AUGUST 2021

Business Tips:

TRACTION (EOS – Entrepreneurial Operating System)

Our management is implementing a new system called “Traction”. It will provide direction over the next year through a wonderful system. We look forward to sharing it with you here. We hope you will take the journey with us.

~Trust~

You can ignore the principles that govern trust—but they will not ignore you. Trust is the new currency of our interdependent, collaborative world. - STEPHEN M. R. COVEY

Why, you ask? – 10 reasons: #1—We live in a world of declining trust. #2—Trust is the engine of the sharing economy. #3—The nature of work today demands increasing collaboration. #4—Change is the new normal in a disruptive world. #5—Our multigenerational workforce necessitates a different approach to how work gets done. #6—Trust is the critical enabler of strategic initiatives. #7—Trust itself has become a key strategic initiative. #8—“Culture” has reemerged as an imperative for organizational success. #9—Yesterday’s style of management is insufficient for today’s leadership needs. #10—Trust is the new currency of our world today.

“Extending trust is the ultimate act of leadership, the defining skill that transforms a manager into a leader.”

Trust comes with practice, and it can bite you more often than not with those not used to being counted on or make it a habit to not care or feel like it doesn’t matter. Trust is a business value and a relationship value. If you cannot trust someone to follow through, then you have a deficiency in the ability to move forward and will always be capped at the ability to grow, get things done, hit goals, and also collaborate with team mates and relationships that require the lending of responsibility, commitments, timeframes, deadlines, and people.

Reference: The book The Speed of Trust by Stephen M. Covey

 

Personal Tips:

~ Serving First~

One of our 4 core values is help first / serve. This is seen in being flexible, being the first to volunteer to learn and help. It is seen when you are caught considering others before yourself. It is part of the team culture we are endeavoring to create.

 Acts 20:35 In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive. Matthew 5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. Hebrews 6:10 God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them. Philippians 2:4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. Galatians 5:13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.

 

Life Skills:

What if you could develop these tools this year?

·         Critical thinking and creative thinking

·         Problem-solving and decision-making

·         Interpersonal skills and communication

·         Assertiveness, equanimity, and self-control

·         Self-awareness and empathy

·         Resilience and coping with emotions and stress.

Writing

Despite rapid digitization, writing remains one of the strongest forms of communication.

Be it an office report, a social media picture caption or a romantic text; good writing can get you some useful brownie points.

But don’t just consider writing as an important communication skill. Writing is, in fact, one of the most profitable skills to learn.

Take it from me; I make a living from this skill and teach it to people all the time. Gone are the days when you had to write a book to make money writing. Today, there are industries like blogging, social media marketing, copywriting that have opened so many doors for people to earn a living through this skill.

You can try this free course (https://kopywritingkourse.com/free-copywriting-course/) to polish your copywriting skills. But if you’re looking for a general course to improve your overall writing, you can check out this online course by Arizona State University (https://www.edx.org/course/).

Remember, what crosses the mind and over the fingertips creates concrete neuro functions that put your subconscious mind to work!

 

Notable quotes: They are italicized above.

You are an ambassador?

You are a representation of what you know and believe with your worldview. Depending on where, how, and if you have influence you are directly and sometimes indirectly communicating to others how you think, act, and are. I recommend doing a deep dive in what you are trying to portray. Analyze what you are an ambassador of and be very intentional about a life well lived with core values and a pursuit towards your creator. Understanding the deep questions, purpose, and calling of life places us on a path that all of us can be assured a unfathomable destination and promise once understood.

Something I want you to know:

Learn Trust, Serve First, pursue writing and check what kind of ambassador you are.