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Leading Thoughts for September 2, 2021

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Like everyone else, you’re adopting the same survival mechanisms, galloping along on the same treadmill, and defaulting into the same operational cycles. Later his son, Yo-Yo, took up the father’s advice to play a Bach suite from memory every night before going to bed. “You’re firmly caught in a trap without realizing that you are.

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Leadership and Opportunity | N2Growth Blog

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Rarely will you come across a static opportunity in the sense that it will stand idle and wait for you to act…Significant opportunities are not only scarce, but they typically operate on the principal of diminishing returns. So much so, that if you don’t think timing is everything - think again.

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Why Businesses Fail | N2Growth Blog

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Gut instincts can only take you so far in life, and anyone who operates outside of a sound decisioning framework will eventually fall prey to an act of oversight, misinformation, misunderstanding, manipulation, impulsivity or some other negative influencing factor. My advice is to actually work at becoming very discerning.

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Workplace Gossip | N2Growth Blog

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In fact, it is my opinion that the worst form of gossip is conducted under the guise of seeking advice or counsel. Talking to anyone else wouldn’t resolve the issue, it would merely be self serving indulgence at someone else’s expense.

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Toxic Work Environments | N2Growth Blog

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I read a Navy Times article by Donnie Horner recently called "Challenges Facing Surface Fleet", posted March 16, 2009. royatkinson Thanks for including that last piece of advice, Mike. Ron As always, another post that's right on the mark! Readers can google it. You are definitely not alone…Thanks for sharing Ron.

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Shut-up & Listen | N2Growth Blog

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If you follow this advice not only will you become better informed, but you’ll also become more popular with those whom you interact with. Take your listening skills online, and don’t just push out Tweets and Facebook messages, but ask questions and elicit feedback.

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Should CEOs Have Term Limits? | N2Growth Blog

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Posted on July 7th, 2010 by admin in Leadership , Operations & Strategy , Rants By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth I have read some interesting articles and blog posts of late on the subject of CEO term limits, and felt this topic worthy of discussion.

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