Quote of the Week: On Eagles & Hippos

Our quotes have been loaded with animals this month.  Frogs, snakes, worms. And now eagles and hippos.  They speak not a word but say so much.  Even more with the help of “interpreters” like Carl Sandburg.

Get Off the Log

Both soaring and wallowing can be an enjoyable and productive use of time. Read more

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Quote of the Week: Kill the Snake of Doubt

Still sitting there?

Don’t feel bad.  Perhaps you just like the scenery.  But if you don’t…what’s your answer to #9 in 10 Questions to Help You JUMP or Get Off the Log?

This week’s quote – sent to me by long time Business Class subscriber, Sue Ivy – addresses what to do about two very common answers to question #9 – What is holding you back?

Get Off the Log

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How to kill the snake of doubt and crush the worms of fear?  Read more

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10 Questions To Help You JUMP or Get Off the Log

April 3, 2012 · Filed Under 2 Little Time, Be a Better Manager, Get 2 Goal, Quick List · Comment 

While reading the commentary for our Quote of the Week:  GET OFF THE LOG, did you find yourself asking yourself what questions to ask yourself to get you off the log?  Woo – that was a big question!

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Quote of the Week for National Frog Month

In celebration of National Frog Month in April – and as a nice follow up to National Procrastinators Week – our Leadership Quote of the Week is this favorite and frequently needed reminder.

Get Off the Log

 

In the opening of their book, Five Frogs on a Log, authors Mark Feldman & Michael Spratt posed this question: Read more

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April Celebrations Calendar

April Celebrations Calendar

Click on calendar to get more details on these April-only opportunities to boost  morale, productivity and overall performance.

10 Ways to Boost Morale & Productivity in April

If you’ve had the pedal to the medal, pushing hard to make sales quotas, budget projections and production schedules, we urge you to take a break for a bit of nonsense and about laughter. If you need another excuse, April is Stress Management Month.

So – here are ten April-only ways to help you reduce stress and boost morale, engagement, productivity and performance. Read more

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Quote of the Week: Silly & Intelligent

March 26, 2012 · Filed Under 2 Little Time, Be a Better Manager, Get 2 Goal, Quote of the Week · Comment 

This week’s quote is from Ludwig Wittgenstein, a fascinating philosopher who lived from 1889 – 1951.

If people never did silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done.

Does this mean Wittgenstein would have supported silly April Fools pranks and celebrations like Sorry Charlie Day and Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day?    Silliness that leads to laughter.  De-stressing us.  Connecting us.  Lightening Read more

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Quote of the Week from The Boss

March 19, 2012 · Filed Under Be a Better Manager, Get 2 Goal, Quote of the Week · Comment 

Bruce Springsteen, The Boss of Rock & Roll,  just started his “Wrecking Ball” concert tour this weekend.   I’m lucky enough to live near a town lucky enough to be one of the stops on this concert tour – AND lucky enough to get to go.  That’s what inspired me to choose a Bruce Springsteen quote to feature this week.

Here it is – from his song entitled “Lucky Town”.

What a perfect post-St. Patrick’s Day quote.  Though most of us hope for the luck of the Irish, or luck of any sort, to bring us a pot, or even a piece, of gold, we know the boss is right, don’t we?   That we have to  – or get to – make our own luck.  Most of the time anyway.

To “make” that luck, Read more

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Monday Morning Boost

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Check Your Batteries Day

March 14, 2012 · Filed Under Be a Better Manager, celebrations, Get 2 Goal · Comment 

March 14 is Check Your Batteries Day.  What an excellent idea to check batteries in smoke alarms, flashlights and any other  safety or emergency device.  Suggest that your teammates do this at home as well.

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