Friday, November 18, 2011
Thursday, November 17, 2011
THE SEVEN C’s OF SUCCESS by Brian Tracy
After having studied top achievers and peak performers over the past 35 years, I’ve concluded that these unique men and women, have in most cases, mastered what I call the Seven C’s of Success.
1. Clarity: Eighty percent of success comes from being clear on who you are, what you believe in and what you want.
2. Competence: You can't climb to the next rung on the ladder until you are excellent at what you do now.
3. Constraints: Eighty percent of all obstacles to success come from within. Find out what is constraining in you or your company and deal with it.
4. Concentration: The ability to focus on one thing single-mindedly and see it through until it's done takes more character than anything else.
5. Creativity: Flood your life with ideas from many sources. Creativity needs to be exercised like a muscle; if you don't use it you'll lose it.
6. Courage: Most in demand and least in supply, courage is the willingness to do the things you know are right.
7. Continuous learning: Read, at the very least, one book a week on business to keep you miles ahead of the competition. And just as you eat and bathe, organize your time so you spend 30 minutes a day exploring email, sending messages, going through websites, because like exercise, it's the only way you can keep on top of technology. If you get away from it, you'll lose your edge.
1. Clarity: Eighty percent of success comes from being clear on who you are, what you believe in and what you want.
2. Competence: You can't climb to the next rung on the ladder until you are excellent at what you do now.
3. Constraints: Eighty percent of all obstacles to success come from within. Find out what is constraining in you or your company and deal with it.
4. Concentration: The ability to focus on one thing single-mindedly and see it through until it's done takes more character than anything else.
5. Creativity: Flood your life with ideas from many sources. Creativity needs to be exercised like a muscle; if you don't use it you'll lose it.
6. Courage: Most in demand and least in supply, courage is the willingness to do the things you know are right.
7. Continuous learning: Read, at the very least, one book a week on business to keep you miles ahead of the competition. And just as you eat and bathe, organize your time so you spend 30 minutes a day exploring email, sending messages, going through websites, because like exercise, it's the only way you can keep on top of technology. If you get away from it, you'll lose your edge.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
In the beat of a Heart by Denis Waitley
In the beat of a heart, a child is born. In the beat of a heart, a celebrity or unknown person faces mortality. In the beat of a heart, an Olympic speed skater wins the gold medal. In the beat of a heart, history is made by something someone did or did not say or do. In the beat of a heart, our children will have grown and flown, with families of their own.
I looked in the mirror this morning and saw Rip Van Waitley, the little boy I used to be, now able to get my senior’s discount at the movie theater. I already suffer from “Dessert Alzheimer’s.” When I go to the buffet, I ask the restaurant staff: Was I just here? Did I already have the carrot cake and chocolate decadence? Or is this my first trip, as I think it is?
Let’s make a pledge together, you and I, to seize this moment and live it to the fullest, rather than yearn for the past or simply dream of a bright future. Let’s keep the playful spirit full of curiosity and energy like a child, and live in the now, in this beat of a heart.
Of all the wisdom I have gained, the most important is the knowledge that time and health are two precious assets that we rarely recognize or appreciate until they have been depleted. As with health, time is the raw material of life. You can use it wisely, waste it or even kill it.
Make your decision to grab this precious moment in joy, faith and thankfulness, and count your many blessings instead of your blemishes.
In the beat of a heart, this moment will be history.
—Denis Waitley
Reproduced with permission from the Denis Waitley Newsletter.To Subscribe to Denis Waitley's Newsletter Use this link© 2010 Denis Waitley International. All rights reserved worldwide.
I looked in the mirror this morning and saw Rip Van Waitley, the little boy I used to be, now able to get my senior’s discount at the movie theater. I already suffer from “Dessert Alzheimer’s.” When I go to the buffet, I ask the restaurant staff: Was I just here? Did I already have the carrot cake and chocolate decadence? Or is this my first trip, as I think it is?
Let’s make a pledge together, you and I, to seize this moment and live it to the fullest, rather than yearn for the past or simply dream of a bright future. Let’s keep the playful spirit full of curiosity and energy like a child, and live in the now, in this beat of a heart.
Of all the wisdom I have gained, the most important is the knowledge that time and health are two precious assets that we rarely recognize or appreciate until they have been depleted. As with health, time is the raw material of life. You can use it wisely, waste it or even kill it.
Make your decision to grab this precious moment in joy, faith and thankfulness, and count your many blessings instead of your blemishes.
In the beat of a heart, this moment will be history.
—Denis Waitley
Reproduced with permission from the Denis Waitley Newsletter.To Subscribe to Denis Waitley's Newsletter Use this link© 2010 Denis Waitley International. All rights reserved worldwide.
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