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All things that are unique are remarkable; as in worth remarking about.

But not all remarkable things are meaningful. Moreover, not every remark is the one you want.

Wearing your underwear over your pants is unique, but you’re not going to get the remarks you want in the office.

Same goes for your ideas, strategies, emails.

Make unique things, but ensure they’re target-centric first. That usually guarantees they’re remarkable in all the right ways.

Stay Positive & They Make Belts For A Reason

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Most things that are broken, the source of the problem is a part, not the whole thing.

This goes for appliances. Goes for people. Goes for culture.

At first glance, the easy thing to do would be to simply replace whatever is broken, but there’s often more time and money (and emotional resources like trust and reputation) that is spent.

Far better to figure out the part and replace that. At first glance, it seems like it would be the harder thing to do, but it nearly never is. Not to mention, it’s much more fulfilling to fix a problem than it is to start something from scratch (with inevitable new problems to arise from it anyway).

Stay Positive & Fixer Upper

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One way to get to a flow is to schedule time to do the work, check all the other items off your to-do list so you can focus, maybe even warm up a little with some practice of whatever it is you need to do.

The problem with this is that it’s a relatively slow path to flow.

You can achieve flow much more quickly by simply diving in and doing the work. If anything, find a way to turn the dial up higher and get the muscles (mental or otherwise) working.

It’s harder, but only at first.

Stay Positive & Make Your Flow

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Both paths can work.

One-way works when you give and don’t expect anything in return. Zig has been saying it for years, “you can everything you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want in life.” Selflessness isn’t just impactful, it’s fulfilling, too.

The two-way path works for all the obvious reasons: all ships rise with the tide and you’re both working to rise the tide. It’s give and get and steadily challenging and fulfilling.

Now the question is begged… what doesn’t work?

Both paths can not work.

One-way doesn’t work when it’s constant take take take. Selfishness not selflessness.

Two-way doesn’t work when you’re heading in different directions. A tide is a tide; it can’t be split in half.

Stay Positive & Which Path Are You On?

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Many decisions that get made are obvious ones. One decision clearly outweighs the other.

But it’s the decisions when all else is equal that can be the biggest game changers because now you’ve gotta narrow it down to what matters most.

When two resumes are nearly identical, what are you evaluating in order to make a decision?

When two tasks are going to take the same amount of time and energy, how do you go about deciding which to do first?

If you’re not getting the results you want, it is very likely that when all else is equal, you’re making a decision on the wrong variable.

The answer isn’t to provide more polar options (where there isn’t equality) but to evaluate what the deciding factor really is going to be.

That factor will be what defines your brand and story.

Stay Positive & All For The Sake Of Making Better Decisions

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It’s what every good leader does.

It’s not for lack of trust. It’s not for trying to point out a flaw to make someone feel bad.

It’s to ensure excellence in the work, confidence in the spirit, growth in those executing the work and more.

If a leader doesn’t spot check, the whole organization can stumble or fail.

The best part for me and you? You don’t become a leader and then spot check.

You spot check and then become a leader.

Because that’s what leaders do.

Stay Positive & Go Ahead And Take A Look

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You don’t need a librarian in your life to help you find what you’re looking for.

You merely need to look for it.

When you are in a new space, scenario or seat and if you look for ways that you might fail or that people may criticize you – you’ll find it.

The flip side, of course, is that if you’re looking for opportunities or to make connections – you’ll find them.

Worth a quick read: Sea of Strangers

Stay Positive & Stop Seeing Them As Strangers (or risks…or failures…or naysayers…)

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