You're faced with an issue or an opportunity. Your mind may immediately turn to the pros and cons of acting on it. What if you don't do it? What if someone isn't happy with your decision? What if you have to give up more than you'll gain?
If you ask the question – what if I get a worse job? – that could keep you where you are but if you ask the question – what if I open myself up to a whole new network of people and possibilities – the view changes dramatically.
Web comic and NASA roboticist Randall Munroe fields what if questions from visitors to his site. These may open up ideas for you or you may just find them interesting.
What if you watched this?
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Showing posts with label baseball. Show all posts
Showing posts with label baseball. Show all posts
January 15, 2017
January 13, 2015
What if?
Those are two fairly innocuous words put together to make a powerful question. It can lead us to possibilities and doubt, options and concern, but if we can park the negative for a moment and focus on the curious, let's see what happens.
As an example, you may be looking at making a career change for a hundred different reasons. It could be financial, the situation, lack of advancement, a bad boss, etc. But you are not as happy as you think you could be if you stayed where you are now.
Perspective changes
If you ask the question – what if I get a worse job? – that could keep you where you are but if you ask the question – what if I open myself up to a whole new network of people and possibilities – the view changes dramatically.
Web comic and NASA roboticist Randall Munroe fields what if questions from visitors to his site. These may open up ideas for you or you may just find them interesting.
Watch this.
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Kneale Mann | People + Priority = Profit
TED | Randal Munroe
As an example, you may be looking at making a career change for a hundred different reasons. It could be financial, the situation, lack of advancement, a bad boss, etc. But you are not as happy as you think you could be if you stayed where you are now.
Perspective changes
If you ask the question – what if I get a worse job? – that could keep you where you are but if you ask the question – what if I open myself up to a whole new network of people and possibilities – the view changes dramatically.
Web comic and NASA roboticist Randall Munroe fields what if questions from visitors to his site. These may open up ideas for you or you may just find them interesting.
Watch this.
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Kneale Mann | People + Priority = Profit
TED | Randal Munroe
August 21, 2014
Ready Set Go!
I've gone through some significant changes in my life this year and I was talking about them with a colleague recently which got us going deep on what stops us from moving where we want to go. For some reason, we often become our biggest hurdle. It also appears most people I know find it difficult to ask for help.
It reminded me of Manuel de los Santos.
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Kneale Mann | People + Priority = Profit
Manuel de los Santos
It reminded me of Manuel de los Santos.
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Kneale Mann | People + Priority = Profit
Manuel de los Santos
August 6, 2012
Delegating Your Busy
Years ago, I worked with a wonderful mentor who compared the work we were doing in a larger city next to when he lived in a smaller larger urban area. He said; “Sure this is a busier place, but I’m not convinced people are getting any more done.”
Technology Tether
A colleague of mine reads email twice a week. If you want to get a hold of him, send a text and he’ll usually get back to you within a day or two. If it's urgent, call him. He says email is a waste of time. And when you think of how many of us keep our thumbs posed on smartphones, how much is helping our advancement or fulfilment?
It’s disheartening when I speak with people about their relationships at work. All too often, they are starving for interaction and guidance from leadership, yet the boss is always far too busy for that personal stuff.
This is Important
We check our phones at a baseball game or late Friday night at a house party. If you’re expecting an important call or you’re the person others need to contact should there be an actual emergency, that’s understandable. But I was answering email in the grocery line the other day. How ridiculous.
If we're simply doing it by rote and we don't need to do anything significant with our phone, perhaps we should turn it off and enhance relationships right beside us.
If we're too busy to be here, because we need to be there,
we might too busy to be anywhere.
Kneale Mann
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March 25, 2012
What’s Stopping You?
Manuel de los Santos is a baseball player turned golfer. He is an engaging and inspiring guy whose story just may remove those excuses that are in your way.
Kneale Mann
image: manuel de los santos
Kneale Mann
image: manuel de los santos
May 8, 2009
Are You 'Trying' To Steal Third?
When stealing third, lead off in the same way you would when not stealing. Once the pitcher sets, it's 'one thousand' and you're off. That half second gives you a couple of steps toward third and a great chance of making it. qcbaseball.com
Sports has always been an excellent backdrop for business analogies but in the case of this baseball example, are you hovering at second base wondering if the pitcher will make a mistake so you can steal third?
Are you staring at an opportunity or decision and waiting for that perfect moment – that sweet spot – to pounce? Does that moment ever really arrive? Do we often wait for the invitation forgoing the opportunities?
Sit On The Lead
Last night the Vancouver Canucks tried to nurse a third period 1-0 lead. The Chicago Blackhawks chipped away, scored late and won it in overtime. The Canucks, for the second time in the series, were victims of their own defensive plan.
Quick Decisions
I had lunch recently with a colleague and we were discussing how successful people often make swift decisions, find the deficiencies, make changes and re-launch in the time it takes most of us to deliberate in the first place. How often have you gone against your gut and been wrong?
Go Big Or Go Home
If the base runner hesitates for even a nanosecond, it’s over. If the Canucks had kept on the attack, they may have ran the score up a few more goals to avoid the late minute heroics of their opponent.
How many decisions are you hesitating on?
@knealemann
photo credit: mlive.com
Sports has always been an excellent backdrop for business analogies but in the case of this baseball example, are you hovering at second base wondering if the pitcher will make a mistake so you can steal third?
Are you staring at an opportunity or decision and waiting for that perfect moment – that sweet spot – to pounce? Does that moment ever really arrive? Do we often wait for the invitation forgoing the opportunities?
Sit On The Lead
Last night the Vancouver Canucks tried to nurse a third period 1-0 lead. The Chicago Blackhawks chipped away, scored late and won it in overtime. The Canucks, for the second time in the series, were victims of their own defensive plan.
Quick Decisions
I had lunch recently with a colleague and we were discussing how successful people often make swift decisions, find the deficiencies, make changes and re-launch in the time it takes most of us to deliberate in the first place. How often have you gone against your gut and been wrong?
Go Big Or Go Home
If the base runner hesitates for even a nanosecond, it’s over. If the Canucks had kept on the attack, they may have ran the score up a few more goals to avoid the late minute heroics of their opponent.
How many decisions are you hesitating on?
@knealemann
photo credit: mlive.com
April 14, 2009
Where Does It Hurt?
Sally wakes up Wednesday morning. Her tummy aches. She calls for her mom. The first thing her mom says is; “Where does it hurt?”
Batter Up
Carl loves playing baseball in his Thursday night league. It’s the 6th inning, Carl is at the plate, man on 1st, his team is down 4-2. Fastball, perfect, down the middle. Carl connects and the ball sails over the shortstop’s head. Fielder picks it up and throws toward the plate as Carl’s teammate rounds 3rd. Ball meets glove. Catcher meets Runner. Suddenly, there is a heap at the plate. Shouts immediately come from everywhere “Are you guys okay”. Carl's teammate says; "Am I safe?"
Tick Tock
Jerry is late for the sales meeting. Jerry is late most weeks. He can somehow make the 7am tee-time on Saturday but 8:15 comes way too on a Tuesday. This week, the boss tells Jerry that the big account called and is ready to cancel. He then informs Jerry that he’s been late for the sales meeting 21 times this year. It’s not looking for dear old Jer.
Feel The Burn
Mile twenty-three was especially difficult for Marie. After years of training, she had never felt it before. Sure, she was familiar with the wall but this time was different. This was her third marathon and this didn’t happen on the first two. There was a point where she felt it was too difficult and she wasn’t going to be able to make those last three miles.
Just Breathe
Brice has the biggest presentation of his career in the morning. He has over prepared for this one. His theories, his bright personality, his smarts got him to this point. Brice is terrified. It’s as if everything he ever learned or wrote on the topic has vanished. Cold sweats. Shaking. Nervous. Can’t sleep.
Find The Pain
If you've ever heard the phrase "find the pain" you know more than most who sell stuff for a living - and we all sell stuff for a living. It's not enough to find out that someone needs bigger profits. You need to find out the cause, the reason and it's not always sales. You need to find the pain.
If you work in the medical community or you're a parent, you certainly know what it means to find the pain. The old sales' adage that you aren't selling a drill but a way to put a hole in the wall to hang that picture rings true.
We often forget that we connect with other humans. They have deadlines, fears, pain, concern, stress and all the other stuff we have. But somehow we forget. Why is that?
@knealemann
Batter Up
Carl loves playing baseball in his Thursday night league. It’s the 6th inning, Carl is at the plate, man on 1st, his team is down 4-2. Fastball, perfect, down the middle. Carl connects and the ball sails over the shortstop’s head. Fielder picks it up and throws toward the plate as Carl’s teammate rounds 3rd. Ball meets glove. Catcher meets Runner. Suddenly, there is a heap at the plate. Shouts immediately come from everywhere “Are you guys okay”. Carl's teammate says; "Am I safe?"
Tick Tock
Jerry is late for the sales meeting. Jerry is late most weeks. He can somehow make the 7am tee-time on Saturday but 8:15 comes way too on a Tuesday. This week, the boss tells Jerry that the big account called and is ready to cancel. He then informs Jerry that he’s been late for the sales meeting 21 times this year. It’s not looking for dear old Jer.
Feel The Burn
Mile twenty-three was especially difficult for Marie. After years of training, she had never felt it before. Sure, she was familiar with the wall but this time was different. This was her third marathon and this didn’t happen on the first two. There was a point where she felt it was too difficult and she wasn’t going to be able to make those last three miles.
Just Breathe
Brice has the biggest presentation of his career in the morning. He has over prepared for this one. His theories, his bright personality, his smarts got him to this point. Brice is terrified. It’s as if everything he ever learned or wrote on the topic has vanished. Cold sweats. Shaking. Nervous. Can’t sleep.
Find The Pain
If you've ever heard the phrase "find the pain" you know more than most who sell stuff for a living - and we all sell stuff for a living. It's not enough to find out that someone needs bigger profits. You need to find out the cause, the reason and it's not always sales. You need to find the pain.
If you work in the medical community or you're a parent, you certainly know what it means to find the pain. The old sales' adage that you aren't selling a drill but a way to put a hole in the wall to hang that picture rings true.
We often forget that we connect with other humans. They have deadlines, fears, pain, concern, stress and all the other stuff we have. But somehow we forget. Why is that?
@knealemann
photo credit: http://assets.disaboom.com
September 3, 2008
Keep Dreaming
The 1989 film Field Of Dreams made popular the phrase "build it and they will come". The mistake a lot of us made was that we thought that it was good enough to build something without further effort. It was a great story but reality was missing. And I am a great believer in the power of attraction.
Hollywood can poetically depict a man making a baseball diamond in the middle of a corn field in the middle of nowhere where people just show up.
Reality needs more of a nudge.
We see it with the millions of bands on MySpace expecting fame simply because their latest EP is available for download on their site. I’m a music pig, I love discovering new bands, but I probably listen to 50 bands before I hear one I will tell someone about them.
Just because you invent the all-purpose flipper phone for scuba divers doesn’t mean there’s a demand for it. A three-wheeled triangle car that runs on peanut butter may sound intriguing, but there’s good chance it won’t go anywhere.
If you’re going to market your flipper phone, you need to find potential scuba divers - this is advertising and marketing 101. But any of us in the business will tell you that it’s not easy and even the best make mistakes.
The ancient adage keep it simple has never been more important than now. With eight billion websites, hundreds of cable channels, terrestrial and satellite radio, billboards, bus boards, portable devices and more; it ain’t as easy as building it and they will show up.
But without dreams, no one will come no matter how snazzy you make the campaign. So keep dreaming but know that’s the beginning of the process.
km
Hollywood can poetically depict a man making a baseball diamond in the middle of a corn field in the middle of nowhere where people just show up.
Reality needs more of a nudge.
We see it with the millions of bands on MySpace expecting fame simply because their latest EP is available for download on their site. I’m a music pig, I love discovering new bands, but I probably listen to 50 bands before I hear one I will tell someone about them.
Just because you invent the all-purpose flipper phone for scuba divers doesn’t mean there’s a demand for it. A three-wheeled triangle car that runs on peanut butter may sound intriguing, but there’s good chance it won’t go anywhere.
If you’re going to market your flipper phone, you need to find potential scuba divers - this is advertising and marketing 101. But any of us in the business will tell you that it’s not easy and even the best make mistakes.
The ancient adage keep it simple has never been more important than now. With eight billion websites, hundreds of cable channels, terrestrial and satellite radio, billboards, bus boards, portable devices and more; it ain’t as easy as building it and they will show up.
But without dreams, no one will come no matter how snazzy you make the campaign. So keep dreaming but know that’s the beginning of the process.
km
