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Graphic Leadership: Tyranny Of The Urgent
The Tyranny Of The Urgent is a small booklet I read in college. Then in reading Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People, I’m reminded of this theme again. Spending time visiting with my spouse is seldom urgent but always… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: The Reaction Continuum
A leader understands that not only does s/he have a choice as to whether or not to react to any situation but also how intense that response will be. The extremes of this continuum are the most intense (and also… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Adrenaline
That drug that’s released to bring us extra energy during a crisis or a euphoric high in a moment of elation can be addictive to a leader. The leader may intensify a situation to either be worse than it really… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Responses
As much as news media and advertisers would have you believe differently, every situation that you encounter is not owed a response on your part. In fact responding to every situation a leader encounters leads to an unnecessary drain of… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Nature vs. Nurture
H.H. Horn in the book Idealism In Education makes the statement found in this poster. Leaders realize that not everyone comes from an equally strong gene pool – bestowing a variety of capacities upon his/her followers. Likewise, leaders realize that not… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: The Happiness Check
Rational Emotive Therapy teaches that happiness can be determined by how you answer three basic questions: What do I need (as opposed to want) in life? What can others psychologically (versus physically) do to me? What does the world owe… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Experiencing Life
Rational Emotive Therapy teaches that life is to be experienced not necessarily reacted to. Leaders understand that being reactionary is incongruent with being a leader. A leader acts not reacts. Nevertheless, the discipline necessary to break the habit of knee… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Upset
Rational Emotive Therapy teaches that I don’t get upset nor does someone make me upset nor upset me. The accurate way to say it is I upset myself. Once I begin using that phrase and accepting responsibility for being upset,… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Rational Emotive Therapy
You Can Control Your Feelings! by Bill Borcherdt, ACSW explains the basic tenets of Rational Emotive Therapy. Through learning new ways of verbally expressing yourself, you change the way you think, feel, and behave. This poster has phrases that although… Read More ›
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Graphic Leadership: Laziness
The word laziness is too seldom used. Rather than acting with pure integrity, the lazy person willingly takes advantage of the system to get away with as little energy output as possible. Their inability to look at himself or herself… Read More ›
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