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Born to Win

by Kevin Eikenberry on February 6, 2012

in Books,Leadership,Learning,Personal Development,Success

This week’s Resource Recommendation is Born to Win by Zig Ziglar and Tom Ziglar. Let me start by saying I am a 100% Zig Ziglar fan, so by definition, this review will be biased. I’ve read much of Zig’s writing throughout my professional life, listened to him speak, both live and on tapes (yes, cassette tapes) [...]

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To lead someone or something means, literally, to be in front, so that others can see and follow in that direction.  Stated another way, if you think you are leading, but no one is following, you are just taking a walk. In yet other words, leaders are leaders because of what they do, not because [...]

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A positive mental attitude or just “being positive” is often cited as an important attribute of successful leaders and people. Here’s what a famous achiever, who overcame more than you or I will ever fathom had to say about it: “No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, [...]

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Thoughts on Gratitude, From One Leader to Another

by Kevin Eikenberry on November 24, 2010

in Uncategorized

Today we will publish this week’s issue of our Powerquotes Plus newsletter – a ezine that offers a quotation, questions and action steps to help achievers, leaders and learners reflect…. and take action. Appropriately, I shared a quotation about thanksgiving today.   Here it is, from preacher and author W.T. Purkiser: “Not what we say about [...]

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Three Ways to Effectively Show Your Gratitude

by Kevin Eikenberry on November 22, 2010

in Leadership,Learning

Most people realize the value and importance of being grateful for the positive and meaningful things in their lives. Much has been written about the benefits of an attitude of gratitude. It doesn’t take much prove that value – your experiences likely are proof enough. When you take the time to “stop and smell the [...]

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Today’s Guest Post comes from Best of Blogs Nominee, Wally Bock.  Wally is a writer, speaker, and consultant who specializes in learning and sharing how leadership and strategy combine to create successful companies. His passions are leadership, marketing, personal development and the way people and organizations use processes and technology to improve results. He writes, coaches, [...]

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Most everyone has a relatively positive attitude when things are going great. But we all have those certain situations . . . those situations that push our buttons, or seem to sour our attitude as soon as (or whenever) they take place. Dealing with our attitude during those times is your focus for the next [...]

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Six Strategies for Boosting Morale

by Kevin Eikenberry on November 1, 2010

in Leadership,Learning

A participant from a workshop I led several years ago posed a question to me last week. While she shared more details, this is the crux of her question: “Currently low morale is my major issue. With all of the changes there were reductions to staff and responsibility changes . . . I appreciate any [...]

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Achievers are always looking for ways to become more successful; to reach goals more quickly and with greater assurance. And, for centuries authors have been sharing the factors that help anyone reach their goals. If you consider achievement and achievers, you hopefully would recognize that one piece of the goal achievement puzzle is attitude. In [...]

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Earlier this week I wrote a post  about seeing what we are looking for, and even talked about how the news plays into that process.  (Read it now for some background for this post). So now, just a few days later,  comes a practical application of this principle. News Story 1:  The Dow drops almost 348 [...]

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