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The Mathematics of Success
Wow! Was I ever blown away today when viewing the video, “The Mathematics of Success” from Veit: http://www.bareknuckleproductivity.com
His formulas? They are:
GSF + URAS = OS, and FRAS – GSF = HSE
I won’t cheapen his excellent work by explaining the formulas when you can watch the good doctor himself explain why us success seekers often struggle with focus and staying on task.
I don’t know about you, but sometimes just understanding what is going on gives me that thread that I can begin pulling and tugging on until the entire problem is revealed and solved.
How To Prove You Are An Expert
For many years I have enjoyed teaching and coaching young professionals about how to prove to prospect employers that they are experts in their fields–beginning experts, but experts nonetheless. The problem is not that they are not experts, it is that they don’t know how to let it out, how to provide convincing evidence that they know their stuff. Over the years, I’ve found a few things that convince the interviewer that the job hunter is an expert but I want to focus on the two most important ingredients that must be present to convince an interviewer that you know your stuff.
The Dirty Little Secret of Success
Maybe the title is a bit strong–maybe not. The secret that is a critical part of almost all success, true and lasting success, is PERSONALITY.
It is personality that determines whether that boss across from the desk decides to hire you or not. He knows what makes work bearable from day to day is the personalities of the people who must work together. If you’re not going to be workable, guess what? You won’t be working.
It’s personality that determine if that next customer will buy from you, either in person or from the copy you’ve written for your personality is smeared all across everything you do.
Posted in Leadership, Office Musings, Personal Development
Tagged charisma, leadership, personality, success
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12 Rules of Survival
Sometimes you have to focus on survival before you can turn your attention to excellence.
One of the most stimulating and perceptive things I’ve read in some time is the “12 Rules of Survival” by Laurence Gonzales on his web site, deepsurvival.com
The author’s introduction reads:
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Tagged critical thinking, excellence, plan, planning, progress, success, survival
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“Gottas” for Success
After having counseled and coached literally hundreds of individuals and many families spread across my career, I'm convinced there are five critical elements for success in any specific endeavor and in life in general.
Four of these are not so unique to me; you'll find entire books written concerning the first four. They are:
Stress – A Major Obstacle to Progress
We all know it: stress is a killer. But
long before it gets that bad, it’s still bad! Stress reduces our ability to think creatively and often contributes to hasty decisions that we pay for later. At the most elemental level, stress is a thief that can, if allowed, rob us of enjoying life moment by moment. Kind of like this video . . .
Information Overload Syndrome?
So . . . like so many other things that come our way daily, stress must be managed.
Okay . . . This Works!
Posted in Personal Development, Stress Management
Tagged Health, Mental Health, progress, Stress, success
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The Work You Love and the Threat of the Black Hole
So many people in the U.S. are unhappy in their jobs. They drag themselves to work on Monday and all week look forward to Friday and the weekend. Perhaps you’re one of them. If so, I suspect that off and on (maybe daily) you’ve wondered if there is something else you could do—that dream job that a few fortunate people find. You know the one. It’s the job that doesn’t feel like work. The one where someone has to tell you to go home because you’re having so much fun and don’t want to leave. I don’t claim to have all the answers, but would like to share three things that come from Dan Miller’s book, 48 Days to the Work You Love
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Tagged calling, career, Dan Miller, future, hate, hope, job, occupation, progress, purpose, success, work
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The Work You Love
Just a quick post to share what I found to be life-changing in Dan Miller’s book 48 Days to the Work You Love
First, I love the concept. It’s about time we get serious about finding that unique niche where we love what we do and someone has to tell us to turn out the lights and quit working. I’m sure that, like me, you want work that doesn’t feel like work. That only happens when there is an almost perfect match between what you are doing and who you are.No book can give you specifics but Dan’s book makes significant contributions to how we can grapple with this issue and make progress.
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Tagged 48 Days to the Work You Love, calling, career, Dan Miller, future, hope, job, occupation, progress, success, work
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What is a plan?
I love the quote in the header: “Planning is bringing the future into the present so you can do something about it now” (Alan Lakein). I especially like it because it captures the way in which a plan is kind of general. A plan gets us going in right direction, but leaves room for learning and making adjustments.
