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Winners Do It Urgently

wrightliving — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:20:08 +0000

Judith, that is Dr. Judith Wright, my wife and partner, met a business turn-around expert and asked him how he did it. “Fooy,” he answered. Judith responded, “No, seriously, how do you do it?” He chuckled in response and said that he meant it and spelled it F. U. E. He went on to say that it stood for Focus, Urgency, and Execution. Explaining further, he said that businesses in trouble lack one of the three. This story form Judith led her to research further and we have built our year around EACH FUE FUN. Excellence, Accountability, Caring, and Heart, EACH. FUE, Focus, Urgency, and Execution. And from a story in Chicken Soup for the Soul of that name, we do it all with FUN–”If ain;t fun, we ain’t doing it.” Since we lose our jobs if we don’t do it, our only choice is to find out how to make it fun, and we are. Click here to see John Kotter’s video and let me know how you are using urgency in your life.

Children — couple’s opportunity or challenge — what do you think?

Thomas — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:38:11 +0000

At our seminar last Thursday I had a pleasant conversation with a mother of three who asked if we had children, to which I said no. She immediately said that children were the biggest blessing in her life and that we probably had plenty of time, that parents don’t have, to work on our relationship. She then began talking about challenges she is facing with her 20 year old.

Later that evening, It occurred to me that she might have been making a pre-emptive excuse for a marriage that was not as strong as it could be. As I thought further about it and discussed the comment with others, the consensus was that children represent, in fact, a huge possibility to strengthen and enrich a couple. While children demand time and can challenge a weakly partnered couple, they also provide a rich opportunity for the engaged couple to grow together as they deal with differences in values, resolve conflicts, and share meaningful moments. Further discussion revealed that the couples that use children to grow closer are more committed to honesty, resolving differences, and becoming aligned. They courageously deal with difficult conversations, express and resolve judgments, and generally take advantage of the opportunities children represent.

#TL330 Declares Its Creed

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:17:16 +0000

What is your mission and creed? How will it guide you today? John Quincy Adams wrote, “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” What are your actions inspiring? Check out this young lady and go forth living your creed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uYafcQ8SV0&feature=relmfu

#TL330 Ends the Day Laughing

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:16:10 +0000

Meaningful conversations and building our life teams requires persistence and works better with a clear sense of mission. No matter how clear we are, how much clear intent we have, we still need to face rejection. This is how we should face rejection:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP4abiHdQpc&feature=player_embedded.

Drunk — Is it Really Fun?

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 04:52:07 +0000

I was recently with a group talking about getting off work and going to the bar Friday night “to have some fun.” Have you ever noticed this? The implication was that work is suffering—also that fun requires alcohol. Simply put, is it really fun if you need alcohol? …and if it is not really fun, what is it?

Wouldn’t it be nice if people were enjoying work as well as recreation? What do you think?

Neuroscience is telling us that the key to happiness is engagement. From that, the real trick is to fully engage and enjoy everything you do.