I love those tips, and such a great reminder to turn things off - I've noticed how
better things go when I do!
I see so many parents struggle with vegetables that I can't help but think I have
a good thing going when my son asks for broccoli for an afternoon snack.
Digital really does have
a good thing going when it brings apps and technology to it's systems.
Not exact matches
Here's a simple rule of thumb for
when to keep your own mouth shut: don't say a
thing unless it's
going to help someone else in the meeting do their job
better.
«What I learned
when I
went broke was no matter how
good things look, make sure your capitalization is such that you can tolerate some kind of violent swing,» he says.
But sooner or later, usually
when the pressure is on and
things aren't
going so
well, they exhibit self - destructive behavior that bites them in the ass.
The lesson is clear: Ask
when things are
going well.
«But
when the price is $ 50 a barrel instead of $ 100,
well, we've got to
go figure out how were
going to make
things work.»
«What it has to do with is the fact that the person is not humble enough to accept responsibility
when things go wrong, accept that there might be
better ways to do
things, and they just have a closed mind,» says Jocko Willink, coauthor of Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win.
There are lots of ways to practice gratitude, from keeping a journal of
things you're grateful for, sharing three
good things that happen each day with a friend or your partner, and
going out of your way to show gratitude
when others help you.
When things are
going well, it's easy to put business on autopilot.
Here are three steps I've found useful in driving change
when things are
going well.
I always thought
when people
went through hardships the
best thing they could do was bounce back.
Understanding this saves you from disappointment if
things go sour and frees you to be delighted
when things go well.
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For the founder and chairman of consulting firm, Bild & Co., that meant having a salary instead of taking money
when things were
going well and scrimping
when times got tight.
«First of all,» he says, «it makes [employees] feel special, and it builds their self esteem, which is a very powerful
thing to do
when it comes to employees — if you can help them build their self - esteem, then they'll
go and continue to try and do it
better.»
When things don't
go well at home, it tears me apart emotionally and is a distraction to me as
well.
Things seem to be
going well; rapport and information flows; all the signals are right; and then, for reasons that seem to defy elucidation, delays of all sorts come into play
when you
go for the close.
When things go wrong, they remind themselves that a bad day is just one day, and they keep hope that tomorrow or next week or next month will be
better.
They show sincere excitement
when things go well.
When things are
going well, they praise.
A third approach would be to understand ultimate responsibility in terms of motivation:
when you know that you're
going to be held responsible if
things go badly, then presumably you're
going to work hard to make sure that
things go well.
It exaggerates the strength of a leader
when things are
going well and leaves them with few allies during tough times.
They're willing to show sincere excitement
when things go well.
Early on in our history
when things weren't really
going well — we had hit a tough patch and a lot of people wanted to buy Facebook — I
went and I met with Steve Jobs, and he said that to reconnect with what I believed was the mission of the company, I should
go visit this temple in India that he had
gone to early in the evolution of Apple,
when he was thinking about what he wanted his vision of the future to be... That reinforced to me the importance of what we were doing, and that is something I will always remember.
«I think one of the
things that this team is lacking that hurts them the most is not having the true leaders like we had last year and guys that,
when things go bad... I feel like
when things go bad, this team struggles a little with bouncing back and making
good plays.»
Let employees know
when things are
going well.
Going alone is a
good thing, though, because you learn to like yourself — and
when you learn to like yourself, you don't feel so alone.
People trip
when things go missing with years, as
well.
«It's hard to leave all this behind right
when things are
going so
well,» Sacca wrote on Lowercase's website.
It's easy for people to get along
when things are
going well.
It's essentially the same
thing, in terms of, what's
going on, but just changing the focus to listening to your body is
when it becomes a way of life because you're understanding yourself
better.
«
When we
go head - to - head in the freezer case, we're the
best - selling
thing by two, three, four times,» says Bouton.
But then they said, «Why would a Cabinet member bring up the idea of a weaker dollar
when things are
going so
well?»
When things change, I do
go through that «Aw, crap,» moment and grieve for what once was, but I'm pretty
good at adapting to new realities.
You learn to look out for disasters
when things are
going well, and take heart
when you're at the bottom that
things will reverse eventually, too.
And fourth would be the kind of resilience or hope that enables you to get back up again
when things are not
going well.
Being great at one
thing doesn't mean you're great at all
things «One of the big lessons is that
when things are
going really
well, you can be lured into thinking that everything's easier than it is.
When things go well, as the leader of the company, your face gets splashed all over.
They sacrifice to ensure that their people are in the
best position to succeed, and they unselfishly give credit to their people
when things go well.
The
better you become at one
thing, the deeper into your rut you
go, and the harder it is to get out of that rut
when change comes.
«
When the US
went Open Skies I thought it was the
best thing because if the US had done it then everybody would follow suit,» Clark told us.
Sometimes
when you have a bad day the
best thing to do is just cut your losses,
go home, get a
good night's rest, and wake up with a renewed outlook.
He felt Dashwood imposed a barrier between herself and the employees to whom she was delegating tasks, and that the barrier only stiffened
when things weren't
going well.
Whenever we find ourselves in that depressing little place,
when things are not
going right and we start to feel that every other business in the universe is so much
better than ours, think again.
It's
when things aren't
going well that we rack our brains for new directions to take our business in.
Taking responsibility
when things go wrong instead of blaming others isn't masochistic, it's empowering — because then you focus on doing
things better or smarter next time.
Having had troubling experiences with bad bosses before, Jon
Good, the founder of gourmet chocolate company Jon
Good Chocolates, makes sure he sets the bar high
when it comes to leadership, taking blame
when things go wrong, showing support for his employees and doing everything he can to help them be their
best selves.
When things are
going well, we're tempted to rest on our laurels.