Results & Relationships (Podcast Episodes)

(I just realized I published this episode to my other podcast, Psychology & Cyber thus just uploading it here as a copy. Sorry for the delay and mistake on my side)

 

Ready is a choice, it not worth waiting for.


Do you regularly invest time with people who:
* claim ready enough for action even while uncertain?
* do work that matter for them regularly?
* Dare find out if those they seek to serve care about having that work done?`


What does Ready mean to you? often we forget to ask this critical question.
* when its ready - will you see it or find another thing to polish?
* out of time DOES NOT mean ready, yet often thats where we end up without intention
* Are you ready to listen to feedback?
* is the person you’re talking to ready to listen?
* if all you want to do is tell others of facts they can loop up facts if they cared, if they dont care you're not ready to help them
* life is short, we all will die. You're already self-employed for life AND other things in-between that. When will be you be ready to act like it?
* is ready for those its for, or for you?

Whats worth being ready for?
Whats worth saying no to so you can be ready for it?
So whats stopping you? Go Get it for those that care

 

Often Ready means too late. What would some early real life, real customer feedback mean for your work?

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Remarkable Position and easy to say name change


It's been 8 years already with Relationship Power at work. Every week. Some of the early years it was more often.
Before that this pod was called "Levelup at work and ingame".
That's why the libsyn url is called gaming even if all those episodes are lost now due to my own newbie mistakes with an RSS feed change.

I've been wondering if we should rename this thing to Results & Relationship. What do you think oh most splendid of listener?

When I started our pod was primarily for computer leaders using the words direct, Relationship Power and such.
To figure out untrained empathy and relationships skills. Combined their already powerful data mojo. 
I myself hid behind computers for the longest time. That made me powerful in a lot of aspects and fearful in my many untrained areas.

Over the years I observed others, and myself struggle saying the phrase "Relationship Power at work"


Thus the intention with the name change is to making it easier to name this thing of ours. Its nothing bigger or more complicated than that. I'm sharing the process to help you see. Whatever you make it will also change as you learn more about it and those you serve. Getting started early embracing reality instead of staying in your head is critical. Im hoping sharing what I missed from starting helps unlock you. Free you to give whatever is rattling in your head a try.


Why Results first in the name?
 
I love that anyone can intentionally create results based on where they start in life. Independent where we currently are. Independent of what we where given we can all work on figuring out what we can give, create or teach.
its a lottery what relationship we get to start life with. its a choice what results we work hard and long for and what company we keep.
I love that results is an open way to healthy long-lasting relationships. You cant control relationships and the opening of doors. Yet you can control what you create and invest emotional labor into, and for whom's benefit.

Your reputation precedes you. Its nothing new but more urgent than ever with the ever-present machine learning.
Soon your results will be auto-presented in front of any person you meet via their AR devices. Of whoever you meet in real life by default. Even so before you get to chance to meet.

Your results is one of the most Key factors setting the options for who you get to build relationships with.
Its surely not the most important thing. Love, care & relationships are. Yet without results is hard to get the freedom to sustain that dream of yours and the dreams of those you care about.

Results. Done well and generous are also something others feel good about remarking on. Good for their own benefit (self image, status and possibilities) as well that remark benefitting their friend and you.

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Status affect way more than it perhaps should.

Accepting reality is the first step in changing it

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Dont wait for mentoring.

Dont wait to be picked.

Dont wait to recieve that special anything.

Instead work hard to position yourself AND thus making it more likely to have someone wanting to mentor you, to make yourself ready IF you get picked.

 

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Do things that matter today, so you’ll learn.

Don’t waste time comparing – remind yourself it’s the learning and doing that’s important and comparing often gets in the way more than we ever learn.

This is urgent. Do thinks every day that matters, however small. That consistency will what makes you win whenever you need to win way more likely than watching others.


Culture is just behaviour. Effect is just a result of behaviour.

Are you focused on your own behaviour and that of those around you? without this it doesnt matter what your powerpoint slides say your people "should" do in a fancy greatlooking strategy document.

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What does Resilience mean to you?

What does it enable?

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Who controls the data for your emotional choices?
Know thyself is more urgent than ever!

We’re all emotional creatures – a great important part of our evolution.
It’s important to know that you’re now surrounded by algorithms watching you and tweaking the environment around you constantly. For both great and scary effects.

That’s why it’s more important than ever to know thyself, to understand what makes you tick so you’ll recognize what’s going on. Say when you think you’re reading news and in effect, you’re being manipulated to make a certain decision.

 

Why fascism is so tempting — and how your data could power it  Yuval Noah Harari | TED2018
https://www.ted.com/talks/yuval_noah_harari_why_fascism_is_so_tempting_and_how_your_data_could_power_it

Facebook's role in Brexit — and the threat to democracy |Carole Cadwalladr | TED2019
https://www.ted.com/talks/carole_cadwalladr_facebook_s_role_in_brexit_and_the_threat_to_democracy

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This is Marketing worth the listen or read from so many angles

This episode is a tribute to Seth Godin, and a recommendation of his book This Is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn to See

IF you only read one book this year I recommend you make it this one before others.

It applies to so much beyond marketing.

Ric share’s some of his thoughts on Seth Quotes

  • My product is for people who believe ...
  • I will focus on people who want...
  • I promise that engaging with what I make will help you get...

 

You’re listening to episode 365 of this podcast, and I’ve shipped it weekly for 5 years to get to this point in time.
I surely was a slow learner facing so many resistances getting here. I still struggle with some of them and most likely will find new resistances as I keep leveling up.

Without Seth and all I’ve learned from Seth over the years about [daring] to dance with tension and [daring] to do the work that matter this podcast wouldn’t exist. Seth is the number ONE reason I’m doing this for you and everyone else listening to this.
Thank you Seth!

This Is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn to See
IF you’re curious I recommend you get the audio version because Seth is taking time to read it himself

https://amzn.to/2Ijew4I

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Brand, Reputation and DOING the work that matters.

I know I here talk about how important DOING things is – to get real life feedback, to connect, to learn.
Getting our ideas out of our heads to meet the world so we connect with our community, so we show up for those we seek to help. But it’s even more important to embrace that it’s not enough to just do better work. We must all of us also embrace branding, reputation and all the work that makes OUR work matter, be noticed and feel relevant for those we want to help.
With all the noise in our world just being the best, or having shipped the best product is not enough.
We must all work on our brand. That the result of that work is NOT up to us. Branding in today’s connected world: For both global around the world brands, as well as your personal brand is:
Other people's expectation of you. The promise you deliver to them. THAT is your brand.
its easy to live in the illusion that they'll get it eventually, if we just do good work.
That they will come if we just build "the right <insert your product>" but it’s not enough.

My experience is that in order for your people to get the maximum value out of your product or “value”
They must get the reputation your brand bring with it from others, not directly from you.

The noise blocks out who's the best.
Seek to be the best for those you serve including do work on marketing, branding, reputation in a way that matter to them.

Don’t seek to gamify what ‘ever platform you're on.
Eventually algorithms will learn and you're community as well. You don’t want to be left obsolete just because an algorithm was updated.

quote: Warren Buffet
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently
What’s your legacy? What are you building for those you serve beyond you?
What is the promise you bring those that connect with what you do?

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Go around it.
Dont wait for perfect - Its OK to go around the long way as long as you keep taking steps forward

 

Be kind to yourself. Dont wait for the perfect candidate, perfect opportunity or perfect idea.

 

Once you go around and obsticle and you make them pointless they're often happy to help you - making it appear you've walked in a straighter line that you have for an outsiders.

dont compare yourself to others because you dont know the detours they have made to get it done.

Focus on progress, and what's working and what is.

not others and how you think it "should be"

Primilary ask yourself what can you DO, instead of listening to the sceptics in your head?

dont worry about what others think or say if you're not starting by enrolling the top candidate. Few succesful people did when they started. We just fool ourselves by comparing thinking everyone else had it easier to change things that we do. Usually they did not but invested effort anyone eventually making it.

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Laser Focus

What are you focusing on right now?

So many of us imagine success as “having it all.”

While that may be true, the way to get there requires focus; giving up a lot of things, disappearing from the spotlight, and building that one thing that will be your contribution to the world--your legacy.

The first step to achieving something is figuring out what you want in the first place. And the more you think about it, the more you realize how much harder it actually is.

What is something that you like, love, and care for? What is something that you love doing so much that you can do it for the rest of your life?

What is something that you're willing to grow and flourish at the expense of momentarily saying no to so many things because it will take a lot of you to turn an idea into a reality?

Every success story begins with a decision to focus on one thing. Constrain how much you are doing at the moment to expand an idea that will have value five years from now, ten years from now. No one will see what you are building. They won’t understand why you're so driven at something or why you are saying “no” to them or to other opportunities.

It's challenging to say “no” because it's so easy to go with the flow, to get rewarded and recognized around people.

But when you start saying no, because you are laser focused on opportunities that align with your goal, you have more room to say yes to the things that matter. You have more energy and mind power to absorb everything that will further you in your direction.

Everything you do is connected. You grow from the right opportunities. You see things that busy people often look past.
Make your timeline something important here and now and you will build something exceptional for those you care about.

 

 

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Strangled by your own convenience

I know you love your comfort zone

So do I. I go there to rest myself and I have to force myself out, into scary uncharted territory every time

My Personal Trainer say most of us have trouble picking things up from the ground when we get old. Yet a few never have this problem

Because most stop doing it when there is a tool, chair or something to assist with

Those who intentionally do knit their shoes, and move every day done have this problem. for most its that convenience got in the way – making it very inconvenient eventually.

 

 

* when I was awarded consultant of the year 2013 out of 7500 consultants I was asked to hold (by consultants seeking the same fame and success) had a few presentations on a few different topics one including "How to increase your value" which often was interpreted as "How do I charge more" which surely is a side effect of the same behaviour.

 

YET most asking live during my talk always wanted to wiggle back to a convenient answer. Hoping they would get one word they could say when receiving an offer to increase it by 20% without effort.

I then said that would then be the new normal if there was such a free upgrade as no investment needed to get more we would all be doing it explaining that whatever you do at the "negotiation" will only shift it a sliver versus say you have five overs all equally exiting in work. Then the talks would be entirely different but it’s also a lot of more work. Yet in the end, you will have a lot of more options in your life than if you let convenience decide for you.

 

 

Convenience pushes the decision you know you need to make to the future

 

 

friends not behaving as you want? choose new ones, it won’t be convenient for a while but that space will open up for better people if you are also willing to level up in areas that attract those you want to attract

 

 

have empathy for your naysayers

Its uncomfortable buy if we dare to face that I, Ric, am not for everyone then we make better decisions. this was really hard for me, I am such a people pleaser, I really want to help everyone and that everyone love me but what I didn’t understand for 70% of my life was that my behaviour made me pleasant but not truly anyone’s favorite.

 

 

* Free stuff and convenience

We often forget the alternative cost we pay for free stuff. Platforms and business rarely give us stuff free as a primary thing.

Their primary thing is often a business selling us. Convenient now but will it really be so for your future self?

 

like Brene Brown say:
Choose to uncomfortable now instead of resentful later.

 

“Discomfort brings engagement and change. Discomfort means you're doing something that others were unlikely to do, because they're hiding out in the comfortable zone. When your uncomfortable actions lead to success, the organization rewards you and brings you back for more.” 

The very thing that feels uncomfortable is probably the thing I should be doing at that moment. The activity that puts me on edge and tempts me to resort to procrastination – that subtle fear is indicating the task is important.

so what to do about it?

I believe in balance. You can’t always be outside your comfort zone. You need to rest, to reflect, to have a place where you ask yourself the scary questions without falling into a deep pit

but in order for that zone NOT TO shrink so much its uncomfortable small, forcing you to stand still and stiff you also need to show up with your whole self in at least a few areas that matter. that matter to you, not society but yes also that matters to your customers so you can sustain it

 

 

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How to be a person of Value

Einstein said:

Try not to be a person of success,

Instead try to be a person of value.

 

So you have to ask yourself. What is VALUE those you serve?

If don’t value people, you will never ask yourself that question.
How can I ADD value to those people?

Another quote goes “Price is what you PAY, value is what you GET”

Thus what your customers, friends, boss, relatives all GET from your effort and results is subjective

That’s why listening and acting is so important.

Listening is important because you really need listen and embrace that subjective worldview of those you care about BEFORE you speak. But listening alone isn’t enough. Action is required to change things.
Speaking is important to clarify things.

Leadership is influence.

IF you add value to people, then that effort will give you more influence.

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I think we need to talk about YOUR status and it’s urgent we embrace the world we’re living in when it comes to status. Status

 

Status roles are at the core of who we are. They change how we spend our time, our money and most of all, our imaginations.

 

I think we’re getting confused of what status really means with “status updates” on platforms making most of us think someone else is getting a vacation regularly and here we are doing the dirty, hard work. Or comparing our efforts with the world’s top 1% unaware of all the effort and time they have invested into getting where they are.
or how platforms today use the word friend for anyone who’s a childhood friend just as much as someone who’s just following you because the great work you do, or just because the platform nudge-nudged you to accept it. OR thinking we’re part of a community when it’s just another platform. Real-life is not a blog, twitter or most platforms – yet surely community can be digital so how do we know?

 

Don’t spend your energy thinking about other people’s status versus yours. Try to be kind to yourself and constantly work towards more effort into doing the work that matters. The small work your future self will thank you for when you go to sleep tonight does A LOT more for your status than comparing ever will.

 

Quote: John P. Kotter

Because management deals mostly with the status quo and leadership deals mostly with change, in the next century we are going to have to try to become much more skilled at creating leaders.

 

I think it’s more urgent than ever that we become skilled at owning our OWN status and ignoring others as a comparison but embracing others status as part of driving the change we make.

 

IF we are so worried about our status that we don’t dare to learn, done dare to be a beginner don’t dare to make any mistakes we will not 100X results, because we’ll be busy maintaining the status quo. Both in our inner game, as well as out doing the work that matter in organisations.

 

Action now, small or big is the single best way to improve the status quo. And the more forward motion we make, the better we’ll get at figuring out what better looks like,  if it’s a good idea, if its helping or not. Status can be just a good block from learning, as it can be for enabling learning and better.

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Ric's currently reading the books "Masks of Masculinity" by Lewis Howes which led to some great conversations when he was working together with David Marquet this week on making the invisible visible using data

 

Techinical info: this is also the first episode on the libsyn platform only, before now I've made 355 episodes using googles feedburner AND libsyn for 5 years.
Most of my list wont migrate, just sharing in case you get a glitch or something. then just unsubscribe and subscribe again and most likely all will be back to normal (but on a shorter episode list)


I’m grateful I got the chance to work with David Marque this week. I learned lot from him this week but have learned from him in so many ways like his Youtube Leadership Nudges, and also learned from people who learned from him so I felt a bit Stars-truck When we wasn’t working we talked … Continue reading Self-identity and how that can blind us, in my case on arrogance
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Set things Right – whats better than right? it’s easy to forget that what’s right most often is a matter of worldview. Ensure to separate facts, observations and measurements from labels Both are needed to do better that lasts. We need to figure our own values, “our definition of right” before enrolling others towards change, … Continue reading Setting things right – whats better than right?
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Act as if – Do, measure, evaluate, experiment Failure, might not work as part of your identity, where it’s easier to learn from failure. not fake it to you make it – where it’s really hard to emotionally handle failure Most really successful people did not make ONE plan and that worked out most tried … Continue reading Act as if
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How well are you tending to yours? How aware are you that they’re at the helm of everything you do, and everyone you meet. What do you expect to see on the other side of your effort? How often are you right? Dont expect anything to happen differently without you doing differently. Dont expect things … Continue reading Expectations are the fuel and engine of perceptions
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Its easy to forget when a decision is actually made. When we’re stuck fighting the system of not embracing a YES fully, or not setting a clear and strong boundary, aka said NO to something when it mattered more, than when we’re standing knee-deep into it. How can you help yourself trace back when a … Continue reading Decision traceback – delayed feedback and results, learn to embrace yes or no when it matters

How do I know this is the idea to go all in for? I hear this from clients and people often, in different forms like: Please tell me THIS is the idea to go all in for Is this THE idea to go for? Please tell me I’m at the tipping point, that it will … Continue reading How do I know this is the idea to go all in for?
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Teach Dare to do things that might not work Don’t wait for school or anyone else to teach those that matter to you the most important things like daring to do things that might not work, daring to do things that society doesn’t understand. Daring to listen to yourself thru a dip, quit and give … Continue reading Teach Dare to do things that might not work
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Beware Fake Paths, illusionary progress and blockers Learn to listen to yourself, including when to, and when not to, others
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Algoritms- why they matter so much to your relationships The chain of algoritms is woven around all you meet, all day long. Your reputation preceede you in all your first contacts There is no escape. Use it or get used by it.  
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Christmas is coming – talk to your people. We are all rusty and emotional during this holiday, be kind to yourself AND those around you. Start talking now, before tickets get [too] costly and while dates and items are easier to set and get.
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What you are unaware of controls you Always work to become more aware. You can’t work with stuff that you’re not aware of. You can’t know the great potential that lies within you or others if you’re not exploring, and daring to be curious where others don’t. Always A/B test what you think you know, … Continue reading What you are unaware of controls you
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Patience is something you can become better at. Its not a born thing that you either have or don’t have. Patience matter now most urgently because all the easy jobs will be gone soon. Easy is replacable. Automatable. Easy jobs also makes you a commodity the instant you take it.   Sure, its scary leveling … Continue reading Patience – Race dont chase

Meta talk about YOUR communication. Yes, I’m talking about your message earlier today. Are you seeing the effect you want when you say something?  
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Embrace failing AND keep taking action to learn what better looks like   If you find yourself failing often where you want to be in life and business. Allow yourself to take smaller steps and be kind to yourself when evaluating why   If you find yourself failing rarely where you want to be in … Continue reading Embrace failing AND keep taking action to learn what better looks like
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Life is full of changes. Opportunities often catch us by surprise. Only those who are ready to grab the chance wins the game. An updated resume is a great tool to showcase your potential and convince the big man to give you a shot. 1. Have a Clear Message Who you do want to serve? … Continue reading 6 Steps to a Ready Resume – its time to update

Busy, busy, busy! We live in a world where everyone is dedicated, driven, and competitive at work. Traffic takes forever. We spend our night eating fast food in front of Netflix when we’re not out for a drink with friends. We spend our lives chasing things that can make us happy while trying to remain … Continue reading Befriend Boredom
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Let It Go Brace yourself! Life is a voyage. You will sail to wondrous places. Strangers can become friends and friends can become strangers. Expect the unknown and the unexpected. Be prepared to win and lose. Stay excited for what’s ahead. Let go of your fixations. Your plans may no longer work given the new … Continue reading Let it Go
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4 Realizations From “The Big Leap” By Gay Hendricks “The Big Leap” is a book that encourages people to reach their pinnacle by going beyond excellence. Break your upper limit. Realize there is no ceiling to what you can achieve in life. Play As An Adult Nurture the child in you. Stay curious. Play. Stretch … Continue reading The Big Leap and importance of State of Play
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“You can’t do big things if you are distracted by small things.” -Unknown Distraction is just as powerful and as dangerous today as it was thousands of years ago. It takes a new form and is now present in the very thing that we need in our daily lives: technology. Author Nir Eyal writes about … Continue reading indistractable
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Work Ethic and Grit works for everyone. Better than waiting for talent So what are you waiting for? WHO is worthy of your best hard work? Even when no-one is watching but yourself?

Emotional Work, Hard Work, Long Slow Grind Work – don’t underestimate the important of what you learn in the slow grind Few things in life are the insta-win you see in media. Most of those media show you has been standing on the same position service others for long years before sky-rocketing and getting noticed … Continue reading Emotional Work: Don’t underestimate the important of what you learn in the slow grind

5 Friendships You Have To Make: You become the company you keep Think of the five people closest to you–the ones you spend most of your time with, your confidants, peers, family, and org mates. What is their influence in your life? Do they share your fire? Are they as ambitious as you? What are … Continue reading 5 Friendships You Have To Make: You become the company you keep

Ratchets: The Beginning of Change Seasons are magical. Yesterday, the leaves of the trees were cold and white. Right now, it gets greener each day. But soon, it will turn yellow, then red, and finally brown. The world we live in is alive. And we know that because it’s constantly changing, evolving. We are little … Continue reading Ratchets: The Beginning of Change
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Motor Examples What’s your motor? Do you know, guard and focus on your peak hours? Do you know what fuels YOUR motors and those around you? Do you know what feeds all the systems, organizations and people around you? In this cast Ric dives into a few places you encounter motors, algorithms and how this … Continue reading Motor Examples
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Your Trains, Ratchets and Motors Most people worry way too much about the big mistake of getting on the wrong train. I think the biggest mistake I’ve done, and I see others doing is NOT getting of it when they’ve established it’s not heading in their direction. Instead investing time and energy thinking about how … Continue reading Your Trains, Ratchets and Motors

You are your work in the Mesh economy Some thoughts about how important it is to ask yourself “What is it for” – and embrace that there multiple answers to that questions. First what is it for from the perspective of those you serve? But also what is it for from your own perspective? And … Continue reading You are your work in the Mesh economy
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dont Shrink, dont Puff: some thoughts on shame Some of my thoughts on the great quote by Brene Brows ”dont shrink dont puff”  and the behaviour it creates. For me its a very effective quote to realize whats going on. Within me and within the people I help or meet.

Guard your time investments. Plan your time investments. Evaluate your time investments and the results, energy and relationships you get out of it. Pay attention to your time & relationships – because they’re the only thing you cant get back.  
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Race don’t chase, Try not to compare Don’t compare because you just can’t know how it is walking in their shoes. What they have invested, in effort, time or other resources that you don’t see. Its human to compare. I think its one of the biggest trauma of our generation. We compare ourselves to the … Continue reading Race don’t chase, Try not to compare. Generosity is one answer

Positive Future versus here and now? How often your feedback have more to do about the past than the positive future behaviour you want to help create? How often to you sacrifice what you want the MOST for what you want now? How often do you confuse the word discipline with consequence? Instead of its … Continue reading Positive Future versus here and now?

Selfishness doesn’t last – What does Success look like to you? Selfishness doesn’t last. IF you want to win the infinite game generosity is the key, the path and the endgame. If you’re asking yourself “What does Success look like to me” ensure you wave in how you show your gratefulness to your tribe just … Continue reading Selfishness doesn’t last – What does Success look like to you?
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Confusing Ambivalent People … your Energy  ..your results …your circles. You really become the company you keep It’s easy to say stay clear of obviously toxic people. It’s easy to say work with great people. What we often forget is the ongoing cost of confusing and ambivalent people. Especially the alternative cost of what might … Continue reading Confusing Ambivalent People
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Getting Pro Clients Choosing and working hard for the right Clients, Customers, Managers, Bosses – who ever you choose so serve is one of the most important choices in your life. This episode is some answers to questions I’ve received on my podcast episode “Getting Better Clients”
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Create Health OR promote disease? What if you could easily see how every tiny decision do make every minute in your life as either a small step to “Create Health for yourself, your family, your friends, your customer or anyone else you really care deeply for” OR that the alternative cost of not honoring that … Continue reading Create Health OR promote disease?
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Are you sure you’re in a ride heading where you want to be? Is it time to get a better one? is it time to pick up others and help them get to where they want to be too? Are you in a ride that’s leaking energy or giving it? Have the driver landed rockets … Continue reading Your Vehicles, your results, your relationships

Illusions about having time Illusions about time, smoke and mirrors we do to ourselves In this episode I share some thoughts about time You might also want to take a look on this talk on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPaS85IA6oY Before You Waste Time – WATCH THIS | by Jay Shetty 2018-05-08
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You matter. You Belong. Be[come] Remarkable It’s up to you to think thru WHO you want to belong with. Not making that choice will make you belong somewhere, regardless. Others depend on you making a choice that matters for both of you. Sometimes it helps us to make that choice by using another work. Being … Continue reading You matter You belong. Be Remarkable

Inciting Action is often better than all the data and insights in the world For perhaps 20 years I was fooled by the lure of big data, business intelligence and ”forknowing” stuff. What I learned, eventually, however slow I was is that although insight is important. And data is important, especially in our current, algorithm … Continue reading Inciting Action is often better than all the data and insights in the world

Options and being comfortable now versus a better state later Options. We all want Options. Often one of the best ways of ensuring we keep having the best options making a choice of not allowing to many options when doing the work that matters. Embracing some discomfort now that we’re very comfortable and don’t “need” … Continue reading Options and being comfortable now versus a better state later

continuing the talk on Infinite and finite games. game Windows and the dont wait game.   If its a stupid game stop playing it. ignore sunk cost. doesnt matter how long you’ve been playing it. The ONE thinh that matters is it giving you what you want?
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Level up your infinite game with your finite games Some of my ramblings on what is an infinite game and why should you care. What I think is not relevant and doent matter. What matters is what you think, and if this mindset change your behaviour? Some examples of the difference mindset of an infinite … Continue reading Level up your infinite game with your finite games
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Discomfort precede change I struggle alot  with sounding “Energetic” in my voice on my podcast. This episode contains some thoughts around the discomfort that always precedes change. Because change doesn’t happen without discomfort. If that would be the case you’d be there already. What discomfort do you struggle with that is worth it for the … Continue reading Discomfort precede
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Who would miss the work you put at their table? Infinite and finite games Who would miss what that you put on their table, in your unique way, your style, your methods? Who would miss you if you were gone? What game are you playing and why? I hope you’ve got to celebrate a great … Continue reading Who would miss the work you put at their table? Infinite and finite games

Treat everyone you meet as a volunteer “Accept the fact that you need to treat everyone like a volunteer”. Is a quote by Peter Drucker ..if you want to help THEM, thus you, discover and unleash THEIR potential. You cant fully control that process. But you can encourage it. You can direct the energy and … Continue reading Treat everyone you meet as a volunteer
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3 games that matter 3 seats of power   3 Games that matter inner game: the why you play, the words you use in your head. outer game: current game/result you bring others infinite game:   3 seats of power  relationship power knowledge power authority/role power Your Chosen Position And the position from where you … Continue reading 3 games, 3 seats of power
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Are you ready? .. for opportunity when it comes knocking on YOUR door? I surely wasn’t, for most of the times when it’s been past my door. LINK For example when I was interviewed by John on his EOfire podcast. Having then more than a million downloads that scared me into doing nothing more than … Continue reading Are you ready?
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Learn more – know less   It isn’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble, its what you know for sure, that just aint so Quote Mark Twain   Its important to focus on the learning part of ourself. Niches come and go. Business come and are great at first but most markets … Continue reading Learn more – know less
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Dare to ask questions. Dare to question your own worldview. Dare to help others see what you see, still respecting their perspective. Dare to speak out loud to a friend why you might be wrong. Dare to help others by showing your vulnerability in what you know and what you don’t. There is power in … Continue reading Dare to ask questions. Dare to question your own worldview. Dare to help others see what you see
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What if you behaved like your manager, client or customer payed you double for your results? Your ability to ask yourself the important questions determines more than you think. Treat your clients, customers, managers like they pay you a lot more than you do. How would you behave differently if that was the case? What’s … Continue reading Behave like your manager, client or customer pay you double for your result

Borrowing Happiness from tomorrow. Making the best of today to enjoy both now and tomorrow Uncomfortable now rather than resentful later – by Brene brown Don’t shrink, don’t Puff. Brave and vulnerable at the same time. Healthy Boundaries When was the last time you choose to set a boundary by choosing to be uncomfortable now … Continue reading Borrowing Happiness from tomorrow

Eye of the Beholder Your life is how you perceive it, not how you see it Everything is a projection. Both from you onto others, and others onto you. Like Einstein said “Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts” We’re all biased. Own that when you communicate. … Continue reading Eye of the Beholder
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Owning your Strength i talk some about one worldview of “owning your strength” What is yours? and how do you embrace that worldview?   This episode is very different. This is because I took a course last week called VideoLabs over at VideoCreators.com So today’s episode will actually be the audio-version my videos on YouTube … Continue reading Owning your Strength
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Lending some introduction and creating passion examples from the Computer Game world. For example perhaps you want to introduce your spouse to computer game play? It’s a lot of the same synergies you want when introducing someone to your office. You want to connect to what matters to them to create passion, commitment and understanding … Continue reading Introduction to ComputerGames or new recruit at office

The Magic of Delegating Better Save time and build peoples potential at the same time? Build relationships and get better results at the same time? Does this sound too good to be true? Try it and you’ll see for yourself. The only thing is. You won’t get a perfect alignment with things you delegate. You … Continue reading The Magic of Delegating Better
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State of Play: Focus on the relationships that matter Play is often used for doing better work, getting better revenue with innovative new ideas. Play is also often used to build teams, develop trust and enhancing effective behaviour. Its also very powerful when used at home, to deepen the relationship with those that matter the … Continue reading State of Play: Focus on the relationships that matter

One Focus Work on one project at a time. its the kind AND focused way towards accomplishing greatness What are you working on that’s got you most fired up? Questions like that I ask all the time. A trend I notice among my most successful friends is they rarely list a bunch of “I want … Continue reading One Focus
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Sleep affects the results of most things. Yet it’s so easy to keep pushing investing in it forward. If you’re lucky to have a few days of vacation right now. Don’t trade your chance for some extra sleep away for all the attention seeking platforms out there. Instead of sitting up following a trail of … Continue reading Invest in your sleep – investing in better results, connections & empathy

Time with your most important people.. and what story the data tells Blissful time with your most important people? Check your stats and think again.. Christmas is coming up. Remind yourself to be there slightly more than usual for those you care about. Be mindful, present and let a few of those noises rest until … Continue reading Time with your most important people.. and what story the data tells

Exceptions to the rule. Dangers and inspiration Beware there be dragons here. Exceptions to the rule. Something we often long to become. Personally. While I deep to my core help people consistently grow their potential, by stretching all they are right now I still believe the media bombardments of “Exceptions to the rule” is the … Continue reading Exceptions to the rule. Dangers and inspiration

Asking Right – a few thoughts on how to ask questions: For advice or anything else. We are living in wonderful times. It’s easier than ever to connect with people around the globe getting help and advice. I believe must of us humans’ wants to help. IF everything else is equal we will do the … Continue reading Asking Right
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Your Attention in the modern age and how it affects your relationships and everything Are you in control of your attention investments? I think not, I sure know I am struggling with the modern noise out there. Right now there is a near infinite set of algorithms out there working to seer you away from … Continue reading Your Attention in the modern age and how it affects your relationships and everything
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Your Compass and your Map-Making skills, your maps Legends and your ability to share Vision of what may be Are you trying to follow a map when really need your compass more because the map is outdated?   Are you daring to put a flag down helping others get there safely, within budget and time? … Continue reading Your Compass and your Map-Making skills, your maps Legends and your ability to share Vision of what may be

Clarity, Clarity, Clarity – only then communicate Think “What is it for?” “WHO is this for?” Before you speak, before you plan, before you execute. For example, when talking in order to get things to happen: Own the emotions Own your body language Own your words Own your results its your responsibility if you keep … Continue reading Clarity, Clarity, Clarity – only then communicate
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What’s YOUR style of play? This is not a quickfix/howto podcast harvesting on fear of loss, need for guarantees or checklist.   When I was a young leader of my first team I was desperately longing for a quick checklist to follow. Something that could guarantee if I followed its guidance I’d be great manager … Continue reading What’s YOUR style of play? This is not a quickfix/howto podcast harvesting on fear of loss, need for guarantees or checklist.

The gap between ambition and effort-level. If there is a gap they become disconnected and thus not feeding each other energy. This can sound something along these lines, but I’m sure you have heard countless others just like it. “I want to be a star at X, I’m just waiting for the next idol program … Continue reading The gap between ambition and effort-level
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Choosing Your Manager, Clients, Students, Customers – basically who you want to serve and why I tap again on the theme, you are the company you choose. And I want to highlight “your manager.” Who are the people you’re serving? If you are going to ask yourself right now, is he or she helping you … Continue reading Choosing Your Manager, Clients, Students, Customers – basically who you want to serve and why

Your time mostly comes from your actions You are your own source more than anyone else. Don’t blame others for where you are. Step up to the responsibility of being you, or at least closer to it right now.   You become the company you keep. Ask yourself. Those you invest most time with do … Continue reading Your time mostly comes from your actions

Bimodal organisation Development & Digital Transformation still require a People First mindset  How BiModal are your organisation percentage wise? How much do you “experiment” to learn a better new normal? How well do you know your people so you know who wants to embrace the mode 1 or our organisation and the mode 2. You … Continue reading Bimodal organisation Development & Digital Transformation still require a People First mindset

Deflecting – Connect or Disconnect, dont deflect Some thoughts on inner and outer deflections and what this does to your ability to connect. Acknowledge the beam of positive energy sent to you. Dare to look into the face of your scary monsters, doubt or shame and you’ll find new ways to get the important job … Continue reading Deflecting – Connect or Disconnect, dont deflect

This is just an extra episode celebrating International Podcast Day You’re listening to the 185th episode of Relationship Power at work. I started podcasting 4 years ago. Please check out the live celebration here. I hope you find another podcast that helps you even more in your daily life.   https://internationalpodcastday.com
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Digital Transformation, Operational BI and the importance of infrastructure and well oiled listening processes   Now is the time to really thank the heroes at infrastructure for their hard work, because it’s about to pay off when all organisations starts to realize “information is their most valuable asset” alongside with the digital transformation required to … Continue reading Digital Transformation, Operational BI and the importance of infrastructure and well oiled listening processes

A tribute to Seth Godin’s altMBA Some thoughts its lasting effects now two years after attending Mars 2016 I completed Seth Godin’s alltMBA, it was the 4th time Seth held it. I’ve learned, applied and had great success with Seth’s advices over the years so joining was an easy choice, even if the course was … Continue reading A tribute to Seth Godin’s altMBA
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Train your imagination – What you are unaware of controls your options I’d claim your most important thing is your imagination, combined with your focused attention and execution How often do you explore “what may be”? Are you executing on your ideas? Like Tony Robbins say “stay in your head and you’re dead” You can’t … Continue reading Train your imagination – What you are unaware of controls your options
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The Purpose of Analytics is Change. Listen to the 4+Arrows within every dot on every graph The Purpose of Analytics is Change. It’s not enough to become aware. It’s not enough to sit on the IT side of this only, you need to help to make it happen. It’s not enough to predict the optimal … Continue reading The Purpose of Analytics is Change. Listen to the 4+Arrows within every dot on every graph

Analytics & algorithms – enhancing beyond your own direct experience Can you Trust your own direct experience as an answer for the future? You can’t trust algorithms blindly, yet you’re unaware of how they’re used EVERYWHERE in ways that affect you way more than you know. Yet often some KPI’s become so important and untouchable, … Continue reading Analytics & algorithms – enhancing beyond your own direct experience
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Come Storms, Ebb, Tide and high water – I will be here lighting your path toward this position Sometimes metaphors gets a picture in our head that is so energizing we just have to act on it. In this episode I talk about the waves of time in your life. How we all encounter high … Continue reading Come Storms, Ebb, Tide and high water – I will be here lighting your path toward this position