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How Sleep Deprivation Nearly Cost Me My Life – 5 Reasons Sleep Improves Leadership

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If your anything like me, you are always doing everything you can to get the most out of every second. You’re always thinking of ways to get more out of your time. Sometimes that means you even cut into your sleep. In the moment, cutting sleep seems like the best use of your time. Getting a few more minutes of work done is much better and productive than the few minutes you would have slept, right? Wrong! Sleep improves leadership!

How much sleep do you need?

Let’s dig a little deeper. According to the Mayo Clinic, the average adult needs between 7-9 hours of sleep. Eric J. Olson, M.D. explained, “Some people claim to feel rested on just a few hours of sleep a night, but their performance is likely affected. Research shows that people who sleep so little over many nights don’t perform as well on complex mental tasks as do people who get closer to seven hours of sleep a night.”

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Negative effects of sleep deprivation

People often think that reduced sleep for a little while won’t have any impact on them because they are resilient. In reality, insufficient sleep has negative effects even if it is just a few nights in a row. Healthline.com explains that:

“Your body needs sleep, just as it needs air and food to function at its best. During sleep, your body heals itself and restores its chemical balance. Your brain forges new connections and helps memory retention. Without enough sleep, your brain and body systems won’t function normally. It can also dramatically lower your quality of life. A review of 16 studies found that sleeping for less than 6 to 8 hours a night increases the risk of early death by about 12 percent.”

When we don’t get enough sleep, there are many negative side effects. According to Healthline.com, some of those are:

  • Trouble with thinking and concentration
  • More accidents
  • Mood swings
  • Weakened immunity
  • High blood pressure
  • Increased risk of heart disease and diabetes
  • Weight gain
  • Poor balance

What a bad set of side effects from just insufficient sleep! [Read more…] about How Sleep Deprivation Nearly Cost Me My Life – 5 Reasons Sleep Improves Leadership

5 Keys to Effective Time Management Skills

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Time management skills are more important than ever. Whether you are a high level leader or an everyday worker, you have constant demands on your time. Everyone wants to get the most out of the least so there is a tight squeeze on your time. Get more out of less!

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5 Keys to Effective Time Management Skills

With this tight squeeze, time management skills are under a high demand. So what are five keys to time management? Here are the five keys!

1. Block Out the Resistance

The resistance always tries to get the best of you and your time. The resistance can take on many disguises to keep you from doing what’s most important. So what does the resistance look like? The resistance can be disguised as:

  • Interruptions from others (coworkers, bosses, children/family, etc.)
  • Pop-up meetings
  • So called emergencies (emergencies to others but not really emergencies)
  • Push notifications
  • Email
  • Phone calls
  • Text messages and other instant message platforms
  • Social Media/Internet
  • Good things that take you away from the most important

That is just a small sample of the hundreds of ways the resistance tries to kill our productivity and ruin our time management plans. [Read more…] about 5 Keys to Effective Time Management Skills

How to Develop Your Personal Development Plan Strategy

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Hi, and welcome to the Leadership Done Right YouTube channel! In this video, we are going to answer the question, “How can YOU develop the strategy for your personal development plan?”

As mentioned in the last video, whether you are trying to obtain your ideal life, become a highly successful leader, pick up a new skill, develop a new hobby, or improve in some other way, it is very important that you have a personal development plan.

Develop Your Personal Development Plan Strategy

Develop Your Personal Development Plan Strategy

So let’s talk about how you can develop a strategy for your personal development plan. Before anything else, it’s important to understand that your personal development plan is an active living, breathing, and changing plan. It can and should change from year to year. Once this is understood, consider the following.

When you develop your strategy, identify what you want out of life. What does your ideal life look like? What short, medium, and long-term goals will help you obtain your ideal life? By thinking about these questions, you can create a personal development plan that helps you get from where you are NOW, to where you want to be. [Read more…] about How to Develop Your Personal Development Plan Strategy

Podcast Episode #8 — The Lightbulb Catastrophe

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Hello and welcome to the Leadership Done Right podcast, Episode 8 – The Lightbulb Catastrophe.

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The Lightbulb Catastrophe

The Story of the Lightbulb Catastrophe

I recently heard the following story related by Dieter F. Uchtdorf who is a retired airline executive. On a dark December night 36 years ago, a Lockheed 1011 jumbo jet crashed into the Florida Everglades, killing over 100 people. This terrible accident was one of the deadliest crashes in the history of the United States.

A curious thing about this accident is that all vital parts and systems of the airplane were functioning perfectly—the plane could have easily landed safely at its destination in Miami, only 20 miles (32km) away.

During the final approach, however, the crew noticed that one green light had failed to illuminate—a light that indicates whether or not the nose landing gear has extended successfully. The pilots discontinued the approach, set the aircraft into a circling holding pattern over the pitch-black Everglades, and turned their attention toward investigating the problem. [Read more…] about Podcast Episode #8 — The Lightbulb Catastrophe

3 Steps to Effectively Lead By Example

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Welcome to the Leadership Done Right YouTube Video of the Week, 3 Steps to Effectively Lead By Example!

Several years ago when I was a young leader, I had a great leader that taught me many valuable lessons that stuck with me. He was very experienced and successful. One of the most important lessons he taught me was how to effectively lead by example.

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Three Techniques to Lead By Example

He explained three steps to effective lead by example that every good leader should follow.

1. Teach followers what to do.

The first step of leading by example is teaching your followers what you expect of them and what they should do. Teach them how to do their jobs effectively. Teach them successful leadership principles and how to be good leaders.

This teaching is usually done through sit down meetings, phone calls, group discussions, and other forms of verbal explanations. This teaching can also be done in a classroom setting. What’s most important is that you teach your followers what to how to do their jobs and be good leaders. [Read more…] about 3 Steps to Effectively Lead By Example

Podcast Episode #7 – How You Can Be An Intentional Leader

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Hello and welcome to the Leadership Done Right podcast, Episode 7 – How You Can Be An Intentional Leader.

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In this episode, we are going to talk about what it means to be an intentional leader. When leaders are intentional they do things with a purpose. Their choices and actions are always done with a goal or end result in mind.

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How You Can Be An Intentional Leader

Intentional leaders look at life differently than the average person. They realize that success and progress don’t just happen by chance. They happen as a direct result of actions. Therefore, intentional leaders conscientiously choose what they will do with their time and energy.

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So why should leaders be intentional?

The Center for Intentional Leadership explains that “Intentional Leadership® is an approach that aligns desired outcomes, core values, and fundamental purpose for a significant increase in results.” [Read more…] about Podcast Episode #7 – How You Can Be An Intentional Leader