Believe in other
“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being.”
-Goethe
Create a life of being and not doing, as humans are human beings and not human doings.
Archive for January, 2010
Team Performance
A study done by Dr. Micheal Cavanagh revealed the following behaviour between Low performing and high performing teams:
| Team performance | Extend of speaking about others in comparison to speaking of self | Asking or enquiring versus telling | Positive comments versus negative remarks |
| Low performing | 1:3 | 1:2 | 1:3 |
| Mediocre | 2:3 | 2:3 | 2:1 |
| High performing | 1:1 | 1:1 | 5:1 |
What is the language that is that is being used in your team? Remember the conversations of today create the stories of tomorrow!
So make sure that the conversations in your team are creating a legacy that you and your team can be proud of !!!
Thankful
I am thankful for the wife who says its hot dogs tonight, because she is home with me and not out with somebody else.
For the husband who is on the sofa being a couch potato because he is at home with me and not out.
For the teenager who is complaining about doing dishes, because it means she is at home and not on the streets.
For the taxes I pay, because it means I am employed.
For the mess to clean up after a party, because it means I have been surrounded by friends.
For the clothes that fit a little too snug, because it means I have enough to eat.
For my shadow that watches me work, because it means I am out in the sunshine.
For a lawn that needs mowing, windows that need cleaning, gutters that need fixing, because it means I have a home.
For the complaining I hear about the government, because it means we have freedom of speech.
For the parking spot I find at the far end of the parking lot, because it means I am capable of walking and have been blessed with transportation.
For my huge heating bill, because it means I can afford to keep warm.
And for the lady behind me in church who sings off key, because it means I can hear.
For the pile of laundry and ironing , because it means that I have clothes to wear.
For the weariness and aching muscles at the end of the day, because it means I have been capable of working hard.
For the alarm that goes off in the early hours of the morning, because it means I am alive.
And finally for too much email, because it means I have friends who are thinking of me.
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