It’s a common theme this time of year. We get out of balance chasing the spirit of Christmas, giving presents.
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Douglas A Wick
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Lie # 5 A Balanced Life - The Solution - Counterbalance
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Wed, Dec 23, 2015
Topics: One Thing, Balanced Priorities, Balanced Metrics, Counter balance
“Willpower is like gas in your car... . When you resist something tempting, you use some up. The more you resist, the emptier your tank gets, until you run out of gas.” Kathleen Vohs Prevention magazine, 2009
Read MoreTopics: One Thing, priorities, productivity, habits
Topics: consistently execute, habits, Execution
In The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results we shared a remarkable video on the chain reaction that results when one domino falls on to another.
Read MoreThanksgiving always makes me reflect on all the things in my life I am thankful for. Most of all I’m thankful just to be here. If you’ve don’t know my story read Bone Marrow Transplant Update – Last Week’s Clinic Visit or any of the blog accounts either under the Acute Myeloid Leukemia or Bone Marrow Transplant browse blog by tags in the left hand column of this blog.
Read MoreTopics: Thankful
The Scaling Up Workshops we do in the fourth quarter as Gazelles coaches serve as a tune-up to the work we engage our customers in for 2016 Annual Planning.
Read MoreTopics: quarterly meetings, Annual Plan, quarterly plan
How Your Customer Makes the Decision to Purchase - Adele Revella Dallas Growth Summit
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Thu, Nov 19, 2015
Topics: Customer Feedback, Core Customer, Your Core Customer, WHO, Customer needs, customer and employee feedback
Who has your next customer? Brandscaping: Unleash the Power of Partnerships – Dallas Growth Summit
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Nov 16, 2015
Last Wednesday, at the Cedar Rapids Scaling Up Workshop, seven leadership team members from Raining Rose filed in to the large Conference Room at Bankers Trust. They were there because they responded to an email that Bankers Trust had sent to their commercial accounts, inviting them to the event they sponsored.
Read MoreThe ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results
Posted by Douglas A Wick on Mon, Nov 9, 2015
A foundational principal we will teach at the Scaling Up Workshop on Wednesday at our November 11th Scaling Up Workshop in Cedar Rapids, IA is One Thing. We recommend that when choosing a priority you choose One Thing for the year or your quarter to choose to focus on. It’s based on the principal that less is more.
Read MoreTopics: Decision-Making, One Thing, priority, time management