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Leadership and Leadership and Focus: Critical for Focus: Critical for

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““There is no elevator to success. You There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.” have to take the stairs.”

AnonymousAnonymous

The Five C’s of CommunicationThe Five C’s of Communication1. Connect1. ConnectLeaders must show that they value Leaders must show that they value employees. Employee engagement is employees. Employee engagement is a direct reflection on how they see a direct reflection on how they see their boss.their boss.2. Career: Leaders should provide 2. Career: Leaders should provide challenging and meaningful work with challenging and meaningful work with opportunities for career advancement. opportunities for career advancement. Most people want to do new things in Most people want to do new things in their jobs and not do the same stuff their jobs and not do the same stuff over and over again. over and over again. 3. Clarity: Leaders must 3. Clarity: Leaders must communicate a clear vision. Success in communicate a clear vision. Success in life and organizations is to great life and organizations is to great extent determined by how clear extent determined by how clear individuals are about their goals and individuals are about their goals and what they really want to achieve. what they really want to achieve. 4. Contribute: People want to know 4. Contribute: People want to know that their input matters and that they that their input matters and that they are contributing to the success of the are contributing to the success of the organization. organization. 5. Congratulate: Good leaders give a 5. Congratulate: Good leaders give a lot of feedback. They coach and lot of feedback. They coach and convey important ideas. convey important ideas.

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1. Your focus needs to be simple and clear1. Your focus needs to be simple and clear2. Your focus needs to be memorable 2. Your focus needs to be memorable 3. Your focus needs an enemy3. Your focus needs an enemy4. Your focus is not a product4. Your focus is not a product5. Your focus does not come without a price5. Your focus does not come without a price

11. Focus needs to be simple and . Focus needs to be simple and clearclear: Think transparent. What you : Think transparent. What you are aiming for should be obvious. are aiming for should be obvious. Ambiguity has no place in your Ambiguity has no place in your pathway to success. It should be pathway to success. It should be clear to team members what you are clear to team members what you are doing and what you are striving for. doing and what you are striving for.

2. 2. Your focus needs to be Your focus needs to be memorablememorable: Your mind should be : Your mind should be stimulated by the smallest of stimulated by the smallest of coincidences, even if you are not coincidences, even if you are not thinking of your goals at the time. If thinking of your goals at the time. If your focus is strong enough your your focus is strong enough your mind will automatically align and mind will automatically align and assimilate facts within your long assimilate facts within your long term goals. term goals.

Your focus needs an enemy:Your focus needs an enemy: At At each moment, you are either moving each moment, you are either moving toward or away from your goals. In toward or away from your goals. In addition to your desires, the things addition to your desires, the things that move you away are bad habits, that move you away are bad habits, competition or the threat of competition or the threat of mediocrity. We are what we think mediocrity. We are what we think about most often and those thoughts about most often and those thoughts should be aligned by goals. should be aligned by goals.

Your focus is not a product:Your focus is not a product: The The hand cannot touch your focus, only hand cannot touch your focus, only your heart. Concentrate on benefits your heart. Concentrate on benefits received, the feeling enjoyed. That received, the feeling enjoyed. That is what matters the most. It all is what matters the most. It all starts with having the heart and soul starts with having the heart and soul to focus strongly on what you really to focus strongly on what you really want to get out of life---and then GO want to get out of life---and then GO GRAB IT. GRAB IT.

““Teamwork is the ability to work Teamwork is the ability to work together for a common vision.together for a common vision. The ability to direct individual The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.” attain uncommon results.” Andrew CarnegieAndrew Carnegie

““Remember that Remember that life is kind of like a life is kind of like a race. We are all race. We are all racing to our own racing to our own unique and unique and creative creative destinations, trying destinations, trying to find our ideal to find our ideal selves.” selves.” anonymousanonymous

Time Management TipsTime Management Tips

Reduce Frustration:Reduce Frustration: With effective planning, it’s With effective planning, it’s easier to release the full power of creativity and easier to release the full power of creativity and productivity. productivity. Maintain Direction:Maintain Direction: Much of the dissatisfaction Much of the dissatisfaction and anxiety come from not knowing where you and anxiety come from not knowing where you are going, or you feel like you are going nowhere. are going, or you feel like you are going nowhere. Open yourself up to more satisfaction:Open yourself up to more satisfaction: We We are often burdened with unconscious guilt for are often burdened with unconscious guilt for those undone things we think we should be doing those undone things we think we should be doing or should have done. Learn how to prioritize and or should have done. Learn how to prioritize and do the mundane or unpleasant things first. do the mundane or unpleasant things first.

Achievement Tips Achievement Tips

Know Your OutcomeKnow Your Outcome

If you don't know what you want you'll end up with what you get. If you do know If you don't know what you want you'll end up with what you get. If you do know what it is then you are half way towards getting it. If not, work with a coach to what it is then you are half way towards getting it. If not, work with a coach to discover what you really want for yourself now and for your future.discover what you really want for yourself now and for your future.

2. Know why you want it2. Know why you want it

Why do you want to achieve this goal? What do you imagine you will have when you Why do you want to achieve this goal? What do you imagine you will have when you have reached this successful place? Actually see yourself having achieved this goal have reached this successful place? Actually see yourself having achieved this goal and ask yourself - so what do I have now?and ask yourself - so what do I have now?

3. What are you really willing to do to get what you want?3. What are you really willing to do to get what you want?

Nothing changes without taking action. What actions are you willing to take to Nothing changes without taking action. What actions are you willing to take to change the status quo? What new decisions must you make to get you nearer to change the status quo? What new decisions must you make to get you nearer to your goal?your goal?

4. Get into momentum4. Get into momentum

At first you¹ll be putting in ten units of effort to get one unit of reward. Are you At first you¹ll be putting in ten units of effort to get one unit of reward. Are you prepared to do what it takes to get into momentum in the early stages until you get prepared to do what it takes to get into momentum in the early stages until you get to ten units in and 50 units out?to ten units in and 50 units out?

5. Don't forget yourself!5. Don't forget yourself! You need space and time to stay in balance, keep healthy and pursue activities that You need space and time to stay in balance, keep healthy and pursue activities that

make you feel good. All work and no play as they say! make you feel good. All work and no play as they say!