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Unique Difference

October 2, 2009 · 24 comments

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What does it take to be truly unique? What do you do that no one can reproduce?

A meeting I had this week caused me to think a great deal about this. This person said that they sought out people who were truly unique and that could make an impact to their company’s bottom line. They clearly understood and articulated their vision.

The words “truly unique” continue to ring in my brain.

My mind sifted through thoughts on this topic that came from the  Collapse of Distinction by Scott McKain. (I reviewed the book here.)  The slant of Collapse was toward businesses.  The premise: companies choose their services, products, marketing and direction. Companies can choose to be distinct or they can choose to copy someone else, follow best practices.  Success often went to those who chose to pursue their own path with clarity, creativity, communcation, ultimate customer focus.  When we choose to copy rather than pursue distinction, [click to continue…]

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Passion: Turbo-charged Talent

September 10, 2009 · 2 comments

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This is part 4 of the series on Strengths.  We talked about how your strengths can be identified by three questions:

  1. Energy – What energizes you?
  2. Talent – What gifting or abilities do you have?
  3. Passion – About what do you truly care?

How strong is your passion?

There are things about us that no one else knows.  There are places inside us where thoughts and actions happen.  Beliefs appear and disappear.  Some of this is influenced by outside forces — just look at the prevailing opinions about smoking in the last generation.  People used to think smoking was cool.  Old movies are filled with cool stars lighting up cigarettes.  So prevailing opinion has an input into the inner convictions we have. [click to continue…]

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Storm Energy

Strengths: Element 1 = Energy

August 27, 2009

As we mentioned in our previous post, some people seem to have more energy for a particular task or type of activity than the rest of us.
You know the type – they show up early, don’t need caffeine or energy drinks.  They seem to always be up, ready for action.  For them energy is quickly [...]

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Elements of Strength

August 24, 2009

Have you ever noticed that some people seem to get more done and have more life than everyone else?  You seem to notice them everywhere doing everything.  They seem to complete two lifetimes while you’re fighting just to get your kids to school.  Why do they seem to have more energy or accomplish far more [...]

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Leaders Know Their Team’s Strengths

July 13, 2009

Do you know the strengths of your teammates? By strengths, I mean the activities that your teammates are energized by and that they are good at. In the book Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath, he defined a strength as:
Talent X Investment = Strength
Talent is [...]

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Teamwork, Strengths, and Passion

April 27, 2009

Have you ever noticed how sometimes in groups, one individual’s passion for a particular topic or aspect of the group’s purpose makes them a bit difficult to deal with?  Haven’t you experienced teams where one individual “sticks out” for how they always gravitate back to the same subject or work?  They seem to only have [...]

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