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Your Secret Power… May Even Be Secret To You

Is it possible…

…that no matter how hard you work…

…no matter how many years go by…

… that your parents still never tell you that they’re proud of you?

How are you feeling now? Happy? Sad? Tired? Unappreciated? Unfulfilled?

The truth is, we all like to feel recognized and fulfilled for what we do.

Don’t you?

Your employees, your work-related children, need the same “good job” and “thank you” from you…

…even if they won’t admit it.

From a young age, we have a need in our hearts to feel appreciated, to contribute, and to feel a sense of accomplishment.

You possess the power to fulfill this need in your team members. You possess a power, that if used and practiced properly, can lead you to becoming the best leader they have ever known.

To illustrate this power to you, I’ve created a concept.

This concept is called “The Moment of Impact”.

Let me explain…

Imagine you’re in line at the gas station… the person in front of you turns to speak to you…

They either compliment you… or they tell you you’re being obnoxious and to get the heck out of their personal space…

…in one single moment… that person has the power to change your whole day… for better… or for worse.

That one single moment… that one second of instance… is the moment of impact.

Have you ever been cut off in traffic? What did that do to your mood the rest of the day?

It’s like a small pebble that can ripple out into an eternal lifetime… for better… or for worse.

Imagine you were cut off in traffic. You get home, obviously ticked off, your little girl then comes up to you, with a drink in her hand, begging to sit on your lap.

As she’s trying to get up, the glass tips, sending Kool Aid all over you. You’re are already mad from the moron that cut you off, so you blow up at your daughter. Your wife (or husband) then comes in and decides that they have had enough of your attitude and the way you yell at your daughter. Next thing you know, you are in a two week argument.

The driver that cut you off threw a pebble in your pond that rippled through the rest of your life.

Extreme I know…but…

Know that one small moment of impact, over the lifetime of a person… could be the difference between a happy and successful life… or a dark, dismal existence.

Now think back on your own life… were there not moments you remember in your childhood, high school, or career?

Did you not have your own “Moments of Impact”?

Think about the effects. Think about the power those moments have over your life.

Imagine that power…

Now realize, understand, that you create those moments of impact in the lives of your employees.

You harness the power to impact thousands of moments in the life of your team members… after all… who sees them more than you? Not their family, not their children, not their spouse… you!

You harness power that will ripple through lifetimes… for better… or for worse.

Imagine you recognize someone…

They are positively effected… they’re happy… they positively effect everyone they come in contact with… they’re happier at home… their children grow up to be great… their children’s children grow up to be great.

Now imagine you don’t recognize them…

They leave work unappreciated, unfulfilled, dismal… they pull out a negative pebble that tears and ripples through everyone they come in contact with…

Your team members need you to positively impact them in their moments of impact… they need someone that will recognize them… recognize them for who they are and who they hope to become… openly… honestly… proudly.

Make a positive difference,

Josh Long