What are you cultivating?

In the words of Plato, "what you honor in a country, you will cultivate there." I attended an Athena Awards program that honors women who have demonstrated extraordinary leadership skills. I had the honor of speaking at the event and I spoke about what we honor will be cultivated. Yesterday's experience was a perfect example of what Plato said hundreds of years ago, that is still relevant today.

I am a big believer in what you focus on you get more of. Just imagine if we spent more time honoring those who demonstrate positive behaviors, extraordinary skills, acts of human kindness, strong leadership in tough times, a can do attitude, respect towards fellow workers and customers-what ever you honor you will cultivate.

What do you want to cultivate in your business, home, community? Think about whether or not you are acknowledging/recognizing (honoring) what it is you want to cultivate.

Red Zone

How effective are you in your "Red Zone"? I'm not big on using sports analogies, but this one works. I was watching a Jet game last week and it occurred to me, we have a "red zone" in business. I asked my self a question-how effective is my performance when there is 20 yards to go to score a touch down?

What's your "Red Zone"? How effective are you? What's your proverbial "touch down play"?
Is it closing a sale? Is it how you use the the last two hours of the work day? Is it exceeding a clients expectations? Is it completing a project ahead of schedule? Is it bringing a product to market under budget?