind, but it will take the help of countless others to make it real.
Your ideas are vicarious notions until you capture them on a blank canvass, page, or screen. You try to create without the influence of others, but this is impossible.
You persist, and the transference of impressions from your mind’s eye into physical senses begins with a stroke of ink, paint, code, or song, and suddenly they are real.
Subject to light and shadow, some will find beauty and wonder – some will see darkness and hate. It’s no longer yours completely, and like a child developing autonomy, this is bittersweet yet good.
Others will join in, trying to improve, grow, and capitalize on your work for their own personal motivations, of which you have little control.
An ecosystem can form around your initial vision. Industries can grow or shrink because of it, but only if you begin.
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At Karl Bimshas Consulting, our vision is to create environments where great leaders outnumber lousy leaders, and better leadership is the norm, not the exception. Your support of the Reflections on Leadership podcast helps move us even closer to that vision. Thank you!
***
About Reflections on Leadership: Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS accountability partner, Karl Bimshas, shares quick reflections on leadership, and interviews other busy professionals, to challenge your perspective, provide inspiration, and give insights to help you manage better and lead well.
Read the Reflections on Leadership blog here => bimshasconsulting.com/blog
Leadership Workbooks => LeadershipWorkbooks.com
Disposable Journal: The booklet-sized journal with a week’s worth of daily prompts, designed for you to take on your biggest challenges. Portable, insightful, personal, and disposable => www.disposablejournal.com
***
Listen to Past Episodes: https://reflectionsonleadership.org/
Learn more about Karl Bimshas Consulting and stay up to date: http://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/sign-up/
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More resources => LearnFromKarl.com
Leadership Swag: Visit LeadershirtsPlus.com
Books by Karl Bimshas: http://bit.ly/BimBooks
Thank you. Keep advancing confidently in the direction of your dreams and help others along the way.
3 min - Combat Docility
The challenge of today’s leader is to combat docility.
Of course, it’s a dream of those with power to have everyone on your team do everything you want without complaint or question, but that’s how authoritarianism works, not democracy.
Maybe your organization is less like a democratic institution and more like a monarchy. There’s your first error.
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At Karl Bimshas Consulting, our vision is to create environments where great leaders outnumber lousy leaders, and better leadership is the norm, not the exception. Your support of the Reflections on Leadership podcast helps move us even closer to that vision. Thank you!
***
About Reflections on Leadership: Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS accountability partner, Karl Bimshas, shares quick reflections on leadership, and interviews other busy professionals, to challenge your perspective, provide inspiration, and give insights to help you manage better and lead well.
Read the Reflections on Leadership blog here => bimshasconsulting.com/blog
Leadership Workbooks => LeadershipWorkbooks.com
Disposable Journal: The booklet-sized journal with a week’s worth of daily prompts, designed for you to take on your biggest challenges. Portable, insightful, personal, and disposable => www.disposablejournal.com
***
Learn more about Karl Bimshas Consulting and stay up to date: http://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/sign-up/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarlBimshas
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LinkedIn Business Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/karlbimshasconsulting/
More resources => LearnFromKarl.com
Leadership Swag: Visit LeadershirtsPlus.com
Books by Karl Bimshas: http://bit.ly/BimBooks
Thank you. Keep advancing confidently in the direction of your dreams and help others along the way.
4 min - Leadership Workbooks
Need a little nudge to get you inspired, active, and leading well?
Yes, you do.
Listen for a brief description of the collection of Leadership Workbooks from Karl Bimshas Consulting
If you want to pick one to start or grab them all to create a private personal development plan you can purchase them at LeadershipWorkbooks.com
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At Karl Bimshas Consulting, our vision is to create environments where great leaders outnumber lousy leaders, and better leadership is the norm, not the exception. Your support of the Reflections on Leadership podcast helps move us even closer to that vision. Thank you!
***
About Reflections on Leadership: Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS accountability partner, Karl Bimshas, shares quick reflections on leadership, and interviews other busy professionals, to challenge your perspective, provide inspiration, and give insights to help you manage better and lead well.
Read the Reflections on Leadership blog here => bimshasconsulting.com/blog
Disposable Journal: The booklet-sized journal with a week’s worth of daily prompts, designed for you to take on your biggest challenges. Portable, insightful, personal, and disposable => www.disposablejournal.com
***
Learn more about Karl Bimshas Consulting and stay up to date: http://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/sign-up/
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LinkedIn Business Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/karlbimshasconsulting/
More resources => LearnFromKarl.com
Leadership Swag: Visit LeadershirtsPlus.com
Books by Karl Bimshas: http://bit.ly/BimBooks
Thank you. Keep advancing confidently in the direction of your dreams and help others along the way.
8 min - #271 Last 10 Messages
Scroll back and read through the last ten emails or text messages that you sent, and let’s see how effective your leadership communication has been.
The last ten messages from you to anyone else will paint a reasonably accurate picture of your effectiveness, character, and capacity to lead well.
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At Karl Bimshas Consulting, our vision is to create environments where great leaders outnumber lousy leaders, and better leadership is the norm, not the exception. Your support of the Reflections on Leadership podcast helps move us even closer to that vision. Thank you!
***
About Reflections on Leadership: Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS accountability partner, Karl Bimshas, shares quick reflections on leadership, and interviews other busy professionals, to challenge your perspective, provide inspiration, and give insights to help you manage better and lead well.
Read the Reflections on Leadership blog here => bimshasconsulting.com/blog
Disposable Journal: The booklet-sized journal with a week’s worth of daily prompts, designed for you to take on your biggest challenges. Portable, insightful, personal, and disposable => www.disposablejournal.com
***
Learn more about Karl Bimshas Consulting and stay up to date: http://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/sign-up/
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LinkedIn Business Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/karlbimshasconsulting/
More resources => LearnFromKarl.com
Leadership Swag: Visit LeadershirtsPlus.com
Books by Karl Bimshas: http://bit.ly/BimBooks
Thank you. Keep advancing confidently in the direction of your dreams and help others along the way.
3 min - #270 Highlights from Getting There and Giving Back
I was recently interviewed by AJ Machado as part of the Getting There and Giving Back series from Aimee’s Stories (@Aimees_Stories_IG on Instagram) and I thought I’d share the highlight reel with you. If you’re interested you can find the entire interview on YouTube => https://youtu.be/F387j7-_O38
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At Karl Bimshas Consulting, our vision is to create environments where great leaders outnumber lousy leaders, and better leadership is the norm, not the exception. Your support of the Reflections on Leadership podcast helps move us even closer to that vision. Thank you!
***
About Reflections on Leadership: Leadership advisor, writer, and no BS accountability partner, Karl Bimshas, shares quick reflections on leadership, and interviews other busy professionals, to challenge your perspective, provide inspiration, and give insights to help you manage better and lead well.
Read the Reflections on Leadership blog here => bimshasconsulting.com/blog
Disposable Journal: The booklet-sized journal with a week’s worth of daily prompts, designed for you to take on your biggest challenges. Portable, insightful, personal, and disposable => www.disposablejournal.com
***
Learn more about Karl Bimshas Consulting and stay up to date: http://www.bimshasconsulting.com/contact/sign-up/
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More resources => LearnFromKarl.com
Leadership Swag: Visit LeadershirtsPlus.com
Books by Karl Bimshas: http://bit.ly/BimBooks
Thank you. Keep advancing confidently in the direction of your dreams and help others along the way.
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