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K N O W I N G by Manoj Sharma 2007-03-14 04:09:00 K N O W I N G by MANOJ SHARMAInformation and knowledge is not KNOWING.In today's world information is everywhere. There is no shortage of it and its credibility has to be questioned. Only the discerning separate the wheat from the chaff!Consider information to be a dead entity and immediate you will distinguish knowledge as the process of it coming alive in a human being.There was a time in the history of our world where (predominately) information was power. Then information masquerading as knowledge became power, then knowledge was deemed to be power (and it was) and today applied knowledge is true power.What then is KNOWING?KNOWING is living knowledge beyond mere thoughts and words. Real KNOWING starts with unconscious and conscious action as observed in the production of results. If the results do not indicate a desired outcome there is no real KNOWING, only the presence of some level of information and knowledge.Most people today are informed (or can easily get the information) Read more:Manoj
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3 Major Things for Everyone to Consider by Manoj Sharma 2007-03-14 03:39:00 3 MAJOR THINGS FOR EVERYONE TO CONSIDER BY MANOJ SHARMA1) All of life is transient, temporal and fleeting.2) Your life is therefore an opportunity to elevate your consciousness to bring the Oneness within you alive / merge with the Oneness. This may well be the only overarching, above all "purpose" of life.3) There are 2 broad ways in which to do this. In a) solitude or b) in the company of others. Both are different paths, with seemingly differing sets of rules and determine the length at which you are trapped in the game of life.Only once you've achieved a high level of success/failure or have had the door opened to you, will you be committed to explore the above in great depth and live a truly extraordinary life. If you are, please get in touch with me directly as there is much work to be done. In the meantime the illusion and delusion will continue to prevail.And as usual, please feel free to send me your thoughts and comments to Info@DifferWorld.com. And if you'd like a FREE CO Read more:Manoj
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How to Achieve Anything in Life by Senia Maymin 2007-03-14 03:03:00 HOW TO ACHIEVE ANYTHING IN LIFE BY SENIA MAYMIN"What is harder than rock, or softer than water? Yet soft water hollows out hard rock. Persevere." -- OvidIf there is one key to creating what you want in your life, it is daily practice. When you repeat again and again, you learn so much about the habit you’re building and about yourself. There are nuances that you do not learn from a how-to guide. Such as how to persevere. Why daily? And why action? DAILY! Daily moves you toward putting in hours to develop your expertise and toward repeating an activity to develop discipline and focus. Whatever your regularity is, you build your own daily practice. You can choose if your daily means 5 days a week (work week daily) or seven days a week (whole week daily) or three times a week (M-W-F regularly). ACTION! Action is a form of commitment. A thought can be transitory, passing. An action is you saying to the world, “I am ready and I am doing it.” An action is more powerful than a though
Realize Your Potential by Manoj Sharma 2007-03-13 14:06:00 REALIZE YOUR POTENTIAL BY MANOJ SHARMAThinking as an intelligent, educated professional in your field, is it possible that you may not be fully realizing your potential?If you stop to take a closer look at yourself you’ll discover that there are three levels to your potential - Your Exhibited Potential
, Your Believed Potential & Your True Potential. 1) Your Exhibited PotentialYou can relate to this by taking a look at the results you are or are not producing in your finances, career, business, relationships and life right now!For example, right now, with respect to your monthly finances, you get a certain monetary value as your earnings and come the end of the month you have a certain monetary value left after expenses. That monetary value at the start and end of the month is what I mean by an irrefutable result. The money you make is directly correlated to the value you add at work and is also directly related to your exhibited potential.Also, right now you are experiencing a certa Read more:Manoj
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The Wisdom Of The Ages 5 - TRUTH - by Manoj Sharma 2007-03-13 02:53:00 THE WISDOM OF THE AGES 5 - TRUTH - BY MANOJ SHARMAContemplate the following and make sense of it...There are at least two truths. Your truth and the truth. These two truths are vastly different.Gaining knowledge of the truth free you to discover things as they were, as they are and as they will be.Knowledge of the truth is a poor substitute for living the truth.Living the truth is to be in the knowing of the truth in thoughts, words and actions which are observable through results.Living the truth is a delight onto itself, as it brings about a oneness with Oneness.The truth resides in everything, it is constant, it is the eternal in the temporal. The One in all diversity.While initially the truth is difficult to face and a heavy burden to carry, being in its continuous presence leads to a divine lightness.To see one facet of the truth is to have the door open to all facets of the truth.The truth leads to true greatness (which has nothing to do with being in the public eye or reverence) Read more:Manoj
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4 Great Leadership Ideas for You to Consider by Manoj Sharma 2007-03-07 04:44:00 4 GREAT LEADERSHIP IDEAS FOR YOU TO CONSIDER BY MANOJ SHARMAThese ideas are all in one way or another designed to boost profitability, performance and fulfillment levels. We welcome your thoughts and respect your comments very highly, so please send them to Info@DifferWorld.com1) Have 10 minute power huddles.This can be done at the start of the day or at the start of every important gathering to boost communication, focus, productivity and teamwork.This is a brief suggested outline of what you can cover in that 3-10 minutes (the time frame is entirely up to you to meet your specific purpose) and you are welcome to modify it as and how to meet your unique needs.For Small GroupsGet everyone to give one sentence truthful answers to "How are you doing?".Get everyone to give one to three sentence quick status updates.Get everyone to communicate what they need to accomplish today.Get everyone to identify improvements they are going to make today. Get everyone to let you know (if necessary) Read more:Manoj
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The Wisdom Of The Ages 4 - PARADOXES - by Manoj Sharma 2007-03-06 13:57:00 THE WISDOM OF THE AGES 4 - PARADOX - BY MANOJ SHARMAContemplate the following and make sense of it...The truth exists in paradox. The truth does not reside only in what is right or wrong, the lines in between, the borders around and even beyond. The truth resides in them all. The everything and nothing too.To be in the presence of truth requires an absence of mind.The right that is right ceases to be right. Just as the wrong that is wrong ceases to be wrong.Everything simply is, just as nothing simply is.The discovery of one thing is the discovery of all things. The discovery of nothing is too the discovery of one thing.Being first in what does not ultimately matter is to be last. Being last to accomplish what matters is to join the league of the first.Knowledge taken to extreme leads to the realization of ignorance. The realization of ignorance leads to complete knowledge.The infinite is in all finite and the finite in all infinite.Secrets scream from everywhere, while nowhere does th Read more:Manoj
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An Example of How a Professional Coach Coaches a Top Professional 2007-03-04 10:46:00 AN EXAMPLE OF HOW A PROFESSIONAL COACH COACHES A TOP PROFESSIONALHank Haney is reputed to be one of the top professional coach and Tiger Woods is undeniably the best professional golfer of this generation. Here is a very brief quote from Hank on Tiger with some elegantly stated learnings. "Tiger (Woods) has arguably the best short game in golf, so when I watch him, I'm learning more from him than he is from me. When Tiger is struggling with a certain shot around the greens, I can tell him what he's doing different from what he normally does. That's really the primary job of a teacher on the PGA Tour. All tour players are talented, but they can't see themselves and they can fall into old tendencies. If I can point out something that looks a bit different than normal, that gives them a better feeling and a little more confidence."And as usual, please feel free to send me your questions, thoughts and comments to Info@DifferWorld.com. And if you'd like a FREE CONSULTATION on how you Read more:Example
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The 6 Best Kept Service Secrets You Need to Implement In Your Organization by Manoj Sharma 2007-03-04 03:55:00 THE 6 BEST KEPT SERVICE SECRETS YOU NEED TO IMPLEMENT IN YOUR ORGANIZATION BY MANOJ SHARMAA high level of service is not an accident. The Walt Disney Co, The Ritz-Charlton, Lexus, Hertz, UPS, Singapore Airlines and other industry leaders know that it is an expertly crafted creation.Here are the 6 best kept "secrets" that you can use to further elevate your organization's Culture of Service
Excellence as and where appropriate.1) It always starts with leadershipIt has been said a million times and it needs to be said a million times more.Leadership must visibly and genuinely walk the talk and set the service standard.This must be done as a true embodiment, not just to put on a show. Senior leadership needs be first to pick up on and act on customer feedback, not have it delivered to them in a report. If as a leader you cannot be at the front edge of service in this small way, please put aside all talk that others needs to provide better service.Empathy needs to be imbued into every act Read more:Manoj
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22 Questions for Self-Examination from The Philosophy of Socrates for Professional Coaches by Manoj Sharma 2007-03-03 08:15:00 22 QUESTIONS FOR SELF-EXAMINATION FROM THE PHILOSOPHY OF SOCRATES FOR PROFESSIONAL COACHES BY MANOJ SHARMASocrates
is easily one of the world's greatest philosophers, yet before that he has to be appreciated as one of the greatest human beings to ever walk this planet. Such is the greatness of the man that the words Wisdom, Truth and Integrity have become intrinsically linked with him, as few have embodied them to the degree he did.Born in 470 BC and passing on in 399BC, his almost 71 years left us not a single personally written word and all of which is accredited to him comes to us via the accounts of those around him.His preference towards a dialectic method of inquiry (following a question with a question) has since been termed The Socratic Method and has become a fundamental tool in any professional coach's arsenal.The following are a series of chronological quotations from Plato's The Apology that are worthy of study to unravel your own truths, be they philosophically or with Read more:Manoj
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Excellence 2007-02-28 13:22:00 EXCELLENCEExcellence
is never an accident. It is achieved in an organization or institution only as a result of an unrelenting and vigorous insistence on the highest standards of performance.It requires an unswerving expectancy of quality from the staff and volunteers.Excellence is contagious. It infects and affects everyone in the organization. It charts the direction of program. It establishes the criteria for planning. It provides zest and vitality to the organization. Once achieved, excellence has a talent for permeating every aspect of the life of the organization. Excellence demands commitment and a tenacious dedication from the leadership of the organization. Once it is accepted and expected, it must be nourished and continually reviewed and renewed. It is a never-ending process of learning and growing. It requires a spirit of motivation and boundless energy. It is always the result of a creatively conceived and precisely planned effort. Excellence inspires
Learning About Yourself, From Yourself by Krishnamurti 2007-02-25 18:24:00 LEARNING ABOUT YOURSELF, FROM YOURSELF BY KRISHNAMURTI"I think you should put these questions to yourself, not occasionally but everyday. Find out. Listen to everything, to the birds, to that cow calling. Learn about everything in yourself, because if you learn from yourself about yourself, then you will not be a second-hand human being.So you should, if I may suggest, from now on, find out how to live entirely differently and that is going to be difficult, for I am afraid most of us like to find an easier way of living. We like to repeat and follow what other people say, what other people do, because it is the easiest way to live - to conform to the old pattern.We have to find out what it means never to conform and what it means to live without fear. This is your life, and nobody is going to teach you, no book, no guru. You have to learn from yourself, not from books. There is a great deal to learn about yourself. It is an endless thing, it is a fascinating things, and when you learn Read more:Learning
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Communication by Carl Rogers 2007-02-25 17:39:00 COMMUNICATION BY CARL ROGERS"Through my experience I have found that there is one main obstacle to communication: people's tendencies to evaluate. Fortunately, I've also discovered that if people can learn to listen with understanding, they can mitigate their evaluative impulses and greatly improve their communication with others.We can achieve real communication and avoid this tendency when we listen with understanding. This means seeing the expressed idea from the other person's point of view, sensing how it feels to the person, achieving his or her frames of reference about the subject being discussed.We know from research that such empathic understanding with a person, not about him/her - is so effective that it can bring about significant changes in personality.If you think that you can listen well and yet have never seen such results, your listening probably has not been of the type I am describing here."And as usual, please feel free to send me your questions, thoughts and co Read more:Rogers
Don't Get Professional Coaching Now and You'll Regret It Later by Manoj Sharma 2007-02-25 17:20:00 DON'T GET PROFESSIONAL COACHING NOW AND YOU'LL REGRET IT LATER BY MANOJ SHARMAEVERYONE has their own variations of targets, aspirations and dreams whether they communicate them to others or not. And EVERYONE faces problems, challenges and difficulties in various shapes and forms.MOST PEOPLE never achieve their targets, aspirations and dreams, instead, they settle for much less. And MOST PEOPLE also never resolve their problems, challenges and difficulties, instead, they find compromises that suck the zest out of their lives.EVERYONE, except for the arrogant and foolish, could use some assistance to meet their targets, aspirations and dreams; faster, better and more easily. EVERYONE could benefit from huge savings / gains of both time and money. After all, even the best of the best have blindspots and unknowns. This is very clearly observable in the famously work called the Johari Window, done by Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham.Clearly blindspots can be uncovered and the great unkno Read more:Manoj
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5 Things Everybody Should Know About DifferWorld's Professional Coaching by Manoj Sharma 2007-02-23 06:22:00 5 THINGS EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW ABOUT DIFFERWORLD'S PROFESSIONAL COACHING BY MANOJ SHARMAAs of late many of you have dropped me your questions on professional coaching, so here are my answers to them. If you have other questions you'd like to ask please drop me a note at Info@DifferWorld.com and I will do my best to answer them.1) What is a DifferWorld Professional Coach?A DifferWorld Professional Coach is a highly competent, full time professional who is thoroughly educated in DifferWorld's Professional Coaching Technologies, Methodologies, Techniques, Code, Values, Vision, Mission and Strategic Targets. Has a successful professional track record and is completely focused on assisting you achieve your targets. A DifferWorld Professional Coach is the epitome of the industry and a benchmark of excellence in professional coaching. All in all, a DifferWorld Professional Coach is in service to humanity.2) How can a DifferWorld Professional Coach assist me? The truth is in more ways that Read more:Manoj
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How to Choose An Executive Coach by Senia Maymin 2007-02-22 04:16:00 HOW TO CHOOSE AN EXECUTIVE COACH BY SENIA MAYMINHow should you choose an executive coach? If you are in an organization or if you are working on changing careers, how do you know who can help you with that process? How can you choose someone who will know enough about you, about your business, and about your goals that that person can become like a sports coach for you - giving you exercises, training, homework, and most importantly, direction?In the case of executive coaching, often the direction comes from the client but with the in-depth question-asking and assessment-taking of the coach. How do you find the best executive coach for you or your organization?1) Know what you want to work on. (The Topic, The Goal) You can’t start training unless you know whether you’re training for a marathon, a dance recital, or a mountain bike ride. What are the general parameters of the question you’re asking? What is the general topic? What even is a goal - whether at this point specific o Read more:Coach
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The Top 7 Money Mindsets Your Need To Have By Manoj Sharma 2007-02-16 14:18:00 THE TOP 7 MONEY MINDSETS YOU NEED TO HAVE BY MANOJ SHARMAMoney
! It truly makes the corporeal world go round! So here is a fool proof guide on the top 7 money mindsets you need to have before it is too late.Some of what you read will come across to you as conventional wisdom - wisdom you are already familiar with. While some of this will come across to you as unconventional wisdom - wisdom you may not be familiar with and may even disagree with, but in your heart of hearts know to be true. Read with an open mind anyway and remember to benefit from this you need to not just understand it intellectually but you need to become a living embodiment of it.Keep in mind, there is only one situation in which success is an overnight phenomena - after years of efforts. So if you're looking for a quick fix, please do not read on. It is said that it takes a lifetime to build a good reputation but only 5 minutes to ruin it. The same is true of building a money mindset. If you're open to having a p Read more:Manoj
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The Wisdom Of The Ages 3 - CHARACTER - by Manoj Sharma 2007-02-14 05:00:00 THE WISDOM OF THE AGES 3 - CHARACTER - BY MANOJ SHARMAContemplate the following and make sense of it...Character is molded in life, by one’s response to both great and terrible fortune.Your true character is paradoxically best observed only by you, when you watch your actions away from the possibility of others ever knowing.The more sublime your knowledge of the subtle nature of this world and the consequences of your actions, the more solid the desirable facets of your character automatically be.Your actions speak volume of your true knowledge, which is the foundation of your character.Character is not about your position in another’s eyes. If you can develop a genuine reputation for humility, integrity and compassion without having the need for others to see it in you, you might just have achieved the highest levels of character and the wisdom it is dependent upon.Compassion before personal gain and not for adulation is the one of the highest representation of character.When it c Read more:Manoj
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18 Questions towards your Enduring Success by Manoj Sharma 2007-02-13 06:19:00 18 QUESTIONS THAT WILL INDICATE YOUR ENDURING SUCCESS BY MANOJ SHARMAMost people desire to have a successful career that they can enjoy the rewards of and look back upon with pride. A career in which they were a meaningful contribution to their world, theirs organizations, teams and customers.Unfortunately most people fall way short of their own ideals for a variety of reasons. Reasons that are quite apparent if observed carefully on a daily basis. Amongst these reasons being that their minds are not always in the right place and/or their actions do not necessarily correspond with their minds.In order for you to see where you stand, here are 18 questions that will indicate your likely long-term success. It is highly recommended that everyone from the CEO down ask these questions of themselves on a yearly basis to keep a check on themselves. While admittedly this is not an all inclusive list it will certainly give the vigilant and interested a great platform for self-examination and gr Read more:Manoj
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The 10 Principles of Money by Manoj Sharma 2007-02-12 06:12:00 THE 10 PRINCIPLES OF MONEY By MANOJ SHARMAYou were born into a world in which money already was, is at present, an will remain one of the main underlying currents on which people build their entire lives and livelihood.Economically there are various definitions of money. The commonality amongst them revolving around its function of serving as a medium of exchange, having a stored value that is used to facilitate the trade of goods and services.Look back historically and you'll discover that money was a creative invention ultimately designed to serve a great purpose. A purpose we today can loosly refer to as a measure of economic value (not necessarily human value).In today's world "money" takes many forms and new ones are being continuously created - both physical and non-physical - which are defined differently by various central banks. For simplicity of appreciation we can examine them in 4 broad strokes...M0 - Physical currency + central bank physical currency equivalentsM1 - M0 Read more:Manoj
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The Wisdom Of The Ages 2 - WEALTH - by Manoj Sharma 2007-02-07 07:05:00 THE WISDOM OF THE AGES 2 - WEALTH - BY MANOJ SHARMAContemplate the following and make sense of it...All wealth comes from Oneness and to Oneness it returns.Only wealth gained through true and pure service endures.Better just a little, than a little more gained unjustly.Know that there is no end to the pursuit of wealth and no eternal satisfaction that can be derived from it.Pursue it though if you must; pursue it as a need, in reverence and as a contribution.Always wisdom and health before wealth.Contentment is true wealth and the source of peace.Wealth made your everything cannot be parted from.Keep in mind that you did not bring it with you and cannot take it where you're going.The greatest wealth is the giving away of your wealth, in silence.This is the wisdom of the ages as spoken of in the Adi Granth, Proverbs 23.4, Dhammapada 204, The Sayings of the Fathers 4.1, Katha Upanishad 1.27, Proverbs 16.8, Kabir's Sloks, Chuang-Tzu XIV and Subhashita Ratna Nidhi.Keep reading the above Read more:Manoj
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Performance Management by Manoj Sharma 2007-02-07 04:14:00 PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT BY MANOJ SHARMAPerformanceManagement
is an ongoing results-driven activity about boosting performance, through which both profitability and fulfillment too are achieved. For it to be a handsome investment of time, resources and energy it has to be a partnership between co-creators (not just a one directional process) based upon measurable win/win/win deliverables.While most people believe in the concept of Performance Management
they are not necessarily congruent or competent with it in practice. This cause an inability to profit from a truly useful (and frankly much needed) tool!Sadly, in the majority of organizational settings people tend to be less than favourable towards Performance Management, tending to rush through, avoid or simply pay lip service to it. This usually occurs due to a lack of appreciation on how best to do it. Often the Performance Appraisal / Evaluation part of a Performance Management Initiative deteriorates into a chastising, fault find Read more:Manoj
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The Wisdom Of The Ages 1 - ACTION - by Manoj Sharma 2007-02-05 07:41:00 THE WISDOM OF THE AGES 1 - ACTION - BY MANOJ SHARMAContemplate the following and make sense of it...The way to do is to be, just as the way to being is through doing.The results you actually produce are what you're worth, not what you do, what you know, what you think you know or think you do.The shedding of ignorance and gaining of principle-based knowledge is tough, the doing and producing of valued results is tougher still.Surrender to the doing, do not be seduced by the rewards of your doing. They will just distract you from the task at hand. Also always take the path of action.Carefully observe the results you produce and allow them to illuminate both your intentions and your competencies.Become clear on your intentions and who you are being in relation to the task at hand and the results will take care of themselves.In the presence of a great master, mentor or coach first do what is asked of you with full focus and attention. If the answers to your questions do not reveal themse Read more:Manoj
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The Wisdom Of The Ages 6 - PASSING ON - by Manoj Sharma 2007-03-15 02:48:00 THE WISDOM OF THE AGES 6 - PASSING ON - BY MANOJ SHARMAContemplate the following and make sense of it...To appreciate life you need to appreciate death.For every beginning there is an end that facilitates a new beginning.Everything undergoes the process of creation, sustenance, destruction and recreation with the exception of The Oneness that animates everything.We may not have any choice with respect to the manner of our birth, but have the power to make our passing calm and conscious regardless of the circumstances.In all thoughts, words and actions keep in mind that you too will pass on. So live at your highest, finest and best.Life coming to be and passing on are both illusions bought into by what we perceive as birth and death. Because of this delusion, we blind ourselves to the act of ultimate transmigration back into Oneness.In truth birth and death are unreal. Birth is not a start, just as death is not an end.It's not just that you are constantly dying (even as you read this) Read more:Wisdom
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Dr. Warren Bennis’s Six Time-Tested Competencies of Exemplary Leaders 2007-03-16 07:23:00 DR. WARREN BENNIS'S SIX TIME-TESTED COMPETENCIES OF EXEMPLARY LEADERS1. Create a sense of missionHave a clear vision with a clearly defined purpose and significance. Set a direction for your followers by being inspiring, vivid and illuminating.2. Engage and motivate others to performStart with yourself – be passionate about what you do, feel alive, be committed. Passion is “the intensity of attention” – great ideas by themselves (without motivation and engagement) mean nothing.3. Build an adaptive and agile social architectureEmpower and build a learning team – inculcating resilience, persistence, creativity, reflectiveness and hardiness.4. Generate and sustain trustTrust is the emotional glue of all organizations. You must develop transparency in changing things and begin mastering the 5 “Cs” – Competence, Constancy, Caring, Congruity and Candor.5. Develop Leaders
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Rudy Guiliani on the Six Principles of Leadership 2007-03-16 04:03:00 RUDY GUILIANI ON THE SIX PRINCIPLES OF LEADERSHIP1. Know who you are and what you stand forYou need to know what you stand for. Have a strong sense of beliefs, a firm philosophy that you swear by. Ideas are the mark of a genius – discover an idea that no one else has and implement it!2. Become and optimistIt’s more fun – it’s an acquired trait but you can train yourself to become one. Visualize always finding solutions to problems, visualize always doing things the right way – and eventually you will!3. Be courageousCourage is not the absence of fear, but the act of embracing that fear and doing what you have to do.4. Relentless preparationPrepare to face great obstacles. Know your subject matter well or face ridicule. Business leaders must also be prepared for the worst thing that can happen. Life in New York City is excellent training ground – an emergency a day – it just happens and you deal with it!5. TeamworkEssential to achieving a great balance between your strengt Read more:Leadership
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