by Travis Wright on April 16, 2009
by Steve Farber
A while back, I received a distressed email from Ken, a young manager at a high-tech company. Ken and I had never met, but he had read my first two books and had done his best to apply the ideas and practices of Extreme Leadership to the way he’d led his team. To their culture, their work ethic, their camaraderie. When necessary, Ken told me, they would band together and work hard — 10 to 20 hours a day at times — to solve a problem or meet a pressing need. Ken’s wife would cook food for everyone and bring it to the office. They felt like a family, he said, committed to doing great work and devoted to one another’s success. No one ever complained, least of all Ken.
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by Travis Wright on March 24, 2009
by Patrece Snow
Think positively, expect only favorable results and situations and circumstances will change accordingly. Persistence will eventually teach your mind to think positively and ignore negative thoughts.
It is not enough to think positively for a few moments, and then let fears and lack of belief re-enter your mind. A person can easily fall into the pattern of negative thought, but it is fully possible to fall into a healthier pattern and think positively.
Encourage positive thought by asking yourself what you have to be thankful for. Chances are there’s a lot more than you currently recognize. Really think about it. Even the small stuff deserves our acknowledgement. This is an easy activity to fit in to our day. We can do it in the car, shower or even as we brush our teeth.
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by Travis Wright on February 20, 2009
by Napoleon Hill
Do you realize that your child’s success or failure depends on you? The schooling and the religious training your children receive will play an important part in their lives, of course, but the influence they will pick up from living close to you can be and should be one that puts them on the success beam.
There are three important principles you can teach your children which will go a long way toward bringing them success and happiness throughout their lives. The first of these is Definiteness of Purpose. This habit should start when the child is very young so that it will become a fixed part of his character.
Not too long ago I was visiting friends whose little boy was playing with tinker toys. He was trying to build a helter-skelter design that soon crumbled to the floor. He began to cry when his understanding mother came to his rescue and asked him what he wanted to build.
“I dunno,” he sobbed, “just something that will stand up.”
“Before you start building,” his mother counseled, “you must know what you want, and you must have a plan to go by. Now, let’s see what you’d like to make.”
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by Travis Wright on February 17, 2009
Business Plans are Nothing … Business Planning is Everything
Dwight Eisenhower, when contemplating the Herculean effort to plan for Operation Overlord (the code name for the invasion of Normandy and northwest Europe during WWII) said, “Plans are nothing. Planning is everything.” His considered view was that while both are necessary, plans by their very nature are nothing but static documents, yet planning is a responsive and dynamic action that brings focus to uncertainty.
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