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Politics : High Tolerance Plasticity -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Edmond Katonica who wrote (7268)	8/31/2001 7:19:38 PM
From: chowder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23153

>> I think there are a lot of disturbed people around and for some these boards can be a sick man therapy. I guess they just want to vent their anger << I've had the pleasure of being exposed to many people that all of us could classify as being successful. As a young lad who knew nothing about leadership or success, I was given the advice, "to be successful, act successful!" I didn't know how to do that so I did the next best thing. I associated with people who were very successful in what they did. There isn't enough time and space to list all of the things I learned and how I learned them, but there were a few things that were common in every successful person I've ever met. 1. Successful people enjoy sharing their knowledge. They respect those who are willing to pay the price to learn and they are willing to help those who are willing to help themselves. And, they do it without the need for recognition. 2. Successful people know how to "share the wealth." The wealth in this example is "recognition." I've read study after study over the years that stated employees placed the value of recognition over the need of a pay raise. One of the most valuable lessons I learned about leadership is that you take none of the glory and accept all of the blame. If you're in charge, you're in charge. 3. A very common trait among those who are truly successful is their level of confidence in themselves and in others. Successful people don't have a tremendous need to always be right. They have a tremendous need to have the ability to bounce back from adversity. During my early years in management training, we were told that the difference between truly successful people and those that weren't, were the number of mistakes they made. Truly successful people make many more mistakes than those who aren't successful, and it's the learning that develops from making those mistakes that carries them forward. I recall being told that truly successful people make at least 10 mistakes per day. Ever since hearing that, I try to hit my quota every day. <ggg> Those who make the most noise on these threads are probably the ones who are the least successful. I'm reminded of the phrase, "empty barrels make the most noise." Truly successful people don't have the need to continuously prove themselves to those who aren't. They only need to prove it to themselves, and that's one of the things that separates them from most. I'm outta here, have a nice weekend all. dabum