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3 Steps to Being a Funky Control Freak
(that’s a good thing)

Control freaks get a bad rap. The term is used a lot and often in a derogatory and derisive way. But hang on; some of the most successful people on the planet have elements of control freakiness. Donald Trump would not be the success he is today without extremely high standards and high control. Barbara Streisand, Katie Couric and Martha Stewart are all self-admitted control lovers and state that they would not be where they were without a high need to positively control their directions.

The trick is in knowing when to control and when to let go for optimal results.

Here are the 3 Steps to being a funky control freak that rocks!

Step One: Own Your Inner Control Freak

Everybody and I mean everybody has an inner control freak. Think about it, are there some things that you have to have done in a certain way? Are there times that you insist on things being done your way? Do you like to drive rather than be a passenger? Do you hate surprises? These are just a few areas where our desire to control is in our faces.

The first step is awareness around the things you like control and why.

Step Two: Shift of Get off the Pot

Recognize that once we own our inner control freak we can then make shifts on how to use control in a positive way. More questions, would you want a surgeon who was not in complete control of his operating room? Would you want an airline pilot who wasn’t in control of the cockpit? Would you want a boss who abdicated all control because she or he wanted everyone to like them?

Being in control is a good thing, shift your mindset into focusing on the positive control freak attributes and the positive things they bring to our environments.

Step Three: Use Control That Rocks

Do you want to be a funky control freak that uses control to create phenomenal results or are you being a freaky control freak that destroys morale and results? Of course we want to be a funky not a freaky. A positive or funky control freak uses control in the following ways:

• To set bold vision for the team
• To set up parameters and the rules of the game for all involved
• To set high standards and expectations on how things are to be done

A freaky control freak simply wants to control for control sake. That is freaky!

So from now on when someone uses the term ‘control freak’ make sure you clarify if it is funky or freaky because being a control freak is not a bad thing.

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