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  I recently overheard a conversation I need to tell you about. I was having lunch in a restaurant. A man wanted a glass of red wine. He pointed to a variety on the menu. The server looked at the wine list and then said, "This one? I'm not going to pronounce the name properly, but I'll try." He then mangled the name of the wine and walked off to get it for the guest. Just out of curiosity, when the server came to our table, I asked him how long he’d worked at the restaurant. "This will be my eleventh year," he replied proudly.   Hmmm... Eleven years. At this restaurant. Taking orders for food and wine. Spending many of his most valuable hours here. Giving his incredibly precious life energy to this job. Given the opportunity to be an expert at what he does. To become a merchant of wow. To receive huge tips. Yet for some reason, he didn't seem to ...

                                                              The maxim, “ As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he ” embraces the whole of a man’s being, both his condition and circumstances in life.   A man is literally what he thinks, and his character is the sum total of all his thoughts. Man is made or unmade by himself .   In the armory of thought, he either forges the weapons by which he destroys himself or fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy, strength and peace .  Of all the beautiful truths pertaining to the soul which have been restored and brought to light in this age, none is more gladdening or fruitful of divine promise and confidence than this . A man is the master of thought, the molder of character, and the maker...

  Superstar athlete and supreme entrepreneur Shaquille O'Neal was on my faculty for a live event and shared three powerful lessons I trust will bring value to you. I'll jump right into them: Ø   Keep Your Kids Humble and Grounded . When his children would say, "Dad, let's buy this-we're rich," hed reply, " You're not rich, I am." The old adage "shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations" is generally true. Financial wealth is often made by the first, enjoyed by the second and lost in the third. Ø   Remember Your Roots . Too many people reach world-class success in their field then forget who brought them to the dance. Shag explained to my audience that before every home game the Lakers would play, he d Id drive to his former neighbourhood in a poor area of Los Angeles —and shoot hoops with the kids on the street. Then he d id get back into his car and drive to the game. I asked him why he would do this. His reply was ...

  There are people who come into your life sometimes just for a season; they were never meant to stay forever. Sometimes, we find ourselves attached to people we think are there for a lifetime, but they're only meant for a season. There are also people who enter your life like boosters for a rocket . If you’ve ever watched a rocket launch into space, you’ll notice the boosters fall off when the rocket reaches a certain altitude. Some people aren’t equipped to handle the altitude you're heading to, so they fall off . Don’t be afraid when they do. They’re not bad people; they just can’t go where you’re going.         culled from a motivational   speech   by Tiler Perry.

  Haruka Nishimatsu, the former CEO of Japan Airlines, became a global symbol of ethical leadership, financial discipline, and corporate responsibility during one of the airline industry’s most challenging economic crises. Rather than imposing mass layoffs or prioritizing profit driven executive perks, Nishimatsu made an unprecedented decision , he took a drastic pay cut, reducing his salary to just $90,000 annually, making less than some of the airline’s pilots .   His commitment to financial prudence extended beyond just his pay check , he also eliminated executive luxuries, opting to commute via public transportation, wear modest business attire, and work in an open office environment alongside employees, instead of isolating himself in an exclusive executive suite.   His transformational leadership approach was rooted in humility, employee well-being, and long-term corporate sustainability, setting a gold standard for financial management and ethical decisio...

  Not education, not experience, not knowledge or intellectual horsepower serves as an adequate predictor as to why one person succeeds, and another doesn’t. We have observed supposedly brilliant and well educated people struggle, while others with fewer obvious skills or attributes flourish.  The answer almost always has to do with the concept called  emotional intelligence. It’s harder to measure and certainly difficult to capture on a resume, yet its power cannot be denied.   Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is different from Intelligence Quota (IQ). Over the years people have erroneously assumed that high IQ is the source of Success?   Today studies  have revealed that people with the highest level of intelligence (IQ) outperform those with average IQs just 20 percent of the time,   while people with average IQs outperform those with high IQs 70 percent of the time ! Scientist therefore surmises that there must be other cogent factor that’...

         What is your dream in life? My dream is to move people from where they are presently to where they never expected to be in life in terms of personal success . Dreaming creates a gap between your present reality and the reality you want to have, thus causing you to question whether you can bridge the gap . The greater danger is not that your dreams are too high in the sky, exciting, and you don’t reach them. It’s actually that they are too small and dull, that you can do or reach them easily . When you choose not to dream, you are giving up a unique opportunity , since no one else has the talents, life experience, and imagination like you; there are wonderful things that you and only you will ever be able to dream of doing. So, if you don’t dream, you are aiming lower in life than you are worthy of. In doing so, you are selling out everyone else on planet earth that could have benefitted, however indirectly, from your finding the courag...

    Purpose is the destination of a vision. It energizes the vision, gives it force and drive, and should be positive and powerful, serving the better angels of any organization. As leaders, we must embed our own sense of purpose into the heart and soul of every follower or subordinate . Purpose starts from the leader at the top and, through infectious, dynamic, passionate leadership, is driven down throughout the organization. Every follower has their own organizational purpose that should connect with the leader’s overall purpose . I once watched a TV documentary about the Empire State Building (a tourist attraction in the US). For most of the hour, the documentary toured the wonders of the building – its history and structure: how many elevators it had, how many people worked or visited the place, how many corporate offices it housed, and how it was built. But at the end, the story took a sharp turn. The last scene showed a cavernous room in a sub-basement filled with...

  Titles do bring power, but the issue with the kind of power they offer is that once the title is removed, the power vanishes along with it. For example, the authority that comes with being an CEO lasts only as long as the person holds the title CEO . When that title is taken away, so too is the power that accompanied it . The influence that comes with titles like MANAGER,GENERAL MANAGER or COO is often short-lived, especially in these uncertain economic times. There exists a far deeper power than title-based power the natural leadership power inherent in every one of us simply because we are human beings . Unfortunately, this potential remains untapped and underutilized in most people. Yet it is available to anyone willing to seek it out and activate it. In fact, this is power in its truest form. It’s a power that can never be taken from you, regardless of what happens in the external world. It’s true power because it doesn’t rely on external circumstances. This i...