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How to Maximize Your Energy When You Don’t Have a Lot

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Many of us find our energy dissipates at this time of year when the days are short and the nights are long. Instead of trying to muscle your way through it, here’s how to maximize the energy you do have. Even when your energy is lower than usual, there will be periods in the day when it is higher than others.

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A Big Goal Is Not The Same As a Vision

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Goals are important. Goals quantify and define the steps you must take. Too often leaders set goals without first answering, “For what purpose?” When goals are not connected to a clear purpose and values, people often work at cross-purposes with each other, not “rowing in the same direction.” A goal ends.

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The 6 Benchmarks of High Performance Teams

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Individual and team goals are related to the purpose of the team. Team members clearly understand their goals and job responsibilities. 4) Passion: Energy, enthusiasm, and confidence. There is a high and sustained level of energy, enthusiasm and confidence about their work and the way team members work together.

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The Value of Vision Series – Daniel Burrus

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Futureview is not the same thing as a goal, plan, ambition, or aspiration. The atmosphere crackles with an optimistic, can-do energy. He said that in the years following Kennedy’s articulation of that goal, NASA engineers would periodically hit a major roadblock and declare the goal impossible.

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Why Should I Hire You?

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Before you sit before your next prospective employer, take some time to do your own self evaluation: Your personality : Do you bring energy to the people you come into contact with or do you suck their energy levels dry? Make your everyday style of engagement a remarkable one! .

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Before You Decide Vision Is Passé: 8 Reasons Why Vision Matters

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When I then ask what were the most important conditions that contributed to the success of the team, I invariably hear “shared goal” or “common vision.”. Shared vision is a unifying force because it: Unleashes energy. professional sports history.

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Celebrating the 2nd Anniversary of My Blog

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Use tension to your advantage rather than expending energy avoiding it. Goals are the milestones that mark your journey. Don’t let go of your vision. It is a law of nature that tension seeks resolution. Learn from the past, plan for the future, and live in the present. Vision is your destination.

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