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SUCCESS
By Shiv Khera
ATTITUDE
Attitude issue
LEADERSHIP ISSUES
When a Winner makes a When a Loser makes a mistake, mistake, he says, I was wrong; he says, It wasn't my fault. A Winner makes commitments; Winners say, I must do something; A Loser makes promises. Losers say, "Something must be done."
SUCCESS
To laugh often and love much; To win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; To earn the approval of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends ; To appreciate beauty; To find the best in others; To give off one's self without the slightest thought of return; To have accomplished a task, whether by a healthy child, a rescued soul, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; To have played and laughed with Enthusiasm and sung with exaltation; To know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived; This is to have succeeded. - Anonymous
As a young cartoonist, Walt Disney faced many rejections from newspaper editors, who said he had no talent. One day a minister at a church hired him to draw some cartoons. Disney was working out of a small mouse infested shed near the church. After seeing a small mouse, he was inspired. That was the start of Mickey Mouse.
A New York Times editorial on 10 December 1903, questioned the wisdom of the Wright Brothers who were trying to invent a machine, heavier than air, that would fly. One week later, at Kitty Hawk, the Wright Brothers took their famous flight.
One day a partially deaf four year old kid came home with a note in his pocket from his teacher, Your Tommy is too stupid to learn, get him out of the school. His mother read the note and answered, My Tommy is not stupid to learn; I will teach him myself. And that Tommy grew up to be the great Thomas Edison. Thomas Edison had only three months of formal schooling and he was partially deaf.
In 1914, Thomas Edison, at age 67, lost his factory, which was worth a few million dollars, to fire. It had very little insurance. No longer a young man, Edison watched his lifetime effort go up in smoke and said, There is great value in disaster. All our mistakes are burnt up. Thank God we can start anew. In spite of disaster, three weeks later, he invented the phonograph.
What an attitude!
IF YOU THINK
If you think you are beaten, you are. If you think you dare not, you dont! If you like to win, but think you cant, It's almost a cinch you wont. If you think youll lose, youre lost; For out in the world we find Success begins with a fellow's will; Its all in the state of mind. If you think you are outclassed, you are, Youve got to think high to rise, Youve got to be sure of yourself before You can ever win a prize. Lifes battles dont always go To the stronger and faster man, But sooner or later the man who wins Is the man who thinks he can.
DONT QUIT
When things go wrong, As they sometimes will, When the road youre trudging seems all uphill, When the funds are low and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit Rest if you must, but dont you quit. Life is queer with its twists and turns, As every one of us sometimes learns, And many a failure turns about When he might have won had he stuck it out. Dont give up though the pace seems slow You may succeed with another blow. Success is failure turned inside out The silver tint of the clouds of doubt, And you never can tell how close you are, It may be near when it seems so far; So stick to the fight when youre hardest hit It's when things seem worst that you mustnt quit.
Alexander Graham Bell was desperately trying to invent a hearing aid for his partially deaf wife. He failed at inventing a hearing aid but in the process discovered the principles of the telephone. You wouldnt call someone like that lucky, would you? Good luck is when opportunity meets preparation. Without effort and preparation, lucky coincidences dont happen.
LUCK
He worked by day And toiled by night. He gave up play And some delight. Dry books he read, New things to learn. And forged ahead, Success to earn. He plodded on with Faith and pluck; And when he won, Men called it luck. --Anonymous
EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION
MOTIVATION
Motivation is like fire unless you keep adding fuel to it, it dies. Just like exercise and food dont last long, neither does motivation. However, if the source of motivation is belief in inner values, it becomes long-lasting. Experience has shown that people will do a lot for money, more for a good leader, and do most for a belief. We see this happening every day all over the world. People will die for a belief.
Look for the positive in every person and in every situation. Resolve to be happy. Set your own standards judiciously. Develop an immunity to negative criticism. Learn to find pleasure in every little thing. Remember all times are not the same. Ups and downs are part of life. Make the best of every situation. Keep yourself constructively occupied. Help others less fortunate than yourself. Learn to get over things. Dont brood. Forgive yourself and others. Dont hold guilt or bear grudges.
LIFE IS AN ECHO
Benjamin Franklin said, When you are good to others, you are best to yourself. Our life is like an echo: We get back what we give. It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself. - Ralph Waldo Emerson Goodness has a way of coming back; that is the nature of the beast. One doesnt have to do good with a desire to get back. It just happens automatically.
LIFE IS AN ECHO
Many years ago two boys were working their way through Stanford University. Their funds got desperately low, and the idea came to them to engage Ignacy Paderewski for a piano recital. They would use the funds to help pay their board and tuition. The great pianists manager asked for a guarantee of $2,000.The guarantee was a lot of money in those days, but the boys agreed and proceeded to promote the concert. They worked hard, only to find that they had grossed only $1,600. After the concert the two boys told the great artist the bad news. They gave him the entire $1,600, along with a promissory note for $400, explaining that they would earn the amount at the earliest possible moment and send the money to him. It looked like the end of their college careers. No, boys, replied Paderewski, that wont do. Then, tearing the note in two, he returned the money to them as well. Now, he told them, take out of this $1,600 all
LIFE IS AN ECHO
The years rolled by. World War-I came and went. Paderewski, now premier of Poland, was striving to feed thousands of starving people in his native land. The only person in the world who could help him was Herbert Hoover, who was in charge of the US Food and Relief Bureau. Hoover responded and soon thousands of tons of food were sent to Poland. After the starving people were fed, Paderewski journeyed to Paris to thank Hoover for the relief sent him. That's all right, Mr. Paderewski , was Hoover's reply. Besides, you dont remember it, but you helped me once when I was a student at college, and I was in trouble.
WE SEE THINGS NOT THE WAY THEY ARE BUT THE WAY WE ARE
There is a legend about a wise man who was sitting outside his village. A traveler came up and asked him, What kind of people live in this village, because I am looking to move from my present one? The wise man asked, What kind of people live where you want to move from? The man said, They are mean, cruel, rude. The wise man replied, The same kind of people live in this village too. After some time another traveler came by and asked the same question and the wise man asked him, What kind of people live where you want to move from? And the traveler replied, The people are very kind, courteous, polite and good. The wise man said, You will find the same kind of people here too.
Step 7: Put Positive Interpretation on Other People's Behavior In the absence of sufficient facts, people instinctively put a negative interpretation on others actions or inactions. Some people suffer
GIVING APPRECIATION
1. Be specific 2. Be sincere 3. Time bound should be immediate
PROBLEM SOLVING
1. Is it a problem or is it an inconvenience? 2. If its a problem, please write down the problem. 3. Please write down what are the possible causes of the problem. 4. Write down the possible solutions. 5. What solutions do you recommend. 6. Why do you recommend this one.
COMMUNICATION
Non-verbal communication : Tone of voice : Verbal communication :
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SERENITY PRAYER
God grant me the serenity to accept the things that I cannot change and courage to change the things I can and wisdom to know the difference.