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Vol. 11 No. 3, May-June 2009
Copyright 2009 by Wolf J. Rinke
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IN THIS ISSUE
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1. NEWS YOU CAN USE
2. SPECIAL OFFER FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY
3. HIGH IMPACT STRATEGIES TO SURVIVE TOUGH TIMES
4. HEAR WOLF "HOWL"--I MEAN SPEAK
5. HUMOR BREAK
6. ABOUT THE EDITOR
7. PRIVACY STATEMENT AND SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION
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INSIGHT BREAK
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"Try looking at tomorrow not yesterday
And all the things you left behind
All those tender words you did not say
The gentle touch you couldn't find
In these days of nameless faces
There is no one truth but only pieces
My life is all I have to give.
Dare to live until the very last
Dare to live forget about the past
Dare to live giving something of yourself to others
Even when it seems there's nothing more left to give."
-Words from a Song by Laura Pausini and Andrea Bocelli
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1. NEWS YOU CAN USE
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Had Enough of the Swine Flu Hype?
Since the Spanish Flu pandemic in 1918 which killed 50 million people
world wide, there have been eight flu "outbreaks"--Asian Flu
in1957 killed about 70,000 people in the U.S.; Honk Kong Flu in 1968
killed about 34,000 people in the U.S. and very few in 1970, and 1972;
Swine Flu scare in 1976; Russian flu scare in 1977, and the Avian Flu
scare in 1997 and 1999. With the exception of the first three all of
these have been just that-a scare. In other words we have a 66.6% probability
that the Swine Flu of 2008 will also be just another scare.
ACTION STEPS
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and http://www.cdc.gov/flu.
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2. SPECIAL OFFER FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY
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3. HIGH IMPACT STRATEGIES TO SURVIVE TOUGH TIMES
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IIn issue 12-1 of the Winning Management eNL http://www.wolfrinke.com/WMNEWSLETTER/wmenl.html
and issue 11-2 of this eNL http://wolfrinke.com/MIWLNEWSLETTER/miwl0309.htm
I shared 13 strategies that will help you keep your job during these
tough economic conditions. (See items 45-58 below.) But you asked for
more. So here are a total of 60 high impact strategies that will enable
you to survive tough times.
1. Get paid less than you are worth. Yes, you read correctly. Generate
more value than you are paid and you will increase the probability that
you thrive even during tough times.
2. Come in early, leave late-in other words deliver 111%.
3. Work smarter-spend more of your time on high pay-off activities and
much less on busy work.
4. Quit multitasking-research tells us that it makes you less productive.
5. Volunteer for jobs others don't want to do. They will give you a
competitive advantage.
6. Manage your attitude-use your mirror to give yourself a "check-up-from-the-neck-up"
every day.
7. Focus on what you have left instead of what's gone.
8. Make time to take care of your body and mind. (Don't know how? See
#9.)
9. Spend less time reading or watching the news. Remember if you read
or hear it in the news it represents the exception!
10. Manage stress by using a fail-safe three step stress control system:
1. Change the changeable; 2. Accept the unchangeable and 3. Remove yourself
from the unacceptable.
11. Treat everyone who reports to you and your spouse as if they are
responsible for your success. They are!
12. Treat all employees as if they are volunteers. The good ones are!
13. Ignore bad stuff-remember "stuff" happens. (See #s 14
and 15.)
14. Focus on the good stuff-whatever you focus on is what you will find.
15. Avoid living in the past by avoiding coulda, wooda, shoulda, thinking.
If you do enough of that, you'll shoulda all over yourself. (If you
are not smiling, you are taking life too seriously.)
16. Simplify-if it does not make your live simpler don't buy it or do
it.
17. Lunch with people you don't know.
18. Avoid "stinking thinking" people like the plague and instead
associate with "energizers."
19. Live by "if it is to be it's up to me."
20. Don't just become a go-getter, also become a "go-giver."
21. Don't even think of spending any money on non-essentials or luxuries.
22. Keep saving for a rainy day-it will be "pouring" for some
time.
23. Before doing anything ask yourself: "What would happen if I
did not do this? If the answer is nothing, quit doing it.
24. Become the person who everyone wants to hang out with.
25. Get fanatical about practicing MBA (Management by Appreciation)
by catching others doing things almost right.
26. Get in the habit of giving your credit away and take full responsibility
for all things that bomb.
27. Avoid politicking like the plague.
28. Make sure your word is as good as gold.
29. Elect not to participate in the recession.
30. Extricate yourself from the rumor mill.
31. Remind yourself often that whatever you reward is what you'll get.
32. Find lots of opportunities to celebrate more than you think is wise.
33. When things are tough, remind yourself that what doesn't kill you
makes you stronger.
34. Pay forward whenever you can.
35. Develop the habit of giving more of what you want.
36. Be kind, positive, and encouraging even when you don't feel like
it.
37. Do all you can to exceed your customers', employees' and boss's
expectations.
38. Dress for success.
39. Make yourself smile and laugh, even when you don't feel like it.
40. Check your calendar to make sure you are spending time on the "high
pay-off activities."
41. Leave your ego at the door.
42. Fix the problem not the blame.
43. Make time for what's really important in your life-your spouse,
family and friends. (Just a reminder, stuff does not make the list.)
44. Remind yourself often that this too shall pass.
45. Be visible.
46. Don't be a "squeaky wheel."
47. Solve problems.
48. Do the things your boss does not like to do.
49. Make your boss feel good.
50. Act as if you own the place.
51. Go beyond the expected.
52. Become a voracious life-long learner-to earn more you must learn
more.
53. Fake it till you make it.
54. Generate lots of value.
55. Say good things about others or nothing at all.
56. Become an expert networker-both in and outside of your organization.
57. Keep your finger on the company pulse.
58. During impending layoffs, don't panic-negotiate.
59. If push comes to shove, volunteer to work for less or even part-time.
60. If all else fails … pray.
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4. HEAR WOLF "HOWL"--I MEAN SPEAK
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5. HUMOR BREAK
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A store that sells new husbands has opened in New York where a woman
may choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description
of how the store operates:
"You may visit this store ONLY ONCE! There are six floors and the
value of the products increases as you ascend the floors. You may choose
any item from a particular floor, or may choose to go up to the next
floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building!
So, a woman goes to the Husband Store. On the first floor the sign reads:
Floor 1 - These men Have Jobs.
She is intrigued, but continues to the second floor, where the sign
reads:
Floor 2 - These men Have Jobs and Love Kids.
"That's nice," she thinks, "but I want more."
So she continues upward. The third floor sign reads:
Floor 3 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, and are Extremely Good Looking.
"Wow," she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.
She goes to the fourth floor and the sign reads:
Floor 4 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Good Looking
and Help with Housework.
"Oh, mercy me!" she exclaims, "I can hardly stand it!"
Still, she goes to the fifth floor and the sign reads:
Floor 5 - These men Have Jobs, Love Kids, are Drop-dead Gorgeous, Help
with Housework, and are Very Romantic.
She is so tempted to stay, but feels compelled to go to the sixth floor,
where the sign reads:
Floor 6 - You are visitor 31,456,012. There are no men on this floor.
This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please.
Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store.
To avoid gender bias, the store's owner opened a New Wives store just
across the street.
The first floor has women that love sex.
The second floor has women that love sex, have money and like beer.
The third, fourth, fifth and sixth floors have never been visited.
Life is short; Break the rules; Forgive quickly; Kiss slowly; Love
truly; Laugh uncontrollably; and never regret anything that made you
Smile.
Source: Intl Disturbed People's Day
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6. ABOUT THE EDITOR
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Dr. Wolf J. Rinke, CSP is a highly effective management consultant and
executive coach who specializes in building peak performance organizations,
teams and individuals. He is the author of 12 CPE manuals, available
at www.easyCPEcredits.com and 5 books including "Make It a Winning
Life: Success Strategies for Life, Love and Business" available
at www.WolfRinke.com. He is also an internationally recognized motivational
and management keynote speaker and seminar leader who delivers customized
presentations that combine story telling, humor and motivation with
specific "how to" action strategies that participants can
apply immediately to improve their personal and professional lives.
You can preview a live demo at www.WolfRinke.com. To take advantage
of Dr. Rinke's services contact us at 800-828-9653 or WolfRinke@aol.com
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