Jan 30, 2010

Best Business and Success Lessons - 8

  1. Daily exercise is an insurance policy against future illness. The best Leaders Without Titles are the fittest.
  2. Education is the beginning of transformation. Dedicate yourself to daily learning via books/audios/seminars and coaching.
  3. The quickest way to grow the sales of your business is to grow your people.

Jan 29, 2010

Best Business and Success Lessons - 7

  1. The business (and person) who tries to be everything to everyone ends up being nothing to anyone.
  2. One of the primary tactics for enduring winning is daily learning.
  3. To have everything you want, help as many people as you can possibly find get everything they want.
  4. Understand that a problem is only a problem if you choose to view it as a problem (vs. an opportunity).
  5. Clarity precedes mastery. Craft clear and precise plans/goals/deliverables. And then block out all else.
  6. The best in business spend far more time on learning than in leisure.
  7. Lucky is where skill meets persistence.
  8. The best Leaders Without a Title use their heads and listen to their hearts.
  9. The things that are hardest to do are often the things that are the best to do.
  10. Every single person in the world could be a genius at something, if they practiced it daily for at least ten years.

Jan 28, 2010

Best Business and Success Lessons - 6

  1. Peak performers replace depletion with inspiration on a daily basis.
  2. Take care of your relationships and the sales/money will take care of itself.
  3. You can't be great if you don't feel great. Make exceptional health your #1 priority.
  4. Doing the difficult things that you've never done awakens the talents you never knew you had.
  5. As we each express our natural genius, we all elevate our world.
  6. Your daily schedule reflects your deepest values.
  7. People do business with people who make them feel special.
  8. All things being equal, the primary competitive advantage of your business will be your ability to grow Leaders Without Titles faster than your industry peers.
  9. Treat people well on your way up and they'll treat you well on your way down.
  10. Success lies in a masterful consistency around a few fundamentals. It really is simple. Not easy. But simple.

Jan 27, 2010

Best Business and Success Lessons - 5

  1. The less you are like others, the less others will like you.
  2. You'll never go wrong in doing what's right.
  3. Excellence in one area is the beginning of excellence in every area.
  4. The real reward for doing your best work is not the money you make but the leader you become.
  5. Passion + production = performance.
  6. The value of getting to your goals lives not in reaching the goal but what the talents/strengths/capabilities the journey reveals to you.
  7. Stand for something. Or else you'll fall for anything.
  8. Say "thank you" when you're grateful and "sorry" when you're wrong.
  9. Make the work you are doing today better than the work you did yesterday.
  10. Small daily - seemingly insignificant - improvements and innovations lead to staggering achievements over time.

Jan 26, 2010

Jan 25, 2010

Best Business and Success Lessons - 4

  1. Who you are becoming is more important than what you are accumulating.
  2. Accept your teammates for what they are and inspire them to become all they can be.
  3. To triple the growth of your organization, triple the growth of your people.
  4. The best leaders are the most dedicated learners. Read great books daily. Investing in your self-development is the best investment you will ever make.
  5. Other people's opinions of you are none of your business.
  6. Change is hardest at the beginning, messiest in the middle and best at the end.
  7. Measure your success by your inner scorecard versus an outer one.
  8. Understand the acute difference between the cost of something and the value of something.
  9. Nothing fails like success. Because when you are at the top, it's so easy to stop doing the very things that brought you to the top.
  10. The best leaders blend courage with compassion.

Jan 24, 2010

Best Business and Success Lessons - 3

  1. You'll never go wrong in doing what is right.
  2. It generally takes about 10 years to become an overnight sensation.
  3. Never leave the site of a strong idea without doing something to execute around it.
  4. A strong foundation at home sets you up for a strong foundation at work.
  5. Never miss a moment to encourage someone you work with.
  6. Saying "I'll try" really means "I'm not really committed."
  7. The secret of passion is purpose.
  8. Do a few things at mastery versus many things at mediocrity.
  9. To have the rewards that very few have, do the things that very few people are willing to do.
  10. Go where no one's gone and leave a trail of excellence behind you.