Adapt

You need to change. You need to fix any lingering obstacles, redesign yourself and adapt your thinking to current thinking – with an eye to the future.  What does this mean?  W2 isn’t really sure and doesn’t know until the need is upon him.

Motivate

Insincere cheerleaders get loogies flung at the backsides of their heads.  Real cheerleaders – lead.  These economic times are crazy and days or weeks of optimism will be replaced quickly by pessimism, and on and on.  The workforce is tired and beaten and just needs clarity, truth and solutions.

Focus

Get to your basics, focus on your core duties and responsibilities and deliver.

Have a vision

We don’t mean a hallucination.  We mean a point of view.  Where do you want to go, what do you want to be.

Communicate

Make sure you can actually form complete sentences when speaking with people; make sure the verbs are in the right places and the propositions aren’t preposterous.  Be in the “now” and ready to share the vision.

Innovate

To get out of this recession we all need to think in progression – what advances us to the next dozens of steps (one step at a time doesn’t work anymore)

Seize the Moment

Success = Preparedness + Opportunity.  If the opportunity smacks you in the face tomorrow, are you prepared to take advantage of it – hell, are you even capable of recognizing the true opportunities in front of you right now?

Network

If you’re not selling yourself, you must be buying something else.

Protect your Credibility

The number of things you deliver minus the quality of them equals your credibility.  Do your own math.

Inspire others

At some point, everyone finds old money in a dry-cleaning garment, or at the back of a drawer; under a car seat.  It doesn’t  matter  what the denomination is, a penny or a dollar, or more – it’s the “find.” 

Have that energy in everything you do – every day.