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Quick Win - Unlock Your Potential: Daily Learning for Growth Jun 12, 2026

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Reflect on your growth: What did you learn yesterday? What are you learning today? Have a plan to expand your mind and strengthen your body daily. Whether it's reading a chapter, learning something new, or challenging yourself physically, small steps lead to significant gains. Keep pushing forward to grow smarter, stronger, and more productive every day.

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Quick Win - Unlocking Career Success: The Power of Emotional Intelligence Mar 20, 2026

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Unlock your path to promotion with the power of emotional intelligence! Dive into the three essential "A's" – awareness of self, awareness of others, and awareness of the business – and learn how they can supercharge your career. Understand yourself, connect with others, and align with your company's goals to achieve professional success. Don't miss out on this quick win for your career! #EmotionalIntelligence #CareerGrowth #QuickWins

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Quick Win - Revolutionize your decision-making processes! Feb 06, 2026

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Revolutionize your decision-making processes! Streamline efficiency and eliminate delays by implementing clear procedures within your organization. Try the 3-2-1 rule: bring 3 thoughts, 2 options, and 1 suggestion to the table for each decision. Empower your team members to make informed choices within their scope, fostering growth and reducing bottlenecks. Encourage learning about situations through exploring options, ultimately benefiting your business. #DecisionMaking #EfficiencyBoost #LeadershipTips

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Quick Win – The Most Underrated Tool in Leadership May 23, 2025

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Recognition isn’t optional — it’s essential.
The most powerful leadership tool you have costs nothing, but most leaders were never taught how to use it.

Organizations that prioritize recognition save millions in turnover. And it starts with one sentence.
Tell someone what they did that made a difference — and why it mattered.

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Quick Win - Only 23% of Employees Worldwide Are Engaged at Work! May 02, 2025

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Most people aren’t disengaged because they’re lazy — they’re disengaged because they feel pushed, not led.

Only 23% of employees worldwide are truly engaged at work. That means most are just going through the motions… or worse, quietly quitting.

Leadership isn’t about control — it’s about lifting people up.

Ask one person on your team today: What would make your work more meaningful this week?

That one question might be the unlock.

What’s stopping you from asking it?

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Quick Win - Advice for Dealing with a Difficult Boss Jan 17, 2025

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Ever found yourself dealing with a challenging boss? Trust me, I've been there too. But let me share a little secret with you: tough situations can be the stepping stones to something great. Take a peek at this nugget of wisdom I'm dropping. Discover why staying true to yourself, even in the face of adversity, is the ultimate career power move. Embrace the opportunity to showcase your skills and leadership potential, laying the groundwork for future success. Don't miss out on this chance to turn workplace challenges into career wins! #CareerInsights #BossChallenges #QuickWins

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5 Leadership Lessons I Learned in 2024 Dec 25, 2024

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This episode of Start With a Win dives into the top leadership lessons of 2024, host Adam Contos welcomes wife, Kelly Contos, they blend humor, personal anecdotes, and professional observations to explore what makes leaders, leaders. Packed with relatable stories and actionable advice, this holiday-themed discussion delivers an engaging and thought-provoking take on leadership that will leave you eager for more.

00:00 Intro – Five Leadership topics of 2024
01:59 Almost half of employees say Leaders are not this!
04:45 As a Leader there is nothing worse than this…
09:14 Topic two: everyone wants/needs this!
11:50 If you don’t have this, how can you do this…number three…
21:05 Topic four: This helps all things and solves all things!
26:15 Number five!
32:45 Wrapping up, if anything listen to the last two minutes!

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Quick Win - Achieve Your Goals with Solution Oriented Thinking Sep 27, 2024

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Foster a culture of solution-oriented thinking within your team! Ask the crucial question: What would have to be true for this to occur? Knowing the answers empowers your team to approach challenges with creativity and effectiveness. Equip your team with the necessary tools and training to address tasks efficiently, utilizing their understanding of the questions that need to be asked. Solution-based thinking propels you towards the finish line. That's the key to success! #SolutionThinking #ProblemSolving #TeamSuccess

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How to Communicate with Extreme Clarity with Debra Jasper Aug 03, 2022

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International speaker, Debra Jasper, is the founder of Mindset Digital, which is a digital transformation company that provides in-depth training, strategy and consulting to companies around the world. She serves as a Faculty Fellow at Ohio State University and has been named one of the top 12 Winning Women entrepreneurs in North America by Ernst & Young.

Main Topics

How COVID-19 impacted our work in the digital world and the need for extreme clarity in our communication (02:00)
The formula for extreme clarity: write for action, deliver powerful presentations, deliver a powerful online presence (6:48)
How to build a great LinkedIn profile (10:00)
Write for attention by using strong copywriting skills (11:38)
Debra’s upcoming book, Extreme Clarity: Break Through in a Hyper-Distracted Hybrid World (16:08)
Rapid Visual Storytelling and how it applies to doing business (19:00)

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What’s Next? Apr 27, 2022

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In this episode of Start With A Win, Adam Contos and Producer Mark dive into the subject of change and how to decide what’s next when life presents you with new opportunities.

Adam is in the midst of his own season of change after making the decision to leave his role as CEO of RE/MAX.

Whether change happened to you or you’ve made the decision, change is an opportunity. But that doesn’t mean you should jump at every single opportunity that comes your way. Adam shares his own process for avoiding “shiny object syndrome” and how to decide on the best opportunity for you.

Start by writing down your “what’s next” list. Write down all of the opportunities that are available to you and begin to make a pro/con list. Then, on a scale of 1 to 10, how excited are you about each opportunity? Pretty soon, you’ll be able to start crossing off opportunities that aren’t right for you in this season! Once you get down to a handful of them, rank them from most important to least important, which will help you to see whether or not your “what’s next” will take you beyond what you’ve already accomplished.

What’s next also doesn’t have to be a massive, wholesale change in your life. Maybe is small pivots you can make in your life or in your business that could have big results. If you’re a real estate agent, that might look like finally deciding to go after a $1 million listing instead of another $200,000 listing (do those even exist anymore??).

Adam wraps up the discussion by sharing three questions to ask yourself when you’re thinking about what’s next:

What do you have?: What are you good at or what can you bring with you to the next opportunity?

What do you want?: What are you trying to get out of this change you’re about to make?

What do you need to get?: What are the skills, knowledge or resources you need to be successful?

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