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Micro-Connections Enhance Energy, Enthusiasm

Michael Lee Stallard

Small actions to connect with people around you are called “Micro-Connections.&# These actions boost enthusiasm and energy in the work environment. Greenwich, Connecticut), people would think you were strange. why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?

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The Olympics, Effort and Work Ethic

Your Voice of Encouragement

"You don't win an Olympic gold medal with a few weeks of intensive training." - Seth Godin, American author (1960- ) With the Summer Olympics in full swing, millions are glued to their screens to see who gets awarded the top medals. Few of us can appreciate the price each of these competitors has paid, just to make it to the games.

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What matters in 2010?

Lead on Purpose

Seth Godin , marketing guru and thought leader, did a cool project where he brought together more than seventy “big thinkers&# to write the ebook What Matters Now. His purpose: “Now, more than ever, we need a different way of thinking, a useful way to focus and the energy to turn the game around.&# What matters in 2010?

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Commitment

Lead on Purpose

My excuse (and I’ve heard this from many product managers) is that I’ve been heads down on an intense product release and it’s sucking all my time and energy. Listening to Tribes by Seth Godin. While that is true, it’s no excuse. I will write more about the book here soon.

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John Maxwell on Connection

Michael Lee Stallard

Connecting is intentional, it is all about other, and it requires hard work and energy to connect. - Who do you need to spend energy on connecting with? . - Connecting is all about others, not about us. As soon as you get married, you have a power outage. - When you connect it takes you to a higher plain of communication.

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Lucky breaks

Lead on Purpose

Focus your mental energy on achieving success and you will see ‘lucky breaks’ come your way consistently. Success doesn’t just happen because someone’s stars line up. Success, both in business and personally, is something that’s consciously created. Success is created through conscious choice.

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Five questions to ask each week

Lead on Purpose

As product leaders we need to plan and then move forward with focus and energy. Filed under: Leadership , Knowledge , Learning , Product Management / Marketing Tagged: | learn , opportunity , value , Mark Sanborn , design « Five championship strategies Book Review: Here Comes Everybody » Like Be the first to like this post.

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