Chris Brady

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How are the OTHERS Doing?

Chris Brady

" It was all about me, my goals, my performance, my motivation, my accomplishments. Unfortunately, that's not how it works.    As Orrin Woodward and I wrote in Launching a Leadership Revolution, leading involves much more than that. Leadership is the art of influencing other people to high performance.

Letter 133
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A Force For Good

Chris Brady

  As it was explained to me I tried tokeep track of the winding trail of what had happened, looking for motive andthings to correct.   It was really just the collateraldamage of a young Rascal unsure how to use the powerful Rascal weapons withwhich he'd been born.   And my son didn't lookmuch better, either!

Letter 124
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The Best Leaders Have Fun

Chris Brady

And this (don't miss it) is the point of this meandering discussion: the best leaders understand how to have fun and how to invoke fun in the lives of their followers. When we are doing what we are built to do, called to do, and deeply motivated to do, we will enjoy it. This accomplishes several things: 1. We will have fun.

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The Test of Rascalinity - rascal

Chris Brady

I have no trouble motivating myself.   Understanding how to capitalize on it will take you to the next level.   Doing so causes us to pull our focus away from the areas where we are naturally endowed, depletes our confidence, and drains our motivation.    They are individually individualistic. 

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Genteel Back-Channeling

Chris Brady

They generally get their feelings hurt, carry grudges, pout, and assign motives to the behavior of others. How can you spot this behavior? Thank you for clearly identifying the symptoms and solutions for dealing in leadership with such wonderful folks. People, as we will learn throughout our lives, are mind-bogglingly complex.

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Reading for Lifetime Growth

Chris Brady

Allow me to recommend some categories: Leadership (of course), Success, Theology, History, Economics, the Classics, Politics and Freedom, Finances and Investing.  I found personal growth books through Christian friends and our church long before we were introduced to leadership development. Read broadly across many genres.

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