Quote of the Week: On Procrastination
In celebration of National Procrastinators Week, our Leadership Quote of the Week is:
Now – how shall we celebrate National Procrastinators Week?
Shall we celebrate by procrastinating every minute of every day all week long?
Or use it as a morale and productivity boosting kick in the pants Read more
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10 Potential Enemies
This week’s quick list* is a companion piece to our Quote of the Week for Presidents Day.
Here are 10 potential “enemies” of leaders everywhere.
Audio-E-Book: Business Tips from Basketball Greats
Business Class readers have been thrilled to read and listen to excerpts from our interview with Phil Ford. Articles about:
- the genuine interest Dean Smith always took in his players.
- the way Bill Guthridge always looked for the good in people.
- how the Carolina coaching staff prepared the players for gut-wrenching down-to-the-buzzer-final shots like in the 1974 Duke-Carolina game.
Because of the popularity of these excerpts, we have assembled them into an audio-e-book Read more
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February-Only Opportunities to Boost Morale, Productivity, Performance
Additional links added each week.
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Quote of the Week on Improving the World
In celebration of American Heart Month, last week’s quote was: “Energy flows where attention goes” and we are still paying attention to it.
So much to do. So much we could do. Where do we start?
The weight of the world is on our shoulders. Hard on our backs, our heads and our hearts.
Perhaps this week’s quote will help break the cycle.
Imagine what it was like for 13 year old Anne Frank…hiding out from the Germans for two years and then living and dying in a German concentration camp at the age of 15.
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10 Ways to Build a Positive Atmosphere
This week’s quick list* is a companion piece to our Quote of the Week for Heart Month: Energy flows where attention goes.
There is so much negative talk out there – on talk radio, television, twitter.
I’m not sure where it started, but it’s spreading. In epidemic proportions.
Is it infected your organization?
Can you believe what he said? Can you believe what she did? Can you believe the way he just looked at me? Did you see the way she just put her pen on the table?
The negative begets more negative. If allowed to continue, the cycle will strengthen and take over, leading to a downward spiral of morale, productivity and overall performance. Bad for the heart of a business. Bad for the heart of each person in it.
Strong leaders recognize and know how to break negative energy cycles. They also know how to prevent them. It’s all about strong, consistent attention on the positive. Positive thoughts. Positive feelings. Positive results. Here are 10 ways to break and prevent negative energy cycles from taking over your mind, your home and/or your office – and build a culture of positive energy instead. Read more
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Quote of the Week for Heart Month
February is American Heart Month, declared as a reminder to take care of the health of our hearts. Three primary ways to do this: diet, exercise, stress management and regular medical check-ups.
With the latter in mind, we selected an ancient Hawaiian huna (or “secret”) of life as our Leadership Quote of the Week: Energy flows where attention goes.
What are you paying attention to? Read more
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10 Ideas for New Endings
This week’s quick list* is a companion piece to our Quote of the Week for Groundhog Day.
Botches can send us underground, hiding out with the hogs…keeping us from shining the way that we could. It could be a botched presentation. Or conversation. Or relationship. Or deadline. Or a missed goal. Or wayward resolution.
Some people worry more than they should.
Some people should worry more than they do. Like Phil, the weatherman (played by Bill Murray) in Groundhog Day Read more
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Quote of the Week for Groundhog Day*
Thanks again and again to longtime Business Class subscriber, Mark Young at Baby Boomer Talk Online , for sharing this quote a year and a half ago. Since then it has been the #1 Quote of the Week (in terms of traffic) and several readers have told me about the impact it has had on them and their teammates. It has been a real catalyst for change for many. Now is a good time to feature it again for reasons indicated in the title, added artwork and comments below.
Most of us have something hidden in the shadows somewhere. Something we wish we could do over. Something that is making us or someone on our team go underground. Or cower in a corner a bit. Keeping us – and them - from really shining the way that we and they could.
It could be a botched presentation. Or conversation. Or relationship. Or deadline. Or a missed goal. Or wayward resolution.
And speaking of resolutions… Read more
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Get Furniture & More For Less
for Chapel Hill area readers
Just because your budget has been cut, doesn’t mean you can’t get what you need to operate your business and maybe even grow revenue so that your budget won’t be so tight in the future.
That is – IF you know about UNC Surplus.
UNC Surplus is like a gigantic yard sale except there’s a roof and it’s ongoing. Read more
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