Gold, Tinsel and You

December 23, 2009 by Kathy Drewien · View Comments
Filed under: Bits of Orange 

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My holiday tradition includes the celebration of Three Wise Men bearing gifts. Gold is the only gift I can spell correctly, so I typed ‘tinsel’ instead. You — my readers, friends, colleagues, mentors, clients — are not a substitution for a Wise Man’s gift. You are the Wise Men who came bearing gifts to me. Words can not begin to convey the many ways in which you have enriched my life this past year. From the bottom of my heart, I thank you.

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The Thing. You Know, THE Thing.

August 11, 2009 by Kathy Drewien · View Comments
Filed under: Small Business Owners 

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I don’t know what your thing is. But it’s the thing you desperately want to be working on.

It’s the thing you are just as desperately avoiding (at least some of the time).

But the point is: you have a thing.

Ever wonder what gets in the way of doing your thing?

“I really need a website makeover.”
If you let go of the old design, what would happen?

“I know I need to learn more about social networking.”
What would happen if you embraced a social networking tool?

“I really need to fine tune my client follow up system.”
And, if you had a better follow up system, what would happen next?

“I’d like to attend that class, but I might have a client appointment that day.”
What would happen if you reserved the day and told clients you were not available?

Fear keeps us stuck.

Change happens when the fear of moving forward is less than the pain of standing still.

I have two openings for folks willing to face the fear, and do it anyway.
Schedule a no-cost, no-obligation phone consultation now.

“The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.”  ~ Michaelangelo

Inspiration: Havi Brooks, The Fluent Self

 

“I See Stupid People…”

July 25, 2009 by Kathy Drewien · View Comments
Filed under: Social Business 

“I see stupid people… they’re everywhere.” (apologies to Sixth Sense)

Of course, it’s not stupid people I see; what I experience is the outcome of stupid decision making.

Stupid decision making runs rampant.

Our minds set up many traps for us. Unless we’re aware of them, these traps can seriously hinder our ability to think rationally, leading us to bad reasoning and making stupid decisions. Features of our minds that are meant to help us may, eventually, get us into trouble.

Here are the first 5 of the most harmful of these traps and how to avoid each one of them. The second 5 are here. 
Luciano Passuello, Litemind

10 learning traps exposed

  1. The Anchoring Trap: Over-Relying on First Thought
  2. The Status Quo Trap: Keeping on Keeping On
  3. The Sunk Cost Trap: Protecting Earlier Choices
  4. The Confirmation Trap: Seeing What You Want to See
  5. The Incomplete Information Trap: Review Your Assumptions
  6. The Conformity Trap: Everyone Else Is Doing It
  7. The Illusion of Control Trap: Shooting In the Dark
  8. The Coincidence Trap: We Suck at Probabilities
  9. The Recall Trap: Not All Memories Are Created Equal
  10. The Superiority Trap: The Average is Above Average

Spotting poor decisions is easy when an Easter egg purple powder room with bright yellow accents is the outcome. Recognizing when I’m caught up in a trap of my own making is trickier.

That’s what I need you for.



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