‘It’s Not About You’

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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Is it really about you? Life is not about us. It is about other people. When you put other people first, they will put you first.

In business and in life, when you respect and love other people, when you focus on making the world a better place, you are not helping the world; you are helping yourself.

Life is not about you because you need other people to get things done. No matter how smart you are, there is so much you can do alone.

According to Bob and John, ‘Your influence is determined by how abundantly you place other people’s interest first.’

‘It’s not about you. … It’s about them.’

The best way to increase your influence is to give it away.’

‘Anyone can come up with a vision. The hard part is holding.’

‘Keep seeing in your mind’s eye where it is you’re going even when nobody else does. Especially when nobody else does.’

‘Give people something good to live up to– something great- and they usually will.’

‘Embrace the hurt and it deepens you, makes you a richer person. Deny, reject, hold it at bay, fight it off, and it simply hardens you.’

‘Sometimes it’s time to move to a bigger building.’

‘You can lead only as far as you grow. And you will grow only as far as you let yourself.’

‘What you have to give, you offer least of all through what you say; in greater part, through what you do; but in greatest part through who you are.’

Source:

Bob Burg and John David Mann (2011). It’s Not About You: A Little Story About What Matters Most in Business

How To ‘Thrive In An Unpredictable Economy’

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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Who knows what is going to happen tomorrow? No one knows what is going to happen in the future.

But we can get to work. Because tomorrow starts today, right now. If we want the future to be better, we have got to be better.

‘Attitude is key. If you assume everything, even a problem, is a gift, it invariably will be.’

‘Before beginning anything new, ask yourself this: ‘Is this something I really want to do?’

‘Failing is an important part of the act. Learn. Build. Repeat. model. Unfortunately.’

‘Mistakes are simply part of the learning process. The ‘secret’ is to make sure that they don’t cost you too much and that you do, in fact, learn from each one and build that learning into the next step you take.’

‘You need to put your thoughts into action to see if you are right about there being a potential audience/customer for your idea (and learn what you need to change if there is not). Thinking by itself doesn’t accomplish anything.‘

‘What if you can’t come up with an idea to get yourself started? The place most people begin is by asking, ‘What am I good at?’

‘The people who are best at dealing with uncertainty are serial entrepreneurs.’

‘If you aren’t spending at least six hours a week- about an hour a day- preparing for your next career, you run the risk of falling behind. Start today.’

‘Instead of searching for the perfect job, why not create it?

‘There is a proven path for dealing with uncertainty: proceeds as proven entrepreneurs do. After all, there is nothing more uncertain than starting a business, and these people have done it successfully. What has worked for them will work for you.’

Source:

Paul B. Brown (2014). Own Your Future: How to Think Like An Entrepreneur and Thrive in an Unpredictable Economy