It’s cool to see the compounding effect of a habit over years.
A prerequisite to this compounding effect is consistent and persistent effort.
Live for the moments when you can’t do it—then prove to yourself that you can!
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What we need around here is action.
It’s not enough to just talk about it and protest it. Be about it.
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The meeting won’t give you enough time to say all that you have to say. As a matter of fact, you couldn’t cover all of it even if you were granted an entire day.
Then what will you cover in the 15 minutes that you’ll be granted?
You’d rather give a 10-minute presentation and leave cushion for dialogue than rush a 30-minute presentation without hearing what’s on their mind.
It’s not over until it’s over.
Preferable contracting status is required, but what else? What other snakes are standing between you and the 100th square? The one on the 99th square it’s the worst: after getting so far, it’s the last one that’ll take you all the way back to square 1.
‘Pleasing clients’ is important to fill our bellies, but it cannot be a mantra to live by.
Publicis, a well-known advertising agency that does great work, has been in the news for agreeing to pay $350 million for helping to fuel the opioid crisis. Yikes!
Us marketers likely will never receive credit for doing the right thing. Still, we all have responsibility regardless of authority.
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Even if they’re not as good as their competitors, there’s a chance they can still win.
Even if their patients have poor prognosis, there’s a chance they can still live a productive life.
Scientific advancements give hope. You’re out to sell this hope. How noble!
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Would you smoke weed at work?
Research shows that even brief mental blocks resulting from multitasking can cost as much as 40% of our productive time, which is as debilitating as smoking weed.
Multitasking is a myth. The only way to first, fast, and correct is intentionally choosing tasks and offering them due attention and care.
Are you selling a fix or just a patch?
While everyone else is busy optimizing the system for squeaky wheels, who is working to make things better?
Each team member has power to take responsibility, regardless of authority.
Dr. Semmelweis had discovered that handwashing before delivering babies saves the lives of mothers and their newborns.
He tried so hard to convince the other doctors to practice handwashing, but he failed to tell a resonating story.
That’s why it took 20 more years before other doctors began adapting a practice which seems inarguably rational today.
Change doesn’t happen by clearly outlining the rational benefit. Change happens when they fall in love with a different version of the future.
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They won’t change. Unless they want to.
Which means the hard part isn’t getting them to change; it’s the wanting it.
They Change Themselves Read More »
