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One key difference I’ve noticed between leaders and everyone else is that leaders do a better job focusing on the big picture. When you get to the top level of anything nurturing the “big picture” becomes your job.

What is the big picture?

In some companies the big picture is the profits. In others the mission statement. In some organizations it’s called “higher purpose”. Whatever it’s called the big picture is really accountability and determining what you want your organization to be accountable for.

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Monday I talked about the beginning. After all, without a beginning what have you got? But this is the real world and suddenly declaring a fresh start rarely matches what’s actually going on. Over the past few months I have increased my debt load while decreasing my income. I don’t have to tell you that’s a formula for disaster!

After my melt-down I took some time to reflect on what happened, why it happened and what should be done to make sure I don’t repeat my mistakes. This was an intensive and painful process. Here’s what I discovered:

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