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January 2016
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Business Moment: Change
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It has been said that change is not something to be feared. It is something you should welcome. For without change, nothing in this vast world would ever grow or blossom and you would not be able to move forward and become the person you want to be.
It was once said, “Change is the only thing that offers new opportunity.” To achieve more or to become what you must become to be able to meet the demands of the future, change will be a large part of the endeavor. The most difficult part to that reality is your approach to change. Perhaps it is time for a “mind transfusion” that welcomes this thing called change into your sphere of life. Expect change for it is inevitable.
As you go about your career and or life, don’t wait to change. A frog can sit in a pot of hot water and not notice the temperature rise. Many leaders are this way. They ignore changes occurring in their environment and by the time they wake up, they’re boiled. Remember, change helps you to refocus, to make a good product great, a solid career to blossom and enables you to quickly go to where the next opportunity will be. Your decision is simple. Will you confront change by consent or coercion? Please choose wisely.
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Feature Article: Buy A Hot Dog
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Parables can help us understand circumstances in a very unique way. One parable that dates back to the early 1930’s continues to have great bearing on events in today’s challenging times. It is a story about a simple hot dog vendor.
There was a man who lived by the side of the road and had a business where he made and sold hot dogs. He was hard of hearing so he had no radio. He had trouble with his eyes so he rarely if ever read newspapers. But, he sold a great hot dog.
He would stand by the side of the road day after day and cry out, “Buy a hot dog mister!” And his actions worked. People bought his hot dogs. He put up signs about his business so that his business would be seen by many others. His business grew. He increased his meat and bun orders. He bought a larger stove to take care of his trade. His success enabled him to send his son to college. Time passed and his son graduated and came back to help his father. Then, something happened… Click Here to Read More
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Energy Leadership: Happiness
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Happiness is something that most of us strive for, and in fact, feel that we deserve to have. After all, our Declaration of Independence references “certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
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So what does it mean to pursue happiness? When we think of pursuing something, we usually mean that we’re going after something we don’t already have. In Marci Shimoff’s book, Happy for No Reason, she points out that in Jefferson’s time, “to pursue something meant to practice that activity, to do it regularly, to make a habit of it.” There’s a huge difference between chasing after happiness and practicing happiness. When we chase after happiness, we’re coming from a perspective of lack – we don’t have the thing that we want. But when we practice happiness, we’re active participants in making ourselves even happier.
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Biz Bits
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Think BIG! Coaching & Training, Inc.
Herman Dixon
Author, Speaker, Executive Advisor
P. (304) 839-5101
https://thinkbig-coaching-training.coachesconsole.com
Author of the forthcoming book,
Principles of Life and Leadership My Cat Taught Me
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