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Magical Thinking - Why do I need to do the work?, How to do the work?

2018-05-09T02:18:00.003-07:00

If given a work to someone. How many people will ask…

1) How to do the work?

2) Why I need to do the work?

Here, work relates to anything. It can be Corporate work, Govt Work, Household work, Social work…. i.e., any work.

When we ask this question to a number of people,

Around 90 out of 100 people will ask How to do the work?

and 10 out of 100, will ask why I need to do the work?

Most people are interested in knowing how to achieve the work.

But fact says that, those 10 out of 10 people in Why category are guaranteed to complete the work.

But only 10 out of 90 people in How category are guaranteed to complete the work.

Below are 2 scenarios:

Scenario 1:

While passing on a hillside, you see a House, locked inside. An old lady standing outside starts screaming at you, to open the door or even break the door immediately without questioning. i.e., don’t ask why. But she starts explaining how to open the door using different methods/ways.

Highest probability is that, you won’t accept her command/wish to open/break the door.

How actually guarantees to complete a task/work assigned but fails here.

Because reason to do the work is unknown. Pressurizing also does not help to complete a work.

Lowest probability is that you may accept her command and use one of the methods in How to break the door, Without actually knowing the reason why you are breaking the door.

Chances are Old Lady may be telling the truth or she may be just playing a game with you for her personal benefit or the method she had suggested may not work to break the door.

Here, we need to accept the fact that only 10 out of 100 people may/will guarantee to complete a task/work without a reason.

Remaining 90 out of 100 are guaranteed to fail in completing the task/work. That’s why we wonder why people fail, even though they knew how to do the work.

Reason is – They do not find a good reason to do that.

Scenario 2:

While passing on a hillside, you see a House, locked inside. An old lady standing outside starts screaming at you, to open the door or even break the door. She didn’t tell on how to open the door with different methods/ways. But she pointed out a Big Smoke coming out of the window and a child crying inside.

Highest probability is that you will wish to open/break the door.

Even though How to complete a task/work is not explained, but you know the reason why to break the door. Human mind is good enough to find a way in how to break the door, because reason to do the work is known. It does not require Pressure from others to complete a work. If the old lady had some methods in How to break the door, it can be used here.

Very Low probability is that you may not understand the scenario either because you are unfit or irresponsible by nature.

Here, we need to accept the fact that 10 out of 10 people are guarantee to complete a task/work, since they knew the reason to do.

It’s a great responsibility for everyone to understand Why we need to do the work ,than How.

Magical Thinking - 80-20 Rule

2018-05-09T02:17:00.003-07:00

20% of the people own business. 80% works for them.

80% of the people lack what 20% own

80% of the Good Code gets struck when 20% are Defects

20% of the work consume 80% of your time and resources

You can apply the 80/20 Rule to almost anything and everything

Inside a Class Room, only 20% of the Subject gets into the Mind taught by the teacher, whereas 80% just don’t

Only 20% of your words gets into the minds of Others (including your spouse), and 80% is neglected always.

You can convince only 20 People out of 100. Atleast 80 People will be against your view.

Positive People will say "That’s Good to see 20 People believe me. I will Move on"
Negative People will say "I can't hear 80 Negative response, to get 20 good one. I will Stop"

We can choose where we can stand - "Positive" or "Negative"

80% of your production comes from 20% of your sales team

Understanding this fact is critical to success with your business.

Some people, may think well why don’t I just cut the 80% of the team, who only produce 20% of the results from the team?

Well, if you did that, what would happen is - you’d create a new 80/20 scenario within your team again

Magical Thinking - To rise to Tremendous Leadership heights - 4 Simple Steps (Being Human)...

2018-04-27T07:28:00.001-07:00

People use different approaches to leadership situations.

1. One approach is to assume the position of a dictator

· Dictators don't last long

· Employees may fake loyalty for a while, but unrest soon develops. Some of the best employees leave, and those remaining get together and plot against the tyrant. The result is that the organization ceases to function smoothly. This puts the dictator in a bad light with his superior

2. A second leadership technique is the cold, mechanical, I'm a rule-book-operator approach

· This would-be leader treats human beings as machines

· The "machines" that work for him, develop only part of their energy

3. Persons who rise to tremendous leadership heights, use a third approach that we call "Being Human."

· Say, "You are a human being. I respect you. I'm here to help you in every way I can."

· Say, “If employees are doing something wrong or are making a mistake, I am doubly careful not to hurt their feelings and make them feel small or embarrassed.”

Use four simple steps:

"First, I talk to them privately.

"Second, I praise them for what they are doing well.

"Third, I point out the one thing at the moment that they could do better and I help them find the way.

"Fourth, I praise them again on their good points.

And this four-step formula works

Magical Thinking - different approaches to leadership situations ...

2018-04-27T07:20:00.001-07:00

People use different approaches to leadership situations.

1. One approach is to assume the position of a dictator.

The dictator makes all decisions without consulting those affected. He refuses to hear his subordinates' side of a question because, down deep perhaps, he's afraid the subordinate might be right and this would cause him to lose face.

Dictators don't last long.

Employees may fake loyalty for a while, but unrest soon develops.

Some of the best employees leave, and those remaining get together and plot against the tyrant.

The result is that the organization ceases to function smoothly. This puts the dictator in a bad light with his superior.

2. A second leadership technique is the cold, mechanical, I'm a rule-book-operator approach.

The fellow using this approach handles everything exactly according to the book.

He doesn't recognize that every rule or policy or plan is only a guide for the usual cases. But Rule Book wont apply for special cases, exception cases.

This would-be leader, treats human being as machines.

And of all things people don't like, perhaps the most disliked is being treated like a machine.

The cold, impersonal efficiency expert is not an ideal. The "machines" that work for him develop only part of their energy.

3. Persons who rise to tremendous leadership heights use a third approach that we call "Being Human."

Several years ago I worked closely with John S., who is an executive in the engineering development section of a large aluminum manufacturer.

John had mastered the 'be-human" approach and was enjoying its rewards.

In dozens of little ways John made his actions say, "You are a human being. I respect you. I'm here to help you in every way I can."

When an individual from another city joined his department, John went to considerable personal inconvenience to help him, find suitable housing.

Working through his secretary and two other women employees, he set up office birthday parties for each member of the staff.

The thirty minutes or so required for this was not a cost; rather, it was an investment in getting loyalty and output.

When he learned, that one of his staff members belonged to a minority faith, John called him in and explained that he would arrange for him to observe his religious holidays that don't coincide with the more common holidays.

When an employee or someone in the employee's family was ill, John remembered. He took time to compliment his staff individually for their off-the-job accomplishments.

But the largest evidence of John's be-human philosophy showed up in the way he handled a dismissal problem.

One of the employees who had been hired by John's predecessor simply lacked the aptitude and interest for the work involved.

John handled the problem magnificently. He did not use the conventional procedure of calling the employee into his office and giving him, first, the bad news and then, second, fifteen or thirty days to move out.

Instead, he did two unusual things.

First, he explained why it would be to the employee's personal advantage to find a new situation where his aptitudes and interests would be more useful.

He worked with the employee and put him in touch with a reputable vocational guidance consultant.

Next, he did something else above and beyond the call of duty. He helped the employee find a new job by setting up interviews with executives in other companies where the employee's skills were needed.

In just eighteen days after the" dismissal" conference the employee was relocated in a very promising situation.

This dismissal procedure intrigued me, so I asked John to explain his thinking behind it.

He explained it this way: "There's an old maxim I've formed and held in my mind," he began.

"Whoever is under a man's power is under his protection, too.

We never should have hired this man in the first place because he's not cut out for this kind of work. But since we did, the least I could do was help him to relocate.

'Anybody," John continued, "can hire a man. But the test of leadership is how one handles the dismissal.

By helping that employee relocate before he left us, built up a feeling of job security in everyone in my department.

I let them know by example that no one gets dumped on the street as long as I'm here."

Make no mistake.

John's be-human brand of leadership paid off.

There were no secret gossip sessions about John.

He received unquestioned loyalty and support.

He had maximum job security because he gave maximum job security to his subordinates.

Magical Thinking - Achieving high-level success, requires the support ....

2018-04-04T07:03:00.003-07:00

Achieving high-level success, requires the support and the cooperation of "others".

To gaining this support and cooperation of others requires "leadership ability"

Four leadership rules or principles are:

1. Trade minds with the people, you want to influence.

2. Think: What is the human way to handle this?

3. Think progress, believe in progress, push for progress.

4. Take time out to confer/talk with yourself and develop your supreme thinking power.

Practicing these rules produces results.

Putting them to use, in everyday situations, takes the mystery out of that gold-plated word, "leadership"

Magical Thinking - Put these success-building principles to work ....

2018-04-04T07:00:00.005-07:00

LET'S TAKE ACTION

Put these success-building principles to work:

1. Get a clear fix on where you want to go. Create an image of yourself ten years from now.

2. Write out your ten-year plan. Your life is too important to be left to chance. Put down on paper what you want to accomplish in your work, your home, and your social departments.

3. Surrender yourself to your desires. Set goals to get more energy. Set goals to get things done. Set goals and discover the real enjoyment of living.

4. Let your major goal be your automatic pilot. When you let your goal absorb you, you'll find yourself making the right decisions to reach your goal.

5. Achieve your goal one step at a time. Regard each task you pelf arm, regardless of how small it may seem, as a step toward your goal.

6. Build thirty-day goals. Day-by-day effort pays off.

7. Take detours (alternatives) in stride. A detour simply means another route. It should never mean surrendering the goal.

8. Invest in yourself. Purchase those things that build mental power and efficiency. Invest in education. Invest in idea starters.

Magical Thinking - Building new positive habits and destroying old negative habits, is a ....

2018-04-04T06:59:00.001-07:00

Building new positive habits and destroying old negative habits, is a day-by-day process.

It's true that many factors outside your control, do affect your destination.

· There may be serious illness or death in your family;

· The job you're gunning for may be dissolved,

· you may meet with an accident.

So here is a point we must fix firmly in mind:

prepare to take detours (alternatives) in stride

It's a rare person, who has achieved high-level success, who has not had to take detours. When we detour, we don't have to change our goals.

We just travel a different route

The biggest and most rewarding kind of investment is self investment.

The progressive business knows that how strong it will be five years from now depends not on what it does five years in the future but rather on what it does, invests, this year.

Profit comes from only one source: investment.

There's a lesson for each of us.

To profit, to get the extra reward above a "normal" income in the years ahead, we must invest in ourselves.

Here are two sound self-investments that will pay handsome profits in the years ahead

1. Invest in education: A diploma or degree may help you get a job, but it will not guarantee your progress on the job. "Business is interested in competency, not diplomas. How well educated a person is, is measured by how well his mind is developed-in brief, by how well he thinks.

2. Invest in idea starters: Resolve to purchase at least one stimulating book each month and subscribe to two magazines or journals that stress ideas. Again, take your cue from the successful people. Invest in yourself.

Magical Thinking - Set goals, to get things done ....

2018-04-04T01:47:00.001-07:00

Set goals, to get things done

As you press forward to success, set goals: deadlines, target dates, self-imposed quotas.

You will accomplish only those targets, what you plan to accomplish

Use goals to live longer.

No medicine in the world-and your physician will bear this out-is as powerful in bringing about long life as is the desire to do something

The person determined to achieve maximum success learns the principle that progress is made one step at a time

The step-by-step method is the only intelligent way to attain any objective

Winning any objective requires a step-by-step method

Just as a beautiful building is created from pieces of stone, each of which in itself appears insignificant, in like manner the successful life is constructed

Do this:

Start marching toward your ultimate goal, by making the next task you perform, regardless of how unimportant it may seem, a step in the right direction.

Commit this question to memory and use it to evaluate everything you do:

"Will this help take me where i want to go?”

If the answer is no, back off; if yes, press ahead ..

It's clear. We do not make one big jump to success. We get there one step at a time.
An excellent plan is to set monthly quotas for accomplishment

Magical Thinking - People these days are measured by the size of their ....

2018-04-03T23:35:00.002-07:00

People these days are measured by the size of their dreams. No one accomplishes more than he sets out to accomplish. So visualize a big future.

The most important qualification for an executive is the sheer desire to get ahead

Desire, when harnessed, is power.

Failure to follow desire, to do what you want to do most, paves the way to mediocrity

Success requires heart-and-soul effort, and you can put your heart and soul only into something you really desire.

Switching from what you don't like to do, to what you do like to do, is like putting a five-hundred-horsepower motor in a ten-year-old car.

All of us have desires. All of us dream of what we really want to do. But few of us actually surrender to desire. Instead of surrendering to desire, we murder it.

Magical Thinking - A Research conducted a large-scale study to determine "what it takes to ....

2018-04-03T06:26:00.002-07:00

A Research conducted a large-scale study to determine "what it takes to become an executive?".

Leaders in business, government, science, and religion were questioned.

Over and over again in different ways these researchers' kept getting one answer:

The most important qualification for an executive is the sheer desire to get ahead.

Remember this advice, "A man is not doing much, until the cause he works for possesses all there is of him."

Desire, when harnessed, is power.

Failure to follow desire, to do what you want to do most, paves the way to mediocrity.

I recall a conversation with a very promising young writer on a college newspaper.

This fellow had ability.

If anyone showed promise for a career in journalism, it was he.

Shortly before his graduation I asked him,

"Well, Dan, what are you going to do, get into some form of journalism?"

Dan looked at me and said,

"Heck, no! I like writing and reporting very much, and I've had a lot of fun working on the college paper. But journalists are a dime a dozen and I don't want to starve."

I didn't see or hear from Dan for five years.

Then one evening I chanced to meet him in New Orleans.

Dan was working as an assistant personnel director for an electronics company.

And he was quick to let me know that he was quite dissatisfied with his work.

"Oh, I'm reasonably well paid. I'm with a wonderful company, and I've got reasonable security, but you know, my heart isn't in it. I wish now I'd gone with a publisher or newspaper when I finished school."

Dan's attitude reflected boredom, uninterest.

He was cynical about many things.

He will never achieve maximum success until he quits his present job and gets into journalism.

Success requires heart-and-soul effort, and you can put your heart and soul only into something you really desire.

Had Dan followed his desire, he could have risen to the very top in some phase of communication. And over the long pull he would have made much more money and achieved far more personal satisfaction than he will find in his present kind of work.

Switching from what you don't like to do, to what you do like to do, is like putting a five-hundred-horsepower motor in a ten-year-old car.

All of us, have desires.
All of us, dream of what we really want to do.
Instead of surrendering to desire, we murder it.
But few of us, actually surrender to desire.