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Answering The Why

Answering "why" provides context and meaning. People are far more likely to embrace the what and how once they understand the why. Continue reading

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Strategy

Organizations would be wise to focus their efforts on strategic "doing" vs strategic planning. Published failure rates for strategic planning range from 70 to 90 percent. #strategy Continue reading

Posted 2 days ago at Terry's Blog | Daily strategies, insights and inspiration to help you achieve your potential

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Change

Life should not be easy. We're meant to push ourselves and try new things, which will definitely make us feel uncomfortable. #change Continue reading

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Purpose

"The purpose of life is a life of purpose." -Robert Byrne, author Continue reading

Posted 4 days ago at Terry's Blog | Daily strategies, insights and inspiration to help you achieve your potential

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Strategy

If you're going to focus on one thing that you should grow, it's stronger. #strategy Continue reading

Posted 7 days ago at Terry's Blog | Daily strategies, insights and inspiration to help you achieve your potential

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Another Day To Start Again

Every morning, if we're blessed to have our eyes open to another new day, we have the opportunity to start over again. What's the #1 thing you can start doing today that will put you on the path to your dreams? Continue reading

Posted Jun 16, 2021 at Terry's Blog | Daily strategies, insights and inspiration to help you achieve your potential

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Strategic Change

If you want to play the odds, bet on failure. That's what's likely to happen when you execute strategy or implement organizational change. #strategy Continue reading

Posted Jun 15, 2021 at Terry's Blog | Daily strategies, insights and inspiration to help you achieve your potential

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Commitment

There's a big difference between the will to win and the will to do what it takes to win. Continue reading

Posted Jun 14, 2021 at Terry's Blog | Daily strategies, insights and inspiration to help you achieve your potential

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Leadership

Being a successful leader is not about what you do. It's about what your people experience. #leadership Continue reading

Posted Jun 13, 2021 at Terry's Blog | Daily strategies, insights and inspiration to help you achieve your potential

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Progress Principle

Harvard's Teresa Amabile found that making progress on important work was one of the biggest motivators at work. In fact, making progress on meaningful work was a key feature of 76% of all people's best days. She called this the Progress Principle. #personaldevelopment Continue reading

Posted Jun 10, 2021 at Terry's Blog | Daily strategies, insights and inspiration to help you achieve your potential

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Reframe

When you reframe how you look at a situation, you may go from seeing problems to seeing hidden opportunities. Continue reading

Posted Jun 9, 2021 at Terry's Blog | Daily strategies, insights and inspiration to help you achieve your potential

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Innovation

If you filter out new ideas based solely on whether they meet your financial projections, then you're going to miss some great, perhaps groundbreaking ideas. #innovation Continue reading

Posted Jun 8, 2021 at Terry's Blog | Daily strategies, insights and inspiration to help you achieve your potential

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Personal Development

If you're not encountering defeat on a fairly regular basis, you're not trying hard enough. #personaldevelopment Continue reading

Posted Jun 7, 2021 at Terry's Blog | Daily strategies, insights and inspiration to help you achieve your potential

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Baby Boomers

According to Gallup, 10,000 Baby Boomers turn 65 every single day. What's your company's succession plan? Continue reading

Posted Jun 6, 2021 at Terry's Blog | Daily strategies, insights and inspiration to help you achieve your potential

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Corporate Culture

You can complain about all the bureaucratic BS, or pick up a shovel. Continue reading

Posted Jun 1, 2021 at Terry's Blog | Daily strategies, insights and inspiration to help you achieve your potential

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Strategy

Most company strategies today, "We're going to exceed last year's performance by doing everything exactly the same." What companies need are bigger, better, bolder strategies. #strategy Continue reading

Posted May 31, 2021 at Terry's Blog | Daily strategies, insights and inspiration to help you achieve your potential

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Pursuing Your Potential

The only thing more difficult than the emotional toil of pursuing your potential is the emotional toil of not pursuing your potential. #personaldevelopment Continue reading

Posted May 30, 2021 at Terry's Blog | Daily strategies, insights and inspiration to help you achieve your potential

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Personal Growth

Personal growth comes at the point of resistance. We grow and learn by pushing ourselves and finding what lies at the outer reaches of our ability. Continue reading

Posted May 27, 2021 at Terry's Blog | Daily strategies, insights and inspiration to help you achieve your potential

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Personal Growth

In the long run, painful losses may prove much more valuable than wins. Those who are armed with a healthy attitude and are able to draw wisdom from every experience, "good" or "bad," are the ones who make it down the road to success. They are also the ones who... Continue reading

Posted May 26, 2021 at Terry's Blog | Daily strategies, insights and inspiration to help you achieve your potential

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Personal Productivity System

Systematize your time to optimize your day, so that you never have to say, it's too late! Continue reading

Posted May 25, 2021 at Terry's Blog | Daily strategies, insights and inspiration to help you achieve your potential

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Motivation

One of the oldest motivators of all: competition. Someone is always chasing you! Continue reading

Posted May 24, 2021 at Terry's Blog | Daily strategies, insights and inspiration to help you achieve your potential

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Attitude

University of North Carolina's Barbara Fredrickson discovered "the positivity ratio," or the fact that it takes three positive thoughts to counter a single negative thought. She's quoted, "Three-to-one, is the ratio we've found to be the tipping point beyond which the full impact of positive emotions becomes unleashed." Continue reading

Posted May 23, 2021 at Terry's Blog | Daily strategies, insights and inspiration to help you achieve your potential

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Limitless

Make sure what you know doesn't limit what you can imagine. #personaldevelopment Continue reading

Posted May 20, 2021 at Terry's Blog | Daily strategies, insights and inspiration to help you achieve your potential

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Potential

Far beyond our comfort zone is where we find out who we are and what we can be. Continue reading

Posted May 18, 2021 at Terry's Blog | Daily strategies, insights and inspiration to help you achieve your potential

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