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Today’s Topic: The Five Key Principles of Walking The Talk

Some time, in the not-too-distant future, these will probably be known as “the good old days.” But for now, they’re just the times in which we live. And they are challenging times, indeed. More and more we find ourselves facing situations which test our human fiber…and our moral compass. Temptations to do what’s convenient, easy, and self-serving come at us like waves rushing to the shore.

How do we deal with this reality? How can we ensure that we stay on the right path and avoid compromising our values and beliefs? We do it by continually reflecting on the following five key principles of walking the talk…and acting accordingly.

Principle 1: Words to Live by Are Just Words…Unless You Actually Live by Them

Principle 2: You Are What You Do

Principle 3: Everything You Do Counts

Principle 4: The “Golden Rule” Is Still Pure Gold

Principle 5: Character Is the Key

Finally, start each new day with a commitment to do what’s right – regardless of what may come your way. Decide that this will be another day in which you WALK the TALK.

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It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever — the one who recognizes the challenge and does something about it.
– Vince Lombardi

This quote is found in What It Takes to Be Number One.
Excerpts From Vince Lombardi’s Famous Speech

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When you wake up, seek the courage

and strength to do the right thing.

Decide that this will be another day in which you…

Walk The Talk.

– Eric Harvey and Steve Ventura

This quote is found in The Walk the Talk Gift Book.
Translating Beliefs Into Behaviors

“Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will all be judged on one thing: the result,” said Coach Vince Lombardi. This Sunday, the world will await the result of the Super Bowl to see which team will be awarded the Vince Lombardi Trophy. As the NFL’s most prestigious award, this trophy is a symbol of everything that Vince Lombardi stood for: excellence, discipline, commitment, and of course, winning.

To get you ready for Sunday, here’s the What It Takes To Be Number One movie containing vintage photos, great quotes, and rare audio segments of Vince Lombardi’s famous speech. Below, you’ll also find an excerpt from the book written by Vince Lombardi, Jr.

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Excerpted from What It Takes To Be Number One

Running a football team is no different than running a business. Results are the bottom line. What running any organization comes down to is the consequences that are brought about by your leadership. The absence of positive results render your leadership a failure. Bookstores are full of books regarding the debate about organizational structure: hierarchical or flat, central or decentralized, and everything in between. Yet it’s not structure, but results, that make a leader. Leadership isn’t a position, it’s a process that produces the desired results. If you don’t produce results, if you don’t execute – you’re not a leader.

Leaders get paid for results, not for being right. Results come from mistakes – being wrong – and leaders must possess Coach Lombardi’s mental toughness to handle mistakes, take accountability for them, and quickly abandon efforts that fail to produce results.

If you are right all the time you aren’t taking enough risks. Results require a willingness to act, even if you are unsure of what lies ahead. And, almost always, you will be unsure. Only through risk and action can you take your organization to the next level.

Results, specific and measurable, come from having a clear vision, defining what improvement and adaptation look like and having a beginning and an end in mind. Results come from knowing what you are achieving today and having a clear, specific strategy for closing the gap between today’s reality and your vision for tomorrow.

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I think we all have a little voice inside us that will guide us…if we shut out all the noise and clutter from our lives and listen to that voice, it will tell us the right thing to do.
– Christopher Reeve

This quote is found in The Walk the Talk Gift Book.
Translating Beliefs Into Behaviors

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Words to live by are just words…
unless you actually live by them.
– Eric Harvey and Steve Ventura

This quote is found in The Walk the Talk Gift Book.
Translating Beliefs Into Behaviors

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Goals are for the future; values are for now.
Goals are set; values are lived. Goals change;
values are rocks that you can count on.
– Sheldon Bowles

This quote is found in You Can’t Send a Duck to Eagle School.
And Other Simple Truths of Leadership

Today’s Topic: Let Them Know How They’re Doing

It’s been said that “feedback is the breakfast of champions.” Well, if that’s true, then a lot of employees out there are going hungry. And it’s time they got fed!

Ask any group of people how often they receive detailed feedback on their performance at work and it’s not unusual to hear: “Only at annual review time…or if I really screw up bad.” And that’s truly unfortunate. It’s unfair for those team members who are left in the dark, and it’s yet another self-inflicted wound by leaders who are blowing opportunities to help their people achieve and succeed.

The more employees know how they stack up against your expectations, the easier it is for them to keep their performance on track.

That’s why providing specific, detailed feedback needs to be an ongoing process rather than a once-a-year “event.” Failure to do that makes about as much sense as a professional sports coach telling his or her players: “I’ll let you know how you’re doing with those plays at the end of the season.” Not only would that be a ridiculous thing for a coach to do, it would also be CAREER LIMITING!

Today’s lesson is from Start Right, Stay Right…LEAD Right.

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You never know when a moment and a
few sincere words can have an impact on a life.
– Zig Ziglar

This quote is found in You Can’t Send a Duck to Eagle School.
And Other Simple Truths of Leadership

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The road to success is not always a road.
– Mac Anderson

This quote is found in You Can’t Send a Duck to Eagle School.
And Other Simple Truths of Leadership