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    Intentional Living and Leadership: Consciousness, Choice and Planning for Success
    Intentional Living and Leadership: Consciousness, Choice and Planning for Success
    Intentional Living and Leadership: Consciousness, Choice and Planning for Success
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    Intentional Living and Leadership: Consciousness, Choice and Planning for Success

    By Craig C. Sroda

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    Intentional living is a must-read for those that want to live their life on purpose. The conscious choice to create your life, to respond rather than react, to chart your own course both professionally and personally, is an amazing thing. However, its also difficult to achieve.
    Life should be more than a series of situations in which you find yourself. It should be more than a string of events in which you are a passive observer taking a reactionary stance. Intentional living requires that you act, that you decide, and that you choose.
    Intentional Living, above all else, is a series of lessons learned. Challenge yourself to live in your strengths and passion areas and enjoy the journey of life. Each new day brings another opportunity for learning and personal and professional growth.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateJul 29, 2015
    ISBN9781504924870
    Intentional Living and Leadership: Consciousness, Choice and Planning for Success
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    Craig C. Sroda

    Craig Sroda cofounded Pinnacle of Indiana and served as its CEO for eighteen years. His strengths are understanding and aligning technology with business goals through his whiteboarding strategy sessions. His passion is helping individuals operate in their sweet spot—where their passion and strengths intersect. Craig writes a regular blog on leadership and intentional living at www.craigsroda.com.

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      Intentional Living and Leadership - Craig C. Sroda

      © 2015 Craig C. Sroda. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse 07/28/2015

      ISBN: 978-1-5049-2488-7 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-5049-2487-0 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2015911952

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Contents

      Introduction

      Chapter 1 — Strengths and Weaknesses

      Your Five Major Strengths

      Blind Spots

      In What Group Are You the Stupidest Member?

      Stretching: Comfort Zone or Strengths Zone?

      Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Should

      Guardrails: Preventing Derailment

      Black and White and Shades of Gray

      Healthy Conflict

      Spend Fifteen Minutes with Yourself

      Defining Success and Overcoming Your Lizard Brain

      The Lizard Brain

      Chapter 2 — Focus and Execution

      Shiny Objects

      Revenue-Cost-Risk: What’s Your Focus

      If You Were Me …

      Projects and Priorities: Decision Making

      Setting Realistic Targets

      Winning vs. Earning

      What’s Most Important?

      Chapter 3 — You’re More Than Your Job

      Are You Your Job?

      Do You Allow Failure?

      Is It the Destination or the Journey?

      Who Are You Going to Be?

      Getting in Rhythm with Your Team and Your Family

      CFOs and Prom Dresses

      Keeping the Humble/Hungry Balance

      Chapter 4 — Technology: Are You Stymieing Progress?

      Are You the Bottleneck?

      Weights and Data Don’t Lie

      Embrace Generations for IT Adoption Success

      BYOD: Why It’s Actually a Good Thing

      Trapped in IT Jail

      IT: Cost Center or Strategic Asset?

      The Cloud: Getting Onboard

      C-Suite: Knowing Your Strengths

      Chapter 5 — The Lie of Multitasking and the Enemy of Progress

      Multitasking – Get Thirty Percent of Your Day Back

      Driving into Storms

      Control Your Day or It Will Control You

      The Enemy of Progress: Perfection

      Why Wouldn’t Cha

      The Value of Emotional Intelligence

      Humble Intelligence

      Conclusion

      Acknowledgements

      Introduction

      I ntentional living—the conscious choice to create your life, to respond rather than react, to chart your own course both professionally and personally—is an amazing thing. However, it’s also difficult to achieve.

      Life should be more than a series of situations in which you find yourself. It should be more than a string of events in which you are a passive observer, or someone who takes a reactionary stance. Intentional living requires that you act, that you decide, that you choose.

      Living intentionally can be tough though. You must know yourself—both your internal and external selves. You must know your blind spots, which can be impossible to do without outside help. You must build your life and live according to your core strengths, but what are they? How do you learn about them?

      These are just a few of the questions I’ve faced. I’ve struggled to answer them. I co-founded a company and became a CEO by the age of twenty-eight. I’ve since learned that success isn’t found in the boardroom or in business accomplishments or even in raising amazing children and seeing them grow. In fact I’ve come to believe that success isn’t a thing at all—it’s something much more.

      Having a life plan is vital, but charting a course into the unknown future can be daunting if you don’t know who you are, what you stand for, and don’t have the support of a strong foundation. You must prioritize all areas of your life, and learn to lead—not fearlessly but with humility and emotional intelligence.

      These are the lessons I’ve learned so far in life—and each new day brings another opportunity for learning and personal and professional growth.

      Chapter 1

      Strengths and Weaknesses

      K nowing your strengths and weaknesses is absolutely essential. While I’ve read a number of books that discuss the topic, one of the first was Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham. It’s stayed with me through the years, and it opened my eyes to the reality that each of us has five core strengths—and we have to focus on them.

      Your Five Major Strengths

      Each of us has five major strengths. The sooner you know what they are, the better off you’ll be. Both my wife and I have been long-term strengths advocates, not just for our three daughters, but also for their friends and extended family members as well.

      While the book I mentioned above was instrumental in developing my understanding of our five core strengths, there was another that played a significant role: Strength Finders 2.0 by Tom Rath. It is

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