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- 3 Strategies to Positively Win as a Team - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2013 from Joey FaucetteCollege basketball’s annual trek up the Final Four mountain began this week. While the school names change from year to year, the qualities of championship caliber teams are consistent. What are they? And how can you learn from them to win championships at work? Here are 3 Strategies to ...
Views: 1303 - 3 Strategies to Work Positive in the Vertigo Economy - by Submitted on May 16, 2012 from Joey FaucetteI recently returned from a week of speaking engagements to awaken the next morning to a case of vertigo. I woke up, rolled out of bed as usual, and the floor rose up to whack my head. It was kind of like being drunk on a rollercoaster ride. Over the next several days, I was in bed or in my ...
Views: 1191 - 3 Things You Gotta Believe about Your Business - by Submitted on Jan 16, 2012 from Joey FaucetteWhat do you believe about your business? Your business beliefs are the core values of your “how” in leading your relationships and managing the details. Have you ever taken four minutes and written them down? Make sure you include these three things you gotta believe about your ...
Views: 985 - 3 Tips to Positively Enjoy Your Vacation More - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2013 from Joey FaucetteYou’ve made your reservations. You’ve paid your deposits. Now it’s time to go on vacation. Have you planned to have a great time? Or, do you just hope it will happen and work avoids intruding on your experience? Here are 3 Tips to Positively Enjoy Your Vacation More: Demonstrate In ...
Views: 1339 - 3 Tips to Work Positive at Your Office Party - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2013 from Joey FaucetteAnnouncements of office parties are met with either go-for-it’s or groans. The go-for-it’s are the ones who enjoyed last year’s party or just look forward to any social experience. The groans are the persons who remember last year’s with disdain or generally avoid socializing with their ...
Views: 1387 - 3 Ways to Cure Holiday Overwhelm at Work - by Submitted on Nov 26, 2012 from Joey FaucetteHas your to-do list grown overnight? Yes, it’s “the most wonderful time of the year”…and yet many of us miss the wonder of it all due to the overwhelm at work that accompanies the holidays. Here are 3 ways to cure your holiday overwhelm at work starting today: Focus on Positive ...
Views: 1161 - 3 Ways to Cure Holiday Overwhelm at Work - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2013 from Joey FaucetteHas your to-do list grown overnight? Yes, it’s “the most wonderful time of the year”…and yet many of us miss the wonder of it all due to the overwhelm at work that accompanies the holidays. Here are 3 ways to cure your holiday overwhelm at work starting today: Focus on Positive ...
Views: 1109 - 3 Ways to Deal with Squawkers in Your Business - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2012 from Joey FaucetteI enjoyed some quiet time early one morning before the demands of my day started. All of a sudden, a bird began squawking just outside the window. At first I ignored it, but it loudly persisted so I got up. As I stepped out on the porch, I saw the bird squawking at Maybelle, our cat, who sat ...
Views: 1152 - 3 Ways to Find Time to Read Positive - by Submitted on Apr 07, 2014 from Joey FaucetteWhen we connect with someone on LinkedIn, we welcome them with an invitation to read free chapters of one of our books. We hope just one idea will coach the reader closer to achieving business dreams. One connection recently replied, “Thanks, but I don’t have time to sit down and read a ...
Views: 1485 - 3 Ways to Give Positive Customer Service - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2012 from Joey FaucetteThe relationships we have with our customers are the most important assets we possess. Easy to understand and take care of, right? Nope. As I travel, I encounter a great deal of customer service and disservice. Last week, I learned 3 Ways to Give Positive Customer Service from some ...
Views: 1079 - 3 Ways to Give Positive Customer Service in a Negative Election Year - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2012 from Joey FaucetteYour customers aren’t sure what to expect from you right now. Election year uncertainty casts a negative anxiety over doing business that political ads only exacerbate. Customers aren’t sure who cares, who to trust, and who is on their side. How do you engage this adversity so as to ...
Views: 1375 - 3 Ways to Make Time to Read Positive - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2013 from Joey FaucetteWhen we connect with someone on LinkedIn, we welcome them with an invitation to read free chapters of one of our books. We hope just one idea will coach the reader closer to achieving business dreams. One connection recently replied, “Thanks, but I don’t have time to sit down and read a ...
Views: 1394 - 3 Ways to Make Your Business Sing On-Key Despite the Flat Economy - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2011 from Joey FaucetteAt times we allow the negative noise of the flat economy to drown out any positive, on-key music in our businesses. Soon the negative noise has an effect on you. You become filled with: Fears about finances—“The bank called. Surely they’re not calling in my note.” Suspicions about an ...
Views: 1101 - 3 Ways to Positively Gain Time - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2013 from Joey FaucetteDaylight Savings Time starts this weekend in most of the U.S. We “lose an hour” to supposedly gain more sunlight at the end of the day. So how do you deal with this lost hour? And all the other lost hours of productivity at work? Here are 3 Ways to Positively Gain Time: Priorities Dr. ...
Views: 1121 - 3 Ways to Positively Love Your Work - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2013 from Joey FaucetteRemember the saying, “Do what you love and love what you do and you’ll never work another day in your life?” Sounds great, but how do you do that? Here are 3 Ways to Positively Love Your Work: Love What You Do for Work The physical and mental activity of your work must reward you ...
Views: 1766 - 5 Secret Questions the Positively Successful Ask Daily - by Submitted on Feb 17, 2014 from Joey FaucetteWhile studying Great Depression businesses created by successful entrepreneurs, I discovered five core practices that were daily habits for them. They asked themselves five questions daily that charted their course to success. You become a successful business person, also, by asking yourself ...
Views: 1534 - 5 Secret Steps the Positively Successful Take in Response to Change - by Submitted on Feb 17, 2014 from Joey FaucetteI live in a part of the U.S. that received a once-a-decade snowfall last week. At least 12,000 flights were cancelled. Millions of people were home from work, rearranging untold numbers of meetings and assignments. Such rapid change is commonplace in our world today. Snow is forecast. Other ...
Views: 1482 - 5 Spring Things the Positively Successful Do to Grow - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2014 from Joey FaucetteThe snow finally melted to reveal a spring-like day. The calendar called my wife and I to activity—to act on our plans for the blueberry bushes to grow fruit. Positively successful people understand that it’s a process to grow personally and professionally. They Work Positive with themselves ...
Views: 1254 - 5 Ways to Positively Win an Oscar at Work - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2013 from Joey FaucetteHow do you walk the red carpet at work and up onto stage to accept the Academy Award for increasing sales with greater productivity so you get out of the office earlier? Here are 5 Ways to Positively Win an Oscar at Work: Focus on the Part As talented as you are, you have one part to ...
Views: 1065 - A Lesson for Businesses from PAC-12 Commissioner Larry Scott - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2011 from Joey FaucetteThe major activity in college athletics last week saw universities realigning their conference relationships. It’s a growth industry in a down economy and they’re seizing financial opportunities that emerge from positive associations with high fan-base institutions. The PAC-12’s announcement ...
Views: 1094 - A Maple Tree Business: Three Ways Your Business Stands Out in 2012 - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2011 from Joey FaucetteNearly all of the trees on our farm had dropped their leaves by last month except for one maple tree. This one maple tree held on to its leaves like a kid hanging on to his blanket when mom says it has to be washed. Finally it let go of its leaves. The other trees were gray and looked like ...
Views: 1082 - Do You See What I See? - by Submitted on Dec 19, 2011 from Joey FaucetteYou have read story after story of random acts of kindness. The person at the drive-thru window who pays for the coffee of the person behind them, who then pays for the coffee of the next person, and so on for up to 27 customers. The same type of generosity occurs at traffic toll booths. You ...
Views: 1126 - How Do You Deal with Overwhelm? - by Submitted on Feb 18, 2013 from Joey Faucette“Overwhelm” is a constant theme in our coaching conversations lately. Business professionals have this sense of more effort and fewer positive results. There’s more to do than there is of me to do it. How do you deal with overwhelm? Here are 3 things you can do starting right now to move ...
Views: 1945 - How Do You Finish Your Day Strong? - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2012 from Joey FaucetteYou discovered your productivity trigger. You are more productive in that all-important first hour of your day. You set boundaries around technology intrusion on your productivity. You are well on your way to doing more in one hour than most business professionals do in a month. But there is ...
Views: 1159 - How Do You Focus on the Positive at Work? - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2012 from Joey FaucetteI was lying flat on my back in the grassy outfield, trying to come around. I had drifted back from my third-base position for the Little League team White Sox into shallow left field to catch a fly ball. I missed the ball with my glove and instead caught it with my forehead. Someone said, ...
Views: 1380 - How Do You Focus on the Positive at Work? - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2013 from Joey FaucetteI was lying flat on my back in the grassy outfield, trying to come around. I had drifted back from my third-base position for the Little League team White Sox into shallow left field to catch a fly ball. I missed the ball with my glove and instead caught it with my forehead. Someone said, ...
Views: 1400 - How Do You Give Exceptional Customer Care? - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2012 from Joey FaucetteIn the last few months, our team has run up a steep learning curve in developing a new product line and the means to administer it. We’ve experienced a great deal of change and discovered as we’ve run this race that exceptional customer care is an integral part of a successful process. Here ...
Views: 1126 - How Do You Limit Technology’s Intrusion on Your Productivity? - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2012 from Joey FaucetteYou discovered your productivity trigger and transformed your first hour to be more productive. The third question to answer as you increase sales and achieve greater productivity so you leave the office earlier to do what you love with those you love is this: How do I limit technology’s ...
Views: 1154 - How Do You Vote for Your Business? - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2012 from Joey FaucetteU.S. citizens cast their vote for the next President, Vice-President, and a host of congressional leaders this week. Attention focuses on this once-every-four-years activity with a virtual obsession. Yet, there is a more important vote you as a business professional cast and more often than ...
Views: 1218 - How Does Your Team Win Like the San Francisco Giants? - by Submitted on Oct 29, 2012 from Joey FaucetteThe San Francisco Giants won the World Series…again. That’s two of the last three seasons, a rare achievement. What discoveries are there for you in their success as you seek to increase sales with greater productivity so you can leave the office earlier to do what you love with those you ...
Views: 1272 - How Well Do You Deal with Interruptions? - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2012 from Joey FaucetteI watched a bit of the last Presidential debate. Up until the point where the debate morphed into one big interruption. Interruptions intrude into political debates, marriage conversations (and other intimate activities if you have children at home), and your work flow. How well do you ...
Views: 1367 - The Most Important Thing Your Business Needs Today - by Submitted on Oct 08, 2011 from Joey FaucetteMost of the stories my grandparents told were about how hard just making a living was during their growing up years in the Great Depression. Their stories always left me with a certain sense of financial uncertainty, of “Whew! Glad I didn’t grow up back then because I would have had ...
Views: 1033 - The One Thing You Must Do When the Deck is Stacked - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2012 from Joey FaucetteThe deck was stacked against me that morning… I moved my daughter over the weekend which involved driving a truck and trailer for 17 hours, moving more stuff than I care to remember, and wrestling a bear of a refrigerator to the point of physical exhaustion and sleep deprivation… My alarm ...
Views: 1018 - Three Personal Reasons to Shop Locally this Weekend - by Submitted on Nov 21, 2011 from Joey FaucetteShoppers will crowd the super centers and malls this weekend following Thanksgiving. Friday and Saturday are really busy shopping days in the U.S. In fact, over the next several weeks, retail stores will do 50% or more of their business for the year. So where will you go? And who will you ...
Views: 941 - Three Reasons to Do Business Face-to-Face - by Submitted on Dec 05, 2011 from Joey FaucetteRecently, I delivered a keynote presentation about business growth, “Fence Posts to Trees,” to the top forty emerging leaders of a U.K.-based pharmaceutical company. I ate with one of their five senior VPs during the meal that preceded. He lives in Scotland, commutes to London weekly, and ...
Views: 1189 - Three Reasons to Positively Take Time Away - by Submitted on Apr 02, 2012 from Joey FaucetteAround this time of year, we take some time away from work. At least those who have jobs… For those of us who own the business, such time away seems elusive. Here are some reactions I receive when I coach entrepreneur owners to positively take time away from work and my responses: “I ...
Views: 761 - Three Strategeis to Finish Strong in Your Business in 2011 - by Submitted on Dec 12, 2011 from Joey FaucetteSo here you are sitting in your office, staring at a couple of weeks left in the month, and wondering how you will finish up 2011. The holidays are nice and all, but depending on what kind of business you’re in, you’re either overwhelmed and just trying to keep up or underwhelmed, worried about ...
Views: 947 - Welcome to the We Economy: 3 Positive Business Conversations to Have Today - by Submitted on May 07, 2012 from Joey FaucetteTo succeed in today’s economic environment, check your ego at the door and embrace a new way of doing business that is about more than what you can control and manipulate. That’s your ego talking. The Ego Economy is dead. Welcome to the We Economy. This rising tide of the We Economy ...
Views: 1068 - What Hour is the Most Productive in Your Day? - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2012 from Joey FaucetteLast week you discovered your productivity trigger. I found mine standing around a family member’s grave, watching dragon flies and remembering their 30-day life spans. A new focus emerged for me in doing business, one that defines success by my clients’ success. My to-do list is better now—more ...
Views: 1046 - What's Your RROI? - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2012 from Joey FaucetteYou’ve had numerous conversations about your ROI—the Return on Investment—your company achieves. But what about your RROI—the Redefined Reality on Investment—you achieve? Think of your RROI as what’s different—new and improved—about your business and lifestyle since you started your ...
Views: 1059 - What’s Your Productivity Trigger? - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2012 from Joey FaucetteMy Grandfather told me stories of getting up at 4:30 a.m. to bring in the wood, put it in the cook stove, and light the fire so his mother could prepare breakfast. A sister gathered in the dark eggs laid by the hens. A brother prepared the pig months earlier. The flour ground from their corn was ...
Views: 1097 - Who Moved My Time? 3 Tips to Positively Spring Forward at Work - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2012 from Joey FaucetteWhen the alarm clock radio has awakened me for the past few weeks, the sun was getting up and it was light. I like that. This morning, it went off and the sun was still asleep and it was dark. I don’t like that. Welcome to the first workday of Daylight Savings Time. Sure, I’ll enjoy an ...
Views: 1050 - Work Positive Like The Beatles - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Joey FaucetteDid you see Paul McCartney performing for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee? The world still loves the music of The Beatles fifty years later. They’ve sold 600 million albums internationally with 20 songs going #1 on the U.S. Billboard charts. So how did The Beatles achieve such amazing ...
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