...love their organization’s greater purpose and see its products or services contributing to a bigger world that they love. That love — and desire for growth and development — extends to everyone involved. Love of others starts with love of self. The desire to see others grow and develop starts...
Read article »...Leadership is emotional. Leadership deals with feelings. Leadership is made up of dreams, inspiration, excitement, desire, pride, care, passion, and love. The areas of our lives where we show the strongest leadership — including our communities, families, organizations, products, services, hobbies, and customers — are where we’re most in love....
Read article »...and wealthy entrepreneurs don’t start with a goal of getting rich. People in love with money, fame, and “success” are among the saddest and unhappiest souls on earth. If they’re driven hard enough, many end up with the wealth they love. But they usually hate their emotional poverty and despise...
Read article »...Woodrow Wilson, 28th American president If we’re going to be an effective energy leader, then our work can’t be work. We need a job that isn’t a job, it’s a joy. When I love what I’m doing, I never have to go to work again. If I didn’t love the...
Read article »...and values. So I am not working today, I am using this day to move one step closer to fulfilling a major part of why I exist. You need to either find the work you love, or learn to love the work you have. Get passionate or get out. This...
Read article »...this way. We all make occasional trips to “Pity City” or have our “doubt days.” But highly effective people — leaders — have a passion for life and deep commitment to their work or cause (often the same thing). Passion is love. It is pumped from our heart. It is...
Read article »...Must Not Do: fall in love. There are CEOs who slash and CEOs who fix and CEOs who safeguard and CEO’s who build. The great ones do all these things too, but first of all they love. Passion, commitment, ferocity – the traits of lovers are in these leaders.” ...
Read article »...knew exactly where we stood with him. He had two notes. One said “I love Mom/Dad” and the other said, “I don’t love Mom/Dad.” These were posted on the bulletin board in his bedroom according to what he felt we’d earned at that moment. Eventually, we convinced him that love...
Read article »“The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference.” — Elie Wiesel, French-American writer and 1986 Nobel Peace Prize winner Jack and...
Read article »...important, is like trying to decide whether the right or left wing is more important to an airplane’s flight. I’ll take both please! Love this? View other topics! Love Jim? Learn more about Jim Clemmer and his keynote speaking and workshops Check out our client comments and testimonials ...
Read article »...vicious circle: On the one hand, they don’t invest heavily in people because they might leave and take all that expensive training with them; on the other, if they don’t invest in people, the chances increase that they won’t stick around when a better offer comes along. In Love ‘Em...
Read article »...make notes. We can continue taping our visioning sessions until we’ve intensified the emotions and sharpened the clarity of the scenes to such a degree that listening to them sends shivers of excitement up and down our spine. See the Appendix of Bernie Siegal’s book, Love, Medicine, and Miracles for...
Read article »...difference in our children of tomorrow.” The last woman replied, “I would love to hear them say…LOOK, SHE’S MOVING!!!!!” A powerful way to uncover or strengthen our sense of purpose is to think through what we’d like to be able to say our life stood for when it’s all over....
Read article »...to what’s least important. Our values hierarchy is a lengthy one. It includes things like, health, family, security, wealth, cooperation, competitiveness, meaningful work, peace of mind, making a difference, friendships, innovation, status, happiness, freedom, adventure, spirituality, power, accomplishment, wisdom, love, creativity, integrity, participation, service, loyalty, pride, progress, teamwork, growth and...
Read article »...others. They will love you for it. They will go for you and with you.” Whether you’ve loved him, hated him, or just wanted to ignore him, strong convictions are why Rush Limbaugh has been so popular. It’s also why some of the greatest transformations of our time were led...
Read article »...Og Mandino, puts it all in perspective: “Any goal that forces you to labor, day after day and year after year, so long and hard that you never have any time for yourself and those you love is not a goal but a sentence. . . a sentence to a...
Read article »...mind, brain, endocrine and immune system. Surgeon Bernie Siegal has practiced, taught, and written about many of these principles since he began a specialized therapy in 1978 called Exceptional Cancer Patients. In his book, Love, Medicine, & Miracles he writes, “…exceptional patients refuse to be victims… one of the best...
Read article »...that need correcting. Those are what I jump on.” In a later conversation that same manager talked about his failed first marriage. “What really drove me crazy were her constant complaints that I never told her I loved her,” he complained. “I married her didn’t I? Obviously I loved her....
Read article »...your skills performance gap by identifying what skills you need to fulfill your vision. Then get feedback on your current skill levels. Have I become a victim? It’s so easy to get stuck in Pity City. Since misery loves company, Pity Parties become popular as everyone points fingers at their...
Read article »“If you ask (people) what they want in a leader, they usually list three things: direction or vision, trustworthiness, and optimism. Like effective parents, lovers, teachers, and therapists, good leaders make people hopeful.” — Warren Bennis, An Invented Life: Reflections on Leadership and Change Someone once said to the bestselling...
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