Craig Escamilla

Helping leaders create and implement strategies and structures to reduce daily dependence on them-Tweets about proactive strategy from 20 years’ experience.

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I started my career at 23 as the top exec of a 60 year old organization.

Here is some advice to my younger self: clean up your finances

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Do we even want the “liabilities” we’ve committed to in our lives?

Are they worth it?

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The Stoic philosophers, Seneca especially, asked that we regularly review the “balance sheet” of our lives. 

What liabilities have we taken on to collect our assets? What work, financial, or social obligations or rules must we now follow?

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The Stoic philosophers, Seneca especially, asked that we regularly review the “balance sheet” of our lives. 

What assets are we accumulating? How do they reflect our priorities? How many of them are related to the people and relationships that we claim are most important?

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What does the Balance Sheet of your life reflect as your assets and liabilities?

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Take the initiative to lead, proactively, and make the people, and the world, around you better.

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Take the initiative.
Push for a solution. 
Bring people together to address the issue. Present possible solutions.

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A lot of people are walking around seeing and ignoring problems. Or worse, they’re seeing problems and complaining!

When you see something that needs to be done, take the initiative to do it.

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Just because your goals don’t look like theirs doesn’t mean yours are wrong for you.

Stay focused.

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Most successful people have never thought about what led to their successes. If they did, they would do more of that…and less of everything else.

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“Statements” can be made with kindness and genuineness, but also with confidence.

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Good, effective communication is not loud or abrasive.

Confidence is often quiet, subtle, or understated.

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Good, effective communication is neither deferential or arrogant.

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Monday morning:

Take a few minutes and get clear on your goals. Clarify and document the actions to move them forward. Then put your plan to work and see what happens.

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You need a plan.

It helps focus, and it helps you know when to stick to it and when to deviate from it.

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Too many people are walking around letting things just happen to them and then complaining about the results. 

This is why we need planning.

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Planning, for most people, is not fun. It’s boring to translate ideas into the next actions that move them forward, and it’s usually even less fun to actually do those actions. 

But isn’t that approach so much better than just being jerked around by life?

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Flying by the seat of your pants is usually not the best approach…