Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
How to be a leader in a crowd, not a follower

How to be a leader in a crowd, not a follower
People who respond first to a presentation or happening, without looking around to see how everyone else is reacting, are men and women of leadership caliber.
Cool cats clap first
You are sitting in an auditorium with hundreds of fellow employees listening to the president of your firm introduce a new concept. As you’re slouching anonymously in the audience, you think your expression is invisible to the man or women at the podium. Not so! As a speaker, I guarantee you every one of my colleagues sees every smile, every frown, every light in every eye, and every emblem of extraordinary human intelligence flashing back at him or her.
Likewise, the company president making a presentation anxiously surveys his corporate jungle and, from the pusses peering back at him, senses which employees are sympathetic and which are not. He also knows which in the sea of faces floating in front of him has the potential to be a heavy hitter like himself. How?
Because heavy hitters, even when they do not agree with the speaker, support the podium pontificator. Why? Because they know what it’s like to be on. They know, no matter how big or little the cat at the front of the room is, when giving a speech he’s concerned about the crowd’s acceptance.
Technique #1
Lead the listener
No matter how prominent the big cat behind the podium is, crouched inside is a little scaredy -cat who is anxious about the crowd’s acceptance.
Big winners recognize you’re a fellow big winner when they see you leading their listener in a positive reaction. Be the first to applaud or publicly commend the man or women you agree with (or wants favors from).
When the company big shot delivers his last line, carefully contrived to bring the crowd to its feet or employees to acquiescence, do you think he is unaware of who starts the trickle, or the riptide, of acceptance? No way! Though his head is down while taking a bow, with the insight of a McCarthy-era spy, he perceives precisely who inaugurated the applause, precisely how long after the last words were uttered, and precisely how enthusiastically! Being the first to put your hands together, being the first to jump to your feet, and, if appropriate, being the first to shout “bravo,” gets you big cat status with the tiger who was talking.
Be the first clapper no matter how small the crowd, no matter how informal the talk. Don’t wait to see how everyone else is going to respond. Even if it’s a small group of three or four people standing around, be the first to empathize with the speaker’s ideas, the first to mutter “good idea.” Its proof positive you’re a person who trusts his or her own instincts.
Children learn what they live

"What children get, they give to society."
If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn
If a child lives with praise, he learns to appreciate.
If a child lives with hostility, he learns to fight.
If a child lives with tolerance, he learns to be patient.
If a child lives with ridicule, he learns to be shy.
If a child lives with encouragement, he learns confidence.
If a child lives with shame, he learns to feel guilty.
If a child lives with approval, he learns to like himself.
If a child lives with fairness, he learns justice.
If a child lives with security, he learns to have faith.
If a child lives with acceptance and friendship,
he learns to find love in the world
If a child lives with praise, he learns to appreciate.
If a child lives with hostility, he learns to fight.
If a child lives with tolerance, he learns to be patient.
If a child lives with ridicule, he learns to be shy.
If a child lives with encouragement, he learns confidence.
If a child lives with shame, he learns to feel guilty.
If a child lives with approval, he learns to like himself.
If a child lives with fairness, he learns justice.
If a child lives with security, he learns to have faith.
If a child lives with acceptance and friendship,
he learns to find love in the world
Little eyes upon you

"Idol of children"
There are little eyes upon you
And they’re watching night and day.
There are little ears that quickly
Take in every word you say.
There are little hands all eager
To do anything you do;
And a little boy who’s dreaming
Of the day he’ll be like you.
You’re the little fellow’s idol,
You’re the wisest of the wise.
In his little mind about you
No suspicions ever rise.
He believes in you devoutly,
Holds all that you say and do;
He will say and no, in your way,
When he’s grown up like you.
There’s a wide-eyed little fellow
Who believes you’re always right;
And his eyes are always opened,
And he watches day and night.
You are setting an example
Every day in all you do,
For the little boy who’s waiting
To grow up to be like you.
Luck
" What is luck"
He worked by day
And toiled by night.
He gave up play
And some delight
Dry books he read,
New things to learn.
And forged ahead,
Success to earn.
He plodded on with
Faith and pluck;
And when he won,
Men called it luck.
And toiled by night.
He gave up play
And some delight
Dry books he read,
New things to learn.
And forged ahead,
Success to earn.
He plodded on with
Faith and pluck;
And when he won,
Men called it luck.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Risk
Learn to take "RISK"To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out for another is to risk involvement.
To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self.
To place your ideas, your dreams, before a crowd
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out for another is to risk involvement.
To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self.
To place your ideas, your dreams, before a crowd
is to risk their loss.
To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To live is to risk dying.
To hope is to risk despair.
To try is to risk failure.
To live is to risk dying.
To hope is to risk despair.
To try is to risk failure.
But risk must be taken, because the greatest
Hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The person who risks nothing, does nothing,
has nothing, and is nothing.
They may avoid suffering and sorrow, but they
Cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love, or live.
Chained by their attitudes, they are slaves,
they have forfeited their freedom.
Only a person who risks is free.
Cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love, or live.
Chained by their attitudes, they are slaves,
they have forfeited their freedom.
Only a person who risks is free.
Winning strategy
"Winning strategy is all in your mind"

If you think you are beaten, you are.
If you think you dare not, you don’t!
If you like to win, but think you can’t,
If you think you dare not, you don’t!
If you like to win, but think you can’t,
It’s almost a cinch you won’t.
If you think you’ll lose, you’re lost;
For out in the world we find
Success begins with a fellow’s will;
It’s all in the state of mind.
If you think you are outclassed, you are,
You’ve got to think high to rise,
You’ve got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win a prize.
Life’s battle don’t always go
To the stronger and faster man,
But sooner or later the man who wins
Is the man who thinks he can.
To the stronger and faster man,
But sooner or later the man who wins
Is the man who thinks he can.
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