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Daily Quote: Do something wonderful

Nicole Schoychid — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:50:34 +0000

“Do something wonderful, people may imitate it”

~Albert Schweitzer

Found in the book:

The Power of 10%

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Leadership Solution: How do you eat an elephant

Nicole Schoychid — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:18:15 +0000

Dear Friends,
You probably have heard the question that asked, “How do you eat an elephant?” – along with the answer: “One bite at a time!”

That has always stuck with me – particularly when I have been faced with big challenges and seemingly insurmountable obstacles. The key learning for all of us: “breaking up” our large goals into smaller and more manageable pieces is usually the most effective way of accomplishing big things.

Authors Eric Harvey and Michelle Sedas capture this idea in their book The Power of 10%: How Small Changes Can Make a BIG Difference. Below are some “Power of 10%” reminders that really hit home for me.

Lead well … LEAD RIGHT,

Excerpted from
The Power of 10%:
How Small Changes Can Make a BIG Difference

What would happen if …

you improved your golf score by 10%?

you spent 10% more time on your personal development?
you did 10% more to go after your goals?
we improved our customer service by 10%?

Then …

you could go from being an “o.k.” golfer to a “great” golfer.

you could enhance your job performance and your career.
you would find that, over time, you could achieve the unimaginable.
we would become a “best-in-class” organization.

“Great things are not done by impulse;
but by a series of small things brought together.”

~Vincent van Gogh

The Power of 10%

How Small Changes Can Make a BIG Difference

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Power of Inspiration: Wait to worry

Nicole Schoychid — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:25:37 +0000

The difference in success or failure is not how you look, how you dress or how you’re educated. It’s how you think. While it’s not always easy, being able to maintain a positive attitude can change your life in profound ways.

Attitude Is Everything: 10 Rules for Staying Positive breaks down the #1 key to success in a simple but unforgettable way. No matter what you do in life, the wisdom in this little book will help you succeed! I hope you enjoy this excerpt entitled “Wait to Worry.”

Live Inspired,

Excerpted from
Attitude Is Everything: 10 Rules for Staying Positive
by Vicki Hitzges

Wait to Worry

I used to worry. A lot. The more I fretted, the more proficient I became at it. Anxiety begets anxiety. I even worried that I worried too much! Ulcers might develop. My health could fail. My finances could deplete to pay the hospital bills. A comedian once said, “I tried to drown my worries with gin, but my worries are equipped with flotation devices.” While not a drinker, I certainly could identify! My worries could swim, jump and pole vault!

To get some perspective, I visited a well known Dallas businessman, Fred Smith. Fred mentored such luminaries as motivational whiz Zig Ziglar, business guru Ken Blanchard and leadership expert John Maxwell. Fred listened as I poured out my concerns and then said, “Vicki, you need to learn to wait to worry.” As the words sank in, I asked Fred if he ever spent time fretting. (I was quite certain he wouldn’t admit it if he did. He was pretty full of testosterone — even at age 90.) To my surprise, he confessed that in years gone by he had been a top-notch worrier!

“I decided that I would wait to worry!” he explained. “I decided that I’d wait until I actually had a reason to worry — something that was happening, not just something that might happen before I worried.” ”When I’m tempted to get alarmed,” he confided, “I tell myself, ‘Fred, you’ve got to wait to worry! Until you know differently, don’t worry.’ And I don’t. Waiting to worry helps me develop the habit of not worrying and that helps me not be tempted to worry.”

Fred possessed a quick mind and a gift for gab. As such, he became a captivating public speaker. “I frequently ask audiences what they were worried about this time last year. I get a lot of laughs,” he said, “because most people can’t remember. Then I ask if they have a current worry — you see nods from everybody. Then I remind them that the average worrier is 92% inefficient — only 8% of what we worry about ever comes true.”

Charles Spurgeon said it best. “Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, but only empties today of its strength.”

Attitude Is Everything

10 Rules for Staying Positive

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Daily Quote with movie: One of the most beautiful compensations in life …

Nicole Schoychid — Tue, 15 May 2012 05:37:43 +0000

“One of the most beautiful compensations in life … we can never help another without helping ourselves.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Found in the book: 212° THE EXTRA DEGREE

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Daily Quote: TIME

Nicole Schoychid — Mon, 14 May 2012 05:43:57 +0000

“Time, indeed, is a sacred gift, and each day is a little life”

John Lubbock

Found in the book:

To a Child LOVE is spelled TIME

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Daily Quote:My Mother’s Garden

Nicole Schoychid — Sun, 13 May 2012 05:13:42 +0000

My Mother’s Garden

My Mother kept a garden, a garden of the heart;

She planted all the good things that gave my life its start.

She turned me to the sunshine and encouraged me to dream …

fostering and nurturing the seed of self esteem.

And when the winds and rains came, she protected me enough …

but not too much – she knew I’d need to stand up strong and tough.

Her constant good example always taught me right from wrong …

markers for my pathway to last my whole life long.

I am MY MOTHER”S GARDEN. I am her legacy.

And I hope she feels the love reflected back from me.

~Author Unknown

HAPPY MOTHER”S DAY to all the Mother’s out there!

From the book:

Heart Of a Mother

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Daily Quote: Each Friend

Nicole Schoychid — Sat, 12 May 2012 05:07:32 +0000

“Each friend represents a world in us,

a world possibly not born until they arrive,

and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.”

~Anais Nin

Found in the book:

Thank Goodness It’s Not Just Me!

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Daily Quote: Laughter

Nicole Schoychid — Fri, 11 May 2012 05:34:51 +0000

“Laughter is what spills over the edge of an inspired life”

~Mary Anne Radmacher

Found in the book:

Life Begins When You Do

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Leadership Solution: Getting People With The Right Capability, Commitment, and Chemistry

Nicole Schoychid — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:11:34 +0000

How can you minimize the chances of making a poor hiring or promotion decision? What can you do to ensure you select the “best” person for each job vacancy? The answer to both questions is to use a systematic process that provides a more complete picture of how each candidate “fits” the job, your work habit expectations, and your organizational culture. This process is known as Three-Dimensional Interviewing – a proven approach that focuses on identifying and evaluating three critical selection criteria.

Listed below is information directly from the Three-Dimensional Interviewing handbook, designed to help you and your organization select and promote people with the greatest capability, commitment and chemistry for the job.

Lead well … LEAD RIGHT,

Excerpted from Three-Dimensional Interviewing

CAPABILITY – To be sure, interviews that focus on assessing skills, knowledge, and experience are the bread and butter of hiring – particularly when a candidate has experience in a similar type of job. Combined with resumes and reference checks, determining a person’s capability to perform in a related job is fairly straightforward. Some of the factors to consider in terms of capability include:

Skills proficiency and level of experience
Relevant knowledge and subject matter expertise
Education, training, and certification
Demonstrated ability to learn, adapt, and grow
Physical fitness, coordination, manual dexterity, etc.

COMMITMENT – Past performance and accomplishments can provide an indication of the commitment that a candidate will likely bring to the position. Beyond specific skills, it’s likely that the potential for success in a given job also involves factors and attributes such as:

Initiative and self-motivation
Cooperation and teamwork
Results orientation and focus
Strong work ethic

CHEMISTRY – Certainly, assessing commitment as well as capability provides an even better picture of a candidate’s potential. But that picture is not yet complete. And individuals hired on the basis of those two factors alone may still fall short when it comes to being valuable, long-term contributors. There’s one more factor to consider: They must also have the chemistry that ensures a good fit with the organization … with the way you manage and do business. For example, a highly entrepreneurial business that expects team members to be hard-charging “self-starters” may provide too little coaching and/or recognition for people who require a lot of guidance and attention. Or, take an organization that makes continual, rapid changes and prides itself on flexibility. That’s probably not the best place for those who work best in calm and stable surroundings. And, a competitive “do whatever it takes” environment may NOT be right for an employee with a young family who seeks a work-life balance – no matter how capable, talented, and conscientious that employee might be.

Three-Dimensional Interviewing

Hiring for Capability, Commitment, and Chemistry

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Daily Quote: May we all come to live in a world

Nicole Schoychid — Thu, 10 May 2012 05:24:34 +0000

“May we all come to live in a world where everyone is blessed by the presence of everyone else …

May we all come to know just how beautiful such a world can be.”

~Kate Nowak

Found in the book:

May You Be Blessed

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