Patrick Huested

Trainer. Author. Integrator. USAF veteran. Concerned citizen. I'll train you to lead your team and organization with hard skills and confidence. Spaatz #856.

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Welcome! Please enjoy the following thread to learn more about my mindset for training leaders. Feel free to reply or DM your thoughts and, if you follow me, please introduce yourself as we build a community.

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"Taking responsibility for our lives" does not mean we accept responsibility for all the things that happen to us; what it means is we acknowledge we own our response to any situation and the outcomes of our response, good, bad, or unintended.

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According to a 2016 HBR article, U.S. organizations spent $160B+ on employee training and education…but were dissatisfied with the results. Why do you think they were dissatisfied? Are the dollars your organization spends on training wasted or invested?

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Testimonial:

"Patrick is an excellent speaker. He engages his audience and relates to everyone on an equal level."
-- Heather

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Plan to talk with one employee this week about their performance. This is informal.

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What do you expect from your employees? Have you told them?

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According to a 2016 HBR article, U.S. organizations spent $160B+ on employee training and education…but were dissatisfied with the results. Why do you think they were dissatisfied? Are the dollars your organization spends on training wasted or invested?

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"Market saturation" is an academic concept. It means that all suppliers are supplying all customers with a product or service identical in quality, price, and performance. It is a state without competition. The entrepreneur nudges those variables looking for a market share.

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The biggest problem with leadership education is its bias towards personal development. Organizations want improved performance, which is a function of skills training. The two are not always mutually exclusive, but too much time is spent on one and not the other.

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Intermittent fasting is a concept I've slowly embraced over the years. Here's a great example of what someone can achieve with regular intermittent fasting. Share your thoughts and feedback!

https://t.co/ClVqsqAgbG

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Are your employees clear on your immediate, near-term, and long-term objectives (i.e., day, week, quarter, year?)

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Absolutely love this! A child's drawing from ancient Egypt!

2,000 years ago a little kid was learning to draw people (or maybe gods) on an old piece of pottery. Archaeologists just found it at Athribis, and isn't i just adorable?!

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1/2 I love seeing historical artifacts like this. Sometimes in the events of history it's easy to look at ancestors as less educated or less enlightened, and forget that human psychology hasn't changed in thousands of years. These artifacts remind us of our kinship to them.

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Do you really need to write an email? Just pick up the phone and take care of it.

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12/12 This is what "living a life without regret means." This is guideline #5. Living without regret doesn't mean a life without mistakes or disappointment...it just means we make the best possible decision and live with it, thankful we chose life in the arena and not the stands.

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1/12 For some reason, Tweets about "regret" keep showing up in my feed. I'm not a fan of them, so here's my spin on "regret." Here are five guidelines to better understand and prevent that emotion.

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11/12 The easiest way to avoid regret is to be clear about the rationale behind your decisions and make those decisions consistent with your character--even when it takes lots of courage. Here, we are living deliberately, and know even the best decisions don't always work out.