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TED Talk Thursday — Simon Sinek

May 23, 2013 By the Goble Group Leave a Comment

‘TED Talk Thursday’ is going to be a new, ongoing post. As there are many great TED Talks that deserve to be shared, I’m going to do my best to provide those to you, while sharing my insight about the videos and why I think they’re important. If you’re not familiar with TED Conferences, go here to learn more. See you every Thursday!

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Seeing this TED talk by Simon Sinek — How Great Leaders Inspire Action — was the first time I had actually heard of him.

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If you’ve ever thought about one of the main reasons we as humans take any type of action, you’ll love the concept of this video.

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If you’re in sales, you’ll appreciate the notion that ‘People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it’.

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And if you’re not having the success right now that you’re looking for, switch your thinking, and start with why!

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Filed Under: change, events, growth, leadership Tagged With: challenge, fear, inspiration, leadership, TED, why

Punch Fear in the Face — Start. Giveaway

May 22, 2013 By the Goble Group 1 Comment

Start. by Jon Acuff is now a New York Times bestseller. It’s a simple little book (in a good way!) that illuminates the road to awesome, helping make the walk down the road to awesome less scary.

The road to awesome is the road less traveled, because it’s not always the easiest road to go down. But the road to awesome is worth it!

So many people thought the book was great, they bought them all from Amazon and you currently can’t buy it…yeah, it’s that good. That’s why I’m giving a copy of it away for free.

Two things need to happen to be entered to win:

1. Leave a comment below about what new project or experience you want to Start.

2. Share this post via one of the buttons below.

That’s it! This giveaway will last until May 31st. I’ll draw the winner on June 1st, make a note about who that is in the comment section and other social media places, then put it in the mail. Simple.

Punch fear in the face. Escape Average. Do work that matters. Good luck!

Filed Under: books, dreams, friends, growth, leadership Tagged With: action, average, awesome, change, dreams, fears, growth, leadership, Start

TED Talk Thursday — Malcolm Gladwell

May 16, 2013 By the Goble Group Leave a Comment

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This TED talk by Malcolm Gladwell — Choice, Happiness & Spaghetti Sauce — introduced me to the eccentricity of the author and his penchant for studying the absurd or over-looked.

Like in his best-selling books, The Tipping Point, Blink, & Outliers, Gladwell makes his audience think about the (not-so) random of items in a new light…in this case spaghetti sauce.

But his talk is much deeper than spaghetti sauce, and leaves the viewer thinking more deeply about the power of choices as they relate to our overall happiness, and our own ability to tell others what makes us happy.

Filed Under: books, events, growth, leadership Tagged With: books, choice, leadership, Malcolm Gladwell, spaghetti sauce, TED, thought

Chick-fil-A Leadercast Review

May 13, 2013 By the Goble Group Leave a Comment

One of the annual leadership conferences I attend is the Chick-fil-A Leadercast. It was at the first leadercast I attended in 2006 where I discovered John Maxwell, now one of my mentors.

For the 2nd year in a row, my business was one of the sponsors for the CFA Leadercast hosted locally by the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce. As usual, the event featured a great line-up of speakers including Dr. Henry Cloud, Andy Stanley, Coach K, & LCDR Rorke Denver. Some of my highlights from the day, and encouragement to you to block off Friday May 9th, 2014, for next year’s event!

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Andy Stanley:

-> Encouraged us to take complicated things and make them simple

-> Shared that true leaders know they’re ‘…never the smartest person in the room, they’re just the leader.’

-> The mist in your mind will eventually become a fog in your organization

-> The need to find clarity is HUGE:

1. What are we doing?

2. Why are we doing it?

3. Where do I fit in?

Dr. Henry Cloud:

-> Get your people to work the plan (not as easy as it sounds, but crucial!)

-> Opportunities become threats if you don’t have clarity

-> If everything is important, nothing is important.

-> Pruning is vitally important to your team & success (just like a rose bush). 3 layers of pruning to be mindful of:

1. Keep the best because they need the resources

2. Sick and not going to get well

3. Dead stuff in the way

John Maxwell:

1. Add value to people everyday

2. Subtract your leadership landmines

3. Multiply your strengths by developing them

4. Divide your weaknesses by delegating them

Coach K:

-> Follow your courage, don’t get sidetracked (when talking about Beyonce)

-> There’s no job that a leader should be too big to do.

-> Set high standards for yourself and your team. Rules don’t lead, standards do.

-> Leadership is an everyday thing.

LCDR Rorke Denver:

-> How do you constantly improve a team that is always at a high level?

-> What is your tactical reserve? Tap it more often!

-> As leaders, others will…

….mimic. Are you displaying something that should be mimicked?

….amplify. Will what you’re displaying as a leader be amplified positively or negatively?

-> Calm is contagious. Replace the word ‘calm’ and replace it with almost any other word…still rings true.

If you attended the Chick-fil-A Leadercast, what were some of your takeaways?

Filed Under: dreams, events, growth, leadership, Uncategorized

TED Talk Thursday — Seth Godin

May 9, 2013 By the Goble Group Leave a Comment

‘Ted Talk Thursday’ is going to be a new, ongoing post. As there are many great Ted Talks that deserve to be shared, I’m going to do my best to provide those to you, while sharing my insight about the videos and why I think they’re important. If you’re not familiar with TED Conferences, go here to learn more. See you every Thursday!

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This talk by Seth Godin, ‘The Tribes We Lead’, was one of the first TED Talks I ever saw. At the time I had just gotten into coaching and developing my own leadership skills, and it helped energize me in my thinking that I was on the right path, that the status quo was no longer acceptable.

If you’re in an environment where you sometimes might feel you’re up against the wall or stuck in a no win situation, invest your time and watch this talk.

If you want to create a movement around something you’re passionate about, invest your time and watch this talk.

If you’re looking for a movement to join that will have a lasting impact on humanity, invest your time and watch this talk. Then go join a Rotary Club and help eradicate polio from our world.

Don’t wait for others to invite you to join their tribe, create your own. And remember, if you’re not upsetting anyone, you’re not changing the status quo.

Filed Under: change, events, growth, leadership Tagged With: change, future, godin, growth, leadership, status quo, TED

TED Talk Thursday — Simon Sinek

Punch Fear in the Face — Start. Giveaway

TED Talk Thursday — Malcolm Gladwell

Chick-fil-A Leadercast Review

If you attended the Chick-fil-A Leadercast, what were some of your takeaways?

TED Talk Thursday — Seth Godin

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