the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing
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… my grandfather taught me … “… the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.”
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Stephen Covey’s grandson
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Well. This is about focus and decisions (because if you focus on the wrong decision you are in trouble).
Anyway. When I saw “… the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing” this morning I was reminded how much most of us, young & old, in business suck at this. Yet, it sounds so frickin’ simple … how could we all suck so much at this?
A couple thoughts on that:
– We get distracted.
– The main thing we select is not really the main thing.
Let’s be clear. The ‘main thing’ is the relationship between “what I elect to, or should, focus on” and actual ‘focus’, i.e., the decision and the commitment to the decision. If you get either side of this relationship wrong you may as well accept ‘non success.’
Let me explain the two things.
Distraction.
While what I am now going to say sounds contrary to popular belief — I am not sure life and business is any more distracting now than it was years ago. The props may have changed but, in my view, distractions are distractions and all distractions of any size, quantity or quality are persistent sonuvabitches. In addition. It is this view, the traditionally historical strength of distractions to distract us, that drives my belief that anyone of any age sucks at the main thing remaining the main thing. Distractions test our commitment – at any age. And, frankly, I could argue that if you are so easily distracted than it CAN’T be your ‘main thing’ <but I won’t>.
For young people everything is typically incredibly overwhelming as it is, therefore, distractions can be a coping mechanism, i.e., relief from the overwhelming or a bad way of coping with overwhelming.
For older people, regardless of experience, it isn’t that things are overwhelming it’s just that you always know that no matter how much you do there is always more to do and that ‘more to do’ will always be there waiting. Therefore we older folk justify the distractions <in our heads> as ‘the main thing may have a deadline but it will not disappear simply because I may elect to ignore it for a minute or two.’
But. Here is the most persistent distraction in business – success in the present.
In a world which is constantly screaming “adapt, adapt, adapt’ it becomes incredibly easy to start following success. And I mean INCREDIBLY EASY. Success is a seductive bastard. And far too often success in the present can look an awful lot like long term success <their costumes look very similar>.
All I can really say is that it is incredibly easy for anyone, at any experience level in business, to get distracted from the ‘main thing.’
Not really the main thing.
Whew. Two aspects of this …
– a main thing based solely on ‘tangible’ <or … let’s say ‘there is a lack of emotional investment regardless of the desire to meet the objective’>
– the main thing is a reflection of a created priority.
First.
Lack of emotional investment.
In business we are infamous for creating tangible milestones and objectives and in doing so we expect people to be emotionally invested in achieving that ‘main thing’ we need to do.
Uhm. In my mind that is like manufacturing passion or happiness <cannot really be done>. Here I suggest a dose of reality to business people: don’t try and manufacture emotional energy and accept some things just as they are. I can have milestones, objectives and success criteria, but they don’t have to be ‘the main thing we need to do.’ These are simply shit that needs to be done.
If something doesn’t have a purpose beyond some number objective it is extremely difficult to have genuine emotional investment. I would actually suggest without emotional investment it really cannot be a ‘main thing.’
Second.
Created priorities.
When you don’t know what you want to do or where you really want to go, inevitably, a priority is created to take the place of those things. That is a created priority.
I am not suggesting they aren’t useful and as transition ‘progress behavior motivators’ they can be excellent tools – but let’s not confuse them with ‘a main thing.’ Yet, we do confuse them again and again <and again>. Created main things, if you are not careful, are rabbit holes. You can follow a ‘created main thing’ as persistently & stubbornly as if it is a real main thing and end up in a really really bad place.
Managers in business are infamous for creating ‘main things’ <and rabbit holes>. What these managers don’t realize is that their employees see right thru the created aspect.
This creates issues because while the ‘workers’ become cynical over having to invest energy on some created priority cloaked by some manager in “main thing prioritizing”, when things do not go as planned far too many times managers step back saying things like “I don’t have the right people to implement the important objectives” or the ones with good intentions focus on the wrong things like ‘I need to learn how to motivate my people’ <only to implement some of the wackiest motivational shit you will ever see>. Not often enough do managers look in the mirror at the actual stimulus, or, this ‘main thing’ they’ve identified, and truly challenge whether it really is a ‘main thing’ rather than simply a business objective we need to attain for the good of the business.
Now. All that said. The ‘main thing’ this young man is referencing in the opening quote is his decision, as a Mormon; to go on mission for two years despite the fact he is having a fabulous year as a wide receiver for the Utah football team.
There is emotional investment.
It is not a created priority.
And while an incredibly powerful persistent distraction poked at him <success in the present>, he, well, remembered the main thing is the main thing.
In the end.
I admit. 
I came to admire Stephen Covey’s thinking late in Life. Maybe I just needed to mature intellectually to get the nuance of what he tried to tell us or maybe I just didn’t understand the ‘main things’ in business well enough. Regardless, in a different, but still good, way than Peter Drucker, Covey thinking makes for better business minds <and behavior>.
I know I certainly don’t have all the answers and that is why I read and think about words from Toffler, Drucker & Covey — more so than Godin and Gladwell. Business thinking, as well as any type of thinking, is hard work. Covey & the best business thinkers make you think … sometimes almost in such a complex nuanced way that it always seems like it is slightly out of your grasp <versus the more modern business thinkers who tend to offer formulas and soundbites>. I could argue that we need to stop seeking answers and continue to persistently ask questions.
Anyway.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. A twisted but simply important thing to keep in mind.
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simple things in business, It hasn't been easy, it is a GREAT decision, it is easy to be a lazy thinker today, it is okay to fail, it is simply Time, it isn’t process it is the work, it sounds so frickin’ simple, it will never increase efficiency, it would equal perfection, its either play or get played, its gonna be a waste of time, it’s not enough to be smart, it’s only life, jagged line butts up against perfection, jealous of anyone who can make, jealous of anyone who can make other people, job searching challenges, journey of thought, judgement, judging failure needs context, judgment is not easy, juggling the duties of being mothers, juggling versus balancing, julius caesar and choices, just do it, Just do It was not only a Nike slogan but an entire attitude, Just don’t try and manufacture emotional shit, just really good matches for the opportunity, just this once, justify the distractions, keep or discontinue, kind of thinking drives me frickin’ crazy, kind of your job to make them care, kindness in words creates confidence, know someone who did it, know something about you or know nothing about you, knowing what is right is not enough, kodak, lack of alignment, lack of alignment more than not having any ideas, lack of focus and wasted energy, lack of responsibility, lack of self confidence, lack of wasted energy and hope, lacking hope, last piece of the puzzle is the toughest, lazy decision making, Lead your employees in such a way, leaders, leaders and character, leaders and leadership and character, leaders are still and active, leaders have strength of character, leadership, Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing, leadership split, leadership type thinking and words, leader’s challenge is complex, leading, leading & managing balance, leading & managing thing and balance, leading change & managing change, leading change is difficult, leading change why transformation fails, learn and listen, learn necessary foundational elements, learn someone’s character, learning, learning and ignorance, learning and ignorance dynamics, learning and responsibility, learning begets more enlightened ignorance, learning can be discouraging, learning is a perpetual process, learning never stops, learning new thoughts, learning the difference between these two things, less important to do things first then to do things right, less intelligent you need to be, less is more, less likely we are to make a decision, Less potential for anarchy or chaos, less than perfect, less than zero, Less will be much more, lessons, let go of something that gave pleasure in the past, let self-hatred drive us back into isolation, lethargy bordering on sloth remains the cornerstone, letting go is difficult, letting go is not simple, letting go of stuff, Letting things they have actually invested in, let’s give them choices, let’s not over think, level of commitment to their choice, lies, lies one of the great paradox, life, life as a renovator, life changing event, Life deal with the fools and silly impatient people, Life does not suffer fools lightly, life formulas, life full of regrets, Life gives us rabbit holes to chase after silly things, life gives you a bazillion second chances, Life happiness of others, life is a continued quest, life is a string of minutes, life is a struggle, life is a winding road, life is about making choices, life is complex, life is full of regrets, Life is most maddening, life is not a mission, life is not a straight line, life is not as big as we make it out to be, life is not as simple as it seems, Life is oblivious to your impatience, life is often not lived best gently, life is short, life is tough, life lessons, life not defined by meeting objectives, Life played well, Life rabbit holes, Life rabbit holes and reality, life thoughts, Life truths, Life value proposition, life’s untruths, life’s white lies, limitations, listen more, listening, listening and learning, listening and responding, listening to choices, little failures versus big failures, live life to the fullest, lives of quiet disappointment, living a less regretful life, living in a world of hypotheticals, living life backwards but still question, logical decision making, logical versus illogical, longer you wait to deliver a result the higher the expectations, longest thing we’ll ever experience, look back over past experience, Losing control is not something they embrace, lost sight of what a business is supposed to be, love that forever doesn’t exist, luxuries many people have never had, lying to your friends, lying to yourself, main thing is a reflection of a created priority, main thing we need to do, maintain always takes effort, maintain autonomy, maintaining relevance globally, make a social contribution, make choices, make for full and satisfying life, make haste slowly, make other people care so much, make some fairly absurd decisions, make the right decision, make us heirs of all eternity, make you uncomfortable, makes cages in all sizes and shapes, making a difference, making changes personally, making choices, making decisions, making every minute count, making learning matter, making the best choice you can, making the hard choice, making the simple complicated, making thoughtful choices, making unimportant important, making your own decisions, malleable enough organizationally, manage regrets, management, management by exception, managing a regret moment, managing business portfolio, managing our time by managing behavioral change, managing people to be successful in life and business, managing perceptions, Managing perceptions of how you are getting the shit done, managing time, managing transitional moments, manipulating our sense of time, mankind progresses through thought, Many business people simply ignore truth, many business people would like to think they are good at everything, marbles on a table, marketing, marketing has an image issue, marketing people are responsible, marketing’s ethical compass, Maslow, maslow and decisions, maslow and marketing, maslow needs, Maslow suggested we should seek, match up their own experiences, may have distinct qualifications, maybe it is better to admit we failed at something, maybe life is not that complicated, means at least 100 products, measure the levels of hope, Measured Time is an objective reality, measured time x intangibles, measurement of failure, measurement of the task with a time measuring instrument, measuring generational attitudes, measuring generational behavior, measuring global education, measuring life, meeting the challenges of concentration, mental aspect which builds up, Mental clarity ain't for the faint of heart, message is worth listening to, messaging, Michelangelo, mind stayed focused on the road not taken, miserable and pissed off to shiny and happy, miserable in the moment, misguided hope, moments, moments are like a balance sheet, moments of passion, Monthly reward for work well done, moral fiber, morale standpoint, more about mindset, more choices equals better quality, more choices tend to raise our expectations, more dissatisfied, more elusive than you would imagine, more honest online, more important than the function, more is less, more modern business thinkers who tend to offer formulas, more often waste it than maximize it, more people are actually choosing to be busier, more than 95% of profit over the past, more than what you are today, most important factor in affecting our lives is our thoughts, most leaders struggle with the balance, most of us are crappy decision makers in a rushed world, most of us feel regret, Most organizational changes fail, Most people are not really free, most people cannot recognize simple solutions, most things in life are not black or white, mostly misguided hope, motivated by a desire to achieve, motivating consumers, motivation, moving toward solutions, murphy and finagle, murphy’s law, mutual respect in relationships, my heart has slowly dried up, narcissistic theme, naturally like cages as a society, need maintenance pruning, need to change it, need to see his duty until the end, needed to mature intellectually to get the nuance of what he tried to tell us, negative implications of hoping too much, negativity of hope, neglect light occasional pruning, net enabled education, never a good ingredient in the formula for happiness, never ever be enough people to save them all, never left their smallness, never regret, never wrong, new knowledge, new thinking, next generation of thinkers, no do overs, no easy time, no formula for a successful environment, no formula to encouraging curiosity, no individual achievement, no individual achievement can equal the pleasure, no lazy thinking, no longer a clear demarcation between time to do things, no matter how talented you, no need to make up something new, no one believes in simplicity anymore, no one says you failed any more, no one wants to trust chaos, no regrets is a silly slogan, no substitute for judgment, no such thing as global idea, nobody’s life is perfect, not a quantity of words person, not about perceptions but rather realities, not always right, not an excuse for trying to do what is right, not as potential anchors, not called pilgrims, not even close to sending you down a rabbit hole, not everyone can give good advice, Not everyone can lead, Not feature-driven leadership, not have been an easy decision, not having enough time to, not in figures on a dial, not just follow in our footsteps, Not Life building cages, not many business smart people, not many smart business people, not measured by how many wins, not meeting an objective is not failure, not run out of things to be dissatisfied about, not something we do just once or twice, not suggesting people shouldn’t attempt to highlight the nuances, not suggesting this is the easy way, not sure I agree life is as simple, not years, nothing is original, Nothing reflects wasted energy more so than mismatched feelings in love, now is the time to listen, now or never, nuanced differentiation, nudged, numbers are facts, numbers are facts crap, numbers are facts nonsense, numbers are not accountable, numbers can play a role, numbers have a role, numbers show possibilities, numbers will confess anything, obeys the reality principle, objectives and success criteria, obligation to do, obligation to do the right thing, obsessed with time and maximizing it, obsessing over time, odds are they saw it for all its merits, odds are you are not unique, odds are you are working with an idiot, offering solutions, oft discussed positive thinking, oft discussed social issue, old but not old, older experienced people who know how to transform. experienced but flexible, once doubt enters it takes on huge proportions, one foot in history one foot in future, One foot in the past, one indulgent break from 365 day toil, One is driven by individualism, one of the most difficult things for a business to do, one step at a time, ongoing search for the right words, online friends, only a few really successful businesses, only few find the way, only when a brand has defined itself, open our minds, open-ended questions, opportunities, opportunities & efforts, opportunities become limited for significant new learning, optimistic enough to aim high, option that remained undiscovered, or in Life, ordinary life with extraordinary responsibilities, ordinary people don’t think they are remarkable, ordinary people who debate, ordinary people who debate in narrow confines, organization must be prepared to abandon everything, organization not aligned, organizational, organizational behavior, organizational change, organizational change can be confusing for people, organizational conformity, organizational marbles, organizations, organizations are living orgamisms, organizations hate change, organizing chaos, original ideas, original ideas are typically nuances of existing, original thanksgiving, our aggravation is with Life, our knowledge gathering life, our minds create, our obsession with time, Our relationship with time is constantly changing, outcomes, outperform other brands, over think this whole questions and quest thing, overcoming ignorance, owning a contradiction, oxymoron, P&G said the 70 to 80 core brands, P&G's top 80 brands had sales, pace yourself, paradox, paradox of choice, paradox of choices, pareto, part of our youthful charm, partner, partnership, patient quickness, peak moments of clarity, peer pressure makes any time wasting, pendulum, people and leaders, people are actually choosing to be busier, people are consistent, people are imperfect, people confuse process and disciplined thinking, people have a story, People have higher expectations the bigger the title, people need help, people need some ideology, people need to take a view to face all problems, people research the shit out of shit, people struggle with choices, people think it’s bigger and better, people trying to improve themselves, people want to use buzzword bullshit, people who didn’t give a shit about you, people who give best advice, people who give best advice have been through the most, people who initiate change, people will follow a good leader who, People will try to hold on when, people with more wisdom. people who have experienced more, People working toward a common business purpose, perfect for an opportunity is difficult to show, perfect version of who you are., perfection is crap, Perfection is in nuances, perfection is the thief, perfection procrastination, perform any action the results will come, performance, permanently dissatisfied company, perpetual dissatisfaction, persistent distraction, persistent sonuvabitches, persistently & stubbornly as if it is a real main thing, person who pretends to not see the truth, personal burnout, personal choice, personal creative destruction, personal development journey, personal direction, personal intellectual growth, personal perspective, personal strength, personal thoughts, perspective can help with the complex, philosphy, Pick your moments, Pilgrims & Indians weren’t killing each other, place and time where shaking the etch-a-sketch, playing it safe, please tell me what you think you are good at, pleasure and desire are a natural guidance system, Pleasure is often contextual and situational, pleasure postponed, pleasure postponed and diminished, plowing through life, point of efficiency is to maximize happiness minutes, possibility of future pleasure, postponed as long as possible, power of words, powerful words, pragmatic thinking, predictions, prepared to abandon everything it does to survive, PREPARED to abandon everything., pressure to maximize time is actually leading to minimizing time, prior to a meeting they need to deliver on exactly that within the meeting, prioritizing actions, prioritizing what is right or wrong, process, process is a means to an end, procrastination, procrastinators, Procrastinators get a bad rap, procrastinators have a tough life these days, productivity, professionals, progress behavior motivators, progressive learning, progressively move on to additional learning, project global generation, provides some structure and focus, providing perspective, prudent growth strategies, pruned businesses produce more flowers and fruit, psychologists call an ironic effec, purpose I don’t mean some altruistic vision, purpose to learn, purposeful fragmentation, pursuing happiness shoves our happy ass in a slippery sloped rabbit hole faster, pursuing the way, pushing organizations and products, put failing in perpsective, putting my own thumbprints on something, putting pressure on yourself with to-do lists, putting together the right group, quality of choices, quality versus quantity online, quantity or quality are persistent sonuvabitches, quarrier, quarrier becomes a duty, quarrier to seek, question everything, question is derived from the Latin quarrier, questioning the unquestionable, questions tend to often be asked, quests are often not linear or straight lines, quite surprised to see how often common sense, quotations, quotes, rabbit hole just gained a whole new crowd of loons, rabbit holes, rabbit holes and differentiation, rabbit holes and reality, rabbit holes to chase after silly things, random confluence of factors, random mix & matching, randomness of life, rare to make complicated simple, rarely are they unique qualifications when lined up, re-evaluating their brand relationships, reach for the stars, read and think about words from Toffler, ready to ride surges in change transition, real action steps, realistic enough to know when enough is enough, reality, realize which brands I really care about, really good match versus a perfect match, rearrange, reason for being, reason to believe, reassuring Time boundaries, reate it to be able to stay, recognize the limitations of their actual talent, recognize the rabbit hole we have started running down, recognizing limitations to talent, recognizing your limitations is a challenge, referencing personal branding, regain the confidence of my people, regrets, regulating affairs of mankind, relationship between encouragement and discouragement, relationship with reality, relationship with time is constantly changing, relationships, relentlessly adapting, relief from the overwhelming, remembered the main thing is the main thing, reminder that Life is not perfect, renovation, renovator, research, reshape, resides in the souls of 99% of Americans, resilience, resiliency, resiliency and character, respect, respect for individual choice, responsibility, responsibility of actions, rest to overcome fatigue, restless consistency, Rethink brand and product portfolio, reward ourselves with making purchases, right but wrong, right is right, right management team, right people, right people at right time, right words, ROI versus imagination, role of internet, root of quest, roy spence, Rubix cube alignment, run away from those that would help us, running a business, safe, safe is not always the best, safe wins, satisfied with what is, say it is happening when it isn’t, say life is short, say thanks and get a shrug, say that something is happening when it is, saying it is fine when it is not, saying the right words, scared, scariest thing about the world is knowing, seamlessly step into, secrets to collect, see a diminishing ability in leadership to effectively deal, see within the circumstances, see your own reality, seek out events without fear, seek out the small to insure the big turns out right, seek to control our own destiny and write our own fates, seek truth, seeking boundaries elsewhere, seeking the way of truth, self actualization, self doubt, self esteem through problem solving, self truth, Self value, self worth, self-actualization and self-esteem, self-help gurus, self-improvement people, sell, sell about half of its brands, selling truth, sends the wrong message to everyday people, sensible pruning helps, sensible pruning helps businesses ward off pests, serendipity, shades of gray, shaking the etch-a-sketch was needed, shaping the basic skeleton of a business, Shaping the skeleton of your business, sharing experiences, sharing feelings, shit that once gave us pleasure, shithole objective, short term concentration capabilities, shortcomings leading to consequences, should count time by heart throbs, should not involve anything close to narcissism, showcasing character, showing some sort of value, sifting through everything that is there, significant difference between having the skill, silly expectations, simplicity has gone the way of the dodo, simplicity in life, simplicity seems too chaotic, simplicity takes remarkable effort, simplifying to make choices easier, simply a business objective we need to attain, simply encouraging an addictive relationship, simply enjoy the quest, situational no regrets, six impossible things before breakfast, skeleton of a business, skilled at managing their emotions in times of stress, Skipping steps creates only the illusion of speed, slide resources seamlessly from one brand or product to another, slippery slope, slippery slope of despair, slippery slope of I am not fine, slippery surface of irrelevant brilliance, slow paced learning, slowing down actually makes us more ethical, slowing momentum and negating hard-won gains, small gestures in trivial looking moments, smallest actions contribute, smart business people, smarts, Smarts do matter, so much of Time on time, so much to do I can barely keep my head above water, So much universe, so you can be better, so you'll have to care for them less, social media, Society has a nasty tendency, Society makes it sometimes very difficult, Sociological behaviorists study Time for businesses, soft choices, Some bonehead called Eckhart Tolle, some choices you cannot go back, some experience worthy of note, Some guy named Pareto, some intangible indulgence, Some of the things we seek most in business, some people do not talk about themselves, some people drown over a full lifetime, Some people will be unhappy, some reassuring Time boundaries, some version of pluralism, somehow aligns on the important things, someone just frickin’ lead, Something kept them from getting to the next level, something more important than fear, something that piqued my curiosity, something to think about, something was always awry, Sometimes successful business is serendipity, sometimes systems work that should not work, sometimes wacky multi faceted group, sometimes you just have to get lucky, somewhere between okay and good, sorting out the truth, soyoufailed.com, speak after listening, speaking, specialist, Speculator is constantly preoccupied with the possibilities, spend a little while going down the rabbit hole, spiral of loneliness and despair, spite of cormorant devouring Time, stalled in cynicism and lack of understanding, stand for something within yourself, standing on the uncertainty pedestal, standing up every time we fall down, start living in a world of hypotheticals, starting anew, starting fresh, state of being perpetually dissatisfied, state of perpetual dissatisfaction, statistical decision theory, statistics, statistics cannot make the decision for you, statistics getting in the way of a good decision, stay grounded in an unstable world, stay or go, step up to the plate and tell people, Stephen Covey’s grandson, stepping in to manage a business, still but moving, still implies that change is like, stimulus, stimulus reponse, stop and think, Stop looking for happiness, Stop looking for happiness in the, Stop looking for happiness in the same place you lost it, stories, stories we will never tell, stories you want to hear, story they never want to tell, straight lines, straight lines are rare in life, Strategic business pruning, strategy, strength against adversity, strength of character, strength of character to make change, strength of character to not be hasty, strengthen your critical thinking skills, stressful decisions, Stressing and obsessing over time, stretch the bars of the cages, stretch your limitations, strip away the undoable and identify the doable, struggle between energy and indolence, struggle between vitality and decay, struggle to think of a business, Stuff I Like, Stuff I Like about marketing truths, stumble upon doing it right, stunning grace in the face of overwhelming life, style more important than substance, style over substance questions, subconscious influences behavior, substance versus style, success in the present, Success is a seductive bastard, success is not a good teacher, success lies within the understanding of the process, success of ROI, successful companies, suck at abandoning shit, suck at managing our lives against our limitations, suggest some enhancements, supporting and delegating, sure of everything, surround yourself with other people, survive in the future, swallowing nonsense, symbolic dynamics, systems remain stagnant, take revenge on doubters, takes a lot of pragmatism, taking account of reality, taking existing pieces and rearranging them, talk far enough up to them, talking, talking about choices, tangible display of hope, tangled ball of string, tangled up people, teaching, technique consisting of careful time measurement, Technology didn’t create this situation, Technology has certainly affected how we view time, Technology has certainly affected how we view time and its elasticity, teen despair, teens, tell followers what to do and where to go, telling the truth, telling the truth in marketing is hard, telling the truth is not impossible, temporary of perfection, temporary perfection, tend to raise our expectations, tend to see nothing but happiness and hope, that i will be tomorrow, that is a Business Truth, That is courage and not confidence, that is life, That level of intelligence is rare, that means we’re less willing to give away bits of it, the absence of truth, the answers are within you, the art of procrastinating, the best advice is priceless, the best interest of the people, the butterfly effect, the concept of perfection, the connected mind, the dead center of the earth, the decision and the commitment to the decision, the deserve equation, the die is cast, the discussion is a solution, the doer, The endeavor of this present breath, the entanglement of nuances, the errand itself eats away at Time, the false dilemma fallacy, the glimpses of perfection, the global generation, the grocery shopper, the hunter/gatherer, The Ironic Effect, the less happy we become, the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing, The main thing we select is not really the main thing, the more you do not know the more you can learn, the most powerful weapon in life is not a mission, the myth of original, the myth of the proprietary process, the numbers told me what to do, the odd moment of beauty where time is not the same, the ones who actually get a second look, the only thing truly unique is your personality, the opportunity needs to exist in the marketplace, the organizational crack, the paradox of choice, The Pleasure Principle, the practical, the responsibility in marketing, The right group of people, the same process and same vocabulary, the small gesture in the trivial moment, The Speculator and the Rentier, the spoiled child syndrome, the subconscious, the things we will sacrifice, the thinker, the Time versus Expectations continuum, The TopModels guys, the triumph of high achievement, the truth is the axis munid, the visionary, The wasted energy postulate, the word failure is tough love, The word question, The word question is derived from the Latin quarrier, the world always belongs to the next generation, the world bends everyone, the world is always changing, Their enemy is monotony, there are a lot of insights, there is always something more to learn, there is no formula for good choices, there’s that damn elephant but there’s nothing I can do about it, they are pushing the ignorance boundary out, They are simply shit that needs to be done, they don’t thrive on non stop goals & objectives, they get good shit done, they have to respect you, They just go do, they know how to lead, They mustn’t have seen it, they should earn our respect, they want you to lead, things in business, think of the constant stream of choices facing us, think of the right thing to say too late, thinkers, thinking, thinking about how to change shit, thinking doesn’t reflect reality, thinking harder, thinking impossible things, thinking is good, thinking is messy, thinking of yourself as a brand, thinking simplistically & pragmatically, thinking too much, This building's totally burning down, this generation’s work ethic, this i am today, this is about leadership, This isn’t working, this post is about getting ahead, this sounds pretty common sense, thomas jefferson, thorn in the side of evil, those moments, thoughtful about this whole impatience, thoughtful and relevant, thoughtful planning, thoughtless specialization, thoughts, thoughts initiate action, thoughts initiate action and progress, thrive on dreams, thrive on dreams and possibilities, time, Time always seems to inevitably be attached to something intangible, time and choices, Time as divine, Time has become defined by immediacy, time is a disposable product, Time is always hungry, Time is always hungry for, Time is beautiful and doomed, Time is neither a currency, Time is neither despicable nor divine, Time is neither elastic or inelastic, Time is the new Currency, time management, Time moving fast but too slow, Time pressure enhances the odds someone will make a less ethical, time research, Time speeds up or slows down depending, time speeds up or slows down depending on the experience, time typically equals anxiety, Time was associated not with finiteness, time wasters, to be sure of you, to induce the business to grow in a particular manner, to slay a dragon you need to believe in dragons, to-do list that is so long sleeping is nowhere on it, today sucks, too much focus on what you already know, torture numbers, torturing numbers, total pleasure and pain it will generate, tough business decisions, transactional branding, transformational people, trapped by fear, tries to create dissatisfaction, trivial moments, trivial moments in bigger life, true friend, true struggle occurs once, trust, Trust can be objective and subjective, truth, truth and expectations, truth goggles, truth has never been more difficult to discern, truth in marketing, truth is not just something we bring to light, truth is rarely simple, truth is what really happened, truth or lies, truth or nothing, truth should be simple, truth to oneself, try and address any pre-existing perceptions, try and influence those choices, try to be your best, trying desperately to utilize our time as efficiently as possible, trying to attempt to accomplish too many things in too little time, Trying to make them unhappy is difficult, trying to organize seeming chaos with some boundaries, trying to preserve will lead to stagnation, Trying to recreate that is tough, trying too hard to be happy makes people miserable, tugged by ambition, Turkey or no turkey, turn over a new leaf, tween strength, twitter triumph of humanity, typically a small group of people, ultimately makes us unhapp, unanticipated answers, unanticipated answers to reveal themselves, uncertainty, uncertainty in the universe, uncertainty is a bitch, uncertainty takes on geometric proportions, uncertainty with change, unclear leader, underneath greatness, understanding choices, understanding of the Life value proposition, understanding what you do as an organization, understanding your ignorance, understanding your own path to learning, undirected focus is wasted energy, unenlightened business, unethical advertising, unfocused leaders, Unfortunately it doesn’t actually work that way, unimportant truths, unintended results, unique person in an ad agency, unlearn, unlocking the story, unquestionable, unrealistic expectations, unshakeable, untangling people, until we meet again, use your imagination, useful questions, Using correct pruning techniques can help maintain the health, using some old and some new, using truth to deceive, usually between what you want, usually think of hope as a good thing, utilizing time efficiency models to squeeze every productive minute, very difficult situation, very good when we remember or anticipate them, very much like interviewing, very second more than 600 tweets are posted on twitter, very very good at what they did, via creatingaquietmind, vibrantly alive in repose, vigor, vision, voices of a generation, wackiest motivational shit you will ever see, wacky wisdom, Wait: the art and science of delay, waiting or living, walk in our footsteps, walking beyond our own footsteps, wandering with a direction in mind, want children to do better, want children to go beyond, ward off pests and diseases, warped perspective, was not trying to make changes, waste our lives wandering aimlessly, wasted effort, wasted efforts, wasted energy worrying, we actually waste a shitload of time, we all fail, we all have regrets, we all have stories, we all have the same amount of time, we all value our time, we are all obsessed with time, we are all stressed out over time, we are dealers in hope, we are learning to live with a different sense of time, we are not nudgers, We deserve more, We don’t create a fantasy world, we don’t manufacture that many really smart people, we fail because of our best efforts, we feel like time is getting tighter, We get distracted, we have always been obsessed with time, we invest so much time trying to manage time, We live in deeds, we make choices, we may never win anything, We need to change it, we need to stop seeking answers and continue to persistently ask questions, we overlook the ability of great friends, we should all listen a little more, weighted by its duration, well rounded learning, well-liked or deeply-despised people, what consultants are afraid to tell you, what do you do when you get what you want, what has happened to leadership, what has worked for me, What have I learned, what I deserve and I want a good happy Life, what I know opinions, what if I did THAT thing, what is right and what is wrong, what is the alternative, what is the place of words, what looks like chaos, what P&G is doing, What these managers don’t realize, what we are seeking explanations, what we have is not what we need, what we need is impossible to get, what we need to get us through, what we want is not what we need, what you do with your time, what you elect to do with it, what you put within that void, whatever it takes, whatever it takes to cross that dark bridge, when life is a disaster, when people do not listen, when the economy improves, When things do not go as planned, where great companies arise from, which brands are less important to me, which brands it will sell, while you may be highly qualified for an opportunity, who and what we are culturally, Who is more content with their choice, who say they want to be just a small company, whole idea of perfection is shit, whole point of efficiency is to maximize happiness minutes, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, Why do we always say life is short, WHY do you pander to them, why it is a good business thing, why it is a good thing, why most transformation fails, wide spectrum of pain, widening gap between the affluent and lower-income households, wild hearts always seek to escape, will always be sure of everything, will always be there waiting, will generate, will take a smart curious leader, wisdom, with a little curiosity, with something positive, wives, woefully inadequate data, words, words reflecting experiences, words that become deeds, words worse than nothing unless they do something, work & what I deserve, work hard and good things will happen myth, work is often up to people, work nevertheless, work of a lifetime, worked with a dozen small companies, working with an idiot, world loves a cage, world of infinite possibilities, world waiting inside my cage, worry about implementing a great idea versus protecting it, worrying about fairness or general Life happiness, worst time from a morale standpoint, Wrong thing to do, yet not good enough, yhprum’s law, you and i issues, you are lying, you are not a failure because you fail, you are overcoming objections one by one, you are responsible for the stupid choices you make, you can solve that kind of problem, you cannot dwell on every moment that slipped by, you can’t be perfect, you doubt just enough to be humble and realistic, you fail, you fail 0 2010/09/14 Published No title No description 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