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Shiv Khera
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April 24 - May 13, 2020
scapegoats
Hard Work
Most people want to win in life but very few are willing to pay the price to prepare to win.
Success is not something that you run into by accident.
“The harder you work, the luckier you get.”
The world is full of willing workers, some willing to work and the others willing to let them.
Idle time amounts to wasting or stealing time ; leisure time is earned.
The duck keeps paddling relentlessly underneath the water but appears smooth and calm on the top.
success comes to doers, not observers.
The key to succeed in life is to work both smart and hard.
Try not to become a success, but rather try to become a man of value. – Albert Einstein
Ability will get you success; character will keep you successful.
John F. Kennedy once said that it is a mark of character how well a person behaves when things are not going well. When
Positive Thinking and Believing
positive thinking with positive efforts and actions increases our probability of success.
The difference between the ordinary and extraordinary is only the ‘extra’.
Positive believing is an attitude of confidence that comes from preparation.
Give More Than You Get
You make yourself more valuable, regardless of what you do and where you work.
Power of Persistence
Persistence is the bounce-back ability.
Persistence results from commitment and leads to determination.
Pride in Performance
Halfhearted effort does not produce half results; it produces no results.
Excellence comes when the performer takes pride in doing his best.
“Trifles make perfection and perfection is no trifle.”
Be Willing to Be a Student—Get a Mentor
A mentor or a teacher is a person whose hindsight can become your foresight.
an interested student gets the best out of a teacher. The best teachers will not give you something to drink, they will make you thirsty. They will not give you answers but will put you on a path to seek answers.
CRASH COURSE FOR SUCCESS
Ben Franklin’s thirteen virtues:
Desire • Responsibility • Character • Give more than you get • Pride of performance • Commitment • Hard work • Positive believing • Persistence • Be a student; get a mentor
Ability will take you up there. Character will keep you up there.
way to release your emotional brakes is by building a positive attitude, realizing your self-worth and accepting responsibility.
20 REASONS WHY WE DON’T ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE
Unwillingness to Take Risks
Success involves taking calculated risks.
Risk-taking is relative.
Risk-takers move ahead with their eyes open. Gamblers shoot in the dark.
RISKS 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 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. But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
Lack of Persistence
We have all had our setbacks in life. But failing does not mean we are failures.
obstinacy
The difference is that persistence represents a strong will and obstinacy rep...
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The total secret of success lies in two traits: persistence and resistance.
Persist in what must be done and resist from what ought not to be done.
Instant Gratification
When you think short term, not long term, it is limited vision. With limited vision you will never see any worthwhile goals.
Lack of Priorities
Prioritising requires discipline to do what needs to be done rather than taking actions based on our moods and fancies.
