Showing posts with label Efficiency. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Efficiency. Show all posts

Friday, August 19, 2011

Fired Up

Good morning,

Hurray for Friday! This week I managed to get in a little shopping and I was struck by how unenthusiastic some people are about the products they’re selling. I found myself thinking, if you don’t care about this product, why should I? It was a good reminder that when we’re selling something it’s very important to…

Show enthusiasm!

At a recent Yes! Network seminar titled “Moments of Magic: Ten Strategies to Create an Awesome Customer Experience” Shep Hyken put it this way. “To create an awesome customer experience, you have to be excited about what you do. Believe it or not, enthusiasm is contagious.”

Smile (it’s contagious too) - and have a sunny day!

Clarity

P.S. “Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas.” Henry Ford

Or how about this one! “If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.” Vince Lombardi

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Clarity Patton Newhouse
Sunny Media Group, Inc.
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Friday, May 13, 2011

Fool's Gold

Good morning,

Happy Friday! A friend shared a Chinese Proverb with me that I found especially relevant this week. “He who asks a question may be a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.”

What great advice, especially in the business world where inaccurate assumptions can cause major consequences. So today’s Sunny Note is simply a word of encouragement to take responsibility for asking questions instead of assuming answers. This kind of foolishness can really pay off!

Let’s be the “five minute fool” – and have a sunny day!

Clarity

P.S. “Never assume the obvious is true.” William Safire

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Friday, May 6, 2011

Extreme Productivity

Good morning,

It's Friday! In today's busy world most of us are continually seeking ways to be more productive. This month's Harvard Business Review has an interesting article that offers six principals to help us achieve "extreme productivity," including this advice.

"Think First, Read or Write Second."

Making time to think is a highly essential and often neglected key to productivity. As the article's author Robert C. Pozen points out, "many people feel overwhelmed by the huge volume of reading and writing they have to do for their business. They don't realize that the key to faster and more effective reading and writing is more rigorous thinking in advance."

For example, when writing an article, compose an outline first with just the key points and a few subpoints under each. "After writing an outline, write the concluding paragraph," suggests Pozen. "That will tell you whether you really know where your article or memo is going."

Let's think first - and have a sunny day!

Clarity

P.S. "By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail." Benjamin Franklin

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Friday, April 22, 2011

Perpetual Motion

Good Friday,

Happy Morning! Yesterday I had the opportunity to hear retired Ford Motor Company executive Andy Acho deliver a keynote speech on Practical Sustainability during an Earth Day event at the DIA hosted by Grand River Printing & Imaging. One of my favorite pieces of advice from Andy applies not only to environmental initiatives but also to life in general.

"Don't confuse motion with action."

This is so important to keep in mind because rushing around and spinning our wheels are counter productive to accomplishing goals and making progress.

Let's replace motion with action - and have a sunny Earth Day!

Clarity

P.S. "You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action." Anthony Robbins

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Friday, March 25, 2011

Special Delivery

Good morning,

Happy Friday! In a world of rising expectations and "need it yesterday" requests, we must be able to deliver on the commitments we make. Others are counting on us, and we're counting on others, so...

Don't over promise.

Helpful people risk falling into the dangerous trap of saying "yes" to everything. It's better to do more than we promise than to promise more than we do.

Remember that "yes" is not always the right answer - and have a sunny.

Clarity

P.S. "He who is most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in performance of it." Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Friday, March 11, 2011

Go Team

Good morning,

Hurray - we made it to Friday! Looking back at this week, the word that describes it best is teamwork. So many things I'm proud to say got accomplished and not one of them by me alone. Today's sunny tip is simply this.

Work together.

Business is a team sport. Yet so many of us who care passionately about our work are at risk of trying to do it all ourselves. That's just not possible and if we try that approach we limit or diminish the results.

Instead, look for ways to effectively collaborate. One of the keys is to ask for help or involve other people BEFORE the crisis point...you know, that moment when you discover you can't do it alone and now it's a crisis because you didn't anticipate the need and involve someone else earlier in the process...

Instead of trying to avoid the need for help, let's anticipate it - and have a sunny day.

Clarity

P.S. "The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime." Babe Ruth

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Friday, February 11, 2011

Write is Right

Good morning,

Happy Friday! Here's one of the simplest and most helpful keys to improving productivity.

Write it down.

Whether we're talking about things to do or information to remember, writing it down not only increases productivity but reduces stress. In fact, writing things down actually improves future recall. So even if we write something down and then throw away the paper (which I don't suggest) we're still more likely to remember the information than if we hadn't written it down in the first place.

Now who was I supposed to call this morning...?

Write away – and have a sunny day!

Clarity

P.S. "Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else." Les Brown

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Clarity Patton Newhouse
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Friday, January 28, 2011

Cutting Edge

Good Morning,

Aren’t Fridays grand! I don’t know about you, but for me this week has been all about learning new software. Powerful programs that will help our business do wonderful things…but only if we know how to use them.

Some people’s tools includes knives that can be sharpened, other people’s include computer programs that can be learned. Whatever you use, today’s note is a red-alert to:

Sharpen your tools.

It’s the only way to be cutting edge. I recently heard productivity expert and best-selling author Laura Stack tell a related story about her grandfather who made a living for his family chopping wood. They were paid by the amount they chopped and his team always earned more team than the other teams. Their secret? Every day they took 20 minutes for lunch. But while they were taking lunch, they were actually sharpening their tools.

Sadly, Laura reported that most of us only employ abut 20% of the capabilities of our computer programs because we haven’t learned how to use them.

Let’s brush up – and have a sunny day!

P.S. Did you know...you can save an Outlook email into a regular folder on your computer, just by selecting Save As and choosing *.msg as the file type. Then you can open the message, with its attachments, anytime in the future simply by double-clicking on it. Thanks for the tip Laura! You can read my review of Laura's entire seminar by visiting this link.

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Clarity Patton Newhouse
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Friday, December 31, 2010

Count Down

Good morning,

This is such a great day as we get to say goodbye to 2010 and look forward to a brand new start in 2011. I love this time of year...you know…with all the "resolutions" about how we're all going to work out more to get healthy. (I admit that's on my list.) But ultimately it's not the planning that counts, just the doing. So here’s my toast to all of us for 2011.

Make it count.

Plan the work and then work the plan, because far more important than making a resolution is being resolute.

Happy New Year – and have a sunny day!

Clarity

P.S. "Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan."
Margaret Thatcher

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Friday, December 24, 2010

Traffic Jams

Good morning,

Merry Christmas Eve! I hope your holidays are going well and all the hustle and bustle translates into peace and joy. This week’s flurry of activity has reminded me about an important ingredient to a peaceful and joyful life.

Patience.

Admittedly, I am one of those people always in a hurry, trying to pack 25 hours into the day. But over the years I’ve learned that in order to thrive or even just survive, all the rushing around needs to be deliberately sprinkled with patience. Deliberately, as in consciously choosing to slow down or even back away when necessary to let the situation breathe. Frequently, the recipe for patience includes a dash of flexibility and a pinch of creativity.

You know…like when the store you’re trying to reach is hemmed in for blocks by cars all trying to turn left into the same place and you’re stuck in the middle of an intersection five blocks away when the light turns red and if only people would stop cutting you off you know you could get where you’re going or at least get out of the intersection before cross traffic blows you away…and then it suddenly occurs to you that buying the thing at the store is not what the holidays are all about, so you wave a friendlier gesture than previously contemplated to the guy who cut you off and pull away into the emptier right lane to find a different thing at a different store at a different time, and instead of white-knuckle driving you slow down, call a friend and turn traffic jam time into quality time talking with someone you love.

We’ve probably all heard Benjamin Franklin’s warning that haste makes waste. Often rushing actually makes things take longer (think of the traffic jams people cause by cutting each other off!) and impatience always makes them feel longer.

This morning let’s take a deep breath – and have a sunny day!

Clarity

P.S. “Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.” Barbara Johnson

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Friday, December 17, 2010

Focus

Good morning,

Happy Holidays! At this time of year the joy of the season also brings with it some unique challenges of the season, as we rush around trying to pack so much activity into such a short timeframe. Inevitably, whether it’s during the holidays or not, we all occasionally find that we simply can’t do it all. When that happens, instead of getting frustrated by what you CAN’T do…

Focus on what you CAN do.

It’s very easy and counterproductive to get caught up in worrying about things that are beyond our ability to control. Instead, we’re better off accepting our limitations and crossing those undoable items off our list of concerns, which then enables us to focus more successfully on the things we can accomplish.

Let’s do what we can to have a sunny day!

Clarity

P.S. “Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” John Wooden

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Friday, November 19, 2010

No More Excuses

Good morning,

It’s Friday and today’s motto is No More Excuses! That’s the kick-in-the-pants Sam Silverstein gave all of us who attended the recent Yes Network seminar in Novi. Eliminating excuses is essential to being accountable and…

Being accountable is essential to being successful.

Sam pointed out that it’s easier to be accountable to others than to be accountable to ourselves. Why? Because the easiest person to make excuses to is one’s self. And until we stop making excuses to ourselves, we can’t truly be accountable to anyone else.

Ready to laugh…or gag? Here are some (surprisingly) common late-to-work excuses Sam shared:
1. I dropped my car keys in the snow and I’m waiting for the temperature to warm up
2. I’m sorry I was late but it was foggy and I missed the building
3. My house is on fire and fire engine is blocking the driveway
4. My wife is going to get pregnant and I want to be there

Of course we would never say anything that stupid, right? But perhaps we have our own excuses we give ourselves for why we can’t do things, and our excuses are keeping us from living up to our potential.

Here’s a sobering thought, “The difference between what we know and what we don’t know, isn’t nearly as great as the difference between what we KNOW and what we DO.”

Right now, each of us can think of something we know we need to do, so let’s jump into action – and have a sunny day!

Clarity

“When we eliminate excuses, we’re taking the first step into the Accountability Zone, and when we’re in the Zone, amazing things happen.” Sam Silverstein SamSilverstein.com

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Clarity Patton Newhouse
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Friday, October 22, 2010

Reflexes

Good morning,

It's Friday and Fall sure is beautiful here in Michigan. Today's sunny note is for all those times when things suddenly don't work out as planned. Those are the times when "positive thought reflexes" are so important, because one's first reaction to a situation influences everything that comes after.

Fortunately, we can train our brain like we train our muscles. So here's today's exercise. When the news hits, whatever it is, say to one's self:

"This is a good thing because..."

I've been doing this for so many years that it happens automatically. It doesn't mean ignoring the realities of the situation. It means focusing on the positive aspects FIRST. Coincidentally, this approach often changes the eventual "reality" into something more favorable than it could have been, had panic or frustration been the first reaction.

Just the other day someone instrumental to a time-sensitive project suddenly became unavailable. When he called me, the words had barely passed his lips and I was already thinking, "That's a good thing because..."

Next, the other half of my brain kicked in arguing, "No it's not good!" But it was too late for the negativity to take hold. The initial positive thought reflex was already generating ways in which the project could turn out better. And sure enough it did.

Today's sunny challenge is, when the unexpected hits, tell yourself first "it's a good thing" before any other thought sneaks in.

Happy Friday and have a sunny day!

Clarity

P.S. "Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will." Zig Ziglar

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Friday, October 15, 2010

Purely Arbitrary

Good morning,

Happy Friday - I hope you’ve enjoyed a great week and successfully met all your deadlines! For most of us, deadlines are a standard part of life. When facing one, we automatically take measures to meet it and often the deadline itself helps us accomplish the goal.

The question is if deadlines are so helpful, then what kinds of deadlines are we setting for ourselves? And are we taking active measures to meet them? Today’s sunny tip is this:

Set arbitrary deadlines.

Arbitrary as in deciding, “I’m going to do this by that date, just because I say so,” and then do it, even when difficult. It’s phenomenal what we can accomplish when we pursue self-imposed deadlines with the same vigor we pursue deadlines imposed on us by others.

Over the years, and as recently as this week, I’ve jumped through some pretty crazy hoops to meet deadlines set by nobody else but me. Just the other day I was hustling to meet a self-imposed Tuesday deadline and an observer pointed out, “Your deadline is arbitrary. Why don’t you call it quits and finish on Wednesday?”

In response to that question, here are three simple reasons to set and meet an “arbitrary” deadline: getting more done, enjoying the sense of accomplishment, and generating better results due to the planning and prioritization required to meet the deadline.

Wishing you a sunny day,

Clarity

P.S. “A goal is a dream with a deadline.” Napoleon Hill

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Thursday, September 30, 2010

Little Black Book

Good morning,

Happy Friday! Today’s sunny note is so simple you might respond with, “seriously…that’s it?” But this is a great little tip to help stay organized, at home or at work.

Keep it together.

If you’ve ever grumbled, “I know I jotted it down somewhere…” as you shuffled around looking for a note, then you’re with me on this one. Instead of using little notepads, scratch paper or whatever is laying around to write on, keep one thick spiral notebook on your desk. (I like spiral because the pages fold flat.)

Train yourself to write every note, every scribble, in the book and nowhere else. What will happen next is like magic. All the little notepapers will disappear right along with the hassle of locating them. Plus, the record of notes can go back for months before it’s time for a new notebook.

I decided this idea is worth sharing because over time a number of people have commented about my notebook and their inclination to do the same thing after seeing it. I also originally copied the idea from another organized businessperson after seeing his notebook and saying to myself, “I can’t believe I’m not already doing that!” It’s been handy ever since.

Happy writing – and have a sunny day!

Clarity

P.S. “A place for everything, and everything in its place.”
Isabella Mary Beeton (1836–1865), famous English cookery writer and author of Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management.

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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Driving in Circles

Good morning,

It’s Friday and I’m pondering the difference between “planning” and “procrastination.”
Sounds simple, right? Planning is good; procrastination is bad. But watch out for planning that turns into procrastination when you know what to do and it’s time to:

Just do it.

Here’s a related concept. “How many of you know more about diet and exercise than you actually apply in your life?” asked Lisa Ford, speaking at a recent Yes Network seminar. “We all know what we should do, we just don’t do it.” As Lisa pointed out, this disconnect occurs in other aspects of our lives besides exercise.

When we know what to do, why don’t we do it? Usually because it’s hard. We’re secretly hoping there’s an easier way. Maybe we could find one, but too often the precious time spent “looking” would be better spent “doing.”

Here’s a silly example, and I admit I’ve done this: driving by an open parking spot looking for a closer one, until the time spent driving around was longer than the time it would have taken to walk.

In each of our lives, there are areas in which we know what we need to do. Instead of driving around and around, it’s time to park the car and start walking.

Happy Friday – and have a sunny day!

Clarity

P.S. “Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.” Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. President

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Visit this link if you'd like to read my reviews of the Yes! Network seminars, including key points from both speakers – Lisa Ford, “Customer Service Strategies That Work: How to Create More Loyalty in a Dynamic Competitive Marketplace,” and Stan B. Walters, “The Truth About Lying: How to Spot a Lie and Protect Yourself from Deception.”

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Friday, August 27, 2010

Stay Cool

Good morning,

Hurray - it’s Friday and Michigan is serving up a delicious sunny 79° today. In any weather, this morning’s Sunny Note is about staying cool under pressure. We all find ourselves in a pressure cooker more or less often, and a tough economy just turns up the heat.

So when the pressure hits – from lost keys to business deals – hopefully we all have strategies to help ourselves perform well. One of my favorites that’s indispensable in almost every situation is this:

Think first.

It doesn’t always have to be a big think. In a pressure cooker, often just a few seconds of thought can completely change our response from total panic to top performance. Sometimes it can be as simple as telling oneself, “I can handle it,” before diving into the situation. Other times, substantial thought must be invested in identifying the solution. Either way, the key is to make sure that thinking comes first.

For example, a basic technique I was taught years ago for handling media interviews is to repeat the question before answering it. Why? Simply to gain a few seconds to think, because once it’s on tape, you can’t take it back. The same applies in the presence of our family members, colleagues and customers, because although we can apologize, we can’t undo what we’ve said or done.

Happy thinking – and have a sunny day!

Clarity

P.S. “Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.” Winston Churchill

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Friday, August 20, 2010

Slow & Steady

Good morning,

Happy Friday! I’m reminded this week of Aesop’s fable about the Tortoise and the Hare. The Hare started out fast but didn’t discipline himself to stick to the program, while the Tortoise consistently put one foot in front of the other until he crossed the finish line first. It’s a simple story to illustrate a profound point.

Self discipline is the foundation of success.

Without self discipline, we get distracted, fail to finish things we start and allow ourselves to drift away from fundamental practices that (in the back of our minds) we know would make us more successful.

The good news is that some of the most important things we must do every day aren’t physically demanding. Instead, the challenge - or opportunity - lies in exercising the necessary willpower to do what needs to be done, and done consistently.


Today, self discipline helped carve out the time to write this Sunny Note, in order to walk my talk and wish you a sunny day!

Clarity

P.S. “In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first.” Harry S. Truman

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Friday, July 16, 2010

Simply Splendid

Good morning,

It’s Friday and that’s reason to smile! Life is complicated, but not every part of it has to be. In fact, we often make things more complicated than necessary. That’s why today’s note is an important reminder to:

Keep It Simple.

In business, it’s especially important to avoid overcomplicating processes. Here’s a pretty common scenario…

A process gets put in place, perhaps with the help of an industry “expert.” The process is relatively simple. Results improve. The people involved in the process think, “Wow, this simple process is really helping. Let’s add these additional steps to make it even better!” Unfortunately the more complicated process doesn’t yield improvement. Instead, results deteriorate and, low-and-behold, it’s time to bring back the expert who tells us to get back to basics and, sure enough, reinstates a more simple – more effective – process.

Every industry has its “basics,” those core practices that contribute to success. In our own work, we most likely know what those basics are. The key is to stick with them. Focusing on improvement is good. But watch out, because complicating something is not the same as improving it.

When in doubt – KIS – and have a sunny day!

Clarity

P.S. “‘Think simple’ as my old master used to say - meaning reduce the whole of its parts into the simplest terms, getting back to first principles.”
Frank Lloyd Wright

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Garden City, MI 48135
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Friday, April 30, 2010

Getting Started

Good morning,

Happy Friday! Have you often noticed that getting started is usually the hardest part of any task? Especially the distasteful ones! It certainly is for me, and apparently I’m not alone. We all seem to face unappealing tasks, sometimes as distasteful as eating a frog - raw! So what’s the solution?

Eat the frog for breakfast.

These are wise words I try to live by, which I originally heard some time ago from
Pamela Jett, an expert on how to manage pressure and stay positively focused. The concept is simple. Since you have to eat the frog eventually, get it out of the way first. Without the distasteful task (whatever it is) hanging over your head, suddenly the day is sunnier and more productive.

But what about the big roadblock: getting started? I use another simple, helpful technique: set a time limit. Tell yourself you’re only going to work on it for ten minutes. Then you’ll move on to something else and get back to it later. Ten minutes seems palatable so the concept gets you started; then the magic happens when the ten minutes have passed and you suddenly discover you’re on a roll with the hardest part behind you.

Best of luck eating today’s frog – and have a sunny day!

Clarity

P.S. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.” Mark Twain


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