Category: Leadership-Motivation!
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Cow or Buffalo?
In our quest for self-discipline, we would be wise to adopt a buffalo mentality. When people think of Colorado, they often think of the world famous Rocky Mountains all over the western part of the state. Colorado is one of the only places in the world that has both buffalo and cows. When a storm approaches…
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Urgency
“Having a sense of urgency is what will separate you from 90% of the people who read books and attend seminars but never see significant results. A sense of urgency generates action. So, do it now.” – Daniel Milstein
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Standards
“If you’re not achieving what you want, don’t lower your expectations. You need to raise your standards.”
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Attitude
“The only disability in life is a bad attitude.” – Scott Hamilton, Olympic Gold medalist, World Champion Figure Skater.
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“Humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them.”
In the words of author J.K. Rowling’s Albus Dumbledore, “Humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them.” Urgent things act on us; they compete for our attention and insist on a response. Consider the horrific example of Eastern Air Lines Flight 401, bound from New York to Miami on…
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90% of the game is half mental
90% of the game is half mental – Yogi Berra At what mile do most people quit a marathon? If you’re like me you would probably say the 26th mile. After all, that’s when runners should be the most physically drained and exhausted. But like most things in life, there’s more to the story. Besides…
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Focus
Well-known former Dallas Cowboys football coach Jimmy Johnson had an opportunity to share an important pregame lesson with his players. “I told them that if I laid a two-by-four plank across the room, everybody there would walk across it and not fall, because our focus would be that we were going to walk that two-by-four,”…