The Recovering Engineer

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Take It, Leave It, or Change It

The Recovering Engineer

During the workshop, I told a story I often tell about a situation in my life where, as a leader of a team, I was confronted with large scale changes that impacted me in ways that I could not change or control. Did it offer us more positive or more negative? Leave It If the negative outweighs the positive for you, get out.

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How Much Margin Do You Have? | Guy Harris: The Recovering Engineer

The Recovering Engineer

So, as we prepare to end 2010 and begin 2011, I’ll share the question with you that I’ve been asking myself: What will you do, starting now, to create more time, financial, and relationship margin in your life? Reply Guy Harris says: January 11, 2011 at 9:16 pm Hi Kelly – Thanks for stopping by and leaving your comment.

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Why You Might Eventually Do Something You Don't Want to Do…

The Recovering Engineer

Whether you are trying to change your behavior, your team member’s behavior, or your child’s behavior, remember that everyone has a self-control limit, and when you exceed the limit you invite failure. You invite failure to comply with rules, failure to cooperate, and failure to do things in new and different ways.

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