Author: Scott Duvall
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Tell me when the boys get here
“Saturday Night’s Alright (For Fighting)”. From Elton John’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album (1973).
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Tonight, On Top Gear….
From 2002 to 2015, Top Gear was one of the BBC’s most popular shows across the world. What started as a ‘serious’ show about cars and car reviews slowly morphed over time into what is best described as “Monty Python meets Motor Trend.” One of the continuous gags throughout the show was that of their…
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The one with the whales.
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986). Captain Kirk’s last words before setting off to save the galaxy once again.
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year.
Ah, the first week of January. In which we must face the demons known as “all the stuff we didn’t bother doing since Thanksgiving.”
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Not everything can be fixed.
Learning this Leadership Lesson changed my stress levels as a developing middle manager. I’m naturally a fixer. I want to improve things. I want to take what’s broken and make it right. I want to look at every bad situation and find a way out. I don’t like losing, or taking the lesser path. I’m…
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We have all met a champion.
This quote is actually from the Dedication of the poem “The Traveller”, by Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774). It is important to remember that whenever you come across an absurd thing in effect, there was at least one person who thought it was a good idea. And those people think your ideas are absurd.
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Everyone starts from a different place.
I first heard this quote from one of my Driver Trainers. He was teaching a. new driver how to operate a Parcel Package van and run a parcel route. He started his training showing the new driver how to stack boxes properly on a hand cart. It was an often-overlooked step in the process, but…
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Words to Live By
When we get busy with work, are we busy because we’re doing the things we’re responsible for? Or are we doing tasks that aren’t our responsibility? Just because something needs to be done, doesn’t mean that you are responsible for doing it.
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Guilty.
I like to think I’m really good at doing multiple things at once. I’m not. It turns out I’m just really good at rapidly switching between the things that need my focus.
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Explanations and Excuses
Learning the difference between Explanations and Excuses is key to being an effective coach. Explanations are necessary after coachable moments. It empowers the voice of the individual you’re working with, and gives a chance to identify what went right, and what went wrong. When expectations are set properly and someone does not meet those expectations,…