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If At First You Don't Succeed
Written by: Donna KarlinArticle Overview: If at first you don't succeed, do something you've already been successful at.
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If At First You Don't Succeed
One of my favorite lines, "If at first you don't succeed, try something you've already been successful at and then build on it. And if someone tells you it's impossible, then look them in the face and say "Nothing is Impossible! It just hasn't been invented yet. Let's just invent it!""
Doubting Thomases...they're prevalent in any organization and it takes building on some wave of success to keep them in line. I would reward people for screwing up, even if only for the reason they're trying, taking the plunge and diving into the deep end to see what will come to the surface. If you don't try you don't know if it's possible and if you do the same old same old then you'll get the same results and few companies can survive long term on that.
I'm a Shadow Coach™. We are anthropologists. The truth comes through us, not from us and we make sense out of chaos. When help our clients look deeply into how any organization operates and then contextualize it for their 'worlds' it will create a vehicle for moving forward with energy and momentum. Sometimes it's not looking at doing new things; it's looking at how to do things in a new way. All in all, you know where you're successful. How can you build on it?
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About the Author: Donna Karlin RSS for Donna's articles - Visit Donna's website  Donna is an author, speaker and lectures internationally. Her work has been written up in Fast Company Magazine, The National Post, The Globe and Mail, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and Personal Success Magazine. Her blog Perspectives™ is avidly read by subscribers from 144 countries and she has currently authored and released the book Leaders: Their Stories, Their Words. She is a SupporTED coach, on the team that coaches TED fellows, is Past President and current Dean of the International Consortium for Coaching in Organizations and a member of the Advisory Council for International Adademy for Behavioral Medicine, Counseling and Psychotherapy She has a proven track record in developing sustainable leadership. For tips on how to choose a coach click here Click here to visit Donna's website  
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