Joe Barton

Parent-leaders: win at work without losing at home
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You don't have to be perfect to be successful

[Joe Barton @LevluP]

If you want to be free, you need to be messy.

Don't fit nicely into society norms

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Success in life isn't just about solving problems by learning new tactics.

It's about doing the right things consistently.

[Joe Barton @LevluP]

Two leaders I'm coaching sent a clear email.

Here's the safety step you've been skipping.
Here's why.
Starting now, a miss means accountability.

Everyone replied.
Everyone understood.

Then they skipped it again.

And the leaders wanted to start with "feedback."

Let's be real.
The email was the feedback.
The reply was the acknowledgment.
What's left is the thing you said you'd do.

At some point the talking stops.

If your people already know, and you're still explaining, you're not being kind.
You're being avoided.

Where are you still explaining something they already heard?

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The less you care about what other people think

The more successful you’ll be

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It’s not about staying motivated, don’t fall into that lie

It’s about staying consistent

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Let me break it down.

You take your kid to Disney.
She sees Mickey, runs up, hugs him.
Best day of her life.

An hour later she spots Mickey behind a gift shop.
Head off.
Smoking a cigarette.

Magic's gone.

Here's what I tell every leader with a confidence problem.

Decide how you want your people to see you.
Then put the costume on.
And don't take it off on the floor.

That's not fake.
Your worry is real.
Keep it.
Just don't wear it where they can see it.

How you show up is the reality they live in.

Keep the hat on.

Train. Lead. Build.

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Success without a system is impossible.

You can white-knuckle your way through a busy week.

Maybe even a busy season.

But if everything falls apart the second you get tired, distracted, or life gets messy…

You didn’t build success.

You built a streak.

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A wise man once said nothing at all

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You have to be a little crazy to keep from going insane.

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Your critics are the loudest.

Your supporters are the quietest.

I learned this the hard way.

I used to send my team a short message every morning. Mindset. Energy. One thing to focus on.

Nobody said a word.

So I stopped.

Then the messages came.

"I miss those."

"Are you doing them again?"

"That one in March got me through a rough week."

Nobody tells you it's working while it's working.

They tell you when it's gone.

Keep sending it.

Train. Lead. Build.

[Joe Barton @LevluP]

Move your mindset from

I want to start a business

to

I want to create income on my own

[Joe Barton @LevluP]

Subject: This isn't for us

When I was a kid, my mom took me to a free breakfast.

I was excited. Breakfast out was a big deal.

We walked in and the room was full of men in suits.

My mom looked around and said, "This isn't for us."

We turned around and left.

I carried that sentence for thirty years.
Into every room I didn't speak up in.
Every mastermind seat I didn't use.
Every post I didn't publish.

Here's what I finally figured out.

Nobody at that breakfast said we couldn't stay.
We decided that for them.

Worth isn't given to you at the door.
It's decided in the rooms you were told weren't yours.

Walk in anyway.

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Let's be real.

The people doing the work get 20% of the communication.
And 100% of the responsibility.

The people at the top get 100% of the communication.
And 20% of the execution.

It's backwards.

Every layer down, the message loses a third.
By the time it reaches the person actually doing the thing...
they're guessing.

Then we call it a performance problem.

It's not.
It's a communication problem you created three layers up.

You cannot over-communicate.
Say it until they tell you to stop.

Then say it once more.

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Be open to change, be open to new ideas

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The grass is always greener on the other side, until you start watering yours

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I haven't failed, I just found a lot of ways things don't work

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Simple formula for success:

Create more than you consume

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2030 is coming either way.

Say you want to drop 25 pounds in three months.

You drop 10.
Two choices.

Get discouraged and stop.

You're back where you started by spring.

Keep going at 10. You're somewhere new by 2030.

The start-stopper does the first one every single time.

Start. Stop. Start. Stop.

Same spot, five years later, wondering why.

Slow and steady didn't win because it was slow.

It won because it never stopped.

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Consistency is to success what air is to breathing