| We have only one life, but we live in
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| | among
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| three overlapping worlds-our business
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| | the best things in life are family,
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| world,
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| | friends, and a quiet run in the park.This
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| our family world, and our other social
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| | is the kind of balance that John
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| world. Imagine bringing your spouse and
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| | Chambers, CEO of Cisco Systems has also
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| kids
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| | achieved. An interviewer, asked, "What
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| to a meeting with seven of your
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| | would you like to have accomplished and
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| salespersonnel. Sitting off to your left,
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| | what's next after Cisco?""The most
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| Miss Wright
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| | important thing to me is my family, and
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| asks the question on the minds of all
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| | that doesn't change. My wife of
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| her fellow sales colleagues, "Why did you
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| | 25 years is a perfect balance for me.
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| bring
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| | When I get down, which I occasionally do,
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| your family to our meeting today? Will
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| | she
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| they be playing any sort of role in our
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| | brings me up, and on rare occasions if I
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| discussion?" You simply respond, "No,
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| | get a little bit too confident she brings
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| they're just here so I can tend to their
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| | me
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| needs."Of course, this is a highly
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| | back down to earth too.""I've got two
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| unlikely scenario. You don't bring your
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| | kids I'm tremendously proud of and they
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| family into work
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| | are my life; so my family is
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| with you every day. However, Heather
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| | first, second, and third in terms of my
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| Howitt does. Howitt, the CEO of Oregon
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| | priorities. And when I'm at home, as my
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| Chai
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| | wife
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| in Portland, Oregon, balances motherhood
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| | reminds me when I walk in the door, I'm
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| with her responsibility of running an
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| | not the CEO anymore. So at home, I'm like
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| eleven million dollar manufacturer of
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| |
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| tea lattes. "Our office is a very casual
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| | anybody else. Carrying out the garbage,
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| place.
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| | changing the light bulbs, and so on.""And
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| We've got a family element going on
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| | what will I do after this? I will teach
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| here."Living in the rain soaked city of
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| | when I retire. I think giving back to the
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| Portland, 32-year-old Howitt often
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| |
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| arrives at her
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| | community is the right thing to do. It'd
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| office lightly splattered with mud. She
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| | be terrible to be perhaps the most
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| often spends her lunch break taking her
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| | successful company in history and not
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| one-
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| | give back. So I'm not going to go work
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| year-old son, Sawyer, to a nearby park,
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| | for
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| or to her nanny who takes him home. On
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| | another company after Cisco. When I
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| other days, she simply places him in his
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| | retire from Cisco, I'm done with the
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| crib in her office.With the growth of her
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| | business
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| company, Howitt hired some key executives
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| | world and I will probably go teach.
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| including a chief
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| | Young people are so much fun to interface
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| operating officer to manage operations
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| | with
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| and finance. She also delegated the sales
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| | .... How do you teach ethics, and how do
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|
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| | you teach integrity earlier on? To do
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| calls that she used to make herself. "I
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| | that
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| used to come in at 6 a.m. and make calls
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| | would just be a blast!"7Chambers
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| nonstop," she explained. "I don't have
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| | illustrates how a proper balance between
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| to do that anymore." Howitt positioned
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| | one's executive performance
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| herself in a way so that she is no
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| | and other dimensions of life can
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| longer personally over-worked or
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| | contribute to both personal fulfillment
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| over-challenged
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| | and
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| by her daily responsibilities at the
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| | business success. An awareness of the
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| company. She balanced her business and
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| | need for balance has prompted many
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| private
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| | executives to make some crucial
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| life. She not only recognized her
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| | decisions in their day-to-day business
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| strategic contribution to the success of
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| | and
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| Oregon
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| | personal life that protected them from
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| Chai, but she also appreciates her
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| | failure so they could just become an
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| unique role in the life of her young
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| | "enduring survivor."But, no doubt, you
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| son.1As an entrepreneur or a business
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| | want more from life than just maintaining
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| executive, you must give your best in two
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| | a mere survivor level.
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| entirely
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| | You want to excel as an executive
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| different worlds. The needs of your
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| | leader, and also thrive, not merely
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| business and the needs of your family and
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| | survive, in your
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|
| |
| | personal life. So beyond the awareness
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| friends compete for your time and
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| | that comes from self-assessment and
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| attention. And both expect the very best
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| | evaluation of your priorities, there are
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| from
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| | additional steps to take in order to
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| you. Heather Howitt found one way to do
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| | reach the
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| it; you may have another way.To enjoy
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| | top level of having all that life can
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| both the rewards of business success and
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| | offer.Forty-year-old Mark Holland is the
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| family fulfillment, you need to
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| | founder of a thriving company, Ascend HR
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| constantly work to keep your balance. To
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| | Solutions. At the beginning of every
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| successfully tackle the challenges of a
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| | workweek he pulls out a message that
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| fast-growing company, you need all the
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| | reads:
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| personal resources that come from a
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| | "Wendi is the most important person in
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| balanced life. "How do you develop a
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| | my life. My family comes before work and
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| balanced business personality?"Some
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| | other activities. I live my religion. I
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| entrepreneurial executives suffer from
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| | provide the financial security for my
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| dangerous imbalance. Others achieve
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| | family. Our
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| top excellence in maintaining optimal
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| | home is a retreat from the challenges of
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| balance. "Early in my career, I use to
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| | the world. I have a positive attitude,
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| think
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| | looking for and developing the strength
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| that entrepreneurship was more an art
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| | in others. I help people develop and
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| than a science, that it was a gift or
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| | grow,
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| something," says Cherrill Farnsworth. "I
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| | including, when appropriate, holding
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| don't believe that anymore."2
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| | them accountable. The outdoors provide a
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| Entrepreneurial leadership is not some
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| | needed sanctuary and retreat for
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| automatic personality trait or some
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| | me."Holland wrote this personal mission
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| artistic
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| | statement in 1998 following a major
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| talent some people are just born with
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| | crisis in
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| and others happen to lack. Instead,
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| | his business. That year the firm lost
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| entrepreneurial effectiveness with a
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| | $800,000, which caused significant
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| balanced life is a dynamic process that
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| | problems in
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| you
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| | his partnership. Holland experienced so
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| must constantly work at. If you don't
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| | much stress that he lost nearly 20
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| keep developing and nurturing your
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| | pounds.Then a business seminar inspired
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| entrepreneurial personality, it might
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| | him to write down his life mission
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| just die. Then, only drastic action might
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| | statement.
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| revive
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| | Holland admits that the seminar gave him
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| that entrepreneurial spirit.That's
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| | "a good smack upside the head." He
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| exactly what happened to Sam T. Goodner.
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| | resolved to never again sacrifice his
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| His software company, the
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| | family and health for the sake of his
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| Austin-based Catapult Systems Corp.,
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| | business.Over a two-year period,
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| ranked 77th among the fastest growing
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| | Holland's personal mission statement grew
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| companies in America while Goodner
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| | into a life plan
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| served as the founding CEO. At age 33,
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| | for himself and his wife. "We asked,
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| Goodner decided to step down as CEO of
| |
| | 'What are the important things? What do
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| Catapult to take on the new challenge of
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| | we
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| serving as CEO of Inquisite Inc., a
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| | want to have happen before we die?'" Now
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| Catapult subsidiary that sells software
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| | they have a 30-year planned life
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| over the
| |
| | itinerary
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| Internet. But Goodner soon found his new
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| | on a spreadsheet that covers college
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| digs to be "harsher, more spartan" than
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| | savings, retirement, vacations, exercise
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| what he was accustomed to. "Half of it
| |
| | regiments, relating to God and spiritual
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| is actually under ground," he explained,
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| | activities, work goals, personal growth,
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| describing his much less attractive new
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| | and
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| office space.But Goodner was not
| |
| | personal relationships.Holland
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| complaining. After all, it was his own
| |
| | constantly improved himself by regularly
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| idea to leave the
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| | pursuing clear, written personal
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| comfortable CEO position of Catapult
| |
| | goals and life motto. Writing down your
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| with a staff of 115, to head Inquisite
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| | personal goals and a life motto not only
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| Inc., with
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| | helps you clarify the kind of balance
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| only 20 employees. But now something was
| |
| | you want to achieve, but also gives you a
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| wrong. To be sure, there were plenty of
| |
| |
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| challenges to attend to. The phone rang
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| | written reference to check week by week.
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| for his attention, paper kept filling the
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| | Many people refine their goals and motto
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| "in"
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| | over several year's time.Mark Holland
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| box, and email messages steadily came in
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| | and his wife, Wendi take long walks
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| from employees, venders, and customers.
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| | together at least twice a week
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| Every day, and every hour, urgent
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| | with their two-year-old daughter on
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| decisions had to be made, so much so that
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| | Mark's shoulders and their five-month-old
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|
| |
| | son
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| anyone in his shoes could have been
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| | snuggled in Wendi's front pack. Once a
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| overwhelmed by the "tyranny of the
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| | month, on one of those walks, they
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| urgent."But increasingly, he felt like he
| |
| | discuss
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| was only reacting to demands and not
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| | and review their life plan thoroughly.
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| taking a
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| | "The plan is dynamic-it changes. It's
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| visionary proactive role any longer. And
| |
| | been
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| too often, long hours of work would crowd
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| | really good for getting our relationship
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|
| |
| | and our lives back to where they needed
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| out what he'd prefer to do in his home
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| | to
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| and personal life. Even worse, he
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| | be," Holland says.8This practice of
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| realized
| |
| | regularly reviewing their life plan
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| that even if he could experience any
| |
| | indicates that Holland progressed
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| gratification in his personal world, it
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| | to the highest level of functioning
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| could not
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| | under balancing ones managerial life. At
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| make up for what was missing in his
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| | this top
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| business world."I had none of my
| |
| | level, you constantly implement action
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| entrepreneurial creativity left," Goodner
| |
| | plans to improve the balance of all five
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| reflected. "I was falling
| |
| | dimensions of your life.Paul N. Howell,
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| back on what was easy. You know that's
| |
| | CEO of Howell Corporation, named an
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| happening when you start just going
| |
| | additional crucial
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| through your email all day long."
| |
| | characteristic of a successfully
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| Recognizing that his former
| |
| | balanced entrepreneurial executive: "The
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| entrepreneurial spirit
| |
| | willingness
|
| was gone, he resigned and hired a new
| |
| | and demonstrated ability to conduct
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| CEO to head the company.Perhaps Goodner
| |
| | him-or herself-on a high moral and
|
| had already achieved financial
| |
| | ethical
|
| independence and had other worthy
| |
| | level in both business and personal
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| goals to pursue in life. In that case,
| |
| | life. Without it, success is uncertain
|
| relinquishing his CEO position could be
| |
| | and short
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| the best
| |
| | lived."9At the highest level, people who
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| decision to make. But could there have
| |
| | interact with you can see the sterling
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| been another way to recover his
| |
| | qualities of
|
| entrepreneurial spirit with a healthy
| |
| | your servant leadership. Your executive
|
| balance of attention to work, family, and
| |
| | actions are guided by clear plans that
|
|
| |
| | continually balance and rebalance all
|
| friends?3Entrepreneurial functioning can
| |
| | the dimensions of successful living:
|
| range from the low level, "You are
| |
| | 1. Executive Success: Servant
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| personally over
| |
| | leadership, management skills, and
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| worked and over challenged"-to the most
| |
| | career development.
|
| desirable level, "You regularly implement
| |
| | 2. Loving Relationships: Serving family,
|
|
| |
| | friends, and the needy.
|
| action plans to improve every aspect of
| |
| | 3. Healthy Lifestyle: Regular exercise,
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| your life."The lowest level of
| |
| | good diet, and regular
|
| functioning leaves your company
| |
| | medical care.
|
| endangered. Top management
| |
| | 4. Emotional Well-being: Stress
|
| is personally over worked and over
| |
| | management, recreation, and
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| challenged. The unrelenting urgent
| |
| | psychological stability.
|
| matters of
| |
| | 5. Spiritual Maturity: Ethical
|
| your business seem to demand so much of
| |
| | character, commitment to ultimate
|
| your time that you go to work earlier
| |
| | values, peace with God, and devoting
|
| and earlier, and stay later and later
| |
| | oneself to life's greatest
|
| into the evening. You are like a runaway
| |
| | spiritual priorities.At this level, you
|
| tire,
| |
| | regularly "retreat" from your usual
|
| rolling down a steep hill, turning
| |
| | executive responsibilities to
|
| faster and faster and faster until
| |
| | rethink your personal mission, vision,
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| finally, you run
| |
| | and action plans. You deliberately make a
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| out of control and then crash.Or, you
| |
| |
|
| might think of it this way: The
| |
| | continual concerted effort to maintain
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| underlying foundation of your life at
| |
| | the delicate balance you need for a
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| work
| |
| | fulfilling
|
| and at home is built on sand instead of
| |
| | life.Through years of identifying the
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| a solid rock. Even the slightest storm
| |
| | best practices of leading companies, 33
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| will
| |
| | Dynamics,
|
| plunge you into a danger area, damaging
| |
| | LLC has identified 33 essential dynamics
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| your relationships with your business
| |
| | for managerial excellence. These dynamics
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| associates and with your family and
| |
| |
|
| friends.You are barely surviving, but you
| |
| | are grouped under 6 major goals which
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| are endangered like a stick of dynamite
| |
| | address such realities as leadership,
|
| that has
| |
| | creating loyal employees, and achieving
|
| been lit; you don't have much time
| |
| | market dominance, just to name a few.The
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| before things will blow up in your
| |
| | staff of 33 Dynamics Consulting is
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| business, or in
| |
| | interested in helping people in their
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| your family life, or in both. You must
| |
| | given
|
| get out as soon as possible. But how? You
| |
| | profession to become leaders in commerce
|
|
| |
| | by implementing sound business
|
| can't help but think, "There must be a
| |
| | principles in these 33 areas of
|
| better way." And you are right! There
| |
| | management.There's no need to live from
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| is.An ancient Hebrew writing warns, "In
| |
| | job to job or pay check to pay check.
|
| vain you rise early and stay up late,
| |
| | There are ways to
|
| toiling for
| |
| | get from survival mode to success, and
|
| food to eat-for he [the Lord God] grants
| |
| | the 33 Dynamics team can help you get
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| sleep to those he loves."4 God, who
| |
| | there! Whether your company is
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| created our reality, designed us and the
| |
| | struggling or solidly performing, the
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| world for a better set of options."Over
| |
| | first step to
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| the past three years, I've been able to
| |
| | moving up to even higher levels is to
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| identify gradually what things I can give
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| | rate your own company in these 33 areas
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|
| |
| | of
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| to my CPA, or to my bookkeeper, or to my
| |
| | business dynamics. This practical rating
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| office manager. I read about people who
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| | tool is included in our book, There's
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| work 60 or 90 hours a week and build
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| | Room
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| multimillion-dollar businesses at the
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| | at the Top, available at or Hammond, a
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| expense
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| | sales executive was once quoted saying,
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| of their health and family. Those aren't
| |
| | "From where I stand, the
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| success stories in my book. Success is
| |
| | elevator to the top is, has been, and
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| having a multimillion-dollar business
| |
| | always will be 'out of order.' In order
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| and the other stuff, too," says
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| | to get to
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| 40-year-old
| |
| | the top, you'll have to take the
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| Tom Melaragno, founder of the
| |
| | stairs-and you'll have to take them one
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| $7.6-million Compri Consulting, an IT
| |
| | at a time."Now is the time to consider
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| consulting
| |
| | the steps that will take you to the top
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| and staffing firm founded in 1992.
| |
| | of your game!"Balance Your Managerial
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| Although he put in 12-hour days when he
| |
| | Life" was excerpted from There's Room at
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| started the business, today he works
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| | the Top: 33
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| just 8 or 9 hours and makes sure he's
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| | Dynamics for Managerial Excellence,
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| there to
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| | 2004, pages 44-51.© Copyright 2004, by
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| watch his two sons' Little League
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| | Uxbridge Publishing Ltd. Co. All rights
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| baseball games in the summer and coach
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| | reserved.1 Greco, 2000, page 106.
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| the older
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| | 2 Barker, 2000, page 18.
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| one's football team in the fall.5Taking
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| | 3 Hyatt, 2000, pages 9-11.
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| a proactive stance means you take control
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| | 4 Psalm 127:2.
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| to invest your life wisely. Scott
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| | 5 Greco, 2000, page 110.
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| Tinley is an extraordinary triathlete
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| | 6 Inkpen, 2001, pages 76-81.
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| who has competed in more than 350
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| | 7 Donlon, 2000.
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| triathlons
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| | 8 Greco, 2000, page 107.
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| including 19 Hawaii Ironman triathlons.
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| | 9 Beatty & Burkholder, 1996, page
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| The triathlon is an endurance sport
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| | 41.Matthew Rekers, M.B.A., is the
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| involving swimming, bicycling, and
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| | President and CEO of 33Dynamics LLC. He
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| running. Amazingly, Tinley has won nearly
| |
| | previously
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| 100
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| | served as the President and COO of
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| races. "This sport is about a
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| | Rekers and Company LLC. Mr. Rekers earned
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| combination of personal challenge,
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| | his
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| camaraderie, and
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| | B.S. in Business Administration, cum
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| achievement of self-knowledge," Tinley
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| | laude, from the University of South
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| explains.Tinley is more than just an
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| | Carolina
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| athlete; he is also a successful
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| | with a major in accounting, and his
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| entrepreneur. He co-
| |
| | M.B.A. degree from Winthrop University.
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| founded a company that produced athletic
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| | He is a
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| clothing-Tinley Performance Wear. He
| |
| | business consultant for 33Dynamics
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| and his partners built the business over
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| | Consulting LLC. He can be contacted at
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| 8 years, reaching about $10 million in
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| | Visit our website at Rekers, Ph.D.,
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| sales.
| |
| | M.B.A., is a tenured professor at the
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| In 1992, they sold the company to
| |
| | University of South
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| Reebok. But even more than just being a
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| | Carolina, and the Chairman and CEO of
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| triathlete and a wealthy businessman,
| |
| | InterAct International, Inc. Dr. Rekers
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| Tinley is also appreciated as a writer,
| |
| | has 22
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| traveler,
| |
| | years of executive experience in leading
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| father, and husband. As productive as he
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| | four corporations as President or CEO,
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| is in many areas of life, he has not lost
| |
| | and
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|
| |
| | has served on seven corporate boards. As
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| sight of the balance he needs.Tinley
| |
| | a Research Fellow at Harvard University,
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| explains the work-life balance he
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| | Dr. Rekers was mentored by Professor
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| maintained over his 20-year career as an
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| | David McClelland who is internationally
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| athlete, husband, father, and
| |
| | known for his practical studies of
|
| entrepreneur: "A lot of people have this
| |
| | executive and employee motivation.
|
| image of self-
| |
| | Professor
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| management, that it means you have to
| |
| | Rekers has presented hundreds of
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| drive yourself and force yourself to get
| |
| | seminars, and lectures in dozens of
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| things done without somebody looking
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| | countries in
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| over your shoulder. It is actually quite
| |
| | Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America,
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| the
| |
| | North America, and the Middle East. He
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| opposite: You have to force yourself to
| |
| | received
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| have balance in your life and be
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| | his Ph.D. in human developmental
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| efficient in
| |
| | psychology from the University of
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| all things you do."6He has recognized
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| | California, Los
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| the importance of what he calls a
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| | Angeles. He is the author or editor of
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| "precarious balance between
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| | ten books and over 100 academic
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| preparation, competition,
| |
| | publications
|
| professionalism, support systems, and the
| |
| | in applied psychology. He is a seminar
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| world of
| |
| | leader for There's Room at the Top
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| family, friends, and paying the rent."
| |
| | Executive
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| He has not lost sight of the fact that
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| | Seminars offered by 33Dynamics LLC.
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