Be Different or be dead

November 18, 2013

Why a sneaky grin can show you a dishonest distrustful person

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Why a sneaky grin can show you a dishonest distrustful person.

Can you smile too much?

I think so.

There’s a big difference between a smile painted on a person and someone who expresses their pleasure at the moment with an exhilarating smile.

I don’t trust a person who has a smile on their face all the time.

It’s not real.

No one could be always-on.

Gushing with joy every nano-second.

I have been ’grinned’ a lot in my life.

In business it’s a common occurrence.

People that grin and agree with you but secretly despise what you say and will do anything to undermine you

Customers are often grinned by salespeople and servers who give the appearance of caring but really don’t give a shit.

Hire people who are honest smilers not phoney grinners.

Recruit ‘feeling smilers’ not obligatory grinners.

And if you notice one of your employees demonstrating a grinners’s behavior, call them on it.

Or fire their asses after coaching them that smiling with heart is the expected norm.

I will take the-not-always-on smiler any day.

Cheers,
Roy
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• Posted 11.18.13 at 05:20 am by Roy Osing
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April 1, 2013

Why the world needs ‘crazy ones’ to inspire and lead it

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Why the world needs ‘crazy ones’ to inspire and lead it.

I am sure that many of you have seen or heard this before, but it bears repeating. This was one of Apple’s very early ads. It personifies who Steve Jobs was and captures the “Think Different” culture he created.

This piece not only captures the persona of Jobs, it also paints a picture of what we might shoot for if we truly want to make a difference.

There was only ONE Steve Jobs, but maybe, just maybe we can try to emulate the character that separated him from everyone else.

And maybe, just maybe we can be tolerant with those we discover around us that look a bit like Steve. Cherish them. Nurture them. Make a pathway for them to succeed.

Check the video out and follow along…

“Here’s to The Crazy Ones
The misfits.
The rebels.
The troublemakers.
The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently.
They’re not fond of rules.
And they have no respect for the status quo.
You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them.
About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them.
Because they change things. They push the human race forward.
And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius.
Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”

WOW!

Thus manifesto should be a major element in how organizations recruit people in today’s world of uncertainty, unpredictability and chaos.

Are we actively looking for people with these attributes?

Are we trying to create a culture in our organization that fosters craziness? Or are we, by our very actions, forcing everyone into a pre-determined mold — a crowd of commonness and sameness?

I get that Steve Jobs was probably one of a kind, and we are unlikely to produce another one like him.

But what if leaders could, by inspiring craziness in our people, be lucky enough to stumble on 10 of them?

Would that make a difference? I’m thinking it would.

Cheers,
Roy
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• Posted 4.1.13 at 09:57 am by Roy Osing
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February 4, 2013

How people can be better at getting things done

How people can be better at getting things done.

Bre Pettis understands that success is all about shipping stuff.

Getting it done. Executing rather than over-intellectualizing.

Doing it rather than talking about it. Producing not pondering.

Here is his Cult of Done Manifesto

1. There are three states of being. Not knowing, action and completion;

2. Accept that everything is a draft. It helps to get it done;

3. There is no editing stage;

4. Pretending you know what you’re doing is almost the same as knowing what you are doing, so just accept that you know what you’re doing even if you don’t and do it;

5. Banish procrastination. If you wait more than a week to get an idea done, abandon it;

6. The point of being done is not to finish but to get other things done;

7. Once you’re done you can throw it away;

8. Laugh at perfection. It’s boring and keeps you from being done;

9. People without dirty hands are wrong. Doing something makes you right;

10. Failure counts as done. So do mistakes;

11. Destruction is a variant of done;

12. If you have an idea and publish it on the internet, that counts as a ghost of done;

13. Done is the engine of more.

I’m done…

Cheers,
Roy
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• Posted 2.4.13 at 10:22 am by Roy Osing
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May 7, 2012

Why a successful career requires your hands to get crazy dirty

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Why a successful career requires your hands to get crazy dirty.

Succeed.

Achieve your goals. Hit your targets. Nail your objectives.

Achieving anything substantial in my experience is an ugly matter.

Rarely do things go as originally planned. Stuff happens as they say.

The unpredictable rears its head. You have to scramble to get back on track. People sometimes don’t cooperate with you or keep their promises to you. It’s messy.

Achieving anything, really is a dirty affair.

The reality is, though, if you are NOT prepared to get dirty, chances are you won’t reach your desired destination.

What does ‘get dirty’ look like?

▪️ Make fast decisions.

▪️ Have Plan B ready-to-go.

▪️ Embrace imperfection. Live it.

▪️ Do it. Try it. Fix it.

▪️ Work late hours.

▪️ Work outside your comfort zone. If you’re not uncomfortable you are playing it too safe and are likely to be called Mr Clean.

▪️ Bend the rules that prevent you from getting it done. Find someone who will protect your back.

▪️ Do what needs to be done. Forget the job description and formal position responsibilities.

▪️ Eat lots of burgers and fries. Fast food fits your personal situation and you need all the comfy food you can get.

▪️ Make mistakes. Lots of ‘em but make sure you learn something from each and every one of them.

Clean hands typifies someone who conjures up pristine theoretical solutions but has difficulty delivering.

Dirty hands describes the practical person who is prepared to dive into the grunge to deliver.

Want to succeed?

Take a look at your hands.

Cheers,
Roy
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• Posted 5.7.12 at 08:44 am by Roy Osing
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