What’s seeping out of you?

As a leader, what do people feel coming off of you?  Are you sure?

It matters.  That’s why they call it “leadership”.

Daily Brain Rhythms

Very early (or very late) in the day is the best time to learn, to consider, to think, and to make decisions. The middle of the day, with all its distractions and interruptions, is probably not a time when you want to be doing important thinking and making key decisions.

Plan your day and your work around the daily rhythm of your brain activity.  You’ll get more out of it.

Intuition

Your intuition knows the right thing to do. 

Sometimes we don’t want to hear it.

Tune in.

"Hating it" tells you something

It’s not right for you.  You’re doing it wrong.  Or you’re in the wrong place.  Or you’re doing the wrong job.  Or you’re in the wrong business.

At times I have hated my job.  But it wasn’t the company or the industry – it’s the way I was doing it, or with whom.  I got help.  I reinvented my job.  All of a sudden, I love it again.

What are your emotions and intuition telling you?

Faith, or Blind Faith?

Blind faith is when you really don’t know what’s going to happen, but you just hope like hell it will work out because you really need it to.  Blind faith is only hoping.

A better Faith is belief in principles that always work, and getting them working in your favor.  You can’t see the outcome yet, but you know it will work out if you keep going with those principles on your side.

What kind of faith do you have in the future of your business?

Happy creative people

Nobody wanted to work at your company because they wanted to be micromanaged.

When we are figuring things out, putting our flavor and solutions into projects and our work, and able to express our creativity is when we are happiest. 

Ask your people for their ideas and how to do things better and reward them for it.   You’ll get more good ideas, and have happier people who stay longer.

Buy low, sell high

What value are you creating and selling that costs you less to create?

Can you make it more valuable to those who buy it?

Can you sell it for more?

Can you create it for less?

Persistance

When things get bad you can either give up, or learn and keep going. 

Learning from failure is the best way, because you don’t forget.

Keep going.  You don’t lose unless you quit. 

It’s not over until YOU win.

Three legs of success

Motivation – Why do I want to do this?

Mechanics – How can I do it?

Discipline – Will I do it?

You need all three.  How many do you have?

Financial Fertilizer

If you don’t make a profit, your business is not working.  You can fertilize it, but you had better make it work soon, because you’re going to run out of fertilizer.

Face the brutal facts and fix it now.