How To Become An Outstanding Person In Life

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If you want to become an outstanding person in your life, you must focus on getting better everyday. When you get better today, your tomorrow will be better than your today.

Getting better is about taking care of what is truly yours, what is truly important to you. It is about loving where you are, no matter what.

It is about loving your life, no matter what is going in your life. It is about putting yourself first, not last. It is believing in yourself that you can change your life, that you are in charge of your life.

According to David Cottrell and Robert Nix, ‘Being indispensable demands that you exhibit the courage to decide to spend time and resources on the factors that are within your control. Take control over what you can, and accept that some things are beyond your control, but do the best you can with them. Never give up improving the things that you can control.’

‘The first step to becoming indispensable is to see yourself as that person and to act as though you are indispensable already. Beginning today, act on your positive vision and begin separating yourself from your competition.’

‘Your challenge is not finding time. Your challenge is creating personal discipline.’

‘Becoming indispensable begins with a crystal-clear understanding of what you are trying to accomplish.’

‘If you want to become the Indispensable person, your goals must have an action plan that begins right now.’

‘You are cheating yourself if you go through a day without learning something new.’

The indispensable person is well organized and under control and transmits a confident appearance.’

The indispensable person is solution-oriented and focuses on unraveling the problem and creating some viable alternatives.’

The Indispensable people are transformers! They make change a positive experience for everyone around them.’

The Indispensable person does not try to impress with big words, long sentences, or verbose statements. The Indispensable person communicates clearly, concisely, and to the point.’

The Indispensable people choose not to inflict the poison of negative attitudes on themselves. Instead, they choose to be positive and enthusiastic.’

The Indispensable person gives away knowledge by sharing with others.’

Source

David Cottrell and Robert Nix (2014). Indispensable! Becoming the Obvious Choice in Business and in Life

Finerman’s Top Ten Rules For Business And Life

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If you have the courage to do the right things, you will get the right results. If you don’t, then be okay with what you will get.

According to Finerman,

If you don’t proactively want success for yourself, how are you going to convince others that you’re worthy of attaining it?’

Act as if, believe as if, plan as if you can and will succeed. There is no reason not to.’

‘You can’t hope the plans happen; you have to make them happen.’

A first job is a chance to get paid to learn. So learn all you can.’

If decisions are not of great consequence, don’t give them a lot of space.’

We have the power to control our emotions; sometimes we just haven’t developed the desire and the right intellectual response to do so.’

‘Figure out what it is you do a half-assed job at, or hate, and let it go.’

When you have a big decision to make, wait as long as you can before deciding.’

‘Don’t wait for the fear of failure to subside; move forward as if isn’t there.’

‘If we survive failure, we haven’t failed– we’ve learned and we’ve grown stronger, scars and all.’

Don’t belabor a transaction for a small amount of money. If you want to sell something, get out there and sell it. Don’t try to squeeze every last penny.’

‘Markets can change very quickly. Do not extrapolate well into the future what the environment is right now.’

Source

Karen Finerman (2013). Finerman’s Rules: Secrets I’d Only Tell My Daughters About Business and Life