“I’m not the sort of person
who fears failure.”
– Richard Branson (1950 – )
English entrepreneur
chairman of Virgin Group
Comfort. Risk. Both are enjoyable.
One we strive to create. One we try to minimize.
One can make us lazy. One can make us stronger.
When did you last risk failure? When did you last leave your comfort zone?
“Never follow someone else’s path… unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path then by all means you should follow that.”
–Ellen DeGeneres (1958 – )
American comedian and actor
Do your people (customers, prospects, team, colleagues) know they’re important to you? Always? Sometimes? Rarely?
Remember… It’s your occasional words and continual actions that’ll help them know best.
To be sure it’s a closer to always thing, consider implementing a personal appreciation audit each month or quarter for your most important people – remembering that actions speak louder than words (but words are important too).
“Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win, By fearing to attempt.”
–William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
English writer
There’s nothing more powerful to the salesday than enthusiasm (except maybe an incredible amount of overnight sales that you didn’t expect). It excites everyone to positive action…
As you work with your people today (and tomorrow) your level of enthusiasm will impact all of them (one way or the other). What do you want your impact to be?
“We can’t think narrowly. We have to think in the biggest possible way.”
–Alice Waters (1944 – )
American chef and writer
If asked, what would you and your team say are your core values?
In the U.S. Marine Corps publication, “Sustaining the Transformation” (pdf), their’s are listed as Honor – Courage – Commitment. If you lead a team, the foreword (at a minimum) by General Krulak is time well-spent. It, along with the Fortune story “From Wharton to War“, is great inspiration for creating a special team of people (as a leader with a title or not).
And that’s what you want to be a part of, don’t you? A special team of people?
So many great teamwork points in the Fortune piece. We love the “bino” request. If you’ve got teenagers or college students, consider passing it along to them and then discussing it (we need them ready when they join us in the world).
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“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition
from mediocre minds.”
–Albert Einstein (1879–1955)
Swiss physicist
ego: noun: 1. the self 2. an inflated sense of self-significance
Imagine a world without ego. No…
Speak no ego. Be no ego.
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