{"id":207,"date":"2008-10-07T00:08:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-07T00:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abundancecoaching.net\/blog\/make-a-difference-while-making-a-dollar\/"},"modified":"2015-04-09T02:32:44","modified_gmt":"2015-04-09T02:32:44","slug":"make-a-difference-while-making-a-dollar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/abundancecoaching.net\/blog\/make-a-difference-while-making-a-dollar\/","title":{"rendered":"Make a Difference While Making a Dollar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love Tim Sanders&#8230;not in the romantic sense, of course, but I love his thinking, his insights, wisdom, and energy.  Tim is the author of<span style=\"font-style: italic;\"> Love is the Killer App<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Likability Factor<\/span>, and, most recently, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Saving the World at Work<\/span>, how &#8220;you can make a difference while making a dollar&#8221;.  He recently sent out an excerpt from his blog, and I want to share it with you here.  It&#8217;s another example of how we can all be leaders by influencing others and making a difference:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:180%;\"><span style=\"font-family:Times New Roman;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 153);\">&#8220;Do your co-workers have that &#8220;Deer In The Headlines&#8221; look today?<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 153);\"> 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&#8217;s little in between.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 153);\"> Me personally, I&#8217;m going to focus my efforts on my new website: www.SavingTheWorld. net <\/span><a style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 153);\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.savingtheworld.net\/\"><http:\/\/www.savingtheworld.net><\/a><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 153);\"> (It\u2019s a knowledge network for people that want to make a difference).  I&#8217;m going to focus on design, user experience, traffic generation and reporting issues.  I&#8217;m going to turn off the TV, leave email open and put on horse blinders to everything else.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 153);\"> While Rome burns, I&#8217;ll build something.  Likely, my efforts this week won&#8217;t be erased by the results of current events.  In fact, so many others will choose the <\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);\">Obsess<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 153);\"> option, I&#8217;ll likely move ahead as a result of my focus during a time of distraction.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 153);\"> 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&#8217;t come out until it is fixed.  Get in your car and go see a customer (or call them).  Do something, anything.  You&#8217;ll be thinking against the grain.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>You rock, Tim!<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-207\" data-postid=\"207\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-207 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love Tim Sanders&#8230;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 &#8220;you can make a difference while making a dollar&#8221;. 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