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Success

10 reasons why you’re going to fail!

1 November 2009

I can across a really stunning post on failure by Tony Morgan, “10 Reasons Why You’re Probably Going to Fail” that is really worth sharing, so here is Tony’s list…
10 Reasons Why You’re Probably Going to Fail

It’s not your passion. If it doesn’t make your heart beat fast or cause your mind to race [...]

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Leaders grow most in their areas of strength!

13 January 2008

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"The mediocre manager believes that most things are learnable and therefore that the essence of management is to identify each person’s weaker areas and eradicate them. The great manager believes the opposite. He believes that the most influential qualities of a person are innate and therefore that the essence of management is to [...]

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Are you being effectively mentored?

6 January 2008

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As leaders we need to be constantly learning and growing, one of the best way’s to grow is by having a few good mentors to guide you on your journey. A mentor is defined in the Wiktionary as "A wise and trusted counselor or teacher". whilst this is a [...]

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Have you defined what success means for you?

23 September 2007

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"Have you defined what success means for you and for your life? Unless you have thought through the answer to that question, you are at risk of letting others define success for you or trying to keep up with their definitions of success. Only when you can define what is most important [...]

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Do What you Love and Money Will Follow?

12 May 2007

I found this interesting post on Soul in the Sky – John Kwarsick Blog:
Mark Albion, Author of the book “Making a Life, Making a Living” cites a study by Srully Blotnick:
“A study of business school graduates tracked the careers of 1,500 people from 1960 to 1980. From the beginning, the graduates were grouped into [...]

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Drucker on the importance of effectiveness….

20 August 2006

“What is the managers job? It is to direct the resources and the efforts of the business toward opportunities for economically significant results. This sounds triteand it is. But every analysis of actual allocation of resources and efforts in business that I have ever seen or made showed clearly that the bulk of time, work, [...]

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How Successful People Stay Successful

24 April 2006

There’s an interview in Knowledge@Wharton with Mark Thompson and Stewart Emery, co-authors of a new book to be titled “Success Built to Last“, which they wrote with Jerry Porras. You’ll known Jerry Porras from his popular 1994 book, Built to Last : Successful Habits of Visionary Companies (Harper Business Essentials) which he wrote with [...]

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Leadership is a Daily Practice

3 April 2006

You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. You see, success doesn’t just suddenly occur one day in someone’s life. For that matter, neither does failure. Each is a process. Every day of your life is merely preparation for the next. What you become is the result of what [...]

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Leadership Career Killers

25 January 2006

An article by Robin Ryan, in the CrossRoads Newsletter, highlighting the following career killers, based on a survey of hiring decisions made by top executives:

Lack of results. “not producing measurable results on the job is the sure-fire way of ending your career rise.”
Not working at a job you’re passionate about. “People float through life as [...]

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The New Retirement Model

21 May 2005

Do you know how much money they will need to be able to live comfortably in retirement? If not, you’re not alone, according to an article titled “The New Retirement Model” by John Mauldin discussing the results of research by Merrill Lynch. In the article John mentions that:
“There are no secret investing techniques that will [...]

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