Potential, possibilities – are unlimited. What’s possible and what I think is possible – can be different. What one has done in the past is no way indicative of what one is capable of; or what one could do in future. Am I using my potential? Am I exploring my possibilities?
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The way in which the expedition is equipped – the way in which every difficulty is foreseen, and precautions taken for meeting or avoiding it – Victory await him who has everything in order. Luck, people call it – said Roald Amundsen (first person to reach South Pole). Preparation matters; Preparation is all that matters.
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Your greatness is not in what you have, but in what you give – Alice Hocker. I can give Joy, happiness, inspiration, positivity… Or I can give misery, anxiety, stress, negativity… What’s my choice? Corollary: I can give (only) what I have!
Hiring is not a problem to be solved but an opportunity to build the future of your organization – Julie Zhuo of Facebook. As a leader, am I conscious of this opportunity? Am I consciously involved in building and managing the talent pool that’s needed in my business? How much time, effort and energy I’m
Jeff Bezos (Amazon) feels it’s enough if he can make three good decisions each day. Taking a large number of decisions every day doesn’t necessarily indicate growth or success. As a leader, I need to make (only) a few high quality decisions every day. ‘Presence’, while taking those few decisions each day, is of extreme
For a business its Competitive Advantage provides a significant boost for accelerated growth. A couple questions that may help us find our competitive advantage are: What’s that we do that others don’t do? What’s that we do and others do, but we do it better, and we can prove it?
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‘Satisfied Customer is my best sales person’ – said one of my Client CEOs. When’s the last time I thought about a satisfied customer? When’s the last time I engaged with a satisfied customer?
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‘People inspire you, or they drain you – pick them wisely’, says Hans F Hansen. It matters who we choose to spend our time with. It matters who we choose to work with. It matters whom we use as a sounding board. Similarly, we also have an option – to choose, while dealing with people
If I’d had more time, I would have written you a shorter letter – Mark Twain. Brevity – being concise, precise, succinct – makes communication crisp and effective. As a leader can I practice brevity, so that people get easily, clearly, what am trying to communicate?
If I had only 7 days to live, would I do what am doing right now? When I ask this myself, it could leave a significant influence on what we do; and how. Through our life, work, career, relationships, hobbies, bucket lists… What am I about to do?