As someone who has spent countless hours on both sides of a microphone, I’ve realized something profound: there isn’t a speaker out there who doesn’t have something to teach me. Yet, the paradox is that I haven’t learned from every speaker I’ve heard. Here’s why…
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Peggy Noonan commented that people running for President often try to come across as normal. She points out that wanting to be the leader of the free world isn’t really normal, and it isn’t the aspiration nor ability of most people. But she sees that grand pursuit as noble and good.
“Besides,” she says, “normal is overrated.”
My book, The Fred Factor, talks about how to turn ordinary into extraordinary by using the real life example of Fred Shea, my postal carrier when I first moved to Denver. Here is a summary of what “Freds” do in their work and in their lives. I hope it stimulates your thinking about what you can do to turn ordinary into extraordinary.
Being a Fred isn’t about the job you hold but how you do the job. Freds can be in any department, and in the best organizations they are in every department.
I’m thrilled to announce the relaunch of my New York Times bestselling book, “The Fred Factor- How Passion in Your Work and Life Can Turn the Ordinary into the Extraordinary” 🤗–Discover how small acts of passion and creativity can make a big difference in your work and life ✨ This true story of an ordinary…
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