100 Ways to Succeed/Make Money (5 of 100)
100 Ways to Succeed/Make Money by Tom Peters. Copyright 2008 by Tom Peters.
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100 WAYS TO SUCCEED #5:
TARGET #1: ME!
Stand in front of the mirror ... Smiling. Saying ... “Thank you.” Doing ... Jumping Jacks. Whatever. (See below.)
Fact: “It” begets “it.”
Fact: “Not it” begets “It-less-ness.”
Smiling begets a warmer (work, home) environment.
Thanking begets an environment of mutual appreciation.
Enthusiasm (those Jumping Jacks) begets enthusiasm.
Love begets love.
Energy begets energy.
Wow begets Wow.
Optimism begets Optimism. (I’ve been devouring Martin Seligman lately.)
Honesty begets honesty.
Caring begets caring.
Listening begets engagement.
Etc.
Etc.
How do you “motivate others”? Take a B-school course on Leadership?
No! (You were joking, right?)
Answer: Motivate yourself first.
By hook or by crook.
Call it: Leadership By Unilateral Attitude Adjustment.
Are there things that can be labeled “circumstances”?
Of course.
Do bad things happen to good people?
Doubtless.
Is there such a thing as “powerlessness”?
No!
No!
No!
Take charge now!
Task one: Work on ourselves.
Relentlessly!
If you can figure out how to go to work with a smile today, I (trained as I was as an engineer, and indeed carrying the baggage of an MBA from a “quant school”) will guarantee you that you will not only “have a better day,” but will (eventually) infect others! (And, uh, “productivity” will soar ... once “they”—your boss, your peers, your subordinates—get over the shock.)
Smile!
Enthuse!
Thank!
Wow!
Win!
Now!
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