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As a general rule, people tend to do best what they enjoy doing most.

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Marcus Buckingham
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: January 11
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Motivational Speaker
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Radlett
Hertfordshire
Marcus Wilfrid Buckingham
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The fact remains that we have an obligation to discover what we really, really, really want to do (which is probably what we do best) and then do it even better... much better.
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The corporate world is appallingly bad at capitalizing on the strengths of its people.
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As with all catalysts, the manager's function is to speed up the reaction between two substances, thus creating the desired end product. Specifically, the manager creates performance in each employee by speeding up the reaction between the employee's talent and the company's goals, and between the employee's talent and the customer's needs.
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In most cases, no matter what it is, if you measure it and reward it, people will try to excel at it
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Emphasize your strengths on your resume, in your cover letters and in your interviews. It may sound obvious, but you'd be surprised how many people simply list everything they've ever done. Convey your passion and link your strengths to measurable results. Employers and interviewers love concrete data.
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Authenticity is your most precious commodity as a leader.
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American culture is CEO obsessed. We celebrate the hard-charging heroes and mythologize the iconoclastic visionaries. Those people are important.
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Always work hard. Intensity clarifies. It creates not only momentum, but also the pressure you need to feel either friction, or fulfillment.
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Teach your children how to identify their own strengths and challenge them to contribute these strengths to others.
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We all want the chance to express the very best of ourselves and to be challenged to keep reaching for more. Our time at work affords us this chance - not the only chance, to be sure, but, given that we're there forty or fifty hours a week, it's one of the best.
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The time you spend with your best (employees) is, quite simply, your most productive time.
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