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What can a concert pianist teach us about business? Nothing much…just the difference between being an amateur and being a professional.
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So I’m at the gym this morning, lifting a few weights and doing my best to avoid (or at least postpone) decrepitude, and at one point I turned to the person next to me and said, “How come this never gets any easier?” He laughed appreciatively at my joke (in my mind that’s what he did; in reality he looked at me, blinked, and then moved over to a different station across the room), and I went back to my ...
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When does 10×20=8? Well, in the world of producing results, sometimes the math can be screwy!
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Last week I wrote about something my FAA flight examiner said as he signed me off for my pilot’s license: “This is a license to learn. It doesn’t mean you know everything.”
This week I want to tell you what he said immediately after that.
First of all, a little background. I got my pilot’s license after about 50 hours of flight time. (You must have a minimum of 40 hours before you’re eligible ...
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“Failure is NOT an option!” Have you heard this? There’s only one problem. It’s almost never true.
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I got my pilot’s license back in 1984 (which is amazing, because normally they don’t allow 3-year olds to fly airplanes). When the FAA examiner signed my logbook certifying that I was now an official, licensed private pilot, he said something to me that I didn’t take all that seriously at the time. What he said was:
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Do you ever wonder why you’re not getting the results you want with your team? This could be one possible answer.
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The cover story in the current issue of Fortune magazine is “The World’s 50 Greatest Leaders.” Once again, I didn’t make the cut. I suppose it’s possible that I’m number 51, but my guess is that I’m further down the list.
But the story got me thinking: what makes a great leader? What are the skills that the truly effective leaders ...
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Today we’re going to talk about two fast-food restaurant chains. They both serve similar products, but one makes way more money than the other. Let’s see if you can guess which one is the big winner:
Restaurant Chain #1:
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What do your creative people really want? It’s not what most leaders think!
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