Doug Wilks

StrengthsLauncher Founder. Talent Investigator. Gallup-certified Coach. I help organizations turn #Talent → #Strengths

[Doug Wilks @WilksDoug]

Tom Clancy on #success from a 1995 @WritersDigest I found in my stacks. #creativity #writing

[ESPN College Football @ESPNCFB]

They hadn't been to a bowl game since 2018. They were picked to finish seventh in the Big 12.

But now, @TCUFootball is 60 minutes away from winning the #NationalChampionship

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP STAGE IS SET 🍿

@TCUFootball | @GeorgiaFootball

[Shane Parrish @shaneparrish]

So much of culture reinforces the message that we should be accepted and liked rather than think independently, compete, and challenge the status quo.

The oppositive approach works better.

Embrace independent thinking. Compete with yourself. Earn respect, not popularity.

[Cerebral Wisdom @CerebralWisdom]

When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear. - Thomas Sowell

[Arlington National Cemetery @ArlingtonNatl]

While Memorial Day observance ends today, Arlington National Cemetery remembers our fallen military heroes every day. We will always remember those who have served our nation with dignity and honor.

[Hawkeye @HawkeyeOnAir]

The map for today's flyover by the Navy's Blue Angels (starting in McKinney at 11am)

[BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking]

Captain Tom Moore, the war veteran who has raised more than £29m for the UK's NHS, celebrates his 100th birthday with an RAF flypast

https://t.co/jadeUnr3LJ

[Waylon Jennings Songs @WaymoreJennings]

Happy 87th Birthday to one of the greatest Country Music icons in History, the Red Headed Stranger, the Living Legend, Willie Nelson! #ShotgunWillie #WillieWednesday

[Nate Silver @NateSilver538]

OK, which of these is closest to the mark for you? (Poll in next tweet.)

[Chicago magazine @ChicagoMag]

In 1970, Roger Ebert walked out of a movie he’d been reviewing for the @Suntimes and into a Lincoln Park bar. There, a mailman named John Prine was performing. Ebert wrote about Prine's set instead, giving the singer his first review: https://t.co/KVqT7PJ5E5

[Dallas Morning News @dallasnews]

Pecan Lodge owners launch nonprofit to help rescue Dallas’ independent restaurants https://t.co/VlZwT8AO7b

[NASA History Office @NASAhistory]

#OTD in 1947, Captain Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager became the first human to fly faster than the speed of sound. He rocketed to Mach 1.06 in the Bell X-1. #supersonic

[Doug Wilks @WilksDoug]

Well done, @khyi. Souvenirs by @JohnPrineMusic https://t.co/tKbOgnDlLL

[Doug Wilks @WilksDoug]

Empathy requires intention & focus, but it’s the glue to smarter solutions. @TracyBrower108 #empathy #EmployeeEngagement https://t.co/yiOHyaWptJ

[Small Wars Journal @smallwars]

VOA - 97-Year-Old Veteran Parachutes Over Normandy as Part of D-Day Ceremonies https://t.co/Q4TRdq6ami

[Doug Wilks @WilksDoug]

Leadership is making time. #coaching #wisdom @Leadershipfreak

[Dan Rockwell @Leadershipfreak]

"If you don’t have time to support team members, when will you have time to solve the problems caused by neglect?"

Feedback needs to happen on the heels of action. Next week’s one-on-one is too late.

https://t.co/Iru38Oxn8S

#leadership
#LFreakquote

[Doug Wilks @WilksDoug]

Building trust requires:
1) creating positive relationships
2) discernment
3) consistency
@ZengerFolkman #leadership
https://t.co/2q3jXOWYRt

[Texas Sports History @TXSportsHistory]

20 years ago today, Dirk Nowitzki made his NBA debut for the Dallas Mavericks in a 92-86 loss to the Seattle SuperSonics.

[Shane Parrish @shaneparrish]

"It is a good rule, after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between." — C.S. Lewis

[Doug Wilks @WilksDoug]

Truer words. #strategy

[Jim Kwik @jimkwik]

Just because someone is moving fast doesn't mean they know where they are going.