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People who have achieved great success are not necessarily more
skillful or intelligent than others. What separates them is their burning desire and thirst for knowledge. The more one knows, the more one achieves.
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-Robin Sharma
You’ve heard You’ve heard it a thousand times in a thousand different ways: you become what you think about.
Finally understand why the idea is truth. It’ It’ss not some esoteric philosophy. It’ It’ss simple logic.
The actions you take each day create the results of your life. And since every action you take has been preceded by a thought (thinking truly is the ancestor of performance), what you focus on really really does drive your reality reality..
British Prime Minister Minister Benjamin Disrael Disrael once said, “You “You will will never go higher than your thinking.” thinking.”
A human being will never act in a way bigger than its thoughts. Drea Dream m big and your behavior will follow follow.. Think small and you’ll play play small.
Think you deserve the best and your actions will reflect that confidence. Better actions will then drive better results.
Expect to be one of the gre great at ones in your car career eer or within your country. That brilliant thinking shapes the way you work and the way you show up in general. And that world-class world-class conduct prese presents nts world class outcomes.
Your thoughts shape your reality. Your thinking forms your world. What you focus on expands. And what you dwell dwell on determines determines your destiny. destiny.
You’ll never never know if you don’t even even try. There is giant power in asking for what you want.
The best of the best, those who live glorious lives – lives – that that matter - ask like crazy.
And so they ask. For the support and help they need at work. For the understanding they may seek at home. For a break they need for their business. For a better table at their favorite restaurant. restaurant. For a better seat at a sold-out concert.
And because they ask more, the get mor moree (success always has been a numbers game).
Nothing happens until you ask. People are are not mind readers. readers. They need to know what’s meaningful what’s meaningful to you, and if you ask nicely, nicely, they just might say yes.
Doing good makes you feel good; -Being kind to a co-worker not only enables and elevates them - it lifts your mood. - Going the extra mile for your spouse or your child not only leaves them better than you found them - it helps you feel connected to the ones you love (which promotes happiness and fulfillment).
Not only do good things happen to good people. But people who do great things get to feel great feelings.
I n yo your l if e;
-D o good good for f or people. people. -D o good good work . -Thi -T hi nk good thoughts though ts.. -A nd be good good to your your sel f . -Good thi ngs wil wi l l happen. happen.
In The Greatness Guide, a simple formula for genius: “focus “focus plus plus time equals mastery.” mastery. ” Please think about that. What you concentrate on, you cannot help but get great at. The more mo re you focus, the better you get.
Focus on being superb at what you do and, over time, you will be known as remarkable.
Focus on your inner world and people will eventually eventually call you wise.
Focus. Focus. Focus...on your burning priorities. priorities.
Say no to everything else. Life’ Life’ss short. You only get one shot at great.
It doesn’t matter matter what other people think of you. All that matters is what you think of you.
We lose so much energy worrying about the opinions of others, wanting to be liked.
Leadership and personal mastery mastery is about rising above social approval approval - to self approval.
Respect you. So long as you are living by your values, being authentic, running your own race and doing your drea dreams, ms, who car cares es what anyone else thinks/feels/ says about you?
“Leadership isn’t a a popularity contest.” contest.” It’s It’s about doing what’s right. what’s right.
Success, world-class health, internal fulfillment and sustained happiness don’t just happen. These elements of your best life are are created. created.
What I’m What I’m suggesting suggesting is that personal and profess professional ional greatness takes work.
The best way to create spectacular results in the most important areas of your life is through daily practice.
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A series of practices that you can set up for a great day;
You can start your day with morning journaling session where you record your feelings, thoughts, and the blessings you are are grateful for. for.
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you may start your day with with a strong workout and workout and an elite performer’ elite performer’ss meal.
L i ste ten n to musi musi c for 15 mi minu nute tes s , as it not only energizes you , it just makes life
better.
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U se su cce cces ss stateme tatemen n ts or or af afff i r mati ons to get my mind focused.
Money spent on training is not an expense - it’s it’s an an investment.
If your greatest greatest resour resource ce is your people, then it only makes sense that your biggest investment should be in your people. Developing them. Growing them. Training them.
In hard economic times, what’s what’s the the first thing shortsighted companies cut? You guessed it - the training budget. Unbelievable. What message does that send to people?
Spectacular success in business doesn’t come by luck. The best companies didn’t get to their lofty positions by chance. The great ones didn’t reach the mountaintop by coincidence.
The great ones got there by relentlessly focusing on the right things. Like delivering outrageous value to their customers. Like innovating like there’s no tomorrow.
The most successful companies got higher positions by investing in the human beings who are at the heart and soul of the enterprise.
Prepared Pr epared by; D.M. Sanath Dasanayaka. University of Sabaragamuwa, Sri Lanka. May, 2014. e-mail e-mail:
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T hank han k you, Robi Robi n Shar ma. A l l the th e cre cr edits dit s go to you, you, th e genu genu i ne
author of “LITTLE BLACK BOOK FOR STUNNING SUCCESS”
