Category: Career Success
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Think Again
Currently, I am reading the new book by Adam Grant titled, Think Again. He teaches it is imperative to look at things from the perspective of a scientist. Scientists create theories, but are willing to test them and even be wrong. They know that if they are wrong, there is another solution or theory to…
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Just an Idea?
Just having a great idea is never enough. I wish I could just direct others to make my ideas a reality…we would all be rich. Take what you learn and apply it. Take one of your ideas and try it.
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Focus on the Team
We spend so much time at work reacting to the things that happen and lose sight of finding the true issues. It is like the doctor giving us Vitamin-M every time for the pain when we go in. I don’t care about the pain, fix the cause of the problem. Most of our issues in…
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Do You Have Tact?
This is amazing on two accounts: 1) this is great advice and 2) his hair is amazing. Tact is a skill many do not possess. I was brought up to believe it is important to be honest, but not how to do so with tact. I really have to work hard to balance the two.…
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What is Rank?
Rank doesn’t give you anything. It temporarily loans you its authority. When you are the ranking person you can tell others how to act and what to do. However, when you take the rank off, who is still there with you?
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Look for the Un-Filtered
We all face those moments in our lives and in our careers where we learn something we didn’t know about ourselves. Sometimes it is good, but most of the time it is something that annoys others. It takes those courageous folks to tell us and as we gain more rank or position even fewer are…
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Look Within
I think this is a very interesting notion. Although, we have very little control over what base or unit we are a part of, we do have complete control over ourselves. Often times, the problem isn’t our unit; rather, how we view and respond to what happens to us. Look within yourself first to see…
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No Short Cuts
In our current EPR system where people feel as if they are competing for stripes, this is a fear I have. I would hate to see people taking short cuts and sacrificing their personal integrity to get a few steps ahead of their peers. I saw it happen in the aircraft maintenance world when the…
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