Yep, I said. Your teacher was wrong.
I vividly remember when we had a spelling bee. I got 98 words correct out of 100.
Pretty good right! Well apparently not. Because all the teacher could do is give me 2 big fat RED X’s on the two that I got wrong.
And the pattern continued as we got older. We were always told what we did wrong. What I’m suggesting is that the English teacher should have taken extra time and she should have given us 98 green check marks. (Green — as in GO!)
(Green –as in keep striving. (Green – as in keep moving forward)
Oh, but no!! Our eyes were drawn to focus on those two big, brutal red x’s.
And subliminally we still see them into adolescence, into college, into adulthood.
So whether it’s yourself personally, whether it’s your relationships, whether it’s your team members, the true question that we should be asking is – “what are we doing right?”
Are we capitalizing on our strengths? Not what we’re getting wrong but what are we doing right?
If you’re talking about your organization, are the team members in the right seats, (assuming that you’ve already determined that these people are on the right bus, as we learned in “Good to Great” by Mr. Collins.
So how about you? Are you spending your time on the “green check marks” in your life and your relationships or are you spending your time on the “red x’s?”
PSST: focus on the “green check marks” and be sure to tell us your experiences here at marvinleblanc.com.
Peace, Love and Gumbo!
Marvin LeBlanc, LUTCF, CNP
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Marvin LeBlanc is a left-handed, right-brained, fun-loving Cajun that is obsessed with Life Performance and Overcoming Adversity. He is an entrepreneur, writer, speaker and founder of Marvelous Performance Systems. Marvin is available for business retreats, keynotes, breakout sessions, workshops, & individual coaching programs. His book “COME HELL OR HIGH WATER” will be available in the Fall of 2011 through New York Publisher www.BloomingTwig.com. To rent Marvin’s brain, contact him at www.MarvinLeBlanc.com and request a Free Personal Coaching Session.
I vividly remember when we had a spelling bee. I got 98 words correct out of 100.
Pretty good right! Well apparently not. Because all the teacher could do is give me 2 big fat RED X’s on the two that I got wrong.
And the pattern continued as we got older. We were always told what we did wrong. What I’m suggesting is that the English teacher should have taken extra time and she should have given us 98 green check marks. (Green — as in GO!)
(Green –as in keep striving. (Green – as in keep moving forward)
Oh, but no!! Our eyes were drawn to focus on those two big, brutal red x’s.
And subliminally we still see them into adolescence, into college, into adulthood.
So whether it’s yourself personally, whether it’s your relationships, whether it’s your team members, the true question that we should be asking is – “what are we doing right?”
Are we capitalizing on our strengths? Not what we’re getting wrong but what are we doing right?
If you’re talking about your organization, are the team members in the right seats, (assuming that you’ve already determined that these people are on the right bus, as we learned in “Good to Great” by Mr. Collins.
So how about you? Are you spending your time on the “green check marks” in your life and your relationships or are you spending your time on the “red x’s?”
PSST: focus on the “green check marks” and be sure to tell us your experiences here at marvinleblanc.com.
Peace, Love and Gumbo!
Marvin LeBlanc, LUTCF, CNP
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Marvin LeBlanc is a left-handed, right-brained, fun-loving Cajun that is obsessed with Life Performance and Overcoming Adversity. He is an entrepreneur, writer, speaker and founder of Marvelous Performance Systems. Marvin is available for business retreats, keynotes, breakout sessions, workshops, & individual coaching programs. His book “COME HELL OR HIGH WATER” will be available in the Fall of 2011 through New York Publisher www.BloomingTwig.com. To rent Marvin’s brain, contact him at www.MarvinLeBlanc.com and request a Free Personal Coaching Session.
