020 Mark Sanborn | The Most Important Question
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What it Takes to Be Extraordinary in All You Do
\\nWe often accomplish more by doing less. Activity is the anesthesia of the modern person. When we stay insanely busy we think we are accomplishing something but we are just staying insanely busy. Ask yourself, what\\u2019s important and am I accomplishing it!
\\n\\n\\n"We all have same number of hours and minutes in a day. It\\u2019s what we do with those that determine if we have an ordinary or extraordinary life." - Mark Sanborn
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Mark Sanborn was recently named to the Top Leadership Experts to Follow in 2015. \\xa0His best selling book\\xa0The\\xa0Fred Factor: How Passion in Your Work and Life Can Turn the Ordinary into the Extraordinary\\xa0reveals a clear path to an extraordinary life
How do you define extraordinary? It is something that stands out. Ordinary is unremarkable. We don\\u2019t remember the ordinary. Sameness is a bad business and life strategy.
\\nSavor what you are able to create and do. Mark explains that we are in one of three places in our lives
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- Stuck \\n
- Struggling \\n
- Successful \\u2013 We run the risk of becoming stuck, just stuck at a higher level. \\n
When stuck you need a push and a plan. You need to do the work yourselves but we can encourage others and find encouragement for ourselves.
\\nYour plan should define what success looks like but we often lack clarity on the outcome we want. \\xa0We assume that people without clarity haven\\u2019t taken time to define what they want. It could be the case that you\\xa0just don\\u2019t know what you\\xa0want. You\\xa0might need to do more things, try more things and it would give you\\xa0perspective.
\\nDon\\u2019t get into a state where you don\\u2019t move forward until you have perfect clarity.
\\nSometimes people are afraid to aspire to more. Successful people are not afraid to aspire higher. It\\u2019s about aiming a little higher so you get more than you would have gotten.
\\nLive life fully! \\xa0Try a lot of things and be intentional about what success looks like.
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\\nLeadership resources from Mark Sanborn
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- Leadership Blog \\n
- Leadership Lessons Newsletter \\n
- Have Mark speak to you company to deliver an impactful message\\xa0that will create results \\n
- Books - I have read all of these and recommend them for anyone in a leadership role!\\n
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- You Don\'t Need a Title to Be a Leader: How Anyone, Anywhere, Can Make a Positive Difference \\n
- The Fred Factor: How Passion in Your Work and Life Can Turn the Ordinary into the Extraordinary \\n
- Fred 2.0: New Ideas on How to Keep Delivering Extraordinary Results \\n
- The Encore Effect: How to Achieve Remarkable Performance in Anything You Do \\n
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Bio
\\nLeadership Speaker Mark Sanborn
\\nDeveloping Leaders in Business and in Life
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Mark Sanborn, CSP, CPAE,\\xa0is president of Sanborn & Associates, Inc., an idea studio dedicated to developing leaders in business and in life. Mark is an international bestselling author and noted expert on leadership, team building, customer service and change.
Mark Sanborn graduated cum laude from The Ohio State University. In addition to his work as a business educator and author, Mark continues to be an active leadership practitioner. Most recently he served as the president of the National Speakers Association.
\\nMark holds the Certified Speaking Professional designation from the National Speakers Association (NSA) and is a member of the Speaker Hall of Fame. He was recently honored with the Cavett Award, the highest honor the NSA bestows on its members, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the speaking profession. Mark is also a member of the exclusive Speakers Roundtable, made up of 20 of the top speakers in America.
\\nMark is the author of eight books, including the bestseller\\xa0The Fred Factor: How Passion In Your Work and Life Can Turn the Ordinary Into the Extraordinary\\xa0which has sold more than 1.6 million copies internationally. His other books include\\xa0You Don\\u2019t Need a\\xa0Title to be a Leader: How Anyone, Anywhere Can Make a Positive Difference, Teambuilt: Making Teamwork Work, The Encore Effect: How to Achieve Remarkable Performance in Anything You Do\\xa0and his most recent book,\\xa0Up, Down or Sideways: How to Succeed When Times are Good, Bad or In Between.\\xa0His latest book is\\xa0Fred 2.0: New Ideas on How to Keep Delivering Extraordinary Results\\xa0which was released March 2013.
He has created and appeared in 20 videos and numerous audio training programs. His video series\\xa0Team Building: How to Motivate and Manage People\\xa0made it to the #2 spot for bestselling educational video series in the U.S.
\\nMark\\u2019s list of over 2400 clients includes Costco, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, FedEx, Harley-Davidson, Hewlett Packard, Cisco, KPMG, Morton\\u2019s of Chicago, New York Life, RE/MAX, ServiceMaster, ESPN, GM, IBM, Avnet, Sandvik and John Deere.
\\n\\u201cWe each know how good we have become,\\u201d Mark says, \\u201cbut none of us knows how good we can be. One of the most exciting opportunities we get each day is to pursue our potential.\\u201d Mark Sanborn challenges his audiences with this message and provides insights for extraordinary living.
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