Make a Difference While Making a Dollar
I love Tim Sanders…not in the romantic sense, of course, but I love his thinking, his insights, wisdom, and energy. Tim is the author of Love is the Killer App, The Likability Factor, and, most recently, Saving the World at Work, how “you can make a difference while making a dollar”. He recently sent out an excerpt from his blog, and I want to share it with you here. It’s another example of how we can all be leaders by influencing others and making a difference:
“Do your co-workers have that “Deer In The Headlines” look today?
Today, and likely this week, you have a choice: Obsess on the Wall Street crisis or focus on a project that will make a difference over the long haul. I doubt that there’s little in between.
Me personally, I’m going to focus my efforts on my new website: www.SavingTheWorld. net
While Rome burns, I’ll build something. Likely, my efforts this week won’t be erased by the results of current events. In fact, so many others will choose the Obsess option, I’ll likely move ahead as a result of my focus during a time of distraction.
This will work for you too. Turn it all off, and devote your attention to a single project of value. Work on the product or the marketing plan. Get inside the process, and don’t come out until it is fixed. Get in your car and go see a customer (or call them). Do something, anything. You’ll be thinking against the grain.”
You rock, Tim!