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Category: LLR Daily Application
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Leadership is about the influence one has with others. To gain that influence, one must be an effective performer, trustworthy, visionary, and a whole host of other things we described in Launching a Leadership Revolution. There are some "soft" side considerations, too. One of these, often ignored, is humor. Both the ability to inspire mirth…
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It stopped me dead in my tracks when I read it. As a result, I put the book down and couldn't come back to it for days. When I finally did, I was still stunned by the revelation of my inadequacy. What was it that shot like a lightening bolt of illumination into my blinded…
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Being responsible means we are response-able. Between stimulus and response, we humans have the power to choose. This is what separates us from mere animals who rely solely upon instinct. Thank you to Stephen Covey for this insight. Acknowledging this, then, we must take stock of our Response Ability. How well do we do responding…
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Rare is the life that is lived well. Most of us, it seems, crash and bang around the pages of our personal stories, breaking glass and hearts in the process. Regrets litter the wake left behind a life full of mistakes and illusions. Through it all we grow wiser, one would hope. Every now and…
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Are you on Twitter? With the rise of social networking as a new feature in our lives, Twitter has rapidly become one of my favorite platforms. This is because small snippets of 140 characters or less make it necessary to compress thought into small bites. I like that. Focus is powerful, and if you can't…
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Asking good questions of yourself is one key to coming up with good answers. One such question ought to be: How can I make this simpler? One of the easiest things to do in anything is to add complication. We complicate our tasks, our lives, our jobs, and our relationships. We seem to be masters…
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There are excellent books on how to improve our lives in all areas. There are wonderful seminars conducted by some of the sharpest minds about how to identify our blind spots and grow personally. Mentors and coaches and helpers who encourage people on pathways toward self-improvement are plentiful. But even though these incredible enablers of…
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In all of the talk one finds today regarding leadership, there is one aspect in particular that seems to be assumed (and often times erroneously). That one thing is execution. Productivity is a foundation stone for the credibility a leader must garner in order to influence others. There is no shortage of people who can…
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