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Answer You - Paradigms or Bust
Amplifying Positive Deviance and the “truths” taken for granted at a point in time, that science progresses. The Pythagorean Brotherhood knew this and tried to keep control of knowledge. They only wanted their brotherhood to succeed. They didn’t succeed and society has developed and thrived as a response!In our consulting we believe that we can and will find the solutions to business problems within the organization in which we work. Often we may need to bring in an outside ‘expert’ to show how others are doing work, but essentially companies have the solution at hand. It’s just not acted upon, for a variety of reasons!Have you ever heard of the approach or tool called Amplifying the Positive Deviant, which was created What if this turned out to be true for our personal lives, our individual growth and progress? What if we could challenge our assumptions and do things we never thought p Metrics to Measure and Control the Performance of Sales Department It’s amazing, people we meet and know are all striving for success, in business or their personal lives but they rarely achieve it. Or rarely do they think they have achieved it.
Why is this? They have a mindset that holds them back. We read about this and similar statements and then laugh it off as some mumbo jumbo foo foo stuff.The salespeople and company sales force are those who actually generate your income dollars. Sure, it's important to have a good product, support which can respond fast, pretty design and make people write about your company in magazines, but still the most important part is to get the resulted leads converted into actual dollars.It's quite easy to organize the sales department. For instance, you can hire someone who ha Why? Well probably because of our education and backgrounds. The more educated we are the more we ask; “How can that #@$bleeping stuff be of any value to me?” Then we realize that in many ways our education was designed to create workers who didn’t challenge the conventions and wisdoms! One of the powerful mental attitudes we have is our individual paradigm under which we operate. This paradigm for all intents and purposes is created through our learning and our experiences. The good stuff and the bad. Now it’s the bad stuff we are trying to shy away from to move ahead with our lives and careers. Well, we could learn from the bad stuff as well as the successes. Build on the successes for even greater rewards. The ‘knowing doing gap’. We know what to do but just are not doing it, or enough of it! We know that our brains are living organs that are programmed by us on a daily basis. What we tell our brain is what our brains allow us to do. The synapses of the brain and associated chemistry are what create our memory. One of the great things about science is its assumption that what we think we know today will probably be proven wrong tomorrow. Developed theories, by earlier scientists are essentially platforms enabling us to climb higher, as Sir Isaac Newton said, “If I have been privileged to see farther than others, it’s because I stood on the shoulders of giants.” It’s only by asking questions, challenging the assumptions and the “truths” taken for granted at a point in time, that science progresses. The Pythagorean Brotherhood knew this and tried to keep control of knowledge. They only wanted their brotherhood to succeed. They didn’t succeed and society has developed and thrived as a response! What if this turned out to be true for our personal lives, our individual growth and progress? What if we could challenge our assumptions and do things we never thought p Firing Someone – Does It Have to Be Painful, for Them and You? at #@$bleeping stuff be of any value to me?” Then we realize that in many ways our education was designed to create workers who didn’t challenge the conventions and wisdoms!The need to write this article came about through the recent experience of two of my friends. Both had been fired. One for supposed poor performance (although she had never been counselled and at the time was in fact on sick leave) and one because the start up facility she was employed by, suddenly closed down. Both were senior managers. Both were loyal, hardworking employees but are now very angry and taking legal action One of the powerful mental attitudes we have is our individual paradigm under which we operate. This paradigm for all intents and purposes is created through our learning and our experiences. The good stuff and the bad. Now it’s the bad stuff we are trying to shy away from to move ahead with our lives and careers. Well, we could learn from the bad stuff as well as the successes. Build on the successes for even greater rewards. The ‘knowing doing gap’. We know what to do but just are not doing it, or enough of it! We know that our brains are living organs that are programmed by us on a daily basis. What we tell our brain is what our brains allow us to do. The synapses of the brain and associated chemistry are what create our memory. One of the great things about science is its assumption that what we think we know today will probably be proven wrong tomorrow. Developed theories, by earlier scientists are essentially platforms enabling us to climb higher, as Sir Isaac Newton said, “If I have been privileged to see farther than others, it’s because I stood on the shoulders of giants.” It’s only by asking questions, challenging the assumptions and the “truths” taken for granted at a point in time, that science progresses. The Pythagorean Brotherhood knew this and tried to keep control of knowledge. They only wanted their brotherhood to succeed. They didn’t succeed and society has developed and thrived as a response! What if this turned out to be true for our personal lives, our individual growth and progress? What if we could challenge our assumptions and do things we never thought p Your Must Knows when Starting a Fundraiser to move ahead with our lives and careers. Well, we could learn from the bad stuff as well as the successes. Build on the successes for even greater rewards.It is not always the easiest thing to raise money. You need to take into considerations your budget, your time and your volunteer base. By following along with your must knows you will be able to build and run a successful fundraising campaign.Always have a goal in mind. It is easier for both you the fundraiser and the giver if you can see an end in site. This way your giver can look and say wow I helped do that and The ‘knowing doing gap’. We know what to do but just are not doing it, or enough of it! We know that our brains are living organs that are programmed by us on a daily basis. What we tell our brain is what our brains allow us to do. The synapses of the brain and associated chemistry are what create our memory. One of the great things about science is its assumption that what we think we know today will probably be proven wrong tomorrow. Developed theories, by earlier scientists are essentially platforms enabling us to climb higher, as Sir Isaac Newton said, “If I have been privileged to see farther than others, it’s because I stood on the shoulders of giants.” It’s only by asking questions, challenging the assumptions and the “truths” taken for granted at a point in time, that science progresses. The Pythagorean Brotherhood knew this and tried to keep control of knowledge. They only wanted their brotherhood to succeed. They didn’t succeed and society has developed and thrived as a response! What if this turned out to be true for our personal lives, our individual growth and progress? What if we could challenge our assumptions and do things we never thought p Guest Service e what create our memory.My very first serious hotel job was as a “Guest Service Agent” at a huge convention hotel right on Disneyworld property. While not a Disney Resort, I still had to go to a half day Disney training seminar where I learned the names of the Seven Dwarfs. I still know them: Sleepy, Droopy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Happy, Sarcastic, Chubby---ok maybe not. I do remember that the ONE thing that HAD to happen anywhere on Disney property was One of the great things about science is its assumption that what we think we know today will probably be proven wrong tomorrow. Developed theories, by earlier scientists are essentially platforms enabling us to climb higher, as Sir Isaac Newton said, “If I have been privileged to see farther than others, it’s because I stood on the shoulders of giants.” It’s only by asking questions, challenging the assumptions and the “truths” taken for granted at a point in time, that science progresses. The Pythagorean Brotherhood knew this and tried to keep control of knowledge. They only wanted their brotherhood to succeed. They didn’t succeed and society has developed and thrived as a response! What if this turned out to be true for our personal lives, our individual growth and progress? What if we could challenge our assumptions and do things we never thought p Starting a Business - Getting Your Head Ready and the “truths” taken for granted at a point in time, that science progresses. The Pythagorean Brotherhood knew this and tried to keep control of knowledge. They only wanted their brotherhood to succeed. They didn’t succeed and society has developed and thrived as a response!This is an exciting journey you’re about to undertake. Before you can make it in a business of your own however you need to think about your own “way of being”. I won’t get too deep here, but you need to know who you are not, so you can find a business that’s right for you. I’ve never known anyone that in a search for themselves, found themselves – you’ve been there all along. What they did instead was find out who they weren What if this turned out to be true for our personal lives, our individual growth and progress? What if we could challenge our assumptions and do things we never thought possible? Guess what? You can. It is true. When you break free of your assumptions about yourself, you will grow more than you ever thought possible. It’s amazing to see how many businesses falter under limiting beliefs. We can’t sell so many! That will never work here… We tried that… are all limiting their success. In developing strategic plans; do we look at our belief systems, collectively and individually? No. We do SWOT analyses and Porters’ 5 Forces but we don’t look at the factors inhibiting success within the individuals creating the plan. Or the factors affecting the learning disabilities of the organization. So if we can create new paradigms that will take the organization and its staff to new successes, wouldn’t that be powerful? Including your limiting paradigm and developing a powerful new paradigm going forward is what will lead us to success. Isn’t this interesting? What is amazing is that this is a core part of the Best Year Yet Process. Test it out for yourself as a free introduction at http://www.bestyearyet.com/Personal/BYYONew1.cfm?lang=US please ut the code283 in so I know how many of my readers looked at this!
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