Chris Brady

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The Best Leaders Have Fun

Chris Brady

Yet Disney, Carnegie, and Edison all seem to indicate that fun itself is a factor in productive living. Allow me to posit that fun is the by-product of a number of other correct factors all being in place at the same time. A relief of tension which prohibits productive action and creative thinking 5.

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Mob or Team?

Chris Brady

 Conversely, a team of highly functioning and productive people is one of the most heart-warming and inspirational. People must combine into productive groups and each contribute their best to a team effort for real accomplishments to occur. The difference is leadership. 

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Goal Setting vs. Goal Sitting

Chris Brady

Perhaps the best course of action (and I can hardly believe I'm writing the words) is to line up with everyone else and set some 2011 goals for ourselves. Goals must have a specific time period And now for some subtle nuances that will help make your 2011 goals more achievable: 1. So why fight it? Goals must be prominent 9.

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Puffy Faces

Chris Brady

They dream of the lofty prizes, get starry-eyed at the glitter of success, but become bogged down along the journey. " or "Success can't be this hard for everybody else, something is unfairly stacked up against me!" Most people, it seems, are not prepared for this. Puffy Face is a quitter's disease.

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A Tribute to John Wooden

Chris Brady

I am glad the Lord chose to give him long years, because it was during the later of these that Wooden allowed writers to work on projects with him to capture the secrets of his success. But just as mighty as his coaching success is his life success. Try your hardest in all ways and you are a success.

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Excellence Begets Excellence

Chris Brady

Maybe we haven't been properly educated in the game of success. And the truth about high achievement and success is that it occurs on purpose, by design, through the tremendous commitment and persistence of individuals who have chosen the harder path. The first component, hard work, is an unavoidable component in success.

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It's Your Business to Know What Business You're In

Chris Brady

You see, I contend that part of what was amiss with Steve Jobs in his first run-up to success was that he didn't understand the nature of his own genius. But along the way he did a few things correctly, which morphed into his eventual success and return to the top. Yes, I love Mac products also.

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