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Monthly archives for August, 2010

A Leaders Greatest Asset

Aug29
2010
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A Leaders Greatest Asset

“The only disability in life is a bad attitude” ~Scott Hamilton I believe the attitude of a leader is their greatest asset. Every person has gone through negative situations. It might have been getting fired, yelled at, or being rejected. But the people who rise above the situation have a good attitude about it. Successful [...]

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What Trust Can Do For Leaders

Aug29
2010
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Manchester, Inc used a survey of more than 200 companies to discover what trust can do for leaders. People who have the characteristic of trust… • Maintain integrity.• Openly communicate vision and values.• Show respect for employees as equal partners.• Focus on shared goals rather than personal agendas.• Do the right thing regardless of personal [...]

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Two Things Great Leaders Do

Aug27
2010
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“You are the same today that you are going to be five years from now except for two things: the people with whom you associate and the books you read” ~Charles Jones I know where someone is going in life by asking them who they associate with and what books they are reading. I have [...]

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4 Potential Downfalls of a Christian Leader

Aug19
2010
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“I wrote to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be the leader, refuses to have anything to do with us. When I come, I will report some of the things he is doing and the evil accusations he is making against us. Not only does he refuse to welcome the traveling teachers, [...]

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Talk Less

Aug18
2010
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Good leaders know that talking less is a must. A leader should spend less time talking and more time listening. It a powerful skill a leader has when they do less talking and more listening. I have been around leaders who do all the talking and focus on themselves, whenever I am around them I [...]

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Posted in Communication

Bloggers and Writers, Connect with Emotions

Aug15
2010
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What makes readers come back to your blog? They might come back because you write something that adds value to them, they grow and learn because of your writing, or because you attracted them through what you where writing about. Those and the emotional connection from the writer to the reader have a huge impact [...]

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Focus on your Strengths

Aug13
2010
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Successful leaders work best in areas of strengths. They know and understand both their strengths and weaknesses. I recently read this thought on what to focus your time on. I hope you enjoy it: “80 percent of the time- work where you are strongest”“15 percent of the time- work where you are learning”“5 percent of [...]

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Posted in Strengths & Talents

Steps to Learning

Aug07
2010
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Leaders should be learning and growing on a daily basis. Leaders can learn from their successes and failures. It is through the learning process that a leader gets better. A leader can grow in influence and leadership by having a teachable attitude. An example of a teachable attitude is someone learning something new wherever they [...]

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Posted in Personal Growth & Development

Keep Climbing

Aug05
2010
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“something in human nature tempts us to stay where were comfortable. We try to find a plateau, a resting place, where we have comfortable stress and adequate finances. where we have comfortable associations with people, without the intimidation of meeting new people and entering strange situations. Of course, all of us need to plateau for [...]

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Jungle Warfare by Christopher A. Cunningham

Aug04
2010
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Jungle Warfare by Christopher A. Cunningham

Jungle Warfare is a great 22-day devotional for Christians in sales. It shows the similarity’s of battle principles to Christians who are in sales. Each chapter has opening scriptures, a battle plan, prayer and a thought to reflect on. This is a small book with huge insights on scriptures, battle plans, and sales. The chapters [...]

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