UP! YOUR IMPACT

The seventh Block and Limitation to Business Genius is negative impact.

And negative impact usually happens for two reasons:

  1. There’s not enough wham! (In other words, we make such a soft impression on others, we barely get noticed or remembered.)
  2. There’s too much wham! (In other words, we make such a hard impression on others, we do get noticed, and we do get remembered, but for all the wrong reasons.)

Positive impact is all about striking a healthy balance, so we strike into others in a strong, yet not over-strong, way.

Unfortunately, however, this can be tricky, because it’s not always easy to know how we do come across to other people.

In a business meeting, for example, we might think we’re being precise, but others ...

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