Follow 11 things that can Change Your Life.
"Winners always put in extra effort even when it
hurts."
"Preferences are negotiable, convictions are
not."
"Less than 5 per cent people have written goals... the
balance 95 per cent work for them."
"Where you will be five years from now shall depend on
two things: the books you read and the company you keep."
1. Take pride in
performance
People who take pride in their
performance hold themselves accountable to much higher standards than others
do.
They always strive to do the
right thing, first time every time.
To them, good is not good enough.
2. Get involved
Remember, 'If we are not part of
the solution then we are the problem'.
There are people who have a habit
of constantly criticizing anything and everything no matter where they are.
They only want to criticise
without taking any corrective measures.
However, if you don't want to get
involved then you have no right to criticise.
Either get involved or shut up.
3. Always put in
extra efforts
If you read through the life
history of the most successful people, you will find they have all lived by one
principle and that is, "I shall always give more than what I get, to my
family, my organisation, my customers and my society".
Winners always put in extra
effort even when it hurts.
Nobody has become a champion in
this world without putting in the extra effort. It is the extra that turns the
ordinary into extra ordinary.
This principle applies to any
profession; Medicine, Law, Accountancy, Architecture etc.
Would you want to go to an
ordinary Surgeon or to an extra ordinary Surgeon?
4. Take a stand
If you look at the life histories
of most great leaders, you will find that they were never neutral.
They always took a stand either
for something or against something.
They had conviction.
There is a big difference between
a preference and a conviction in life.
Preferences are negotiable,
convictions are not.
Under pressure, a preference
becomes weak whereas a conviction becomes stronger.
5. Be focused
Studies show that less than 5 per
cent people have written goals.
This means that they are the only
ones who have a very clear destination.
The balance 95 per cent work for
them directly or indirectly.
Think about it -- how can you
reach a destination that you don't have?
Suppose you go to watch a
football game where both teams are enthusiastically charged up ready to play.
Suppose at this point the referee
took the goal post away, what is left of the game? Nothing!
They have no goal post, how do
you keep the score?
Destination determines direction.
6. Choose your
friends carefully
Sometimes you hear that the
leader is good, but his advisors are bad.
This statement is not true.
You will find that all over the
world, by and large, leaders always choose their own advisors.
Remember we do not get advisors
in life of the kind of people we want, we get the kind of people we are.
We don't get friends of the kind
of people we want, we get the kind of people we are.
We get attracted to the kind of
people who are similar to the kind of people we ourselves are.
Where you will be five years from
now shall depend on two things: the books you read and the company you keep.
Today where we are is also the
result of the books we read and the company we kept in the last five years.
7. Build high self
esteem
Self esteem is defined as the way
we feel about ourselves.
You notice that one day we get up
in the morning feeling good, the world looks nice, productivity goes up, and
relationships are a lot better.
The reverse is just as true.
Self esteem is inversely related
to egos.
There are two kinds of egos that
are destructive.
'The know it all': people with
this kind of ego demonstrate arrogance.
They put down and look down upon
others.
Think about it, why does a human
being put down other human being?
It is sadistic but true, there
are some people who feel good when the other person feels bad.
They feel superior when the other
person feels inferior which means they don't want to lift themselves up, but
they want to pull others down.
The second kind of ego is called
the fragile ego, they take anything you say personally and get hurt.
What do both these egos do to
team work?
They just destroy it.
8. Build character
Character is something that a
person would or would not do even if no one is watching.
It is integrity and authenticity
in its true form.
There is a big difference between
reputation and character.
Reputation is what other people
think about us whereas character is what we know who we are and they can be two
totally different things.
Some people are honest because
they don't want to get caught telling lies.
They are doing the right things
for the wrong reasons.
They are only building a
reputation.
Some people are honest because
they believe it's the right thing to do.
They are doing the right thing
for the right reason. That is character.
9. Live purposefully
What is a purpose?
A lifetime goal is called a
purpose.
How do you define your purpose?
Supposing you are aged 100 today
and you were to look back at your life, what is it that you want to say, is
your accomplishment?
That accomplishment is your
purpose.
Have a lofty purpose in life.
Only a lofty purpose has the
power to move the spirit.
Shoot for the moon, even if you
miss, you will become a part of the stars.
A great philosopher once said,
"I would rather fail in doing something great then succeed in doing
nothing".
There is glory in such failure
too.
10. Start your day
on a positive note
Why should we start our day on a
positive note every day?
It is because just as our bodies
need food every day, our minds need positive thoughts every day.
Starting the day on a positive
note sets the tone for the entire day.
Staying positive is like fire;
unless we keep adding fuel, it dies out.
Similarly if we don't feed our
minds with positive thoughts, everyday, positivity dies out.
Many times you hear that success
is tough.
My answer is: Try failing and see
if that is easy!
11. Make courtesy a
way of life
A courteous person who is not
very sharp will go much further in life than a sharp, discourteous person.
Courtesy is made up of little
sacrifices in life.
Every courtesy has a moral
background.
When people practice courtesy as
a strategy, they are crooked; they have ulterior motives.
For people with integrity,
courtesy is a way of life.
