You never know when you’re going to find a great deal. Well, I was out and about in Boston this evening and stopped into this little sport store and HIT THE JACKPOT! I felt like Lebron…
Pocket change is an area where I will share various items including leadership quotes, stories and tips that have impacted me and I hope can add value to your personal and professional life as well.
You never know when you’re going to find a great deal. Well, I was out and about in Boston this evening and stopped into this little sport store and HIT THE JACKPOT! I felt like Lebron…
During my run this morning, I was listening to Michael Hyatt’s podcast entitled: “The Fine Art of Delegation – Part 1”. I had wished I had pen and paper to take notes on this one.
Mike described the 5 levels of delegation as:
This is a great way for leaders to set expectations, as well as delegate. When you assign a task as a leader, do you use these specific expectations? Imagine how effective you could be if your reports knew exactly what YOU wanted as an output. That’s a novel idea, huh?
Maybe you are a not a leader in ‘title’. How often are you assigned a task where you don’t know the exact output? Use these levels to manage ‘up’. When you are assigned a task and the output is unclear, ask your boss the question… Do you want me to make a decision on this (level 5), or just research and make a suggestion (Level 3).
How frequently do you ‘think’ you know what your direct report or your supervisor ‘wants’, and come to find out that the output is not what was expected?
I love when I learn something new and find myself saying, “If I had learned this 2o years ago…”.
So, whether you are a leader in position, or influence, do two things: 1) subscribe to Mike’s podcast. It is fantastic. 2) Try out these 5 levels of Delegation. Let me know how it goes by commenting below.
Maybe the best words from ANY of the Rocky movies:
Defintely better than “Adrian, Adrian…we did it!”
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Someone shared this video on facebook and I just loved it.
As adults, we become too mature to do things like this. But, reallly, wouldn’ you feel better if you just walked through a few puddles this year rather than around them? In fact, JUMP INTO the puddles and make a splash… And, let your kids do it, too!!
“I’ve suffered a great many of catastrophes in my life. Most of them have never happened.” – Mark Twain
What is causing you anxiety or fear today that is likely NOT going to ever happen?
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I have to admit this looks really cool. Looks like AT&T first, though in the US. I would just go ahead and buy spare stylus’ right off the bat!!! I am looking to reduce # of tools I carry. Would still need to carry my iPod with this, though.
What do you think? Would you buy one?
“The standard 1040 form now comes with an instruction booklet that is 172 pages long. Each year, Americans spend 6.1 billion hours preparing their taxes. That is the equivalent of 3 million people working full time. By simplifying the code, we can free people to work on more productive pursuits — growing the economy, generating income and helping to close the deficit” – USA Today 1/26/11
If we apply Lean principles and cut out half the waste (definitely achievable), we would cut 3 billion hours of waste out of Americans’ time, giving us more time to spend with families, and be more productive on value-added activities.
How many hours do YOU spend preparing your taxes?
This was a helpful post recently when I was attempting to embed my video blog post recently.
Priority Management is critical. Time Blocking is a great tool taught to me by Building Champions. This article in Fast Company simply reinforces the use of that tool.
“If you don’t manage your priorities and time, everyone and everything else will!” – Coach Raymond Gleason
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Better have good writing, though. Technology continues to change SO rapidly. Remember when it was cool to have a PALM (even before it was a Palm phone!)?
Movie clips and movie scenes at movieclips.com.
Often, I like to use clips from movies to tell a leadership story. Here is a site with over 12,000 searchable movie clips!! Hope it helps.
I got to teach a group of 5th grade Cub Scouts how to whip the end of a rope at their meeting tonight. I had no idea how to do this. Thank goodness for YouTube!!!
YouTube – State of The Internet.
Pretty cool video on the ‘state of the internet’ – What stat in this video fascinates you the most?
Connectors Keep It Simple | GiANT Impact.
Good article on simplicity from John Maxwell and Giant Impact.
I wonder if the Chargers still think they made the right decision when they let Drew Brees go and kept Philip Rivers?
I watched Coach Carter last night with my family. There were several leadership moments in this movie, but to me, none more powerful than when Cruz finally explained his deepest fear.
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Great article on investing in relationships by John C. Maxwell http://ping.fm/715IS
What a profound post about deliberate practice. http://ping.fm/tTIxd
What a great post I wanted to share from Michael Hyatt about 7 ways to keep your spirit up in a down economy. http://ping.fm/pBCV3
I heard this quote on a conference call today. It made me think!
“We must suffer from 1 of 2 pains: 1) The pain of Discipline 2) The pain of Regret. The difference is…Discipline weighs ounces, but Regret weighs TONS!!! ” Bill Hart – Coach at Building Champions.
Which pain do you suffer from? I don’t think I like my answer alot of the times!!!