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The end of the week is the best time to plan for the coming week. And at this point, you’ve reviewed the previous week and can be prepared to make changes and take actions based on thought not reaction. You want to keep your goals in mind always. So today is your opportunity to look at yesterday’s Weekly Reflection and decide what you’re going to do and when. It is most often small tweaks that will lead to great success, fueled by a positive and grateful attitude.

After five days of prompting and prodding new ideas and thoughts to come to mind, today we review what we’ve discovered. It’s time to take a peek back at our journaling, to review our thoughts, feelings, and action items; and see how well we did. After all, self-awareness is the key to initiate growth and realize lasting change.

Does the same rule apply in business? You’re darn tootin’ … but not in the vindictive sense. Most of us find it easier to hate our enemies, a.k.a competitors, than to bless them. Truthfully, though, the hate (i.e., fear) we direct at our competition only destroys us. We can only improve things for ourselves by wishing the best for others. As a leader, isn’t better to spend time making more contacts rather than worrying about the competition? Of course! Being the bigger person and venturing over to meet a competitor could help gain an ally in the industry. It could also help bring future referrals, not to mention the possible realization that they’re pretty great! Are you a good sport in all areas of life? How so?

Now, there’s a reminder for providing ethical leadership and exceptional service if ever there was one! Really, take a moment to think about what Buffet is saying. It takes just one indiscretion, just one serious misstep, to truly blow it all. No, it’s not impossible to repair a reputation … but it ain’t easy. Since the day we’ve opened our businesses and long before we’ve ever accepted our first leadership roles, we’ve worked on building a strong, positive reputation, right? That reputation has helped grow our sphere of influence and allowed us to achieve more. It’s important to preserve this reputation—after all, it’s what people will remember long after we’re gone. It’s called legacy. How well are you considering your legacy in all the actions you take?

I couldn’t have said it better myself, but I’ll elaborate: what Ford highlights here is that failure can be a brand new start and should not be considered an unsuccessful end. Every mistake, every swerve off the path, every action we wish could be undone—all are learning opportunities in business, leadership, and life. I like that there’s no swagger in Ford’s tone, just the simple message that with some reflection and course correction along the way, we become wiser following every failure. What comes next is building up the courage to take that next attempt beyond failure. Ponder this for a moment: if we’re not failing, we’re not moving fast enough, nor getting close enough to our fullest potential. Do you have the guts to embrace failure?

It’s likely we’ve all worked in environments where behind-the-back gossip is rife and sometimes raw. Just because it’s prevalent doesn’t make it right … or any easier to deal with. Here’s how simple office communication should be: we have a problem to discuss or a comment to make, we go straight to the person it involves and address the issue. Although not as salacious or intriguing, it’s much easier to solve a problem when we go directly to the source … plus it protects morale, saves time and energy, and avoids blowing things out of proportion. When you’re on the receiving end of gossip, it shows true fortitude and leadership to challenge opinions and deal only with the facts. How do you deal with gossip in your life?

Well, it may not be absolutely everything, but our attitude certainly affects our outcomes—our communications, actions, reputation and, most importantly, our opportunities. We often hear the saying “It’s not what you know, but who you know.” Imagine if someone we knew had a negative attitude about their business or some aspect of it. It’s not likely you’d refer them to others. A genuinely positive attitude can boost your reputation among community leaders and stakeholders, attract and retain high achievers to your team, and create open and honest lines of communication. We’re the chief role model of our organization, and we influence the attitude or our team. A good attitude won’t guarantee victory, but a bad one will guarantee defeat. What’s your attitude saying about you?

The end of the week is the best time to plan for the coming week. And at this point, you’ve reviewed the previous week and can be prepared to make changes and take actions based on thought not reaction. You want to keep your goals in mind always. So today is your opportunity to look at yesterday’s Weekly Reflection and decide what you’re going to do and when. It is most often small tweaks that will lead to great success, fueled by a positive and grateful attitude.

After five days of prompting and prodding new ideas and thoughts to come to mind, today we review what we’ve discovered. It’s time to take a peek back at our journaling, to review our thoughts, feelings, and action items; and see how well we did. After all, self-awareness is the key to initiate growth and realize lasting change.

Could our latest business idea, its launch or operation be stuck in a rut? It’s easy to get so excited about an idea that we dive headlong into it as a business before we’ve conducted due diligence on its viability or sustainability. What may be a deep personal interest or skill for us may not translate into a viable business. Consider this: not every good idea is meant to be a business opportunity to be launched and operated by ourselves. Run that idea or business model by several experienced, respected and emotionally detached entrepreneurs and business gurus for a reality check. Discretion is often the better part of valor. Is your latest business idea better suited as a hobby? Either way, how do you know?

The kindness of one to another goes much deeper than a brief personal exchange. Through an act of kindness, we attract further kindness to ourselves—it’s one of those unexplainables that just is. Although completely controllable, we don’t often consider If we want to be kind or not; it either happens or it doesn’t. It seems so basic to consider kindness as a trait every entrepreneur and leader should possess—but perhaps it’s in considering it that we remind ourselves of its value. If we’re jerks to those around us, it won’t matter how great our product or service is; loyalty, success and significance will elude us. Kindness creates kindness in others. How can you work to show an increased level of kindness to just one person today?

You’re not just an entrepreneur, leader or executive—you’re a consumer. With that in mind, how often do you use your own insights to fuel improvements in your business? It helps to imagine what you, as a consumer, would expect from your own business—from excellent customer service right through to the look and feel of your brand and marketing initiatives. How often do you challenge your team (and yourself, for that matter) to think from your customer’s point of view? It’s in the small, daily actions and interactions that your organization builds its profile and reputation in the community. What organizational challenge can you identify, and how can you rejuvenate the mood of your team by thinking like your customer?

Today’s challenge: We must take time to introduce ourselves to people we’d normally walk right past. We might be genuinely surprised by who they are. That’s right, we need to take risks and introduce ourselves to those we sit next to, the barista, or that neighbor we always see but don’t know. What are their stories? How might we serve? What might we learn from them? These people are in our lives, yet we’ve probably never had a lengthy conversation with them, because we couldn’t see their value to us. What if there was significant value there, but we just didn’t know it yet? Would that change our desire to interact with them? How many new friends can you make today, and what stories can you discover?

Let’s push the envelope a bit, and live a little! Happy or wise—either way, we’re improving. I’m not talking about uncalculated risks that endanger our health or well-being. I’m more interested in risks associated with designing our ideal life, loving more deeply, or leading our dream business … those key areas that impact our legacy and sphere of influence. Sure, it takes guts to forge past the doubts of others—I’ve been there. Sadly, though, great ideas are often lost to laughter and ridicule. Taking risks and failing is like losing our footing; but never taking risks is like losing ourselves. Having a massive vision for life, love and business, while risky, can soothe the barbs of ridicule and failure. How big is your dream? Is it worth the risks?

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