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All week we are talking about the Transactional Flaws that hold us back highlighted in the book What Got You Here Won’t Get You There by Marshall Goldsmith. Each episode this week will feature four flaws that we are to look out for.

1. Winning too much

More to come tomorrow. 

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We are still spitt'n fire from the book, The Fred Factor, written by Mark Sanborn. In Mark’s book, he describes his postal worker named Fred. Fred showed an extreme level of kindness that impacted Mark to do the same.

Here are the seven “B’s” of relationship building that Mark reveals to us:

1. Be real

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Yesterday we talked about how we can inspire others. Today we are going to learn about how to develop others from the book, The Fred Factor, by Mark Sanborn.  The book is about a postal worker named Fred who impacted Mark’s life through kindness. Mark then writes about how we can identify Fred’s in our life, become a Fred to others, and develop Fred’s. He used the name Fred to prove his point:

F – Find

R – Reward

E – Educate

D – Demonstrate

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To inspire others, make sure to measure these five things about yourself.

1. Be aware

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This is the first episode referencing the incredible book, The Fred Factor by Mark Sanborn. He writes about the power of inspiration through storytelling. If there is one bit of love language that I have its inspiring others through storytelling.

What I like from Mark is how important it is to keep things simple and ordinary. 

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In the book, Changing Direction, Mary Miller writes something profound that I had to share. I don’t know if it’s from her directly or if she received it from someone else.  She wrote, success is simple:

• Do what you say

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In my leadership development coaching sessions, I like to point out the incredible value of losing weight. It’s one of the few things in life that a single act can inspire the person losing weight and others.

Consider the passive-aggressive world we live in. “Can’t offend anyone, so I’ll just keep to myself.” Right? That’s how we as a society live it feels like. Yet when someone loses significant weight, people aren’t afraid to say, “wow you look great! How much weight have you lost?”

Hmmm, did they think they didn’t look great prior to losing weight? Doesn’t matter, no one thinks that they just compliment the person who has lost the weight.  I love it because it is a non-verbal way to show growth.

What’s another non-verbal way to show growth?  Dress. To. Impress.  It’s time we in the business world, especially entrepreneurs, look the part.

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In the book, Changing Direction, by Mary Miller, we learn about the ten choices that impact your dreams.

1. Embrace change

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Often in my leadership development sessions, the person I’m talking to will say, “I told them! They aren’t getting it.”

The reason I titled my book, You Got It was to highlight the importance of understanding something as opposed to just learning something.

When someone doesn’t “get it” they are not likely going to reveal to you that they don’t get it. Especially when you are in leadership. In leadership, your followers might nod their head in agreement and not have any idea what you want them to do.

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I was married at the age of 29 and I was a virgin.  My wife was also a virgin. Both of us are proud to say we were virgins by choice.

In an article written for The Well Clinic blog in 2020, reads: The idea that “practice makes perfect” regarding sexual intimacy is backwards.  Researchers found that those who wait to have sex until marriage, compared to those who don’t, report significantly higher relationship satisfaction (20%), better communication patterns (12%), less consideration of divorce (22%), and better sexual quality (15%).

If you aren’t married and have already had sex, simply stop now, and wait. You’ll be grateful you did.