Seger Morris

I help early career professionals get what they want in their personal and professional lives.

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Excellent article out in The DO on unionization among physicians.

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Habits define our course when we run out of will power. 

Most of our time is spent doing daily tasks, and time doesn't stand still.

Since we're going to keep moving no matter what, we best make sure our habits keep us in the direction we want to go.

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@idahocom That's an awesome challenge! Great job!

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Strategy is actually a 3 step process.

The pre-work is to create a vision and set clear outcome goals before defining the path to achievement.

Don't make the mistake of getting bogged down with processes until you're clear on where you want to go.

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Never feel like there's not an opportunity for impact.

Simple exercise: make a list of everything that pissed you off yesterday.

There. Those are the opportunities for impact. You're not alone with the list, and removing those pains for yourself and others is impactful.

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Leading a life of purpose doesn't mean your path can't change.

My purpose changed when I married my wife, with each child, the first time I delivered a baby, held a beating heart, and pronounced someone dead.

The important thing is to revisit those moments that move us.

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Adaptability can be critically important, yet painfully distracting.

We get pulled off our course by accommodating the 'urgent problems' of those we answer to.

Position yourself for success by making a plan to spend most of your time on the things that meet YOUR purpose.

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Career portfolios are more important than career paths.

Paths suggest we must follow something predetermined, while portfolios suggest building an arsenal to deploy for the right purpose.

Promoting the portfolio approach positions our youth for greater impact.

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Balance is bullshit. Alignment is asinine. Resiliency is retarding our progress.

We don't want a life of choices, or to toe the line of someone else's plan, or to be better at taking the gut punch.

We want each part of our life to make the other better... a life of synergy.

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Don't fall for fallacious dichotomies.

We don't want sacrifice.

We don't want balance or alignment.

What we're really after is a life of synergy.

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Passion x Investment = Strength

It's a lie we're sold at an early age, yet often leads to a life of failure, misery, and burnout. Passion can quickly turn into spite and resentment when we don't see results. Know thyself first.

The recipe is Talent x Investment = Strength

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There are 3 kinds of change: incremental, evolutionary, and revolutionary.

These call for 3 settings of leadership: fulfilling, fixing, and founding.

Your leadership failure might have more to do with the setting than your skills.

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Leadership means letting go of the positional authority mindset.

The best leaders inspire instead of control.

Seek impact through influence instead of authority.

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Learning how to lead doesn't make you infallible.

Knowing the right thing to do doesn't always translate to actually do it.

Part of leading is the act of recovery, and the never ending cycle of learning new lessons for a better approach or action next time.

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Leaders have followers; dictators have servants.

Those in positions of authority must be careful to know the difference and understand how they're perceived.

The best leaders inspire others to follow rather than control their actions to into forced results.

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Passion can come from purpose or poison.

The poison is when actions are perceived as self-serving, reactive, or vindictive.

The purpose shines through when the approach shines a spotlight on thinking and acting from the higher ground.

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Time is only part of the growth equation.

Growth = Stress + Rest or

Growth = (Frequency + Intensity + Duration) + (Recovery + Reflection)

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Time is a poor way to measure experience.

Having experience is supposed to better predict future success.

But sometimes duration of experience doesn't make you a better leader or executive; sometimes it just makes you a better bureaucrat.

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Bureaucracy is bullshit. Call it out.

Positional authority roles like executive, director, and manager create structural barriers that can stifle the impact of early career professionals.

Strive for the trust and inspiration of roles like coach and mentor for greater impact.

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Structure and function are interrelated.

Whether in the human body, organizations, or as an individual, compensating for structural flaws may be a quick fix, but the long term consequences are usually painful.

In vest in finding the root structural cause to restore function.