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What is your formula for success?

Success is most relative. How you see your self on the road of life?. Today morning at 5 – 30 a.m. I was referring book tactics  of Edward de bono. To be successful you have to be fall in one of  the  following category. Lucky High talent Developing field Madness Some people have been extremely lucky and some people have been extremely unlucky.  Some people have certain amount of luck and built up empire. Some people have no luck and tried the best effort to make empire and made it. They have virtually no luck. You find people in different range of success even they [ ... ]

11 Undisputed points for matchless success:

After training thousands of managers across the globe, i reach to conclusion that an individual require at least following 11 points to get higher level of success. Success is a relative term. Success could be different for each professional. But I strongly recommend that following points affect on career of professional at large.  Following are the points.  1/  Vision 2/  Commitment 3/  Dedication 4/  Madness 5/  Positive 6/  Futuristic 7/ Strong values 8/  Fitness 9/  Discipline 10/  Maturity 11/  Down to earth.   Above points will certainly help an individual to get what he desire and need in the life while shaping his/her career in respective efields.

Critics will critic you, no other way left….

Critics will critic you. People will throw stones on your multi actions. People around you will never appreciate you, even after producing results. Remember the rule is that people are around you most of the time under estimate you .Most of the time they are not ready to accept your true level of potentiality. Who is not criticized? Who had not faced hard time? Who had not met various challenges before they reached to final destination? Most of the people have faced tough time and face critics. World is not going to be critic free. People around you are also not [ ... ]

Twitter CEO Dick Costolo: What I’ve Learned

The captain of the world’s most ubiquitous social media platform talks leadership, disruption, and why he follows Mia Farrow.  There are certain things you’d expect of the CEO of the fastest growing, most disruptive, 140-character communications platform in the world. For starters, you’d expect him to spend a lot of time thinking about the future, much of which his company is driving. You’d expect him to be scrambling to keep up with explosive growth. You’d expect him to be pithy: anyone viewing the world through 140-characters updates ought to be pretty good at concise expression.  An you’d expect him to be surprised [ ... ]

What is the difference between self centric and selfishness?

WHAT QUALITIES MAKE LEADER SELFISH? Selfishness is typically defined as “concerned excessively or exclusively with oneself.” If someone hears that the CEO is being selfish, the thought that is likely to come to mind is, “The leader is maximizing personal financial rewards even at the cost of the company’s or anyone’s interests.” If that is the case, it is unfortunate and unacceptable. I as mentor do not consider him as leader. Leader could not be selfish. If e consider leader as selfish leader than selfishness should be redefine. Leader need to be selfish with his emotions. If he is emotionally selfish than he [ ... ]

WISDOM IS KNOWING YOUR SELF NOT THE WORLD.

Wisdom is the application of knowledge to attain a positive goal by receiving instruction in governing oneself. Researchers in the field of positive psychology have defined wisdom as the coordination of “knowledge &  experience” and “its deliberate use to improve well being”. With this definition, wisdom can supposedly be measured using the following criteria A wise person has self- knowledge A wise person seems sincere ( Sincerity is the virtue one who speak & acts truly about his or her own feelings, thoughts & desires.) & direct with others Others ask wise people for advice A wise person’s actions are consistent with his/her ethical beliefs. In [ ... ]

Chance : ball bounce back

It is always possible to go on, no matter how impossible it seems. Things could be found full of challenges but way out possible is to seek chance and move forward. I was conducting workshop on managerial effectiveness at Colombo, Shree lanka on 22th June,2012  . Assistant manager asked question seeking guideline. How  do you come to know it is  chance in life ? If you miss it, is there second chance  ? Do you think chances approach us or I should approach chances? I answer with words asserted by ― Kevin Brockmeier, The View from the Seventh Layer “How often, you wonder, [ ... ]

Great leaders what always do?

Time has come to erase phrases from your vocabulary, ASAP: “Don’t take this wrong but …” This wishy-washy statement shows that you’re not in command or can’t articulate your position NO FAILURE IS FINAL FAILURE  No leader wants their team to fail. But great leaders do come over any kind of failures. They transfer all adversity in to opportunities with positive state of mind. Fighting with all situations, everyday, and coming out with win over status. You need to develop terrific tolerance while facing all adverse and tough situations. But that is what is expected from true leader. Facing from front [ ... ]

What is your preference mediocrity or meritocracy ?

Leaders prefer mediocrity and there priority is meritocracy Leaders are living in an uncertain world. At a same time leaders do not want to live in comfort zone. They sincerely try to put the organization from where it goes to when it should reach. Do not expect that everything need to be smooth in the life and corporate world. Remember, the master lesson of life is the road who had reached to the top of the mountain has turned them on every turn. Smooth shipping is a blunder in the life. Bennis writes: “Leaders learn by leading, and they learn best by [ ... ]

Leaders prefer mediocrity and there priority is meritocracy

  Leaders are living in an uncertain world. At a same time leaders do not want to live in comfort zone. They sincerely try to put the organization from where it goes to when it should reach. Do not expect that everything need to be smooth in the life and corporate world. Remember, the master lesson of life is the road who had reached to the top of the mountain has turned them on every turn. Smooth shipping is a blunder in the life. Bennis writes: “Leaders learn by leading, and they learn best by leading in the face of obstacles. As [ ... ]