“Why settle for average when amazing is attainable?” Anonymous
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“Be obsessed or be average.” Grant Cardone
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“Average performers stop when they feel fear.
Iconic performers accelerate when they get frightened.” Robin Sharma
How do you feel after making that “big, this or that” decision?
Relief? Life isn’t always rosy… or can it be, most of the time?
Seldom is the optimal solution dichotomous (black or white, this or that, etc.).
Usually, the optimal solution is some shade of gray, complexly situated between the polar opposites.
Selecting a “gray” (vs. “this or that”) solution seldom brings that “relief” feeling… unless, your Holistic-DMQ (Decision Making Quality) is an 8.5 or higher!
Leaders with high DMQ’s not only gain “relief” from choosing a potentially optimal “gray” solution, but also get excited, love the complexity of the new opportunity and typically lead simply amazing lives.
Whereas; 0.0 to 8.4 leaders, when they make that rare “gray” decision, continue to feel angst and seldom implement their decisions effectively.
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High DMQ Holistic Leaders are able thrive in complex situations, keep multiple priority balls in the air and calmly continue to make high-quality, holistic decisions on their life journeys.
In contrast, Low to Average DMQ leaders struggle to handle all the variables. Their solution is often to simplify decision making by justifying (thus protecting self-esteem, ego, etc.) the elimination of “gray choices” by converting difficult decisions into:
- Don’t make a decision and the problem might go away
- Make a dichotomous (this or that, but not an optimal) decision to get the decision over with
- Push the decision to someone else, so they’re no longer responsible for the outcomes (victim shifting)
Since Holistic-DMQ encompasses and intertwines with our professional, personal and community lives, it’s those key choices that impact us most; and, overlap multiple roles in our lives that requires high, Holistic-DMQ, in order to lead an amazing purpose-driven life!
Don’t follow the mainstream scripts;
they all lead to Mediocre-ville!
Where are you on the Holistic-DMQ Map?
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Warning: In answering this question, please note, the
DMQ-Circular Loop Syndrome (if you haven’t read my book yet, it’s a major key to life!)
will be hard at work!
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Warning: DMQ-Self-Sabotage (blog topic of its own) will also be hard at work.
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The DMQ-Circular Loop Syndrome: In a nutshell,
we make a decision,
about our own DMQ,
using our own DMQ.
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If we have a low DMQ,
we’re likely to make a less than stellar decision
about our own DMQ.
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Thus; we’ll overrate our DMQ level and
obliviously believe we’re making a stellar decision…
while we’re really just adding another leg of our journey to Mediocre-ville… aka an average life.
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If you look in your rearview mirror of life and observe the decisions you’ve made, people you’ve chosen to be in your life, organizations you’ve chosen to work for, etc., it’ll provide you with a relative accurate picture of your DMQ level.
The less you justify your poor decisions, the more objective you are. Be brutally honest with yourself; so, you can grow more intelligently.
Keep in mind, there will always be anomalies where you made excellent or awful choices once in a while. You’re looking for consistency; not just the best or the worst.
Low to Average DMQ people can temporarily rise above their Natural-DMQ level. However, over time, they’ll gravitate back to their Natural-DMQ level, while justifying their decisions.
Be an amazing, kick-ass leader who forges his or her own unique path on that one, special journey called life!
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If so, DM me and we’ll help you implement that beautiful contribution with you,
that changes 1,000’s of lives!
Who changes the world? I believe it’s almost exclusively the Top-7%. They are the only ones with the Talent Portfolios and social consciences needed to actually implement significant positive social impact.
If you believe you’re one of these executives, we’d love to explore possible opportunities.
Get MAD! Get Making A Difference! ~ JR
