Thoughts for the Week
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Are You A Member Of The Procrastination Nation?
2/5/2024
I’m Perry and I’m a procrastinator. I tend to over think my actions, especially work-related activities.
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Managing To-Do List Overload
1/29/2024
Does managing your to-do list feel like a stressful juggling act? Like me, I am guessing that your units of work in any given day exceed your units of time available.
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Do You Practice Resilience?
1/22/2024
My good friend, Todd, is a cold bath enthusiast, an evangelist really, because I now do cold plunges routinely, it helps build resilience. Wait a minute! Resilience? I thought you were either born with it or you weren’t.
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Seek To Understand Before Seeking To Be Understood
1/16/2024
Successful, experienced sales professionals identify empathy as one of the most important skills for success. Yet, how often do we arm salespeople with a handful of questions intended to set up a scripted pitch?
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Begin With The End In Mind
1/8/2024
The second habit identified by Steven R. Covey in his book, “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”, is to begin with the end in mind. Easily misunderstood and seemingly in conflict with habit number three, put first things first, many of us tend to bypass number two. What does it mean?
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Not Your Typical New Year’s Resolution Advice!
1/2/2024
This is the time of year when many of us set New Year’s resolutions. Did you know that only about 9% of us consistently complete them each year? It is easy to blame it on our lack of stick-to-it-itve-ness, but what if we’re just not very good at defining goals in a way that actually helps us achieve them.
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I Think There’s Still A Chance!
12/4/2023
What is the secret to optimism in sales?
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Practicing Intentional Ignorance To Subdue Information Overload!
11/27/2023
I recently tuned into a morning network news program. My expectations were that I might get caught-up on some important topics in the world. Boy was I wrong!
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Good News And Bad News
11/20/2023
To survive the stress of a three-day work week, focus on the biggest opportunity.
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Be Courageous!
11/13/2023
Has courage become the forgotten leadership trait? If the leadership traits gathered for Thanksgiving, it was courage who carved the turkey. It seems like now it has been relegated to the children’s table.