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income

December 20, 2010 — Leave a comment

“They” say that your income is the average of the five people that you spend the most time with (outside of your family).

This helps make my Grandad’s point when he often said: “If you must judge a man, do it by those around him”.

The thinking around this post is not driven by statistics. And, this is some what unusual for me. I’ll typically make my point with hard data to support them – all of them.

However, here, I’m making a statement that I believe is true. This belief is driven by instinct. And, I trust my instincts. I will be investigating my theory. But, in the meantime, your own gut will follow my position.

This may not make you part of the solution. But, it’s a start. A big part of our job should be making money. It’s okay to do that. Really. I’ll write you a note.

Brian Patrick Cork

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Happiness Audits

December 13, 2010 — Leave a comment

Do a happiness audit.   Write down a list of all the things that you do during the course of a week and put them in categories according to the level of Joy they cause in your life.

That, I suspect (well, actually know), will make you part of the solution.

Brian Patrick Cork

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CEO differential

March 22, 2010 — Leave a comment

We’ve all heard the Michael Gerber saying: “work ON the business not just IN the business.”

Here’s part of the solution in terms of how you work on the business…

First, you (leaders) have to ask people what needs to be fixed. Try it. This could be profound for you. Most companies have never asked their employees what’s broken. They’ll tell you. But you have to do it with emotional detachment. No one can get hurt by what other people say, and no one will be made to feel stupid or intimidated.

Then ask them how to fix it. I’ll often tell my coaching and recruiting clients: If you have best-of-class, or at least, good employees, the only thing the CEO needs to bring to a meeting is her or his judgment.

Most CEO’s think they have to think of everything. That’s not correct. A good employee will fill you with ideas on how to fix the problems you haven’t even looked at or thought of. Do this every week, and in a year you’ll be an entirely different organization with dramatic improvements in every area of your business. This may sound simple, it won’t always be easy, but stop (most) everything one hour a week to fix all the things in your business that aren’t the way you like them.

From the cloud.

Brian Patrick Cork

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