WEBVTT - Second Cup: Celebrate Big Wins

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is to go ahead and celebrate your wins,

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<v Speaker 1>and if they're big wins, do so in a big way.

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<v Speaker 1>This tip comes from Scott Jeffrey Miller, executive vice president

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<v Speaker 1>of Franklin Covey. He's also the author of the new

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<v Speaker 1>book Management mess to Leadership Success. He notes that recently

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<v Speaker 1>I had an idea to celebrate a big win in

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<v Speaker 1>a big way. He gathered a number of business leaders

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<v Speaker 1>from around the world who are now representing Franklin Covey

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<v Speaker 1>in their home countries. My goal was to celebrate the

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<v Speaker 1>success they've had in building their prospecting databases and also

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<v Speaker 1>take a quantum leap in the number of people they

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<v Speaker 1>could add to their target audience, he says. In other words,

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<v Speaker 1>he wanted to celebrate what they'd accomplished and share a

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<v Speaker 1>vision of what was possible. So what did he do.

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<v Speaker 1>He had staff wheel three confetti cannons toward the intimate

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<v Speaker 1>gathering as he shared statistics regarding potential prospects in each country.

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<v Speaker 1>A few hundred thousand, here, a million or so. They're

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<v Speaker 1>totaling twenty eight million potential prospects. It's an impressive number, but,

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<v Speaker 1>as he notes, an even more impressive number to experience

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<v Speaker 1>on command. He says, the cannons were set off suddenly

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<v Speaker 1>the air filled with twenty eight million pieces of confetti.

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<v Speaker 1>This was unexpected and memorable. Otherwise buttoned down executives jumped

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<v Speaker 1>up from their seats, many pulling out cell phones and

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<v Speaker 1>capturing it on video, while others started dancing and laughing,

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<v Speaker 1>celebrating to the synchronized music in the background. Miller says,

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<v Speaker 1>at one point, I even passed out umbrellas as the

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<v Speaker 1>confetti showers continued. Now, well, confetti isn't exactly a high

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<v Speaker 1>budget item. Multiply anything by twenty eight million and it

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<v Speaker 1>won't be cheap, But Scott stresses that budget should never

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<v Speaker 1>constrain your ability to celebrate winds. People might be happy

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<v Speaker 1>to get some free food or gifts out of a

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<v Speaker 1>celebratory event, but I promise if you invest time in

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<v Speaker 1>recognizing them, you can make a bigger, more lasting impression.

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<v Speaker 1>If you recognize people individually, showing that you've memorized their

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<v Speaker 1>names and accomplishments, you can make people glow for simply

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<v Speaker 1>the cost of your time. But the point is to

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<v Speaker 1>do something, and it's even better if it's something that

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<v Speaker 1>wows now. To be sure, no one wants to celebrate

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<v Speaker 1>fake winds. People are happiest when they earn their confetti,

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<v Speaker 1>but Scott stresses that leaders must also fight the compulsion

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<v Speaker 1>to wait for just the right special occasion to celebrate.

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<v Speaker 1>This can lead to missed opportunities, and Scott recalls a

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<v Speaker 1>great IRMA Bomback anecdote about saving stuff for some imagined

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<v Speaker 1>perfect moment. In retrospect, Bomback once said I would have

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<v Speaker 1>burned the pink candle that was sculpted like a rose

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<v Speaker 1>before it melted while being stored. So here's Scott's advice,

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<v Speaker 1>burn that rose scented candle. Don't hold back celebrating winds

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<v Speaker 1>for just very special days, find legitimate reasons to celebrate,

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<v Speaker 1>and then be generous. If you have a discretionary budget,

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<v Speaker 1>spend it that it's what it's there for your discretion.

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<v Speaker 1>You can do this in your personal life too, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>why not open the good bottle of wine on a

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<v Speaker 1>Tuesday night. Really, so much in life is worth celebrating, though,

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<v Speaker 1>if you are raining down twenty eight million pieces of confetti.

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<v Speaker 1>You should probably offer to help clean up and leave

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<v Speaker 1>a really good tip in the meantime. This is Laura.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of

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