Communally EffectiveWritten by Ed Hirsch
Work real hard, then play real hard with joy. Your best times in life are when you are in community with others. It is important to continually build community. The more we get to understand other people, more we can understand ourselves and grow to become more productive adults."To live continually in thoughts of ill-will, cynicism, suspicion, and envy, is to be confined in a self-made prison hole. But to think well of all, to be cheerful with all, to patiently learn to find good in all--such unselfish thoughts are very portals of heaven; and to dwell day by day in thoughts of peace toward every creature will bring abounding peace to their possessor." -- James Allen, As A Man Thinketh (early 1900) The ability (and inability) to achieve your goals and dreams, is mostly due to too much time spent on activities not directly connected to this same set of goals and dreams ... let's call this Individual and Community or Communal (In)effectiveness. Responsible adults today are finding that rules in new economy have changed. Great ideas are definitely source for innovation, however, they alone cannot secure a Competitive advantage in business or even Community effectiveness (when we are doing what we really want to be doing and that which brings most joy into our lives.) It's all about action, or as UPS (United Parcel Service) refers to as, "Moving at speed of business." Business owners must find a way to bridge gap between knowing and doing. It's a challenge for any leader to take existing resources (talent & time) and turn them into action, which will increase effectiveness. Successful leaders from past had a common thread and that was their ability to inspire action, not only their own of course. You can inspire action by empowering people on your team, and in your community by letting them know that you have every confidence in their ability to fulfill their vision for lifestyle they take time to plan for themselves.
| | The Faster You Move ...Written by Ed Hirsch
Like a photograph reflects or represents image photographed ... The way we live our lives and who we are continually becoming over time reflects and represents true beliefs we carry in our heart.External appearance is nothing more than a mere Window dressing to what is really going on. In Business, especially when searching high and low for quality Business Partners ... we should definitely put requirements on other people before qualifying them as actual partners. We want to get into Relationship with them to ensure we agree that we have mutual understandings ... and if we don't, they may Know someone who they may refer to us who DO meet our Partnership standard. My point is that we should pursue Relationship first ... and by making this priority, we will naturally Network and find whatever it is we are searching for in life and business. The simple concept of Caring about people will take you a long way in business. Many times in business, we do not put people first, and I have learned that whenever this is perceived by others, almost immediately, relationship is lost. Also, when communication is lost or slows down, this is first symptom of losing relationship. Sharing from Heart is a great way for unconditional relationships ... being honest, but, not too honest where you don't consider other person's feelings. Nobody likes to be made to feel like they are wrong, so we should only encourage when they are right ... and when they are wrong, be specific to THING they DID that was wrong, not that THEY were wrong. In this way, hopefully, relationship will be improved because you are demonstrating that you care enough about them to have made them aware of doing something better that behooves THEM.
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