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You want to create a great team or organization.
But you are facing the challenge of a whole bunch of new people in your organization and on your team and so people are feeling disconnected – they don’t know each other. You are also needing to navigate a return to a hybid office of some sort where people can connect but people are resisting .
What to do?
In a word, culture. But culture is often misunderstood.
Today, we discuss the biggest misconceptions people have about culture so you can use culture as the antidote it is to help your team and organization thrive.
To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quiz
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Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8project“Culture is a pattern of shared basic assumptions invented, discovered or developed by a given group as it learns to cope with its problems of external adaptation and internal integration.
- Edgar Schein
“If you are lucky enough to be someone’s employer, then you have a moral obligation to make sure people do look forward to coming to work in the morning.”
- John Mackey, Whole Foods
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Ready to start setting more detailed goals? Not sure how to do it or where to start?
In this episode, the 4th of our The Science of Goal Setting to Build a Better Life series, we go deeper into crafting our plan. We move from the work we did on our 3-Year Best Life Story to building our 1-year Plan to our 3-Month Focus to finally what we call our '1-Goals'.
So we move from a wider, longer perspective to a narrow, shorter perspective so that we have a clear understanding of what will guide out activities for our next 3 months.
Let’s walk!
“To get The Science of Goal Setting to Build a Better Life Worksheet where you can have full access to all of the questions and exercises found in this series, please go to Last 8% Project Facebook group.
We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever. The goal is to create something that will.
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Feeling like there is something missing from your life? Feeling like you could benefit from getting clear on what you most want out of life? Not sure where to start?
In this episode, the 3rd in our The Science of Goal Setting to Build a Better Life series, we think 3 years out and craft a plan about what we want our life to look like so that we know what our North Star is and we can build goals that help us take action.
Let’s walk!
“To get The Science of Goal Setting to Build a Better Life Worksheet where you can have full access to all of the questions and exercises found in this series, please go to Last 8% Project Facebook group.
The biggest breakthroughs in consciousness occur when things are difficult; when we have a choice to fall to the worst of ourselves or rise to the best of ourselves. - Yehuda BergToo many times, the majority of people choose to limit their own power and potential because they have not allowed themselves the opportunity to see the big picture of what can truly be theirs in life. - Mark Eriksson
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Have you lost momentum? Not as focused as you want to be? Falling into old habits that are not serving you? Feeling unmotivated and becoming frustrated? Well, you are not alone. It is so common to have moments like this when you feel like you are not living like you want to, not achieve all that you can.
In this episode, the second episode of the The Science of Goal Setting to Build a Better Life series, we continue our journey of creating a plan to start anew, build momentum and create the kind of relationships, life and career we want. In this episode we dig into our story, bringing awareness to key parts of our life to better understand ourselves and set us up for success going forward.
Let’s walk!
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." - C.S. Lewis“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” - Henry David Thoreau
“Some of us have great runways already built for us. If you have one, take off! But if you don’t have one, realize it is your responsibility to grab a shovel and build one for yourself and for those who will follow after you.” - Amelia Earhart
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Are you wanting to be effective, get stuff done, maybe get in shape – take control of your life, but are finding that, instead, it seems you are losing focus, procrastinating, maybe feeling aimless or unmotivated and becoming frustrated? Well, you are not alone. It is so common that we have good intentions to do well, to be productive but fall off the horse, lose focus and have trouble getting going again.
In this opening episode of The Science of Goal Setting to Build a Better Life, we provide you with an approach to start anew, a plan to help you build momentum and create the kind of relationships, life and career you want. We have used this approach with Olympic athletes for over 20 years. But you don’t need to be an athlete to benefit. You just need to be someone who wants to use the challenges they face as an opportunity to create a better version of themselves.
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Are you feeling stuck?
Is part of the problem that you are feeling overwhelmed with all that you are doing and feeling too busy to look up, take your breath and consider how things are going?
A good practice at the end of the year is to look back and reflect on how the year went. This is part of what helps us course correct. But it is important to make sure we focus not just on the negative but also on the positive.
Given we are at the end of 2022, in this episode we give you a little exercise that you can do with your team, partner, family, to help you catch lessons from 2022 and build on the good stuff.
Let’s walk!
The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little we can do to change; until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds.
- Ronald Laing
We often spend so much time coping with problems along our path that we only have a dim or even inaccurate view of what’s really important to us.
- Peter Senge
The real act of discovery consists not in finding new lands but seeing with new eyes.
- Marcel Proust
If you want to build a ship, then don’t drum up men to gather wood, give orders, and divide the work. Rather, teach them to yearn for the far and endless sea.
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Every day, you face many difficult situations: it could be in challenging relationships or when you face change in your personal life or career.
How you deal with these difficult situations, how you handle them, will mark your life and become a differentiator on so many levels.
In today’s episode, we talk about what’s at stake when you face the difficult situations that are known as Last 8% situations, those that can affect your reputation, career and relationships, and what to do about it.
Excited to be here? I certainly am!
Let’s walk.
"Courage doesn't happen when you have all the answers. It happens when you are ready to face the questions you have been avoiding your whole life."
― Shannon L. Alder
Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality. "
― C.S. Lewis
"He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch."
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Are you finding you are burning out?
Feeling the strain from all the change going on in your organization?
Feeling stressed by relationships where there is struggle?
Are you worried about how it is affecting your health?
Did you know that there is one simple thing you can do that a recent study found will decrease your mortality by 50%?
This is the topic of today’s episode.
Let’s walk!
All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.
Friedrich Nietzsche
It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.
Socrates
An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
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Have you found that you are working hard but not finding the time to do enough of the things you enjoy? Like taking that vacation, or going out to see friends, or going for a walk on a beautiful day?
Do you feel guilty when you engage in these non-work activities and think: I should be working right now, or at least I should be more productive than this? If this true for you, know you might be getting caught in More Time Later Trap, a trap that insidiously depletes us of our enjoyment of life’s pleasures.
The good news? We can do something about it – the topic of today’s episode.
Let’s walk!
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“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for a newer and richer experience.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
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Are you struggling in a relationship?
Whether it is someone you work with or someone at home, are you finding it challenging right now?
It goes without saying that being in relationship is hard, but a big reason people struggle is because of the Big Misconception.
The Big what?
It is one of the fundamental reasons you struggle in your relationship at work and at home and is what we will be focusing on in today’s podcast.
Let’s walk!
To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quiz
You can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/
Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8projectIn human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.
Henry David Thoreau
“Most misunderstandings in the world could be avoided if people would simply take the time to ask, "What else could this mean?”
― Shannon L. AlderGreat relationships are based on clarity, not mind-reading.
Steve Arterburn
As leo Tolstoy 'Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.'
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Ever wondered what it takes to be successful? Or, happy? Or, build a great team and organization?
I do, every day!
And while the answer is multi-factorial – there are many answers - today, I give you an anchoring question to help you get pointed in the right direction. One that you can use to lead yourself, your team or your organization. You will also learn what an anchoring question is!
This is the start of Season 5 and I couldn’t be happier to be back with you.
Welcome to the Last 8% morning podcast!
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"Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”—Christopher Robin to Pooh, A.A. Milne -
Did you know there are 3 Zones that we commonly live our life in?
Are you aware of where you spend most of your time?
Are you aware of the consequences of where you spend your time?
In today’s episode, we talk about the 3 Zones we spend our time in and how that can act to differentiate our careers and our org’s success.
Excited to be here?
I certainly am.
Let’s walk!
To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quiz
You can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/
Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8project
“One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.”- Abraham Maslow -
What do you when it feels like you are facing an impossible situation?
One where it feels like you have no control over?
That leaves you feeling helpless? Stuck.
First, know you are not alone.
Second, know there is something you can do about it, that you can form an effective response even if it doesn’t feel that way right now.
Dealing with truly difficult Last 8% situations, that is the topic of today’s episode.
Let’s walk!
Interested in finding out what your personality type is when you face a Last 8% situation?
To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quiz
You can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/“The most difficult thing is the decision to act!”
Amelia Earhart
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult”
Seneca the Younger
“Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”
Lao Tzu
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You want to build a great team. But you face lots of pressure and stress to deliver on deadlines and to manage change. And it is hard.
And people are burning out. What to do?
It is in these moments, when we are under pressure, when we need to be especially aware of how we show up.
Because it matters. It sets the tone for the teams we are on, it creates the culture, it affects important things like burnout, and whether people stay or leave.
In today’s podcast, I discuss the importance knowing how we show up.
So glad you are here.
Let’s walk!
"The words of the tongue should have three gatekeepers: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?"
Arab proverb
"A smile or a panic will spread through a group of people far faster than any virus ever could. When you walk into the office or a negotiation, then, wash your bad mood away before you see us. Don't cough on us, don't sneeze on us, sure, but don't bring your grouchiness, your skepticism or your fear in here either. It might spread."
Seth Godin
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You strive to do well in life. But you hit bad days, bad moments.
Challenging conversations that don’t go well. Tough decisions that you struggle with.
Or, maybe you are trying to eat more healthy, or exercise regularly and it’s just not happening.
What do you do when this happens?
This is the topic of this episode.
Let’s walk!
To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quiz
You can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/
Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8project
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“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
Thomas A. Edison
“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
Michael Jordan
“Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength.” Theodore Roosevelt
“Life is like riding a bicycle, to keep your balance, you must keep moving.”
Albert Einstein
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”
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You want to have a positive impact on the young people in your life, whether it is your own children or the young people you influence.
So, you worry; you worry about whether they are eating well, exercising enough, growing the right skills, getting into the right schools, being influenced by the right friends, in a relationship with right girlfriend or boyfriend. And on and on...
But you are looking in the wrong place.
In today’s episode, I look at what has the single greatest effect on our children.
Let's walk!
Interested in finding out what your personality type is when you face a Last 8% situation?
To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quiz
You can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/
“The thing that has the single greatest effect on children is the unlived lives of their parents”.
Carl Jung
“There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.”
Seneca
To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself.”-
Soren Kierkegaard
The best way out is always through.”-
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In today's podcast episode - the latest in our Science of Learning series - we address the best conditions for effective learning to take place.
You might be looking to develop a new skill, may it be a "hard skill" like technical writing, a skill related to people management or coaching skills. You may be a teacher, a professional in the Learning & Development industry or simply someone who wants to expand their knowledge and expertise. What can you do to create the best conditions for learning? And how does the concept of 85% - the title of today's episode - come into play?
We talk about all of this in today's show.
Let’s walk!
Interested in finding out what your personality type is when you face a Last 8% situation?
To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quiz
You can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/
Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8project
“We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.”
Peter Drucker
“I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.”
Louisa May Alcott
“There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.”
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We often get caught in our thinking – hooked by the steady stream of emotions we experience and story’s that follow those emotions.
Does it matter that we hooked?
Beyond the fact that it is does not feel good to experience some of these emotions and thoughts in the moment, and if we are able to not let these emotions and stories seep out to impact others, does it matter that we experience these emotions and thoughts?
In today’s episode, we explore the neuroplasticity of thought and why it is one of the more powerful reasons why we practice.
Let’s walk!
Interested in finding out what your personality type is when you face a Last 8% situation?
To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quiz
You can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/
“Life is a perpetual instruction in cause and effect.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Judge tenderly, if you must. There is usually a side you have not heard, a story you know nothing about, and a battle waged that you do not have to fight.”
Traci Lea Larussa -
You have hit a setback in a relationship.
Maybe it is with a partner. Or a good friend.
Maybe it is with a son or daughter.
And it hurts. And it doesn’t seem to be getting any better. And it feels like you have no control over the situation. And you are feeling helpless and hopeless?
What to do?
That is the subject of today’s episode
Excited to be here? I certainly am.
Let’s walk!
Interested in finding out what your personality type is when you face a Last 8% situation?
To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quiz
You can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/
"If there is any immortality to be had among us human beings, it is certainly only in the love that we leave behind. Fathers like mine don't ever die." - Leo Buscaglia -
We are facing the holiday season and we will be spending time with family and friends and others who we don't ordinarily spend time with.
And there is a chance, a high probability in fact, that we could become more negative, more triggered, more emotional than we would like to be.
What to do?
In today’s episode we talk about why our brain is programmed to amplify the negative and what we can do about it.
Let’s walk!
Interested in finding out what your personality type is when you face a Last 8% situation?
To take our assessment go to: http://last8percent.com/quiz
You can register for our next Last 8% Academy at: https://last8percent.com/
Join our Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelast8project
“The way to dissolve our resistance to life is to meet it face to face. When we feel resentment because the room is too hot, we could meet the heat and feel its fieriness and its heaviness. When we feel resentment because the room is too cold, we could meet the cold and feel its iciness and its bite. When we want to complain about the rain, we could feel its wetness instead. When we worry because the wind is shaking our windows, we could meet the wind and hear its sound. Cutting our expectations for a cure is a gift we can give ourselves. There is no cure for hot and cold. They will go on forever. After we have died, the ebb and flow will still continue. Like the tides of the sea, like day and night—this is the nature of things. Being able to appreciate, being able to look closely, being able to open our minds—this is the core of our practice.”
Pema Chodron - Montre plus
