Envisioning Possibilities –  Relationships

A Community of  Relationships

             Martha Graham is part of my thinking community.  Her quote tugs at my heart and keeps me going.

“There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and there is only one of you in all time; this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium; and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, not how it compares with other expression. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.”

Asking Questions

Great leaders don’t have all the answers—they ask better questions

Flex Your Future

Don’t wait for clarity—create it.

identity

You can not have what you are not willing to become

Outcomes

Outcomes Outcomes vs. activity. When the activity of practicing the violin matches the outcome of having a seat in an orchestra. Goal accomplished. But when business owners are so easily distracted by activity, and  miss our goal and  to wallow in the sea of...

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Meetings

Meetings Make the meeting a SPAT meeting. Short Predictable Available Timely I think Dave Barry Sums it up well. " If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be...

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Celebrate

Celebrate It is an important component of being a leader. It took me more years to learn about celebration than I would like to admit. As a company, I gave out a bonus as the end of the  year.  Yeah!! But so what? It was a complicated matrix - it took days to figure...

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Quote #1

Quote I’m writing/authoring a book using quotes.  Initially I started with the all the motivational quotes I could find.  Then I looked at a book my daughter gave me with women’s quotes. We, us women, are different in how we process and how we quote. Early  1700's we...

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Plan

Plan. If you plan 52 meetings a year.  You may need a map. Knowing where you are going helps you choose a plan for getting there.  If you plan to visit San Francisco from New York City, use the map, find the roads and plan the trip.  The same is true if you plan to...

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Retreat

Leadership Retreat We are business people creating a tribe. Is retreat the word we use to describe a day or two of planning? Definition of  a "leaders" retreat 1a(1) :  an act or process of withdrawing especially from what is difficult, dangerous, or...

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