Jun
30
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Linda Feinholz asked:
(c) 2008 Linda Feinholz
Taking a long cruise can shift it all!
On day ten of a 12-day sweep around the Mediterranean, I was reminded of one of the critical success factors behind creating High Payoff Results in business and in life.
I passed a woman in the corridor one morning who was doing the ‘pivot dance.’ You know the one. You have the ball of one foot anchored to the ground as the other foot circles around it. You start to step forward, pause, turn back, pause, waver back and forth as you try to decide where you meant to go. Competing thoughts overload your brain until you have to stand still and laugh!
The Mediterranean civilizations of the past 3,500 years knew their stability would be undermined by that dance. Leader after leader knew their success depended on one core factor: Have a Crystal Clear Goal.
For example, the city leaders of the Island of Delos reinforced their goal generation after generation - their cities’ commercial successes depended on it. Delos was known to all the citizens of the major and minor civilizations of its day, decade, centuries as a result of their goal: Be known as “The Place to Come to Make Tributes to Your Gods.”
Civilization after civilization built their branding stories around the temples, which drew pilgrims, which required the infrastructures of city planning, tourism management, shipping, construction, entertainment, and so on. A thousand and one activities taking place daily to deliver on the services needed by the pilgrims resulted in centuries of millionaires before the dollar was imagined.
Delos could have been any island in the ring of Cyclades islands, with sheep on its hills. Instead it sustained itself as the “Venice” of 40 generations.
The captain of that Princess Cruises ship knows his ship’s voyages success depend on meeting one goal: satisfy each ‘vacation pilgrims’ dreams. And those dreams are varied. I went to bingo every time it was offered. My niece was looking for safe places to talk and dance with her newfound friends. Art, the businessman sitting next to me at an internet terminal, brought his teenaged son to experience a way of life different than the sleepy town they live in before his son heads off to college.
The captain knew his guests’ experiences depend upon every crew member’s understanding those dreams and managing the floating business’s activities to deliver on them.
Art knew it too. He intends to give his son a chance to see the range of opportunities for what he could build with his life while he keeps his internet based business moving and his email cleared out so he can return from vacation without 1,000 email messages waiting for his attention. He manages his time and activities accordingly. Art has sold one successful business and launched five new ones.
And Me? My goal is a day of variety and activity while we’re at sea so I don’t pass it reading a book. I can do that any day of my life at home. I’m using the ship’s list of programs to plan for today’s “At Sea” activities to stick with my goal to ‘play’ throughout the day: sunning before 10 when the burning rays strike, bingo at 11:15 so I can laugh and hiss when the numbers are called, take a salsa lesson and sample the chef’s fare…. All before 2 p.m.
Delos was the center of trade for the ocean routes for eight hundred years. That’s 800! Its leaders had to know their goal and reinforce it with every daily activity in their city for 40 generations,
Success depends on knowing your goals so that your time energy and efforts are all aligned to accomplish them.
Are you doing the ‘pivot dance with your business? Delos, Art and I invite you to set your goals today.
CLIFTON
(c) 2008 Linda Feinholz
Taking a long cruise can shift it all!
On day ten of a 12-day sweep around the Mediterranean, I was reminded of one of the critical success factors behind creating High Payoff Results in business and in life.
I passed a woman in the corridor one morning who was doing the ‘pivot dance.’ You know the one. You have the ball of one foot anchored to the ground as the other foot circles around it. You start to step forward, pause, turn back, pause, waver back and forth as you try to decide where you meant to go. Competing thoughts overload your brain until you have to stand still and laugh!
The Mediterranean civilizations of the past 3,500 years knew their stability would be undermined by that dance. Leader after leader knew their success depended on one core factor: Have a Crystal Clear Goal.
For example, the city leaders of the Island of Delos reinforced their goal generation after generation - their cities’ commercial successes depended on it. Delos was known to all the citizens of the major and minor civilizations of its day, decade, centuries as a result of their goal: Be known as “The Place to Come to Make Tributes to Your Gods.”
Civilization after civilization built their branding stories around the temples, which drew pilgrims, which required the infrastructures of city planning, tourism management, shipping, construction, entertainment, and so on. A thousand and one activities taking place daily to deliver on the services needed by the pilgrims resulted in centuries of millionaires before the dollar was imagined.
Delos could have been any island in the ring of Cyclades islands, with sheep on its hills. Instead it sustained itself as the “Venice” of 40 generations.
The captain of that Princess Cruises ship knows his ship’s voyages success depend on meeting one goal: satisfy each ‘vacation pilgrims’ dreams. And those dreams are varied. I went to bingo every time it was offered. My niece was looking for safe places to talk and dance with her newfound friends. Art, the businessman sitting next to me at an internet terminal, brought his teenaged son to experience a way of life different than the sleepy town they live in before his son heads off to college.
The captain knew his guests’ experiences depend upon every crew member’s understanding those dreams and managing the floating business’s activities to deliver on them.
Art knew it too. He intends to give his son a chance to see the range of opportunities for what he could build with his life while he keeps his internet based business moving and his email cleared out so he can return from vacation without 1,000 email messages waiting for his attention. He manages his time and activities accordingly. Art has sold one successful business and launched five new ones.
And Me? My goal is a day of variety and activity while we’re at sea so I don’t pass it reading a book. I can do that any day of my life at home. I’m using the ship’s list of programs to plan for today’s “At Sea” activities to stick with my goal to ‘play’ throughout the day: sunning before 10 when the burning rays strike, bingo at 11:15 so I can laugh and hiss when the numbers are called, take a salsa lesson and sample the chef’s fare…. All before 2 p.m.
Delos was the center of trade for the ocean routes for eight hundred years. That’s 800! Its leaders had to know their goal and reinforce it with every daily activity in their city for 40 generations,
Success depends on knowing your goals so that your time energy and efforts are all aligned to accomplish them.
Are you doing the ‘pivot dance with your business? Delos, Art and I invite you to set your goals today.
CLIFTON
Jun
9
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David Fishman asked:
There are so many different styles of dance today, it all depends on how you want to express yourself, once you know you will choose the style of dance that fits you. Each dance is a brief encounter that should be fun for both partners.
They way in which you learn how to dance should be conveniently located and suit your budget. Using dance tutorials, video learning is not as much helpful and in-home dance lessons are an expensive affair. Even if you are a group of friends then you may consider for various group classes from dance school. Group learning is always enjoyable and it helps understanding the thickness of dances.
It takes practice to learn how to dance, it is not just mental it is physical and you need to constantly practice to get better. If you want to perform many different types of dance you will need to train your body to move and function in a way that it is effortlessly flowing so it looks like it is natural.
You might be an experienced dancer who is just looking for a good buy, scrimping not on quality but on cost only. As a dancers it all depends on the dance level you are at and how experienced you are, so be careful when purchasing shoes that are discounted. Without the right shoes, a tap dancer just won’t tap. Sometimes you will be able to find this same style of ballroom shoes that have a low heel. You can find ballroom shoes in many dance shoe stores, especially the low heel models. For women or men the same rules apply for the ballroom shoes. But when we talk about men’s ballroom shoes we are talking about sophistication. For men many of the same rules for ballroom shoes apply. There are many places that sell discount dance shoes, they are affordable for the beginner dancers and is a great way of getting a pair of shoes.
Since dancing is an activity that uses our bodies to express ourselves, we need to choose the different styles of dance with care. This also means that you need to think about the type of dance apparel that will reflect the story that your dance is telling. Dance lovers who majored in dance are major buyers of dance shoes. When dancing there is a certain attitude that you need to portray, without the level of performance will go from mediocre to incredible. So when dancing it is not only the dance but how you project the performance.
Many dances come from many different countries and cultures; salsa in fact is a combination of different cultures which include Afro-Caribbean and a mix of Latin. Many people believe that salsa came from Cuba, with the **** Latin moves and the beat of the Caribbean this dance took the world by storm and the entire world still loves it. Being able to dance, especially Salsa is ****. Salsa is one of the most popular forms of ballroom dance.
It doesn’t matter what type of dance you like just get out there and start dancing.
PHIL
There are so many different styles of dance today, it all depends on how you want to express yourself, once you know you will choose the style of dance that fits you. Each dance is a brief encounter that should be fun for both partners.
They way in which you learn how to dance should be conveniently located and suit your budget. Using dance tutorials, video learning is not as much helpful and in-home dance lessons are an expensive affair. Even if you are a group of friends then you may consider for various group classes from dance school. Group learning is always enjoyable and it helps understanding the thickness of dances.
It takes practice to learn how to dance, it is not just mental it is physical and you need to constantly practice to get better. If you want to perform many different types of dance you will need to train your body to move and function in a way that it is effortlessly flowing so it looks like it is natural.
You might be an experienced dancer who is just looking for a good buy, scrimping not on quality but on cost only. As a dancers it all depends on the dance level you are at and how experienced you are, so be careful when purchasing shoes that are discounted. Without the right shoes, a tap dancer just won’t tap. Sometimes you will be able to find this same style of ballroom shoes that have a low heel. You can find ballroom shoes in many dance shoe stores, especially the low heel models. For women or men the same rules apply for the ballroom shoes. But when we talk about men’s ballroom shoes we are talking about sophistication. For men many of the same rules for ballroom shoes apply. There are many places that sell discount dance shoes, they are affordable for the beginner dancers and is a great way of getting a pair of shoes.
Since dancing is an activity that uses our bodies to express ourselves, we need to choose the different styles of dance with care. This also means that you need to think about the type of dance apparel that will reflect the story that your dance is telling. Dance lovers who majored in dance are major buyers of dance shoes. When dancing there is a certain attitude that you need to portray, without the level of performance will go from mediocre to incredible. So when dancing it is not only the dance but how you project the performance.
Many dances come from many different countries and cultures; salsa in fact is a combination of different cultures which include Afro-Caribbean and a mix of Latin. Many people believe that salsa came from Cuba, with the **** Latin moves and the beat of the Caribbean this dance took the world by storm and the entire world still loves it. Being able to dance, especially Salsa is ****. Salsa is one of the most popular forms of ballroom dance.
It doesn’t matter what type of dance you like just get out there and start dancing.
PHIL