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Are You Leading or Being Lead?

by Sueños on 04/27/17

Many times we think we are leading but truly, we are being led.  It is difficult for us to differentiate when it exactly happens.  Because we are leading by our fears or more accurately being led by our fears.  Fear increases your levels of epinephrine and norepinephrine.  It was essential in prehistoric times to ward of predatory animals.  It makes you strong, fast and regrettably, stupid!  When we are being led by our fears we take the surest path, anything with predictability suddenly has a higher value.  Even if it brings lousy results and misery.  It is at least predictable misery.  You know exactly how miserable you will be.  Which were the comments made by Russian citizens after the introduction of open market measures as a result of Perestroika.  When interviewed they said while there where extreme shortages under communism they prefer it because they at least knew how miserable they would be when they woke up in the morning.  They were as a group led by their fears.  This attitude is common in companies undergoing mergers and acquisitions.  Everyone waxes nostalgically about the good old days.  And is resistant to embrace the new vision and thereby  being blind to their true potential.  Is your organization on the path of predictable misery.  Are you leading or are you being led by your fears?   Embrace your fears with confidence and open your eyes to your potential!

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5 Things To Do To Stay Positive

by Sueños on 04/25/17

Most careers I’ve seen limited have been because people underestimated themselves.  Seldom do I see someone limit their career because they are too confident.  What I commonly see is individuals who underestimate their potential.   They allow the internal negative self talk voice to take over and define them. You know this voice it tells you all the reasons why you will fail.  It tells you, you are not smart enough, to old, to  young, to fat, to skinny, to brown to white.  It is time to get rid of this voice.  It does not serve you.  It serves itself.  It keeps you in a constant state of self doubt.  This is the only way it can control you.  It puts you into a low negative energy state.  It affects your serotonin level. It changes you biochemically. Since it causes a bio chemical change, negative self talk can be highly addictive.  It is more than just a bad habit.  How do you get rid of it? You develop a consistent positive energy routine:

1.  Never allow negative self talk to go unabated.  You know it is not true.  You are smart enough and all the other enoughs you tell yourself you are not. Start telling yourself it is not true.  You are enough.

2.  Sleep well.  To little sleep makes us all weak.

3.  Meditate.  Strong metaphysical muscles will raise your awareness, which will allow you to keep the negative self talk in check.

4.  Good Nutrition.  Developing a constant level of energy is key to maintaining your awareness.

5.  Move.  What ever your type of exercise/activity is, just move.  It increases the oxygen in your system which you need to develop glycogen.  This is the energy you live from.

Overall, as you start down this new path just be patient and kind to yourself.  Recognize this is a habit you developed over a long period of time.  You will not get there with one big step but with many little ones.

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Innovation Will Not Come To You From Metrics

by Sueños on 04/24/17

In today's execution metrics focused world we have not allowed space for innovation. The two do not live in the same professional space. Execution metrics many times look at and measure elements which made us successful in the past.  They are known quantitative items which many times tie us to our origins. While innovation in its purist energy is unknown, difficult to measure, and indefinable. For us to be able to move forward, as our world has become a continuous form of flux and transition, we need to feel comfortable with and deliberately make space for innovation.  Innovation is about looking forward and embracing the unknown, wrestling with the fear of failure, and calming the heart. You have to be willing and able to stare into the abyss and see potential!

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WHAT I WANT TO BE WHEN I GROW UP

by Sueños on 04/20/17

When you were a small child dreaming about what you would be when you grew up, did it look like this?

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KAOS vs Highly Functioning Engaged Teams-YOU CHOOSE

by Sueños on 04/18/17

It is hard work to be a leader today.  Timelines are shorter, budgets smaller, and goals larger. Much of the KAOS we see everyday in the workplace is simply the manifestations of un-centered leaders.  They are creations of his/her fears or insecurities. They are manifestations of ego. Give me a high functioning, creative, fully engaged team and I’ll give you a fully energy centered  leader.  What is an energy centered leader.  It is a leader who is able to tune out the noise and keep focused on the core drivers.  My adviceto all leaders.  Start learning to center your energy.  Learn and practice techniques such as meditation, yoga, good sleep and nutrition.  Practice them with daily rigor.  Make them part of your personal habits.  Like brushing your teeth.   They will enable you to at will  modulate the oscillation of your energy, and strengthen your meta physical connection. This will bring you a level of peace, calm, and creativity in the hectic pace of your day to day like you have never known!  It will allow you to focus on your core and quiet the KAOS.

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