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Are You Setting the Right Trajectory?

Markovitz Consulting

Now let’s talk about the importance of word choice. But this isn’t just a matter of quibbling over semantics. Words matter. We look at their motivations and their choices. If you only bring one new product to market each year, but it’s always a home run, does it matter?

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Lead Management: Fostering Good Habits in the Workplace

Tom Spencer

In other words, it is easy to do the “right thing” when things are going well, but much harder to do so when things are not. Here, I am drawing from Glasser’s Choice Theory concept of internal control (we can only control ourselves) and external control (we can control others).

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Words Reveal Your Thinking

CaseInterview.com

I strongly believe that the words we choose to use reflect how we think. Let’s look at the word "love.". Most people use the word love in a passive sense. In this use, love connotes an action you take and a choice that you make. When you think of love as an action, it connotes choice. Examples: I fell in love.

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Unemployed Agilists: How to Show Your Value to Support What Managers Want, Part 1

Johanna Rothman

Marketing and word of mouth help with that Acquisition.) Net income matters more than anything else. That’s why the flow metrics matter so much.) The next post will discuss what you can do to increase your choices for your next job. That’s Acquisition, Activation, Retention, Referral, Revenue.

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Thoughts on Character

CaseInterview.com

Character consists of two things: 1) Your values – what you deem important in your life; 2) Your integrity – the extent to which your choices and actions in life are consistent with your values. When it comes to character, what people say their values are matters very little. What matters far more is what people DO.

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Why Your Client Doesn't Care How Smart You Are (And What They Really Want to Know)

Consulting Matters

Do you see underneath their wants are deeper and more substantial needs that they are struggling to find words for? Your client gets that you are in the business to make money but they also know you have lots of choices to that end. They have lots of choices when it comes to pursuing change work that you can help them with.

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How to Define Your Team’s Purpose

LSA Global

An agreed upon sense of team purpose and direction provides a framework against which choices can be evaluated. Stakeholders Who benefits from your team’s work and why does it matter? The collaborative process of crafting a purpose statement will help you to create the right words and the right impact as a unified team.

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