Output, not hours, is a great philosophy. Flexisell looks interesting – send us an email via the ‘Contact Us’ page to tell us more.

- Simon

Thanks for this episode.. Output not hours.

Chris

“An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

Thanks for the reminder – it’s in there now

I think your point about ‘inviting discord’ is very important. People need to feel that they are contributing. It’s much like the point I made about a CEO or business owner communicating the company direction and vision to each employee. This is the reverse of that feedback loop.

Of course, there are limits within business to how much you can let everyone ‘take the floor’ but the opportunity has to be there.

Thanks for your wonderful feedback,

Simon

I learned a lot during the interview.
I am sure our listeners will too.

-Adam.

Thinking through communications systems is incredibly important. As you correctly point out, email can result in a ‘ping pong’ process of back and forth. We are all ‘time poor’ and getting straight to the point is a definite skill!

To make my life more productive i encourage students to call me with their questions. They hate having to call their lecturer ( sometimes its easier to lie in an email) BUT if I am teaching communication skills i want them to communicate with me. Sometimes it can take a table tennis game of 4 rounds before we get to the issue so I can respond to it! A phone call expedites the process!!

I need to schedule education time, too haphazard at the moment.

Thanks to you both

The Tipping Point is a great book, as is everything by Malcolm Gladwell.

Take a look at Made to Stick by Dan & Chip Heath, it extends the idea Gladwell presented. Here’s a link: http://ow.ly/96fHw

Thank you for joining the discussion.

Also given my work in Developing Resilience in Chn in school I would love to learn more about Team Mac ….
Thanks I appreciate your energy/passion

Chris

So ultimately it’s a resources issue then. You need to identify what you are *absolutely essential to* then create systems for the other stuff.

After that you can employ people or outsource it.

Does that answer your dilemma?

Simon

http://nextness.com.au/insights/thought-leadership-is-a-great-way-to-build-a-brand/

Since YOU are your brand, this is an area that’s incredibly important.

Simon

Thanks for your comment.

I always liked the old Cold War story…

“In the Ural Mountains, optimists learn to speak English, pessimists learn to speak Russian, and realists buy a Kalashnikov.”

-Adam.

PS The Xmas tune hut my ears!!

The value of optimism “An insightful story”

“The Psychologist wanted to demonstrate the difference between optimists and pessimists to his class and set up an experiment.

With the co-operation of the parents of twin 8-year-old boys, two rooms of their home were prepared. Early on the morning of the experiment the students gathered at the home of the boys. The Professor explained that the rooms were prepared differently to generate a reaction.

After the boys had woken they were taken down the passage; one to a room on the right; one to a room on the left.

Having allowed half an hour or so to pass, the students and their Professor made their way to the room on the left. Here was the first boy sitting down crying in a room full of the latest toys, everything imaginable, mostly unopened. When asked, “Why the tears?” the boy replied, “It’s no good, they always break or don’t have batteries, nothing ever goes right.”

Leaving this lad to his own devices they made their way to the other room and as they opened the door were struck by a smell. The room was packed full of horse manure. After a moment or two they spotted the second boy, armed with a shovel turning over the manure at a furious pace. When asked what he was doing the boy replied, “With all this horseshit, there has to be a pony in here somewhere!”

“That!” said the Professor of Psychology, “is the difference between an Optimist and a Pessimist.”

Regards, Jeff
Sunshine coast Qld