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Compared with games, reality is depressing. Games focus our energy, with relentless optimism, on something we’re good at and enjoy.
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36 |
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When a clear goal is attached to a specific task… it gives us an energizing push, a sense of purpose.
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57 |
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When we’re energized by failure, we develop emotional stamina. And emotional stamina makes it possible for us to hang in longer, to do much harder work, and to tackle more complex challenges.
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69 |
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Without exquisite focus, the resources and energy of the organization will be spread a mile wide – and they will be an inch deep.
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151 |
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…to lead your organization out of the resulting ambiguity [of a strategic inflection point] and to energize your staff toward a new direction, you must rein in chaos.
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153 |
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Your purpose keeps you alive and focused, and, most importantly, it provides the excitement and energy to keep pushing and fighting when challenges come.
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092 |
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Passion is contagious, and the more negative energy that drips into the organization’s culture, the more dysfunctional the organization will become.
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135 |
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Creativity begets creativity and group energy can be powerful and magnetic.
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054 |
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Research indicates that we have a maximum of three to four ‘good’ hours in the day to produce, to be energized, to be at the top of our game.
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074 |
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Nurture your creative side with all the positive energy and kind acts of self-care that you can find.
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