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We’re taught from very early that curiosity is bad. “Curiosity killed the cat” “Johnny, you sure do ask a lot of questions” Curious George the Monkey was in trouble all the time Oh sure, we rubberneck at traffic accidents, glue our attention to the latest celebrity scandal and scan our social networking channels for tidbits of information about our “friends.” [...] Counter Intelligence by Jim Seybert – February 2010 It looks like I am finally going to make good on my promise to get a Class B driver’s license, so I can join the transportation team at my church and volunteer to drive the bus. My schedule allows the flexibility and I love to drive, so it’s a [...] A lot of people are talking about strengths these days. Search STRENGTHS on Twitter. Type STRENGTHS into the search bar on Amazon. You can: Find your strengths, Discover your strengths, Play to your strengths, Lead with strengths, Put your strengths to work, Live your strengths, and Teach all these to your kids. And that’s cool – [...] Chatting recently with a young executive who has great insights into the value of maximizing time. His approach at work is to understand his strengths and those of his team and then look for opportunities to apply each person’s abilities toward the best possible result. He has embraced the truth that team performance is linked directly to [...] Another example of the VICTORY you can enjoy when you play to your strengths. Thanks to Marcus Buckingham for tweeting this and to the dog’s owner for sharing [...] I visit the hardware store to buy a hammer with one specific task in mind; I need to pound nails. Hammers can do other things – pull nails, bust drywall, prop open doors – but I paid money for the hammer because I have nails that need pounding. Airline tickets are purchased because I want to be [...] This advertising/promotion event caught my eye because it was different, and also because it played off a unique central theme in the movie. When you’re promoting something, look for the unique strength that will make your product or service attractive to others and then intentionally tell them about it.
Joy Behar asks Marcus Buckingham about his StrongLife Test and his latest book on maximizing strengths. As a Buckingham Certified Strengths Trainer, I’ve seen this stuff [...] |
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