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Problem Solving

No solution can possibly exist while you're lost in the energy of the problem.

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#Mindset

Both hope and despair are forms of belief.  Both hope and despair are self-fulfilling prophecies.

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Trust

Compared with people at low-trust companies, people at high-trust companies report 74% less stress.

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Routines

Yes, self-discipline is important, however, defining routines and systems is more important than relying solely on self-discipline.

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#Leadership

Great leaders look for decision points.  For it is bursts of energy directed at decisive points that break things wide open.

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#Teams

If you give a team the full time that they ask for, or the full budget that they want, or the full number of people that they need, those teams never execute anything of significance.  But if you give them less, make things a little more challenging, they'll push themselves.  When they have some form of constraint, it forces them to have to think a unique way.

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These Were The Worst of Times, These Were the Best of Times

Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel, outlined when he described what happens to businesses in tumultuous times: "Bad companies are destroyed by crisis.  Good companies survive them.  Great companies are improved by them." 

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#Culture

When people have a voice, when they feel like they have influence, when they believe that they are fairly rewarded for the contributions they make, it creates a sense of confidence in the organization, and therefore more reasons to care about the organization and its future.

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#Strategy

Translate your strategy from concepts to targets, from vague strategic intent to a set of specific time-lines.  Measure your progress along the way, with the flexibility and adaptability to pivot on a moment's notice.  

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#Leadership

Leaders who ask questions and solicit input from those they lead and those around them, are more effective than "dictator, command and control" leaders who just push their demands and requests on others.  Here's the formula: Involvement = Buy-in = Engagement = Commitment = Results!

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