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- For More Profit, Shovel Away the Sand Over Those Whose Heads Are Buried in It
Be earnest in seeking out problems rather than denying them. The damage will be limited when you do. - Defending Failed Directions Can Direct You Away from Profitable Progress
Some become frozen into following failed policies because they don't want to admit they made a mistake. That pride can be costly when it leads to harmful inaction. - Practice Kicking Yourself With Your Jerking Knee to Earn More Profit
Learn to use your instincts to set you off in the right path when big obstacles appear. - Open Your Eyes and Ears When Tough Times Arrive
When problems arise, you need good ideas. But fear can keep people from offering solutions. - Confidently Prepare for the Best When You Feel Helpless
When you feel overwhelmed, the best path for creating a solution is to assume you will succeed. This article helps you create that mental process. - Look for the Benefit in Setbacks to Gain the Most Profit
Adverse circumstances provide opportunities to explore choices that would otherwise not be considered. Implement those opportunities and a setback can be a blessing in disguise. - When the Situation Looks Hopeless, Doubt Your Lack of Choice
There's always an ethical way out to any irresistible trend problem for a business. Don't let a feeling of helplessness keep you from looking for it. - Act Fast When Customers and the Community Lose Faith in Your Offerings
Helplessness is most dangerous when customers and others are concerned about whether they can trust you. - Banish that Helpless Feeling When Trends Turn Negative
Helplessness is a state of mind, fueled by emotion. You can take practical steps to banish that feeling and move toward valuable solutions. - To Profit from Powerful Trends Be Like a Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Be ready to jump away from mistakes concerning irresistible forces if you want to avoid costly setbacks. - Profit from Irresistible Trends Rather than Sit Helpless
When irresistible forces unexpectedly change a familiar environment to one in which normally-appropriate actions no longer work or even backfire, executives and workers can find themselves feeling overwhelmed by negative emotions and helpless to respond effectively. They should see adversity as an opportunity to reconsider thinking and develop a new sense of direction. - Helplessness Can Turn a Big Company into One Big, Unhappy Company
Remaining inert in response to strong, adverse trends is very harmful. Get help instead. - Use a Schedule and Plan to Implement Your New Year's Resolution to Make Breakthroughs
Most people have forgotten their new year's resolutions by March. But with a written-out schedule and plan, you can make a new year's resolution to create breakthroughs and accomplish that worthy task. This article contains such a schedule and plan to help you. - Be As Strategic As Bill Gates in Choosing Breakthrough Projects
Leaders make a mistake when they let enthusiasm direct their breakthroughs. Pick the right strategic advantage instead and you can accomplish vastly more. This article describes how to take control over breakthrough project selection. - Improve to the Nth Degree and Reap Exponential Rewards
Some opportunity areas offer better rewards for breakthroughs. This article explains how to test various breakthrough choices to find the ones that will be the most rewarding. - Be Wise Like an Owl in Choosing Your Breakthrough Directions
Many leaders set their targets for breakthroughs in the wrong areas. As a result, they miss the opportunity to make greater improvements from the same time, money, and effort. This article provides a plan for making better choices of breakthrough targets. - Stoke the Fire in Your Belly to Make Continual Breakthroughs
It's easy to assume that there is only limited potential because we haven't checked out the alternatives. With enthusiasm for breakthroughs, you soon find them in more places and more often. This article explains about the value of generating enthusiasm for breakthroughs. - Stop Stalling and Make Breakthroughs Instead by Banishing Habits That Slow Down Improvements
Individuals and organizations cost themselves dearly by sticking with habits that brake their rate of improvement. Identify and eliminate those bad habits, and your improvements will turn into breakthroughs. - Combine Individual and Group Perfection to Make the Most Valuable Breakthroughs
One person can only do so much. But groups often get in one another's way. This article shows how to use both individual excellence and organizational coordination to accomplish breakthroughs. - Breakthroughs Are Available If You Hold the Right Contest to Get Help from Outside Your Organization
Productivity breakthroughs that can save lives, make large gains in performance, and cut costs with the same time, effort, and resources in for-profit and nonprofit organizations. Many people find it hard to locate such breakthroughs, but a new method of holding global contests seems to be solving that limitation. This article provides examples of such contests.
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