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8 Things Leaders Can Learn from Symphony Conductors

May 18, 2009 by Michael Hyatt

Saturday night, Gail and I went to the Nashville Symphony with our daughter, Mary, and her husband, Chris. Mary had bought tickets for Gail’s birthday. It was a magnificent evening. Toward the end of the evening, it occurred to me that conducting and leading have a lot in common.

Filed Under: Leadership Tagged With: alignment, conductors, Leadership, music, symphony

How Can You Get Published If You Don’t Have a Platform?

April 29, 2009 by Michael Hyatt

I received an email yesterday from a young lady who wanted to write a book. She complained that neither publishers nor agents would give her a chance. According to her, their main objection was that she didn’t have a platform. “How can I get a platform,” she wrote, “if no one will publish me?”

Filed Under: Publishing Tagged With: author platform, facebook, getting published, media platform, Publishing, twitter

Inside My Blogging Toolbox

April 18, 2009 by Michael Hyatt

Knowing that I had recently upgraded my blog, one of my readers wrote to ask, “You wrote a post a year ago or so, providing an overview of your then-current blogging tools. Has anything changed in the last year? What tools are you using now?” Rather than replying to him individually, I thought I would post my answer here.

Filed Under: Platform Tagged With: ecto, human3rror, istockphoto, media temple, typepad, WordPress

Worry and Imagination: Two Sides of the Same Coin?

April 7, 2009 by Michael Hyatt

As I got up this morning, I realized how very similar worry and imagination
really are. Both of them involve visualizing the future. In a sense, worry is
simply an unproductive use of imagination.

Filed Under: Leadership Tagged With: anxiety, imaginaton, Leadership, sleeplessness, worry

Procedures That Drive Customers Crazy

March 11, 2009 by Michael Hyatt

As I was driving back to the office, I began to speculate about how many procedures my own company has that may be superfluous? What are we doing that is no longer necessary or useful? How much cost and frustration does this add for our customers and other key constituents? Probably more than I’d like to admit.

Filed Under: Productivity Tagged With: customer service, paperwork, procedures, Productivity, redundancy

We Have More Control Than We Think

March 3, 2009 by Michael Hyatt

There are numerous things you have zero control over. You can’t control the weather, the economy, or the actions of others. Many of us spend an inordinate amount of time worrying about these things. It’s a complete waste of time. Worry does nothing to change them. It only makes us miserable. It also turns us into victims.

Filed Under: Leadership Tagged With: anxiety, control, happiness, influence, Leadership, worry

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