STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
• 101 PERCENT PRINCIPLE
The one thing that you believe is the potential leader’s greatest asset, and then give 100% encouragement in that area. Focusing on a person’s strengths promotes positive growth, confidence and success as a potential leader.
• KNOW YOUR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
Filmmaker Woody Allen remarked, “No matter what I’m working on, I like to do what I’m not doing”. While he may not love every aspect of his profession, he has made so many movies that he must enjoy most parts of it. And he’s good at it too. The truth is that people like to do what they’re good at. Playing to your strengths rekindles your passion and renews your energy.
• EXAMINE YOUR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
You can’t be intentional and effectively focused if you don’t know yourself. If you’ve not done much self-examination, take an inventory of your strengths and weaknesses. Then survey family members, friends and colleagues for additional insight. The more information and feedback you can get, the better.
• STRESS OTHER’S STRENGTHS
Bruce Barton said, ‘ Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstances. By emphasizing strengths, you’re helping them to believe that they possess what they need to succeed.
• FIND SOMEONE WHO NEEDS YOUR STRENGTH
Results – the ability to produce. Charismatic people want to be on the winning side of life. People like being around winners and what to play on the winning team. Find your strength and then find someone who needs your strength. That creates productivity.
INTEGRITY
• DECIDE AHEAD OF TIME THAT YOU DON’T HAVE PRICE
The best way to guard yourself against a breach in integrity is to make a decision today that you won’t sell your integrity; not for power, revenge, pride, or money – any amount of money.
• DISCIPLINE, ORGANIZE, RESPONSIBILITY, AND INTEGRITY ARE VITAL FOR A LEADER
Think of it this way: The water doesn’t flow until the faucet is turned on. As you become more disciplined, you’ll see yourself growing as a leader. You’ll get organized, you’ll be responsible, you’ll act with integrity, and you’ll have a whole crowd of people wanting to follow in your footsteps.
• HONESTY AND INTEGRITY ARE INSEPARABLE
Sometimes it’s hard to fight the desire to be dishonest. Most of us are honest about big things, but it’s the little stuff that gives us trouble. Being honest means you have integrity. If you’re dishonest, even once, you’ll loss followers. Nobody trusts a liar. And who wants a liar as a role model?
• INTEGRITY NEEDS SELF-DISCIPLINE
People with integrity are the same on the inside as they are on the outside. They do what’s right, and they are able to keep focused on their goals. They have nothing to hide, their lives are open books. Followers respect leaders with integrity.
• INTEGRITY AND CONSISTENCY ALWAYS STAYS TOGETHER
If you have an integrity you’ll be consistent, and your beliefs will be mirrored by the way you act. There won’t be any difference between what you appear to be and who you really are, no matter how tough the situation.
• INTEGRITY DETERMINES WHO WE ARE
Have you noticed how hard it can sometimes be to decide between what you want to do and what you ought to do? No one, no matter how ‘spiritual’, matter if she or he is a young person or old, can avoid making decisions between right and wrong. Integrity determines who we are and how we will respond before a conflict even happens.
• INTEGRITY ONE INGREDIENT TO LEAD PEOPLE
Integrity determines what we do and how others will respond. People will know if you’re not wearing your inside on the outside, because your actions will speak louder than words. Think about it. Are the people you lead more likely to do or will they do what you say?
• SUCCESS AND INTEGRITY
To me, success is being respected by those who are closest to me. I want to display integrity to those who see all my warts and wrinkles. It’s easy to be honored and esteemed by those who are far away and seldom seen. I want to be a hero at home.
• YIELD OF INTEGRITY
The bottom line when it comes to integrity is that it allows others to trust you. And without trust, you have nothing. Trust is the single most important factor in personal and professional relationships. It is the glue that holds people together.
• INTEGRITY ACCORDING TO 3 GREAT PEOPLE
1) C. Biehl puts, One of the realities of life is that if you can’t trust a person at all points, you can’t truly trust him or her at any point. Even people who are able to hide their lack of integrity for a period of time will eventually experience failures.
2) Phillips Brooks maintained, Character is made in the small moments of our lives. Anytime you break a normal principle, you create a small crack in the foundation of your integrity. And when times get tough, it becomes harder to act with integrity.
3) King Solomon said, A good name is more desirable than great riches. But a good reputation is like gold, then having integrity is like owning the mine. Worry less about what others think. And give your attention to your inner character.
• INTEGRITY IS YOUR BEST FRIEND
You could almost say that Pres. Lincoln’s integrity was his best friend while he was in office. He stated, “When I lay down the ruins of this administration, I want to have one friend left. And that friend is inside myself”.
• CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY
A good reputation is like gold, then having integrity is like owning the mine. Worry less about what others think, and give your attention to your inner character. ‘D.L. Moody wrote. “If I take care of my character, my reputation will take of itself”.
• MAINTAINING YOUR INTEGRITY
If you struggle with maintaining your integrity, and you’re doing all the right things on the outside, but you’re still getting the wrong results, something is wrong and still needs to be changed on the inside.
• INTEGRITY, YOUR GUIDE IN YOUR WAY
Many succeed momentarily by what they know. Some succeed temporarily by what they do. But few succeed permanently by what they are. The road to integrity may not be the easiest one, but it’s the only one that will get you where you ultimately want to go.
• LEARN FROM YOUR INTEGRITY AND KEEP GROWING
When others criticize you unfairly, it helps you keep going and take high road of not striking back. And when others criticism is valid, integrity helps you to accept what they say, learn from it, and keep growing.
• INTEGRITY THE KEY TO INFLUENCE PEOPLE
The bottom line when it comes to integrity is that it allows others to trust you. And without trust, you have nothing. Trust is the single most important factor in personal and professional relationships. It is the glue that hold people together. And it is the key to becoming a person of influence.
• IMPORTANCE OF INTEGRITY
The need for integrity today is perhaps as great as it has ever been. And it is absolutely essential for anyone who desires to become a person of influence. Integrity is crucial for business and personal success.
• INTEGRITY AS A SOURCE OF FOUNDATION
Think of integrity as having benefits similar to that of a house’s foundation during a huge storm. If the foundation is sound, then it will hold up against the raging waters. But when there are cracks in the foundation, the stress of the storm deepens the cracks until the whole house crumbles under pressure.
• TAKE CARE OF YOUR INTEGRITY
It’s crucial to maintain integrity by taking care of the little things. Many people misunderstood that. They think they can do whatever they want when it comes to the small things because they believe that as long as they don’t have any major lapses, they’re doing well. But that’s not the way it works.
• BREAKING MORAL PRINCIPLE AFFECTS YOUR INTEGRITY
Character is made in the small moments of our lives. Anytime you break a moral principle, you create a small crack in the foundation of your integrity. And when times get tough, it become harder to act with integrity, not easier. Character is not created in crisis, it only comes to light.
• INTEGRITY AGAINST LIES AND STEALING
Ethical principles are flexible. A little white lie is still a lie. Theft is theft whether it’s $1, $1,000 or $ 1 million. Integrity commits itself to character over personal gain, to people over things, to service overpower, to principle over convenience.
• VALUE TRANSPARENCY
People eventually find out about your flaws, even if you try to hide them. But if you’re honest with people and admit your weaknesses, they will appreciate your honesty and integrity. And they will be able to relate to you better.
•IMPACT OF TRUST
Pres. Eisenhower said, … The supreme quality for a leader is unquestionably integrity, without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in the army or in the office.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Motivational Quotes For Effective Leadership (Series 1)
Motivational Quotes for Effective Leadership
ATTITUDES
• EMBRACE POSITIVE ATTITUDE
Lazy people rarely prepare. Diligent people do,
but they sometimes overlook an area that can trip them up when they meet a challenge; they neglect their attitude. To success in any endeavor, you must do your homework to take care of the mental aspects of your game. You also must have a positive attitude about yourself. Then you set yourself up for success.
• HARDENED ATTITUDE
A hardened attitude is a dreaded disease. It causes a closed mind and a dark future. When the attitude is positive and conducive to growth, the mind expands and the progress begins.
• THE ATTITUDE WHAT IS IT?
The high school basketball team I played for was not having a good season, and one day the coach had one of those team meetings in which every player was quiet and listening. The coach continually stressed he relationship between the team’s attitude and the win-loss record. I can still hear his words, “Fellows, your abilities say win, but your attitudes say lose”.
• OUR ATTITUDES DETERMINES OUR APPROACH TO LIFE
It’s impossible for us to tailor-make our attitudes to fit our lives perfectly. But it’s possible to tailor-make our attitude to fit.
• OUR ATTITUDE DETERMINES OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH PEOPLE
People are frustrating at times. They show up at the wrong place at the wrong time, for it’s essential to build proper relationships with others in our crowded world.
• OFTEN OUR ATTITUDE IS THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUCCESS AND FAILURE
History’s greatest achievement have been made by men who excelled only slightly over the masses of others in other fields. This could be called the principle of the slight edge. Certainly attitude is important to our success in life. Yet success or failure in any undertakings is caused by mental attitude than by mental capacities.
• OUR ATTITUDE AT THE BEGINNING OF A TASK WILL AFFECT ITS OUTCOME MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE
One of the key principles I teach when leading evangelism conferences is the importance of our attitude when witnessing to others. Two people can share the same news with the same person and receive different results. Usually the difference is in the attitude of the person sharing.
• OUR ATTITUDE CAN GIVE US AN UNCOMMONLY POSITIVE PERSPECTIVE
Moody Bible Institute Pres. George Sweeting tells about a Scotsman who was an extremely hard worker and expected all the men under him to be the same. His men would tease him ‘Scotty, don’t you know that Rome wasn’t built in a day? “Yes”, he would answer, “I know that. But I wasn’t foreman on that job”.
• HELP PEOPLE CHANGE AN ATTITUDE
Most people are very close to becoming the person that God wants them to be. My greatest joy is in helping hundreds of people change an attitudes.
• A CHILD'S FORMATIVE YEARS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT FOR INSTALLING THE RIGHT ATTITUDES.
Child specialists generally agree that early development in a positive setting is a main reason for he child’s successes. Attitudes we accept as children are usually the attitudes we embrace as adults. It’s hard to get away from our early training.
• AN ATTITUDE GROWTH NEVER STOP
Our attitudes are formed by our experiences and how we chooses to react to them. Therefore, as long as we live, we are forming, changing or reinforcing attitudes. There is no such thing as an unalterable attitudes.
• MANY BUILDERS HELP CONSTRUCT OUR ATTITUDES AT A CERTAIN TIME AND PLACE
In building a home, certain specialists are needed to make the structures complete. Their time may be minimal and their contribution small, yet they are a part of the construction of that home. In the same way, certain people come into our lives at various times who help make or break our perspective.
• THE COSTLIEST MISTAKE IN CONSTRUCTING AN ATTITUDE
Many intelligent adults…are restrained in thoughts, actions and results. They never move further than the boundaries of their self-imposed limitations. Others can stop you temporarily but you are the only one can do it permanently.
• MAINTAIN THE RIGHT ATTITUDE WHEN THINGS GOING GETS TOUGH
Our natural reaction is to boil out of the right attitude to compensate our decisions. When we crash, it comes from a wrong reaction, not the turbulence.
• ATTITUDE DETERMINES FAILURE OR SUCCESS
Attitude is the determining factor of whether our failures make or break us. The persistence of a person who encounters failure is one sign of healthy attitude. Winners don’t quit. Failures become devastating and causes our attitude to crash when we quit. To accept failure as final is to be finally a failure.
• THE PRESENCE OF PROBLEMS
When our attitude crashes, we have two alternatives. We can either alter the difficulty or alter ourselves. What can be changed for the best, we must change. When that is impossible, we must adjust to the circumstances in a positive way.
• EMBRACE AN ATTITUDE OF SERVICE
We have been put on this earth not to be served, but to serve. Giving of yourself and your time to others shows that you care about them. Physician Sir Welfred T. Grenfell held that, “The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth”. People of integrity are givers, not takers.
• THE IMPORTANCE OF ATTITUDE AS A LEADER
When you are leading a group of people, your attitude is extremely important. Because attitudes are contagious, your team will recognize your attitude and adapt to the example you set. If you appear irritated about the challenges your team faces, then your team members will become irritated too.
• TAILOR YOUR ATTITUDE
Tailoring your attitude may take a lot of work. Start by surrounding yourself with positive pictures, saying and people. Read motivational books. Then try to achieve a goal every day. Your attitude will become more positive as you learn and sense that you are making progress.
• UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF THE ATTITUDE
I can’t choose circumstance, but I learned a long time ago that I can choose my attitude about my circumstance.
• WHEN YOU CHANGE YOUR ATTITUDE YOU CHANGE YOUR BEHAVIOR
once we begin to see change as being the key to a better future it’s easy to modify our behavior accordingly. Going the extra mile no longer seems out of question? In fact, we do so willingly, knowing it’s taking us closer to where we want to go.
• ATTITUDE DETERMINES HOW WELL YOU DO IT
You see, motivation determines what you do, ability determines what you’re capable of doing, and attitude determines how well you do it. In writing the Olympics, the late sports columnist Jim Murray commented that, ‘ in the history of the Games, the difference between gold medalists and silver medalists in all the timed events was less than 1/10 of a second. That’s not ability, ‘he said. That’s Attitude’.
• EVALUATE YOUR PRESENT ATTITUDE
This will take some time. If possible try to separate yourself from your attitudes. This goal is not to see the ‘bad you’ but a ‘bad attitude’ that keeps you from being more fulfilled person.
• MASTERS OR VICTIMS OF OUR ATTITUDES
We are either the masters or victims of our attitudes. It is a matter of personal choice. Who are we today is the result of choices made yesterday. Tomorrow we will become what we choose today.
• ATTITUDE CHANGE TO MAKE A BETTER PERSON
No choice will determine the success of your attitude change more than desiring to change. Many people have climbed over insurmountable obstacles to make themselves better when they realized that change is possible.
• CONTINUALLY CHOOSE TO HAVE A RIGHT ATTITUDE
Once you make the choice to possess a good attitude, the work really begins. Now comes a life of continual deciding to grow and maintaining the right outlook.
• ATTITUDE IS IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING ELSE
Attitude is more important than appearance, talent, or skill. It’s more important than the past, the future, money, circumstances, failures or successes. It’s even more important than what other people think about you, or say about you or do to you. The awesome thing about attitude is that you’re always inn charge of it.
• ATTITUDE SETS THE RIGHT ATMOSPHERE OF RIGHT RESPONSES
Attitude makes all the difference in leading others. The attitude of a leader is important because it will influence the way followers think and feel. Great leader understand the right attitude will set the right atmosphere, which enables the right response from followers.
• ATTITUDE DETERMINES HOW EMOTION IS HANDLED
Your attitude determines how you handle your emotions. Notice I didn’t say your attitude determines how you feel. There’s a big difference between how you feel and how you handle your feelings. Everyone has times when he or she feels bad. Your attitude can’t stop your feelings, but can keep your feelings from stopping you.
• ATTITUDE IS CONTAGIOUS
Leadership is influence. People catch an attitudes just like they catch our colds. Think about it. If your attitude is contagious and if you’ve lots of followers, they will catch your attitude. If you smile, you’ll get lots of smiles in return. If you frown, then that’s what you’ll get frowns and a lot of grumpy followers.
• PROBLEMS ARE A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE
Obstacles, setbacks, and failures are simply parts of life. You can’t avoid them. But doesn’t mean you have allow them to become problems. The best thing you can do is to meet them with a solution-oriented mind-set. It’s just a matter of attitude.
• REPEAT THE PROCESS
If at first you don’t succeed in solving the problem, keep at it. If you do solve the problem, then repeat the process with another problem. Remember,
your goal is to cultivate a solution-oriented attitude that you bring into play all the time.
• ENVIRONMENT – WHAT’S AROUND ME
Environment is the first influencer of our belief system. Therefore, the foundation of an attitude is laid in the environment to which we were born. Environment becomes even more significant when we realize that the beginning attitudes are the most difficult to change. Even the weather can ‘ice our wings’ and cause us to lose altitude in our attitude.
• MARRIAGE, FAMILY AND JOB-OUR SECURITY AND STATUS
New influences begin to affect our attitudes as we approach our middle twenties. It is during this time of our lives that most of us marry. That means another person influences our perspective. When I speak on attitudes, I always emphasize the need to surround ourselves with positive people.
• WRITE A STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
In order to have fun and direction in changing your attitude, you must establish a clearly stated goal. This goal should be as specific as possible, written out and signed, with a time frame attached to it.
• MATTER OF ATTITUDE
The key to how you treat people lies in how you think about them. It’s a matter of attitude. How you act reveals what you believe.
• BELIEVE GOD IS WORKING A MIRACLE IN YOUR LIFE
Place the changes you seek in attitude, thinking and behavior at the top of your prayer list. Ask God to help you do what is possible to bring about effective change. Then ask Him to do for you what you can’t do for yourself.
• PROBLEMS CAN BE FACED IN A NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE WAY
The way you think about a problem and the way you feel about a problem will help you decide what to do about a problem. Problems are all about attitude. You can face then in a negative or positive way.
• BAD ATTITUDE OF A LEADER CAN’T BE HIDE
No matter how will you think you can hide a bad attitude, others know all about it. It’s in the way you walk and the way you talk, and it shows on your face.
• ATTITUDE DETERMINES HOW WELL YOU DO IT
You see, motivations determines what you do, ability determines what your capable of doing, and attitude determines how well you do it. In writing about the Olympics, the late sport columnist Jim Murray commented that, “In the history of the Games, the difference between gold medalists and silver medalists in all the timed events was less than one-tenth of a second. That’s not ability, he said, That Attitude.
• EXPECTATIONS CHANGED ATTITUDE
When you change your expectations, you change your attitude. Positive expectations produce feelings of excitements, desire, convictions, confidence, and enthusiasm. Here is where a natural borne pessimist can re-program his or her basic outlook on life. What a difference it makes when you expect the best, not the worst? The possible not the impossible.
• LEADERS MUST PRAISE POSITIVE IDEAS
It’s important to never reward or give attention to moody people. Giving them an opportunity to publicly exhibit their negative attitudes gives them a sense of recognition. The best method of attack is to praise this person’s positive ideas and actions and ignore him when he’s sucking his thumb.
• IT’S AN ATTITUDE MY FRIEND
Paul had an Instruction’s Manual on ‘Attitude Flying’; the relationship between the aircraft’s attitude and it’s performance. We too, have been given a handbook to attitude living…the Bible. The result of a renewed mind or a changed attitude is to prove and fulfill God’s will. Again, we see that the attitude dictates performance.
• EMBRACE POSITIVE ATTITUDE
Tailoring your attitude may take a lot of work. Start by surrounding yourself with positive pictures, sayings, and people. Read motivational books. Then try to achieve a goal everyday. Your attitude will become positive a you learn and sense that you’re making progress.
ATTITUDES
• EMBRACE POSITIVE ATTITUDE
Lazy people rarely prepare. Diligent people do,
but they sometimes overlook an area that can trip them up when they meet a challenge; they neglect their attitude. To success in any endeavor, you must do your homework to take care of the mental aspects of your game. You also must have a positive attitude about yourself. Then you set yourself up for success.
• HARDENED ATTITUDE
A hardened attitude is a dreaded disease. It causes a closed mind and a dark future. When the attitude is positive and conducive to growth, the mind expands and the progress begins.
• THE ATTITUDE WHAT IS IT?
The high school basketball team I played for was not having a good season, and one day the coach had one of those team meetings in which every player was quiet and listening. The coach continually stressed he relationship between the team’s attitude and the win-loss record. I can still hear his words, “Fellows, your abilities say win, but your attitudes say lose”.
• OUR ATTITUDES DETERMINES OUR APPROACH TO LIFE
It’s impossible for us to tailor-make our attitudes to fit our lives perfectly. But it’s possible to tailor-make our attitude to fit.
• OUR ATTITUDE DETERMINES OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH PEOPLE
People are frustrating at times. They show up at the wrong place at the wrong time, for it’s essential to build proper relationships with others in our crowded world.
• OFTEN OUR ATTITUDE IS THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUCCESS AND FAILURE
History’s greatest achievement have been made by men who excelled only slightly over the masses of others in other fields. This could be called the principle of the slight edge. Certainly attitude is important to our success in life. Yet success or failure in any undertakings is caused by mental attitude than by mental capacities.
• OUR ATTITUDE AT THE BEGINNING OF A TASK WILL AFFECT ITS OUTCOME MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE
One of the key principles I teach when leading evangelism conferences is the importance of our attitude when witnessing to others. Two people can share the same news with the same person and receive different results. Usually the difference is in the attitude of the person sharing.
• OUR ATTITUDE CAN GIVE US AN UNCOMMONLY POSITIVE PERSPECTIVE
Moody Bible Institute Pres. George Sweeting tells about a Scotsman who was an extremely hard worker and expected all the men under him to be the same. His men would tease him ‘Scotty, don’t you know that Rome wasn’t built in a day? “Yes”, he would answer, “I know that. But I wasn’t foreman on that job”.
• HELP PEOPLE CHANGE AN ATTITUDE
Most people are very close to becoming the person that God wants them to be. My greatest joy is in helping hundreds of people change an attitudes.
• A CHILD'S FORMATIVE YEARS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT FOR INSTALLING THE RIGHT ATTITUDES.
Child specialists generally agree that early development in a positive setting is a main reason for he child’s successes. Attitudes we accept as children are usually the attitudes we embrace as adults. It’s hard to get away from our early training.
• AN ATTITUDE GROWTH NEVER STOP
Our attitudes are formed by our experiences and how we chooses to react to them. Therefore, as long as we live, we are forming, changing or reinforcing attitudes. There is no such thing as an unalterable attitudes.
• MANY BUILDERS HELP CONSTRUCT OUR ATTITUDES AT A CERTAIN TIME AND PLACE
In building a home, certain specialists are needed to make the structures complete. Their time may be minimal and their contribution small, yet they are a part of the construction of that home. In the same way, certain people come into our lives at various times who help make or break our perspective.
• THE COSTLIEST MISTAKE IN CONSTRUCTING AN ATTITUDE
Many intelligent adults…are restrained in thoughts, actions and results. They never move further than the boundaries of their self-imposed limitations. Others can stop you temporarily but you are the only one can do it permanently.
• MAINTAIN THE RIGHT ATTITUDE WHEN THINGS GOING GETS TOUGH
Our natural reaction is to boil out of the right attitude to compensate our decisions. When we crash, it comes from a wrong reaction, not the turbulence.
• ATTITUDE DETERMINES FAILURE OR SUCCESS
Attitude is the determining factor of whether our failures make or break us. The persistence of a person who encounters failure is one sign of healthy attitude. Winners don’t quit. Failures become devastating and causes our attitude to crash when we quit. To accept failure as final is to be finally a failure.
• THE PRESENCE OF PROBLEMS
When our attitude crashes, we have two alternatives. We can either alter the difficulty or alter ourselves. What can be changed for the best, we must change. When that is impossible, we must adjust to the circumstances in a positive way.
• EMBRACE AN ATTITUDE OF SERVICE
We have been put on this earth not to be served, but to serve. Giving of yourself and your time to others shows that you care about them. Physician Sir Welfred T. Grenfell held that, “The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth”. People of integrity are givers, not takers.
• THE IMPORTANCE OF ATTITUDE AS A LEADER
When you are leading a group of people, your attitude is extremely important. Because attitudes are contagious, your team will recognize your attitude and adapt to the example you set. If you appear irritated about the challenges your team faces, then your team members will become irritated too.
• TAILOR YOUR ATTITUDE
Tailoring your attitude may take a lot of work. Start by surrounding yourself with positive pictures, saying and people. Read motivational books. Then try to achieve a goal every day. Your attitude will become more positive as you learn and sense that you are making progress.
• UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF THE ATTITUDE
I can’t choose circumstance, but I learned a long time ago that I can choose my attitude about my circumstance.
• WHEN YOU CHANGE YOUR ATTITUDE YOU CHANGE YOUR BEHAVIOR
once we begin to see change as being the key to a better future it’s easy to modify our behavior accordingly. Going the extra mile no longer seems out of question? In fact, we do so willingly, knowing it’s taking us closer to where we want to go.
• ATTITUDE DETERMINES HOW WELL YOU DO IT
You see, motivation determines what you do, ability determines what you’re capable of doing, and attitude determines how well you do it. In writing the Olympics, the late sports columnist Jim Murray commented that, ‘ in the history of the Games, the difference between gold medalists and silver medalists in all the timed events was less than 1/10 of a second. That’s not ability, ‘he said. That’s Attitude’.
• EVALUATE YOUR PRESENT ATTITUDE
This will take some time. If possible try to separate yourself from your attitudes. This goal is not to see the ‘bad you’ but a ‘bad attitude’ that keeps you from being more fulfilled person.
• MASTERS OR VICTIMS OF OUR ATTITUDES
We are either the masters or victims of our attitudes. It is a matter of personal choice. Who are we today is the result of choices made yesterday. Tomorrow we will become what we choose today.
• ATTITUDE CHANGE TO MAKE A BETTER PERSON
No choice will determine the success of your attitude change more than desiring to change. Many people have climbed over insurmountable obstacles to make themselves better when they realized that change is possible.
• CONTINUALLY CHOOSE TO HAVE A RIGHT ATTITUDE
Once you make the choice to possess a good attitude, the work really begins. Now comes a life of continual deciding to grow and maintaining the right outlook.
• ATTITUDE IS IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING ELSE
Attitude is more important than appearance, talent, or skill. It’s more important than the past, the future, money, circumstances, failures or successes. It’s even more important than what other people think about you, or say about you or do to you. The awesome thing about attitude is that you’re always inn charge of it.
• ATTITUDE SETS THE RIGHT ATMOSPHERE OF RIGHT RESPONSES
Attitude makes all the difference in leading others. The attitude of a leader is important because it will influence the way followers think and feel. Great leader understand the right attitude will set the right atmosphere, which enables the right response from followers.
• ATTITUDE DETERMINES HOW EMOTION IS HANDLED
Your attitude determines how you handle your emotions. Notice I didn’t say your attitude determines how you feel. There’s a big difference between how you feel and how you handle your feelings. Everyone has times when he or she feels bad. Your attitude can’t stop your feelings, but can keep your feelings from stopping you.
• ATTITUDE IS CONTAGIOUS
Leadership is influence. People catch an attitudes just like they catch our colds. Think about it. If your attitude is contagious and if you’ve lots of followers, they will catch your attitude. If you smile, you’ll get lots of smiles in return. If you frown, then that’s what you’ll get frowns and a lot of grumpy followers.
• PROBLEMS ARE A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE
Obstacles, setbacks, and failures are simply parts of life. You can’t avoid them. But doesn’t mean you have allow them to become problems. The best thing you can do is to meet them with a solution-oriented mind-set. It’s just a matter of attitude.
• REPEAT THE PROCESS
If at first you don’t succeed in solving the problem, keep at it. If you do solve the problem, then repeat the process with another problem. Remember,
your goal is to cultivate a solution-oriented attitude that you bring into play all the time.
• ENVIRONMENT – WHAT’S AROUND ME
Environment is the first influencer of our belief system. Therefore, the foundation of an attitude is laid in the environment to which we were born. Environment becomes even more significant when we realize that the beginning attitudes are the most difficult to change. Even the weather can ‘ice our wings’ and cause us to lose altitude in our attitude.
• MARRIAGE, FAMILY AND JOB-OUR SECURITY AND STATUS
New influences begin to affect our attitudes as we approach our middle twenties. It is during this time of our lives that most of us marry. That means another person influences our perspective. When I speak on attitudes, I always emphasize the need to surround ourselves with positive people.
• WRITE A STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
In order to have fun and direction in changing your attitude, you must establish a clearly stated goal. This goal should be as specific as possible, written out and signed, with a time frame attached to it.
• MATTER OF ATTITUDE
The key to how you treat people lies in how you think about them. It’s a matter of attitude. How you act reveals what you believe.
• BELIEVE GOD IS WORKING A MIRACLE IN YOUR LIFE
Place the changes you seek in attitude, thinking and behavior at the top of your prayer list. Ask God to help you do what is possible to bring about effective change. Then ask Him to do for you what you can’t do for yourself.
• PROBLEMS CAN BE FACED IN A NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE WAY
The way you think about a problem and the way you feel about a problem will help you decide what to do about a problem. Problems are all about attitude. You can face then in a negative or positive way.
• BAD ATTITUDE OF A LEADER CAN’T BE HIDE
No matter how will you think you can hide a bad attitude, others know all about it. It’s in the way you walk and the way you talk, and it shows on your face.
• ATTITUDE DETERMINES HOW WELL YOU DO IT
You see, motivations determines what you do, ability determines what your capable of doing, and attitude determines how well you do it. In writing about the Olympics, the late sport columnist Jim Murray commented that, “In the history of the Games, the difference between gold medalists and silver medalists in all the timed events was less than one-tenth of a second. That’s not ability, he said, That Attitude.
• EXPECTATIONS CHANGED ATTITUDE
When you change your expectations, you change your attitude. Positive expectations produce feelings of excitements, desire, convictions, confidence, and enthusiasm. Here is where a natural borne pessimist can re-program his or her basic outlook on life. What a difference it makes when you expect the best, not the worst? The possible not the impossible.
• LEADERS MUST PRAISE POSITIVE IDEAS
It’s important to never reward or give attention to moody people. Giving them an opportunity to publicly exhibit their negative attitudes gives them a sense of recognition. The best method of attack is to praise this person’s positive ideas and actions and ignore him when he’s sucking his thumb.
• IT’S AN ATTITUDE MY FRIEND
Paul had an Instruction’s Manual on ‘Attitude Flying’; the relationship between the aircraft’s attitude and it’s performance. We too, have been given a handbook to attitude living…the Bible. The result of a renewed mind or a changed attitude is to prove and fulfill God’s will. Again, we see that the attitude dictates performance.
• EMBRACE POSITIVE ATTITUDE
Tailoring your attitude may take a lot of work. Start by surrounding yourself with positive pictures, sayings, and people. Read motivational books. Then try to achieve a goal everyday. Your attitude will become positive a you learn and sense that you’re making progress.
7 Secrets of the Rich
7 SECRETS OF THE RICH
By Dyan Ramos
The following are list of things that were probably not taught to many of us in childhood. Things that we regret not knowing from the start, yet we will appreciate once we start practising them now. I listed them down based on my experience mingling with businesspeople & experienced financial coaches themselves. Friends, enjoy the "7 Secrets of the Rich' :
1) Rich people believe failures are essential part of growth and success. It is not a few times when we have been conditioned not to make mistakes -- whether at home, school or work. Most of us grew up "afraid to fail" because we're used to have it accompanied by a punishment. The worst is people in our past used these failures and mistakes against us, that made us go for the safer sail. Notice therefore that 90% of Filipinos would go for job security (afraid to take risks) rather than aim for perfection in business . Because we're afraid of the unknown and the unfamiliar, we'd rather not talk about money and instead go on with our mediocre life expecting everyday to be the same at the office. Yet, when you think of the most successful and the wealthiest people on earth, none of them talked about a perfect journey while in the process of getting rich. Nanay Socorro of National Bookstore, Mr Henry Sy & Mr. John Gokongwei Jr. each had his/her own version of downfalls & failures before they made it to the top. The big secret therefore is to strengthen your tolerance to failure, and to get yourself educated to lower the risk especially in doing business and investing. In today's information age, almost all questions about life have their answers somewhere. Take advantage of the information technologies like the internet, wireless communication etc. to get answers and to pacify your doubts.
2) Rich people are not the smartest, they just have better money managemement habits. The wealthiest of men (most of them from childhood) practice proper handling of finances and allocating their income into different purposes (e.g. 50% of income goes to Necessities, 10% goes to Charity or Give Account). The discipline to stick to the habit is already within their being as they have been practicing it for many years. They are also skilled in differentiating Assets from Liabilities, and in handling their Financial Statements. They know for instance that Assets are properties that put money INTO their pockets while Liabilities are things that take money OUT of their pockets. A house may be an Asset if it is being rented & you get monthly cashflow from your tenants, while it can also be a Liability if you are living on it & paying monthly dues for its mortgage. Same with a car, if you use it for business, it is an Asset; yet, if you bought it for personal use & leisure it becomes a Liability. The wealthy are skilled in updating their financial statements, means they're taking account of every peso & every centavo. For ordinary Filipinos to have access on how to start writing a financial statement, the rich recommend getting a mentor who can teach you the basics of personal & business finance. You'll discover that it really is just simple math, you don't need to be a wizard in order to become financially successful.
3) Rich people value the spirit & culture of sharing. In a world where most people think scarcity, the rich believe that resources are abundant and that the world is overflowing with opportunities. While the poor practice the infamous "crab mentality" habit (pulling down whoever's on top), the rich like the idea of seeing everyone succeed in business & life. You may have witnessed this among the circles of Chinese businessmen where they push each other to become richer because by then, their own businesses improve as well (i.e. they get more potential investors, people have more purchasing power, the economy gets stronger) . These Chinese businessmen protect themselves by protecting others first. The wealthy recommend an average person to practice sharing everyday -- share information, ideas, opportunities and resources to others so that once wealth is in his hands, he is ready to grow it. If one wants to be successful and truly wealthy, it is crucial that he gives up attachment to money and material wealth. The most valuable factor in your journey to becoming financially free is the mindset. It's not about how much you have now, but how ready you are for future wealth. Share what you have -- be a generous giver and an excellent receiver as well. Feel like you are already wealthy by having the "abundance mentality". The world is full of blessings & opportunities if you just look around & seek for them.
4) Rich people use the art and science of leverage in business. Leverage means using OPR or "Other People's Resouces" (i.e. time, money, talent, skills) to speed up one's growth in business and in life. It is indeed never new to the wealthy to define an authentic business as that with atleast 500 people working for the owner or with the owner as partners. It's just natural (a universal rule), nobody gets successful in life by doing it alone. That's why 90% of small business owners fail in the first 5 years due to mismanagement as backed up by DTI. Small businesses, specifically traditional ones, find it hard to expand with just a few workers because their income reaches a certain limit. The owner of a small business usually runs out of money or energy after a few years of operation. It lacks a system, and the power of leverage. Yet, take a look at what Mark Zuckerberg did with Facebook. As the youngest billionaire quoted by Forbes magazine, he reaches out to billions of Facebook users worldwide and leverage on them & and his system to earn $150 million annually from his advertisers. It means he can leave the business operation to his workers & the system while earning (a great example of "people & system working for him, and NOT him working for the business"). There are thousands and thousands of business ideas being created every hour at different places in the world. Yet, they are not being executed because of lack of knowledge on systems and the use of leverage.
5) Rich people think long-term. While the poor spend for their present lifestyle, the rich think long-term by buying Assets (e.g. real estate properties, businesses) that could generate passive income (income without work) and eventually give them time to enjoy their wealth. The reason most employees remain broke is that they buy Liabilities (e.g. a car, a house under years of mortgage) that take money out of their pocket. While the poor and middle class spend for now, the richest of people believe that the secret to long-term wealth is to "delay gratification". Thus, they add more to their passive income generators (e.g. buy more properties, invest more on paper assets & businesses) so that in the future they could enjoy their wealth. They know for a fact that Financial Freedom means having not only the money but BOTH the money & the time. Lots of people nowadays may find excessive cash is not really that hard to earn, but how many of us can really enjoy these cash? How many can take vacations for the whole year & come back to find their income still flowing or even getting stronger? Not a lot I could guess. Like what my mentors would always say "better work your ass off for the first 5 years & enjoy wealth for the rest of your life THAN work easy all your life without ever having a chance to enjoy what you've worked for." Yet as crazy as it may sound, statistics show that most Filipinos would rather stick to job security than start a business full time. There must be something wrong somewhere with the way we were raised and the values that were instilled in most of us.
6) Rich people prioritize financial education. One of the biggest myths in business believed by many is that a huge capital (let's say, 20 million pesos) should be available before you can do business to enjoy the success of business tycoons like Mr. Henry Sy. Of course capital plays a role in business, but it shouldn't be the first priority. If you talk to any of the wealthy people living today, they will tell you the same thing -- focus on your financial education first. Get yourself educated in matters of business. There are thousands of books written about leadership, success and getting rich (e.g. "Secrets of the Millionaire Mind" by T. Harv Eker & "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" by Robert Kiyosaki are highly recommended). These authors gave us a chance to access the minds of the wealthy & what made them successful. There are also seminars & workshops being held by financial gurus & financial education advocates. Their aim is to make it available for ordinary people the secrets & the values practiced by the wealthy. Take advantage of these opportunities. David Bach, an American author once said "financial education needs to become a part of our national curriculum and scoring systems so that it’s not just the rich kids that learn about money... it’s all of us."
7) Rich people find mentors that they could model and learn from. This is perhaps the most important of all the 7 secrets mentioned above. Because without a mentor, somebody won't know where & how to start. If you do not have a "rich dad" to model, the rich recommend that you search for virtual mentors (i.e famous authors & inspirational speakers) or find a group from which you could learn BOTH the mindset and the skill set to be able to make it successful in business. Remember to look for mentors who have the experience and a good track record that prove their success. One of the great things about having mentors & coaches is that you can leverage on their past failures & experiences. Means, you do not have to undergo the same trials & downfalls because what your mentors present to you is already the proven road. Friends, family members & colleagues who aren't experienced in business don't count. Why listen to these people while deciding for something when they haven't even proven to be financially free themselves? This is insane, yet most Filipinos are guilty of this. Environment, no doubt, plays the most influence in a person's decision. If you want to get ahead of the business game & in life, surround yourself with people who can build you up & people you can model. True enough, if you want to learn yoga, you find a yoga coach. And if you want to learn business, you find a business coach. It's pure simple logic.
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Author: Dyan Ramos, Financial Education Advocate
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Words of Encouragement for Success
Words of Encouragement for Success and Happiness
”The soul is the river of energy that animates who we are.”
Elizabeth Lesser
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”Think of work as a vocation. It should be something that calls to you as something you want to do, and it should be something that gives voice to who you are and what you want to say to the world. It is, above all else, something that lets you love. “
Kent Nerburn, Letters to My Son
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”The secret to getting ahead is getting started. The secret to getting started is breaking your complex, overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks and then starting on the first one.”
Mark Twain
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”As a being of power, intelligence, and love you hold the key to every situation and contain within yourself that transforming and regenerative agency by which you may make yourself what you will.
James Allen
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”Don’t ever give up. Continue with the path you have chosen. Countless others have succeeded. Why not you? It is not a matter of IQ but of purity of the heart and persistence of will. All the joy peace or happiness that you have ever wanted dreamed or imagined and much more is in you as you. Don’t wait, do it now and discover that life can indeed be a supreme joy.”
Patanjali, Yoga Sutras
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”If you believe you can -or- If you believe you can’t, you’re right.”
Henry Ford
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”The paradox is that the only way “not to” experience perfect happiness is to be seeking it outside of the self.”
Patanjali, Yoga Sutras
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”Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass it’s about learning to dance in the rain.”
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Motivational Quotes For Success
Nothing worthwhile comes easily…Work, continuous work and hard work, is the only way to accomplish results that last.
In the practice of the Way, every day something is dropped. Less and less do you need to force things until finally you arrive at non-action. When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.
Lau-Tsu
Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility …In the final analysis, the one quality that all successful people have… is the ability to take responsibility.
Michael Korda
All that a man achieves and all that he fails to achieve is the direct result of his own thoughts.
James Allen
The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try and the faith to believe that it is possible.
Richard M. DeJos
The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist, the opportunity in every difficulty.
L. P. Jacks
The starting point of achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, just a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
Napoleon Hill
Many strokes overthrow the tallest oaks.
John Lyly
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
Napoleon Hill
Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in tears before you reap in joy.
Ralph Ransom
Far better it is to date mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than a rank with those poor spirits without neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory or defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt
Little minds attain and are subdued by misfortunes but great minds rise above them.
Man’s mind stretched to new idea never goes back to it’s original dimensions.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
The greatest discovery of my generations is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
William James
Sometimes the most expensive thing you ever do is nothing. It’s called “opportunity cost”. The price of ignorance is missing out on opportunities.
Marlon Sanders
Achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.
Conrad Hilton
Do not wait, the time will never be “just right”. Start where you stand, and work with what ever tools you may have at your commands, and tools will be found as you go along.
Napoleon Hill
If you can’t do it today, what makes you think you can do it tomorrow?
Yusuf Tara
Some people are so paralyzed by fear that they never do anything. They just collect and hoard information without ever acting on it. I keep trying to encourage people not to give up. You get good at something by doing it, over and over, until it becomes second in nature.
Michael Campbell
If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.
Pearl S. Buck
When you can truly see it, when you can feel it, when you can experience it, you’re well on your way toward achieving it.
Ralph S. Marston Jr.
No man ever achieved worthwhile success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.
Napoleon Hill
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.
William Connor Magee
The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can.
Sydney Smith
I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
Thomas Jefferson
Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
Alexander Graham Bill
If you can dream it, you can do it.
Walt Disney
The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work.
Vince Lombardi
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Dale Carnegie
The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
Pres. John F. Kennedy
It’s not whether you get knocked down. It’s whether you get up again.
Vince Lombarde
All of us have bad luck and good luck. The man who persists through the bad luck – who keeps right on going – is the man who is there when the good luck comes – and is ready to receive it.
Robert Collier
When things seems bad, look to see if you’re not focusing the wrong direction. When you’re looking at the sun, you see no shadows. When the outlook isn’t good, try the up looks – it’s always good.
Zig Ziglar
The success combination in business is: Do what you do better…and: Do more of what you do.
David Joseph Schwartz
There is no sudden leap into the stratosphere. There is only advancing step-by-step, slowly and tortuously, up the pyramid toward your goals.
Ben Stein
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Albert Einstein
We all have ability. The difference is how we use it.
Steve Wonder
Hard work spotlights the character of people. Some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don’t turn up all.
Sam Ewing
Take a second look at what appears to be someone’s “good luck”. You’ll find not luck but preparation, planning, and success producing thinking.
David Joseph Schwartz
All achievements, whether in business, intellectual or spiritual world, are the result of definitely directed thought.
As A Man Thinketh
Nobody succeeds beyond his or her wildest expectations unless he or she begins with some expectations.
Ralph Charell
Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It can’t be coaxed or bribed, pay the price and it is yours.
Orison Swett Marden
Most great men and women are not perfectly rounded in their personalities, but are instead people whose one driving enthusiasm is so great it makes their faults seem insignificant.
Charles A. Cerami
Think little goals and expect little achievements. Think big goals and win big success.
David Joseph Schwartz
A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is a price of all achievements.
Orison Swett Marden
Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.
Stephen A. Brennan
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has open for us.
Helen Keller
Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to intangible desire.
Napoleon Hill
Close scrutiny will show that most…”crisis situation” are…opportunities to either advance, or stay where you are.
Maxwell Maltz
You have to find something that you love enough to be able to take risks, jump over the hurdles and break through the brick walls that are always going to be placed in front of you. If you don’t have that kind of feeling for what it is you are doing, you’ll stop at the first giant hurdle.
George Lucas
The best way to get started is to stop talking and begin doing.
Walt Disney
Big thinking precedes big achievement.
Wilfred A. Peterson
What this power is I can’t say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in the state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.
Alexander Graham Bell
Shoot to the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.
Les Brown
Things don’t turn up this world until somebody turns them up.
James A. Garfiel
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
John Wickes
You must give to get. You must sow the seed before you can reap the harvest.
Scott Reed
Unless you walk out into the unknown, the odds of making a profound difference in your life are pretty low.
Tom Peters
Don’t be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so.
Belva Davis
If you try and lose, you can learn from losing, which greatly reduces the loss.
Zig Ziglar
Your value becomes real and marketable when you learn to reach within yourself and utilize the enormous potential that is there.
Zig Ziglar
It is no sin to attempt and fail. The only sin is to not make the attempt.
Sueller Fried
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