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Business Tips : EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE When emotional intelligence first appeared as a buzz phrase in 1995, it made us aware of the missing link in a peculiar finding: people with average IQs outperform those with the highest IQs 70% of the time . This obviously shook up the psychologist’s balance of what “SMART” means. The capacity to be aware of, control and express one's emotions and to handle interpersonal relationships judiciously and empathetically is one definition. Another…. “Emotional intelligence is your ability to recognize and understand emotions in yourself and others, and your ability to use this awareness to manage your behavior and relationships.” It’s made up of 4 skills: ·          Self-Awareness  is your ability to accurately perceive your emotions and stay aware of them as they happen. ·          Self-Management  is your ability to use awareness of your emotions ...

Business Tips : LEADERSHIP       Leadership is both an art and a science. It is an art in which we develop the character within ourselves to become someone of influence. The science of leadership is the theory and exacting methods that prove to work in our ability to discipline and hone ourselves into a person of leadership.       Within the subject of leadership we often talk about character, task, and relationship as a three legged stool in the measurement in our ability to support and stabilize our leadership strength. Where one of these variables fall short, so does the structural integrity of the stool and our leadership ability. We can spend much time on each of these, but suffice it to say that if we honestly measure these in our lives it can determine failure modes that are causing us pain. It can also help us course correct our journey. How are our character traits, ability to perform tasks, and the relationships that we...

Business Tips : INTEGRITY It’s the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness. Consistency - honesty - and truthfulness or accuracy of one’s actions I have this on my wall to remind me every day of what I try to do. I’m nowhere near perfect. ·          Do not promise more than they can deliver. ·          Stands in the authority God has given them. ·          Consistently contributes something positive to the world. ·          Accepts the idea that  to whom much has been given much is expected . ·          Allows God and trusted others to correct their path. ·          Follows through on agreed upon tasks. ·          Acknowledges God as their leader...

Business Tips : CHARACTER The definition I speak of is moral excellence and firmness. Character is a habit of will. It becomes a skill and a discipline that when exercised it becomes stronger. This is based in the right and wrong of integrity, which you can study. Character is not just being good and not being bad. Character is standing in and doing something rather than standing idle when wrong is being done. It isn’t just knowing the difference or being a character, but holding the line for others also. Your example in your daily speech and action exemplifies character that others can use to get better. A man or woman of character is said to be the straight line that others measure themselves against. Just as Jesus did, so you can live a character led live. Things that can distract from this may be pleasure, lust, etc. There are many references, the Bible, Launching a Leadership Revolution – Woodward/Brady, Resolved – Woodward/Brady, Character Counts - Dyer and more historical ...

Business Tips : ·          Year-end goals - Get a piece of paper and write down the top 5 things you would like to see done or happen in your family’s life for 2018. Involve the spouse, significant other, and kids. Make it fun. Set some fun rewards if you hit a midterm goal. Then do it for the next 5 years. Review them monthly and then annually. ·          Game planning and action steps – Take those top 5 things and think of how you can accomplish them. If you don’t know how, find someone who has and let them help. Then put an action plan together that will move you forward daily, weekly, and monthly. You won’t always accomplish your game plan, but that is what a dream manager is for. To help you with the ideas and thought processes to hold you accountable and move you forward. Make 2018 your best year ever.     Personal Tips: ·         Annual an...

Business Tips : ·          Learn from complaints   - your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning, let them teach you where your holes are ·          Deliver more than expected – it’s a great way to build loyalty and trust in you and your brand at all levels in the company     Personal Tips: ·         Foster a community atmosphere   – I teach a few classes, build a customer’s building, and I make it a point to introduce myself if it’s their first time with a building. I also introduce my clients to one other. Other ideas include having a group dinner or doing an occasional group outing. ·         Be yourself   – I wouldn’t want to spend an hour three times a week with a robot. Be yourself. You don’t need to share personal information, but you can give honest opinions, be...

Business Tips : ·          Do the time – no one succeeds immediately, everyone was once a beginner, Steve Jobs – “if you look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.” ·          Learn from mistakes – failure is not final, and you have wasted a good screw up if you don’t learn from it – use mistakes and failures as free lessons on your journey to success Personal Tips: ·          Educate  – Our jobs are not to just work for a paycheck, but to become better through our education in what each one of us do. When education shows up in better results, we should expect to progress in position, pay, and prosperity. However, the same is true to those that choose not to educate themselves or take some time to teach someone willing to listen. Be on the search on both how you can educate yourself on something new and teach someone in your team someth...

Business Tips : ·          Challenge yourself – Richard Branson’s biggest motivation is to keep challenging himself, treat life like one long university education to learn more everyday ·          Face your fears – it’s not easy, but must be done. Fearlessness is like a muscle, the more you exercise it, the stronger it becomes Personal Tips: ·          Build self-confidence - Dress sharp, walk faster, good posture, create a personal commercial, have gratitude, compliment other people, sit in the front row, speak up, work out, focus on contribution   ·          Follow through - If you say you are going to do something, do it. If you don’t have the time, then don’t commit to something you can’t deliver on. Life Skills : Faith, Family, Fitness, Finances, Friends, Fun, Following, Freedom; we call these the...