Manage To Engage | Businesses Grow When People Do

Today’s episode continues the conversation from episode six. There’s plenty of information and teaching out there about creating goals and that’s useful. What tends to get left behind, though, is the heart-centered dreams that were always there. They don’t need to be created so much as uncovered. If the Clear part of goals is creating your plans, this episode is about the Open part we usually leave behind--expressing the desires and compulsions that have always been in your heart. It’s a journey deeper into yourself so you can find your path through the world. Here we go.

Everybody knows they “should” have goals, but few know how to do it well, so most avoid it. What’s the difference between pursuing the absence of a negative and pursuing the presence of a positive? The distinction has the power to change your life. What if you’re so concerned with pushing away bad, that you’re not focused on the good? Many people live their entire lives needlessly stuck in this kind of survival mentality. Let’s dive into the conversation.

Meditation becomes more popular every day in the western world, even in business settings. But like so many spiritual teachings that become popular, there’s a dramatic misunderstanding that can severely limit the practice. Sadly, many meditators can waste years not knowing this simple, but commonly unappreciated principle that will change your meditation practice forever.

Ever wonder why your mind is a constant stream of mostly unnecessary, and often troubling thought? Understanding how and why your mind fills in the blank is part of the path of perceiving reality more accurately, and when you’re seeing things more clearly, you make better decisions, and enjoy your life a whole lot more. Leaders and managers in particular can’t afford to be distorting reality–there’s too much riding on your ability to see clearly. Are you ready to learn what to do about it?

Is being a trusting person a good thing? Or does someone have to earn your trust? Managers who give trust when it’s not earned get everyone into trouble. Know the difference between belief, trust, and experience. A good manager operates in reality, and is constantly checking themselves and others against it. This episode, an excerpt from a recent leader webcast continues the conversation from the last two episodes.

What if ten times more information were available to you than you realized in any moment? How can a manager hear between the lines of what people say to extrapolate how they’re operating? It’s a skill that takes time to learn, and it starts with some basic principles that you can implement right away. Today another segment from a recent leader webcast, where we discuss some of the principles of extreme listening and how you can use it to gain X-Ray vision.

Should you “believe” in your people? Does seeing the best in people make you a good manager? What about seeing the reality? What about also seeing the worst? Join us for some live coaching already in progress for the deconstruction of belief and learn how believing in people gets you into trouble.   Learn more at: ClearAndOpen.com