How hard is it to stay organized?

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he’s the star at Leadership is like training a puppy

How hard is it to stay organized? Some people have a gift for being organized. And I have this theory they were the ones rearranging the Titanic’s deck chairs as it was sinking.

So yeah, you know I write five daily blogs – short and pithy (almost without exception). So that’s why these top ten secrets leaders use post has to be placed at one of the other five blogs I write (infrequently, and not short).

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Seriously, use your resources

solar heating
use your resources - sunlight is free (but the equipment is not)

We have to decide two major components to be more effective:

  1. decide what resources are available
  2. figure out the best way to harness them

This goes on until we die.

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PS. The third thing is to decide how badly do we want something – what price are we willing to pay?

Three things to rally around when the rules don’t suit you

standing out in a crowd
we didn’t buy a pool, we bought Rich (there’s a profound difference)

Three things to rally around when longstanding rules don’t suit you, because you’re in charge, you’re the CEO of Me, Inc., these are the three must do’s. You know, the classic “put up or shut up”.

  1. crank up your sense of urgency
  2. fuel your will to act
  3. be prepared to fail

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PS. Hidden rallying point…be prepared to succeed.

Traveling can play tricks with your mind and organizational skills

Chicago O'Hare Hilton
a Chicago O'Hare Hilton room with a view
O'hare air traffic control towers
one of two O'hare air traffic control towers
business travel challenges
regular business travel slowly takes a toll, the same way the sun does to our skin

Traveling can play tricks with your mind and organizational skills. This is today’s fifth post. The previous four all referenced the Detroit airport. It was in fact, Chicago O’Hare. My bad.

Insight: We are more alike than we are different.

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