Beating the competition without even trying isn’t a win, it’s a loss. It’s a loss because you are not showing up to do your best work but rather to do the work that is “okay” and “passable”. That feeling of winning will last for another 15 minutes. But giving your all and losing? Trying to raise your game that much more and not quite getting there? That’s worth it because now you’re getting better, smarter,…
So after writing Measure Your Mark for 2017, I thought I should try and create some own metrics that I wanted to measure my year against. This isn’t about followers, likes, comments, subscriptions but rather everything I want to do. I wrote them all down, stick around and we’ll see how I do at the end of 2018 and maybe even hear how you did. Here are the guidelines/suggestions; Do more than what you are…
In today’s episode Greg & Colin talk about what it takes to be a real leader and whether that’s actually something we should all want. We also talk about whether you need to be a leader to move up and Greg discusses lessons learned from Ernest Shackleton (great name) and recommends checking out books on his adventures and leadership (link below). As always, if you like the podcast please listen, follow and share. And Check…
In today’s (New Year’s!) episode, Greg & Colin talk about Accountability and Empowerment. We talk about the difference between these two concepts and what kind of team members come out of accountability and empowerment cultures. We discuss our own experiences and how to empower to create true leaders. If you like show don’t forget to rate us, review us and share with us on our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/sniffingmarkerspodcast If you have an idea for a show,…
On a recent episode of The Sniffing Markers Podcast, we talked about Fear and Anxiety and which ways we both try to get over it. Not being a psychologist in any way, shape or form the only way I have ever found to work through my own Anxiety is to break it into as many steps as possible and tackle each one at a time. Each alone are minuscule and useless, but together they can get…