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Men Who Stare At Goals (And Women Too)
Did you know that your goals are far, far ahead of you?
Men Who Stare At Goals
Really.
Women and men have been aiming at achieving more or less the same things in their lives since thousands and thousands of years.
You are the one who is new to the game. The game itself is old. Very old.
You could think that you are setting new goals and identifying an ever-growing stream of new and improved needs, wants and must haves; all the while working toward a better life and state of being for you and your loved ones.
Don’t be fooled. Your goals are way ahead of you. They have seen you coming from miles away. Seen you peak your head around the corner eyeballing that new you, including that new purse, dress, car, house, husband, wife, promotion, status, reputation, retirement, etc. from miles and miles away.
You are not coming up with your goals, your goals are coming up with you; reinventing you, shaping you into the man or woman you will become. Unconsciously, if you are not careful.
Don’t exhaust yourself running after that future state of perfect peace and happiness that can only be found in the intense sanity of being truly, fully here and now.
You may be looking out of your office window in Midtown Manhattan right now or driving down the 101 into Los Angeles in mid-morning, bumper to bumper traffic, you may be ex-padding it on the Mexican peninsula or teaching those stern Europeans how to market to the 50+.
Whichever it is, don’t loose sight of what makes you unique. It is not your goals, it’s your capacity to be present in spite of them.
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Are you worried about boots on the ground?
Are you worried about boots on the ground? Your boots?
Are you worried about getting your own hands dirty, refining your attitude, honing your skill and losing your illusions about what it really takes to lead people intelligently and successfully?
Are you reluctant to open up the discussion how you can build a business that is ethical, consistent, authentic, transparent and an expression of your personal values and integrity.
Are you avoiding looking at what the real causes of quality of life in business are and how you can get started with their implementation?
Why not start by putting your own boots on the ground. Become realistic about the need for you to develop greater composure and cultivate your connections with others.
Here are three things you can do today that will strengthen your Intelligent Leadership and Quality of Life in Business:
1) Develop a sense of humanity: Life’s not always about you and your needs and wants. People share a fate in that everyone is working to make the most of the time they have, whether that expresses in their private lives or professional lives. Open up, observe others! Are you really so different?
2) Commit unconditionally: You will only put forth your best effort and bare the heaviest burdens for goals that are well worth it, and a vision that is well conceived. Once you have found what these goals are and what that vision consists of, commit unconditionally. It is the one thing that keeps the red wood tree growing through the seasons and it will get you to your sunny spot as well.
3) Celebrate successes: Every day has some successes. Whether you allowed someone in line to pay his coffee before you paid yours, or you succeeded in being a bit less anxious when Bill down the hall received laureates for an idea you sparked. Celebrate your successes and keep enjoying your journey. Less anxious = more quality of life. Remember that.
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What is the difference between leadership and management?
What is the difference between leadership and management?
One of the best quotes I have read on the subject goes like this:
“Management is showing how to climb the ladder. Leadership is knowing which wall to lean it on.”
As a leader you need to know where you are going. And if you want to keep people engaged, you better have a good reason for why you are going there too.
One of the most frustrating experiences for a leader is when you loose faith in your own direction and vision, or the vision you are selling to your team and employees.
Maybe you have gained new insights that won’t let you go back to business as usual, maybe you have gained a deeper understanding about what actually is possible for you as a leader.
Either way, how can you stop pretending? How can you realign yourself with your current understanding? How do you make the shift?
Embracing that challenge is the difference between leadership and management.
Here is one small step you can do today:
Put an end to denial. Acknowledge to yourself if things need to change, even if you don’t yet know how to change them. Acknowledging what is self evident relieves you of the burden of secrecy – if only in front of yourself. It also opens up your mind to become creative in finding possible solutions that you cannot yet fathom. Admitting you have the question is the first step to finding the answer.
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