Tim Milburn

APRIL 1, 2011

The fourth priority is to define your goals. So I’m encouraging you right here at the start of your student leadership year to define your goals. Dedicate yourself to goals that are bigger than you can accomplish alone. Goals that require more than your own effort will actually help move you toward being a leader.

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Goal Seminar Tactics Positioning 83

Tim Milburn

MARCH 18, 2013

Set your sights on a goal, a target. A goal makes us more intentional. One more thing about your goal. This blog sat quietly for six months while I’ve been reflecting on my decisions, re-connecting with my “why”, and finding a goal worth working toward on a daily basis. But that’s a good thing.

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Crisis Learning-by-Doing Goal Commitment 162

Tim Milburn

AUGUST 29, 2013

The goal is productivity. Constantly switching apps or software actually works against that goal. And the biggest barrier to achieving my goal…is me. Your goal at this initial stage is to select the ONE tool you will use. I think the app will make me better. Perhaps you suffer from the same thing. That’s okay.

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Tools Hammer Software Learning-by-Doing 121

Tim Milburn

APRIL 23, 2012

You created to-do lists, timelines, and deadlines to guide you in the accomplishment of your vision and goals. Are you doing your best, working with excellence as your goal, and remaining positive? Use the daily check-in to accomplish two things: 1. Know where you’re at. 2. Know where you’re headed. How’s your character?

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Download Morale Crisis Goal 160

Tim Milburn

JULY 2, 2012

Where do I want to be in my life (productivity, accomplishments, goals) when December 31, 2012 rolls around? Is there a goal I made for 2012 that I need to complete, revise, or remove? Who are the people that I need to invest in during the second half of the year?

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Sports Goal Follow-up Planning 124

Tim Milburn

MARCH 17, 2014

Work Toward A Goal. Action Step: Write down your top three goals? Here are five different areas that leave me feeling fulfilled instead of frustrated. Putting your energy into these areas will increase the likelihood that you’re investing your time and not just wasting it. Live Your Life’s Story.

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P&L Learning-by-Doing Letter Energy 151

Tim Milburn

MARCH 11, 2014

Carol Dweck, a Stanford University professor, has done extensive research on the difference between students who focus on performance goals versus students who have learning goals. Students with learning goals, on the other hand, take necessary risks and don’t worry about failure because each mistake becomes a chance to learn.”

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Development Morale Learning-by-Doing Leadership Development 124

Tim Milburn

JUNE 19, 2013

Either way though, the company leader’s identity and organizational psychology , helps guide the business foundation on vision, principles, strategy, goals and most of all, business communication. photo credit: h.koppdelaney via photopin cc.

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Company Morale Incentives Motivation 107

Tim Milburn

MAY 15, 2012

When purpose is lacking, the telltale signs are obvious: fatigue, mediocrity, fractured teams, and goals that are stated but without accountability. Effective leaders use purpose to show their teams what is possible and what is within reach. Without purpose, individuals and teams can easily go off track. Productivity goes off track.

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Leadership CEO Strategy Long-term 162

Tim Milburn

JUNE 1, 2012

One of the goals I have in the equipping process is to equip others to do something even better than I can (in most areas, that’s not too difficult). As you communicate suggestions and observations to those whom you work with, make sure they know it is for their own growth and improvement. Manske, Jr. Feel free to comment on the list.

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Succession Tools Process Travel 148

Tim Milburn

JULY 4, 2013

Piles around the goals I’m working to accomplish. My goal is for my stuff to have a place and a purpose. The goal is to get better. Each day I accumulate new to-do’s, countless pieces of paper, unforeseen problems, random interruptions and numerous distractions. Over time, I begin to form piles. Piles on my desk.

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Organization Learning-by-Doing Document System 160

Tim Milburn

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Simply said, growth is more pleasing than goals. Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s good to set goals. But goals are more like a spot on the map – they show me that I’m still headed in the right direction. Some people struggle with physical fitness goals (like me!). Lots of people participate.

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Travel Energy Goal Resources 92

Tim Milburn

JUNE 21, 2012

One of my goals this year is to increase the number of posts I write on a weekly basis. Think about it: What is one personal change you need to make in your thinking or your behavior to move you one step closer to your goals? ” See the difference? The NUMBER ONE challenge to making personal change in your life is FEELINGS.

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Resistance Maturity Learning-by-Doing Sports 160

Tim Milburn

OCTOBER 24, 2012

“A business team that aspires to excellence may not have the same physical challenges as an ocean racing crew,” Perkins acknowledges, “but lofty goals require sacrifice, dedication, and the ability to persevere. But so is continuing to prepare while racing toward the team’s goals and while navigating through a crisis.

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Uncertainty Teamwork Team Tactics 148

Tim Milburn

JANUARY 10, 2019

Here’s mine: Drink a bottled water Stretch/pushups Devotional/Prayer/Journal Goals/Mantra/Gratitude Look through the day Shower/Dress/Breakfast. If you do this exercise, you need to create YOUR own, based on your own desires and needs. Pretty basic.

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Follow-up Motivation Project Environment 60

Tim Milburn

JANUARY 31, 2011

As you answer that question (and not relying on others to answer it for you, you’ll discover the best use of your time means: • doing the things that bring you closer to achieving your goals (you do have goals, right?). accomplishing work that has a high priority of importance attached to it (have you prioritized your work?).

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Management Objective Planning Stress 131

Tim Milburn

OCTOBER 28, 2010

The first person sets goals. The goal-setter will grow along the way. The growth-gainer will accomplish goals, even if un-stated. Only a steady effort and discipline to work at daily priorities. Both people are working toward a better future. They just go about it in different ways. The second person focuses on growth.

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Strategy Goal Resources Tips 75

Tim Milburn

APRIL 12, 2020

The goal was to balance on a floating platform. I thought it fitting during Holy Week, one of the 12 was about to be voted off the island. Modern day illustration? Anyways, the challenge was called Sea Legs. Apparently, other Survivor shows have done this one before. Last person to remain on their platform wins the challenge.

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Tim Milburn

AUGUST 27, 2013

You play a key role in the success or failure of your team’s mission and goals. I hope you realize that a leader can’t be effective if his or her followers aren’t effective. Be the kind of follower you would want if you were the leader. Related posts: The 3 Motives Of A Leader People Want To Follow.

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Follow-up Construction Influence Team 160

Tim Milburn

MARCH 22, 2011

Do you have the ability to keep people focused on the goal, the vision, the mission? Your position. Your position is a platform. How can you best use your position to move the organization forward? You persistence. Can you remain positive in the face of difficulties? Your personal philosophy. Everyone has a different leadership style.

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Leadership Leadership Styles Analysis Follow-up 153

Tim Milburn

MARCH 5, 2012

As you step to the front of the room, be it a classroom or an auditorium, your main goal in presenting your campaign speech is to leave an impression – a positive impression. Ultimately, the goal of any campaign speech is to be yourself and allow people the chance to see who you are and what you stand for.

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Video Learning-by-Doing Audience Positioning 90

Tim Milburn

OCTOBER 25, 2010

For Bochy and the San Francisco Giants, the goal was (and continues to be) winning. For your team and your people, you need to identify what the goal is. Then, put people into the best position to help you reach that goal. Do you know what each member of your team is good at? That’s so important to good leadership.

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Leadership Team Learning-by-Doing Goal 121

Tim Milburn

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Simply said, growth is more pleasing than goals. Don’t get me wrong, I think it’s good to set goals. But goals are more like a spot on the map – they show me that I’m still headed in the right direction. Some people struggle with physical fitness goals (like me!). Lots of people participate.

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Travel Energy Goal Resources 60

Tim Milburn

OCTOBER 28, 2010

The first person sets goals. The goal-setter will grow along the way. The growth-gainer will accomplish goals, even if un-stated. Only a steady effort and discipline to work at daily priorities. Both people are working toward a better future. They just go about it in different ways. The second person focuses on growth.

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Strategy Goal Resources Tips 60

Tim Milburn

APRIL 9, 2011

Focus on your #1 goal. If this is the case, then it’s time to refocus the team’s efforts on one or two goals. When you focus your efforts in one area, you are able to exert more of your energy toward achieving that goal. Oftentimes, a team loses momentum because they’re focused on too many things.

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Collins Energy Training Crisis 75

Tim Milburn

AUGUST 31, 2010

You can control the goal. The goal was to create an event that built community. But we achieved the greater goal – people spent time with people. They responded with a better idea and kept the event alive and successful. But the Drive-In Movie was simply a means to a greater end. People got to know other people.

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Sports Open-book Planning Goal 116

Tim Milburn

APRIL 5, 2011

In order to achieve the goal of “ the best year ever &# you will need to expect greatness. The goal of expectations is for people as individuals and as a team to function at their highest level. I want to encourage you to do more than hope for the best. You stretch their thinking. I mentioned the word “dictator&# above.

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Goal Team Morale Follow-up 88

Tim Milburn

JANUARY 13, 2014

For the last four years, I’ve made a personal goal to write a book each year for my student leaders. That’s who I thought of when I got stuck. That’s why I sat down at the keyboard in the first place. I wrote it for them. Last year, I wrote Leadership Starts With You. This year, I had to write the sequel.

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Open-book Follow-up Books Energy 161

Tim Milburn

APRIL 26, 2012

The goal would be to bring everything down to the lowest common denominator. So let’s step back a bit from the compliment and think more in line with containment. I really think it might catch on. When was the last time your heard of a conference where they brought in demotivational speakers who gave demotivational advice?

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Motivation Bond How To Conference 152

Tim Milburn

JULY 13, 2012

It’s a skill that considers the “me” and the “they” in an effort to create an “us” that’s moving in a specific direction, toward a certain goal. Balance is something that takes hard work to capture and then more hard work to maintain. It requires constant correction.

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Self-aware Leadership Tools Mentor 141

Tim Milburn

MARCH 12, 2012

The goal here is to approach life with the perspective of a leader – to think like a leader thinks. Again, let me emphasize that you don’t have to be in a leadership position to consider yourself a lifelong leader. Personal leadership should always precede positional leadership.

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Learning-by-Doing Resistance Positioning Process 161

Tim Milburn

AUGUST 3, 2012

Great coaches set few goals if any. Great coaches know that their perception of others is based solely on their own state of mind — which is always subject to change. Great coaches set few expectations if any. They know better than to make players victims of their own circumstances. They know better than to limit possibilities.

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Sports Belief Systems Comparison Open-book 133

Tim Milburn

APRIL 20, 2012

Work to keep your people engaged, motivated, and connected to the goals and vision of the team right up to the end. This isn’t just about you, but about all of the people whom you lead. A successful ending should be a team effort. Nothing will deflate team morale more than to have members of a team slowly fade away before the year is up.

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How To Follow-up Commitment Morale 136

Tim Milburn

AUGUST 2, 2012

I want them to solve a problem, accomplish a goal, and reach their potential. Change happens all the time…not always for the better. I encourage student leaders to be the kind of difference-makers who will inspire positive change. I’ve thought about the various stages a person will go through in an effort to make a difference.

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Delegation Price Motivation Positioning 146

Tim Milburn

JANUARY 19, 2012

Tim knew the goal was winning – not his QB rating. How high is your passion for what you lead? No Style Points on the Scoreboard – Winning is the ultimate measuring stick in the NFL. Pretty or ugly, it doesn’t matter. What does a win look like for your team? Is everyone on the same page?

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Blanchard Sports Influence Learning-by-Doing 107

Tim Milburn

AUGUST 31, 2010

You can control the goal. The goal was to create an event that built community. But we achieved the greater goal – people spent time with people. They responded with a better idea and kept the event alive and successful. But the Drive-In Movie was simply a means to a greater end. People got to know other people.

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Sports Open-book Planning Goal 68

Tim Milburn

JULY 15, 2013

Most of the articles I write on this site are meant to encourage you to move into a leadership role, to improve your leadership skills, and to inspire you to step up and guide a group of people in a common purpose and goal. This is not one of those posts. Today I want to try and talk you out of it. I know you have potential.

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Positioning Leadership Follow-up Learning-by-Doing 163