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The capacity for leadership exists in everyone, but most people never take the time to develop. Leadership, among other things, is the process of providing organizational direction and accomplishing necessary objectives. To most effectively lead others, consider mastering the art of self-leadership. Understanding who you are and what gives your life value will help you to establish your life's purpose and pursue it with confidence, skill, and commitment. Know where you are going and how you are going to get there!
Enjoy this months articles as we discuss how having the right attitude can make a big difference in achieving success. David Hildreth
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Mastering Excellence
 Achieving success in life, business, sports, etc. is about mastering excellence. Success is about commitment, persistence, skill, confidence, and execution. Vince Lombardi was quoted as saying, "The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field or endeavor." So the question becomes no matter what your chosen field or endeavor, how do you master excellence?
In my experience there are three key ingredients that, when embraced, create the foundation for mastering excellence.
1. Having the right attitude.
Having the right attitude is a decision you need to make every day. Your attitude not only affects you, but it affects the people around you. There are two ways you can look at virtually everything in your life. A pessimist looks for the difficulty in the opportunity, and the optimist looks for opportunity in difficulty. Frederick Langbridge reinforces the different views of an optimist and a pessimist in the following quote, "Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars."
Your attitude affects your body language and your behavior. Folks with the right attitude often appear strong, confident and happy. Folks with a more pessimistic view often appear haggard, unhappy, and stressed. Having the right attitude gives you energy and that energy is very contagious ... being optimistic fuels better health. Even when the world around you seems to be challenging or crumbling, having the right attitude will reaffirm that you have what is necessary to face any challenge and create the right outcome for you. Your attitude has a direct correlation to your ability to master excellence in whatever you choose to pursue. There really is only one right option-embrace the right attitude!
2. Being goal oriented.
Know what you want, why you want it, and define how to achieve it. Defining personal and professional goals will create a road map for your success. It is not enough to have a dream. In order to have a dream become a reality there needs to be a goal with defined action steps. Action is what makes things happen and being goal oriented is an empowering process. As you achieve things from your list, you start to feel an energy building that will very quickly snowball. The more you start to achieve by being goal oriented the more you want to achieve and the more you know you can achieve.
3. The devil is the details.
Attention to detail is critical to mastering excellence and it will make you stand out in comparison to others. Attention to detail means nothing goes unnoticed. It is paying attention to how you dress, how you behave, how you communicate, how you carry yourself, how you take care of your surroundings, how quickly and efficiently you follow up, and how you treat others. Make every detail meaningful and reap the rewards of success.
You have the ability to be excellent at whatever you pursue or endeavor, and being excellent is a choice that is 100% within your control. Decide today to raise your level of success by having the right attitude, by being goal oriented, and by paying attention to every detail. Excellence and success go hand in hand!
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Article written by our guest author Tammy A.S. Kohl. Kohl is President of Resource Associates Corporation (RAC). For over 30 years, RAC has specialized in business and management consulting, strategic planning, leadership development, executive coaching, and youth leadership.(back to top) |
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Do You Have the Mindset for Success?
 "Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success." - Dr. Joyce Brothers
Have you ever noticed that some people seem to attract success like a magnet? While others can't catch a break no matter how hard they seem to try? With more than 97% of all business owners never making a dime from their ventures, it seems that lady luck is calling the shots. But maybe there is more to it than random chance. After all, success rarely happens by accident. It's actually our own failure that many of us plan.
Those who succeed at anything in life and in business - know what they want to achieve, visualize themselves achieving it, and then make it a reality. They have a success mindset that goes beyond just the idea of wanting something; it becomes a part of who they are until they have no choice but to make it a reality.
In the early 20th century, multimillionaire Andrew Carnegie hired Napoleon Hill to study the world's most successful people. Hill spent 20 years interviewing, learning from, and understanding more than 500 of the most successful people to ever live. Among them were the super wealthy Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller, and Thomas Edison.
Using his research, Hill published Think and Grow Rich in 1937. Today it is still one of the most read books of its kind. It has stood the test of time because his principles for success can be applied by anyone at any time. In fact, many of his ideas have since been substantiated through scientific studies. One of which is the idea that people possess the power to think their way to success.
The key in Hill's research was the discovery that successful people think differently. They have adopted a set of beliefs that enable them to be successful. Research now shows what the world's most successful people have always known. If you want to succeed you have to believe you will succeed. Believe that failure is not an option and it won't be.
So, how can you develop your own success mindset? The best place to start is to stop listening to the little voice in your head that says, "No you can't." Instead believe that you can do anything you put your mind to. Visualize yourself already having the thing you most desire and live your life as though it's inevitable that you'll eventually get there.
"Whatever the mind of man can conceive
and believe it can achieve."
- Napoleon Hill
Use this powerful technique in your own life and you're sure to be rewarded personally and professionally. Get started today and you'll be amazed how quickly your luck changes!
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