Business Leadership Skills 02 (Feb 13 - Apr 15)

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"If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business."

- B. C. Forbes, Founder of Forbes Magazine

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"You do not 'find' time for your priorities, you MAKE time. Do the first things first.

Beat procrastination. Own the morning. Win the day."

- Craig Ballantyne

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3 Productivity Hacks You Can Use Today

Use the 5 Minute Rule: if you are having trouble focusing on a task, set a timer for 5 minutes and work on it for just that time period. You may be surprised to find that those 5 minutes get you a roll and all of the sudden you have done an hour or more on that important project.

Give yourself less time to do things: instead of using the whole day to get things done on your to-do list, give yourself until noon to knock them out. Challenge yourself and you will be surprised what you can accomplish.
Edit your to do list: Instead of having 20+ items on your to-do list, edit it down to your top three priorities. This will help you to feel less overwhelmed and let you narrow your focus on what needs to be done right away.

Source: ETR

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"An hour of effective, precise, hard, disciplined – and integrated thinking can be worth a month of hard work.

Thinking is the very essence of, and the most difficult thing to do in business and in life.

Empire builders spend hour-after-hour on mental work…while others party.

If you’re not consciously aware of putting forth the effort to exert self-guided integrated thinking…if you don’t act beyond your feelings and instead take the path of least resistance, then you give in to laziness, make bad decisions and no longer control your life.”

– Kekich Credo #44

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"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."
-- John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States

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3 Wise Briefs from Craig

“Nothing wins more often than superior preparation. Genius is usually preparation.” – Kekich Credo #73

If you are trying to lose weight, you must plan, shop, and prepare your foods on an off day. You must prepare to change your body by using a professionally designed proven exercise plan.

If you are trying to fix a problem in your life, you must prepare for every obstacle with 2 solutions. Plan, prepare, succeed. Your life, your choice. Make the right decisions right now.

Change only comes when the consequences of staying the same are too painful. This explains your choices and the behavior of others.

If you want to change then dig deep and bring your pain to the surface.

If you want to influence others, point out the pain and pave the way to a better future for them.

“Identify exactly what it is that you want. This takes a lot of thought. Then don’t let anything stand in your way of getting it.” – Kekich Credo #56 …..
Set your goals. Write them down. Keep them with you. Review them daily. Make a vision board. Look at it weekly.

Source: ETR

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"Leadership is getting players to believe in you.

If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it.

Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got."

- Larry Bird, American NBA basketball player

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“Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.”

- Zig Ziglar

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"An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive business advantage."
- Jack Welch

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"Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman - not the attitude of the prospect."

- W. Clement Stone