RapidStart Leadership

APRIL 5, 2017

What happens when you set a goal and fail to achieve it? In January of this year I set a personal goal. Does goal failure make me a failure? The goal was to complete the Mile Run Trail Challenge Half Marathon on April 1 st in under two and a half hours. Set weekly and daily sub-goals. I missed the goal.

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RapidStart Leadership

JANUARY 2, 2017

But too often these goals fall by the wayside before the snow has had a chance to melt. With all the writing I’ve been doing recently on goals, I thought it might be fun to put my money where my mouth is, set a New Year’s goal of my own in a public way, and see if I can stick to it. Make small sub-goals. Define Success.

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RapidStart Leadership

OCTOBER 3, 2017

It’s easy to set a goal. NOTE: This video and transcript are excerpted from the “ Building Habits that Stick” lesson in my on-line course entitled Goal-Getting: How to Build Your Framework for Success. Establishing good habits can be a very powerful way to keep you on track towards your goal.

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RapidStart Leadership

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Whether you are building a real bridge, or bridging the gap to your goal you need a span that can withstand the pressures of life; here’s how. When chasing our own goals, to get from where we are to where we want to be, we need a bridge. If your goal is important, why would you treat it any differently? Building on the Cheap.

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RapidStart Leadership

JANUARY 4, 2023

All too often our motivation flames out long before we reach the goals we aim for; what we need is a slow burn. The post Slow Burn: How to Turn Today’s Motivation into Tomorrow’s Success appeared first on RapidStart Leadership. Here's how to light a fire that will last.

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RapidStart Leadership

MARCH 15, 2022

In leadership as in the marathon, it's not the finish line we need to focus on, but the 18th mile, if we want to reach our goal; here's why. The post The 18th Mile: It’s Not the Finish Line Leaders Should Focus On appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.

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RapidStart Leadership

JUNE 22, 2017

I think one thing often overlooked in the world of leadership is patience. As often as not, good leadership is like an incubator. If doing that is your goal, set an environment that presents a clear vision , reinforces cornerstone values , and rewards positive effort , then have the leader patience to wait. Click To Tweet.

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RapidStart Leadership

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Hyperbolic discounting isn't some crazy sales technique, but it CAN keep us from achieving our goals; here's how to recognize when it's happening, and seven ways to prevent our tendency to self-sabotage. The post Hyperbolic Discounting and 7 Ways to Prevent Self-Sabotage appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.

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RapidStart Leadership

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

It is possible to beat the hamster wheel that our goal-chasing can seem to put us on. Here are five ways to find the joy on the path to our goals. The post Beat the Hamster Wheel: 5 Ways to Keep Going When You’d Rather Not appeared first on RapidStart Leadership.

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RapidStart Leadership

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The post The Oatmeal Habit – How to Form Habits that Stick to your Ribs appeared first on RapidStart Leadership. When I adopted my oatmeal habit, I had no idea I was unlocking a powerful way to form good habits that last. Here's what I discovered, and how you can put it to work.

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RapidStart Leadership

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Nobody likes to “step in it,” but leadership mistakes will happen. Leadership mistakes happen. That’s leadership – taking responsibility for your team. If the error led your team away from the direction of your vision and goals , pause to review, so that your next steps are forward again.

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RapidStart Leadership

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The post The Law of Slow Leaks – Why Important Things Fail and What We Can Do About It appeared first on RapidStart Leadership. The Law of Slow Leaks explains why things we hold to be important sometimes fail us when we need them, and what we can do about it.

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RapidStart Leadership

AUGUST 22, 2017

In particular, look for attributes or skills that several team members share, and help them find ways to use them to reach the team’s goals. And be sure to sign up now for twice-monthly Leadership Updates with more tips and exclusive content not available elsewhere on the site! Leaders look for what makes their team unique.

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RapidStart Leadership

MARCH 29, 2022

The post The Value of the Vision appeared first on RapidStart Leadership. A little known act during World War II highlights the value of vision for our teams, and why we should treat it like a precious metal.

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RapidStart Leadership

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Setting impossible goals. ” The problem is that your team may not think that ambitious goal is even remotely possible, given the effort it took to get to X in the first place. . Goals are good, especially well-designed goals. Leadership: Be the first to take the blame, and the last to take the credit.

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RapidStart Leadership

MAY 4, 2017

So in reading this book, about leadership and courage pushed to the limits in the worst of conditions, those things that leave their mark, that haunt the edges of our almost understanding, I thought hard about coping with such adventures. The post On Duty: The Meaning of Leadership in a Risk-Filled World appeared first on.

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RapidStart Leadership

MARCH 1, 2022

The post Run of the (Tread) Mill – Finding Magic in the Mundane appeared first on RapidStart Leadership. Some of the most important tasks in life may not be spectacular or exciting; to help us keep at them anyway, here are six ways to help us find magic in the mundane.

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RapidStart Leadership

MARCH 9, 2017

It takes only a moment to make a promise or set a goal. They stick to their goals, fulfill their promises, complete the tasks they have set out for themselves. Starting something is fun. It’s exciting. Everything is new, the possibilities seem limitless. Potential is everywhere. Delivering is harder. It takes effort.

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RapidStart Leadership

MARCH 24, 2020

The post Don’t Make Lemonade: A Better Approach for When Life Gives Us Lemons appeared first on RapidStart Leadership. They say we should look for ways to make lemonade when life hands us lemons; I say we can do better. Here’s an interesting example worth following.

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RapidStart Leadership

JANUARY 30, 2018

But with this boss, his goal was to honestly find out how to help. He his goal was to learn how to leverage the resources under his control to help me do even better. Leadership: Where their success is your success. Together we set the vision and goals, but there was no doubt I was fully responsible for getting it done.

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RapidStart Leadership

JUNE 15, 2017

I like to think of leadership as influencing others in a direction. So how about we decide it’s lunch time at Mama Rosa’s Pasta Palace, and the short term goal is getting that spaghetti into your mouth to satisfy your vision of “ Keeping my tummy happy.” It’s going to take a while to accomplish our goal.

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RapidStart Leadership

JUNE 6, 2017

The keys are: • Break the big goal down into small, concrete steps. And be sure to sign up now for twice-monthly Leadership Updates with more tips and exclusive content not available elsewhere on the site! Any great accomplishment can be broken down into smaller, more manageable steps. Take a step today. Take another tomorrow. •

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RapidStart Leadership

AUGUST 11, 2020

The post 3 Ways to Keep Going When the Going Gets Tough appeared first on RapidStart Leadership. How do you keep going when it is hard to keep going? These three ideas can help you finish whatever marathon you happen to be running.

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RapidStart Leadership

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Goal achievement. Raise your leadership game. Focus on what it means when you do the thing you should do: It means keeping that promise you made to yourself. Self-respect. It means fulfilling commitments to others. It means progressing to the next step. It means scoring a win today. Build a string of small successes. Mental toughness.

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RapidStart Leadership

JUNE 2, 2017

Whether it’s your first leadership position or your fifty-first, taking over can be a challenging business. ” (Credit to Rare Leadership Solutions ). Effective leadership is based on understanding the environment and building trust. This is about your personal competence in your leadership position. Click To Tweet.

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RapidStart Leadership

MARCH 9, 2017

It takes only a moment to make a promise or set a goal. They stick to their goals, fulfill their promises, complete the tasks they have set out for themselves. Starting something is fun. It’s exciting. Everything is new, the possibilities seem limitless. Potential is everywhere. Delivering is harder. It takes effort.

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RapidStart Leadership

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Goal Achievability. Those who believe the group’s goal is impossible to achieve are more likely to slack off; they think effort is futile. Goal Value. Even if the goal can be attained, if they don’t believe achieving it will be meaningful, they are more likely to go easy. Goal Low-balling.

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RapidStart Leadership

MARCH 7, 2017

Confirm the destination by talking about the team’s vision and near-term goals. Keep your teammates aware and involved in how things are going – what the next goals are and how well they are doing in getting there. Make sure your passengers are on the right train headed to the right place. Be honest about snags along the way.

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RapidStart Leadership

DECEMBER 31, 2019

The post Why I Resolve to do Nothing Next Year appeared first on RapidStart Leadership. Before we resolve to do anything next year, here's why I think it's a bad idea, along with three ways to actually achieve the things we seek.

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RapidStart Leadership

MARCH 28, 2017

Just as winter transitions to spring and the world outside renews itself, maybe it’s time to look at your leadership and your team and take a moment to renew, too. Imagine someone from a major business magazine is coming to write about your leadership “secrets” and what makes your team so successful. • ” Moving On.

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RapidStart Leadership

DECEMBER 27, 2016

There’s a simple law you can apply to your goal setting that will definitely help improve the amount of things you’re able to get done. So Lorgan made a deal with his team – they would set a weekly production goal for the department. But at other times, they met their goal on Thursday, and had all of Friday to do the fun stuff.

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RapidStart Leadership

JANUARY 25, 2018

Leadership can be a lot like swimming. For perspective, it helps to turn to the people impacted by our leadership. Leadership: It’s not how YOU think you are doing… Click To Tweet. Short of getting your own leadership coach, here are six ways to tell immediately if you are sinking or swimming as a leader.

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RapidStart Leadership

APRIL 25, 2018

The post Unstoppable: 12 Ways to Find the Courage to Continue appeared first on RapidStart Leadership. Where can we … Unstoppable: 12 Ways to Find the Courage to Continue Read More ».

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RapidStart Leadership

DECEMBER 8, 2016

It reminded me that leadership doesn’t need to be complicated or hard. And, importantly, it’s an opportunity for the boys to practice leadership and learn about teamwork. Yet the concepts for leadership are universal, regardless of what you happen to be doing. Here’s what happened… Tree Wrangling. Anticipate and Visualize.

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RapidStart Leadership

AUGUST 1, 2017

His first goal was to see how hard it would be to make them dislike each other. Each team rode in its own bus, established its own leadership, designed its own flag, and chose its own name. What bridges the gap is a common objective, a shared goal, and a team culture that forces everyone to work together for a common benefit.

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RapidStart Leadership

JANUARY 2, 2018

Whether you are trying to solve world hunger, resolve an issue at the office, or setting goals for the next 90 days, here are some ideas to help you make space to think. Raise your leadership game. To make room for our own thoughts, it helps to evict everyone else who is trying to rent space in our heads once in a while.

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RapidStart Leadership

OCTOBER 31, 2017

At the time, I thought of it as involved, caring leadership. As Wally Bock of Three Star Leadership advises, choose someone who has both the ability and willingness to do the job. The ball has to go forward, towards the goal, not back and forth across a net. Raise your leadership game. But that’s not what it was.

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