No this is not an article about gambling. Rather it is about how you spot people at work and sport who have what it takes to be continuously successful. The easiest place to start is to eliminate the negatives. It your potential winner displays any of these negative traits, beware: Do they blame other people [...]
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Good leaders are constantly aware of what is happening in their environment. They notice how work is progressing. They notice small changes in people’s performance and in their demeanour. They notice their own mood swings. They notice what is happening in the communication channels. Being aware is the first requirement of being able to lead [...]
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According to the new book How to Thrive in a World of Lying, Backstabbing and Dirty Tricks by psychologist Oliver James: “Office politics are an inevitable part of professional life. Everybody engages in office politics, even the lamest person in the office, because they have to; it’s unavoidable that people will find themselves in competition [...]
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Optimistic leaders have an extra energy about them. They tend to walk more purposefully and speak with greater emphasis. As a result they stir up enthusiasm as they move through the world. Optimism has a positive quality about it that ensures that optimistic leaders are always moving forward towards bright, shiny goals. There is an [...]
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A good leader is constantly aware of what is going on around him/her. Their antennae are acutely attuned to the atmosphere, to the body language of each member of their team, to the tone of voice that is employed by those talking to them. They are also keenly aware of the impact of their own [...]
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Perhaps it is because we are brought up with the idea that we should be modest and not blow our own trumpets most people tend to value themselves as less than they actually are. Pause here and review what you have done recently for a few moments. Have you visited a friend who is sick, [...]
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An unwanted behaviour occurs when your emotions stir up your autopilot which causes you to behave in the unwanted way before your conscious mind can interrupt and stop it happening. These autopilots are wired into your memory by repetition of the behaviour. It would be good if human beings had the capacity to turn off [...]
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You probably like to think of yourself as a logical, self-controlled human being. But are you? In the last twenty four hours have you, for instance, suddenly found yourself reacting forcefully to some outside stimulus? Perhaps you received an e-mail which caused you to instantly fire of a reply. Or, perhaps your car suffered a [...]
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Just about every project has an objective and a plan. So, if one assumes that the people following the plan are reasonably competent, why do so many plans fail to result in the achievement of the objective? You could say it is due to a lack of persistence or a lack of funding or a [...]
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What do you mean you don’t know? Whose looks are they? If you don’t know how you look, how can anyone else be sure. Do you ever decide how to look? If not, why not? When you decide how you want to look then you put on an expression and go out to broadcast it [...]
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