Month: September 2017
How About a 10% Raise
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John tells us to raise our rates 10% which I endorse. Other firms like Stuff and Nonsense used to have double your rate Friday. They won just as much work on Friday as any other day and they had doubled the rates. You probably undervalue yourself. You’re a wizard and you better not forget it.…
Future Positive Thinking
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A few weeks ago I went to a talk with Ryan Walter. He talked all about thinking and four main modes of thinking. Past Positive Past Negative Future Positive Future Negative Really all of these states of thinking are mostly fine. They’re going to happen, and some of the ones that make look bad at…
No More Rescues
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…when the Rescuer intervenes, he can create a vexing and all too pervasive performance disconnect, by depriving people of the feedback that comes from the natural consequences of mistakes. While the manager sees failure and a gap they have to step in and close, employees often see success. – Multipliers This isn’t just for managers.…
Becoming a Multiplier is Good for Business and Good for Fatherhood
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While you could focus on building a mini-kingdom, or hoarding all the amazing people both of those things are terrible paths as a manager. I’ve regularly told my coaching clients that your only job is to make sure that those under and above you look marvellous. Unfortunately, way too many managers take the first two…
In Love with The Dream
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Many people are only in love with the results of running a business. At least the perceived results. They don’t want to go get clients. They don’t want to enter receipts. They don’t want to learn how to budget. They just want some magical freedom that comes at the end of doing all those things…
Rest is Something You HAVE TO Prioritize
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Rest is not something that the world gives us. It’s never been a gift. It’s never been something you do when you’ve finished everything else. If you want rest, you have to take it. You have to resist the lure of busyness, make time for rest, take it seriously, and protect it from a world…
Do Your Tools Serve You?
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The problem is not the technology itself, it’s how we choose to use the technology. Is it serving us or are we serving it? – In The Future, Our Attention Will Be Sold Does your phone serve you? I know most of you are going to try and pass off a ‘yes’. Really, when you’re…
Are you leaving poop in your wake?
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What level of service do you provide? Is it amazing or is it adequate or is it terrible? Over the last two years, we’ve hired two different house/dog sitters. Our first was good. The dog was alive and tired out and the house was clean. The second was…barely adequate. Two weeks later we’re still trying…
Get the Behaviour You Want with Your Kids, and no drama
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A few weeks ago, I had a terrible parenting night. I yelled at my daughter. She was in tears; I was in tears once she finally was in bed. Worse, three days later she did something every kid does, she was a bit defiant, and I was instantly angry. I was still worked up over…
A Better Life With SWAP
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I love getting out in the mountains and I listen to lots of podcast around running/mountain stuff. I was just listening to a great episode of The Ginger Runner with David and Megan Roche. In it they talked about their SWAP philosophy. That stands for Some Work All Play. Your work should have an element…
