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Take Yourself
To the Top !!!
Everybody wants to get to the top, whether it is the top of a career,
a company, the earnings scale, or the many other ways that we as
individuals can define the "top" in our own lives! But with so many
people trying to get to the top, how come so many people aren't moving
up? I think there are some fundamental reasons why. Reasons that can
be addressed and changed! What are some things you can do to get to
the top? Here are some thoughts for you this week!
First of all, define what the "top" means for you. This is extremely
important because if you don't know where you are going, you will
never get there! Some people don't want to be the CEO of the company.
In fact, many think they are better off than the CEO even though they
don't make as much money. Instead, they think they are at the top
because of less stress, weekends with their families, etc, and I see
their point. It doesn't matter what others think is the top, only what
you do, since you are only gauging whether or not YOU get there! So
where is it for you? That is the first question for you to answer.
Be passionate about your goal. Passion is the energy that drives us,
or, as Alexander Pope said, passions are the "gales of life." Passion
is the wind in the sales of work. Find some thing you love and you
will find something you can get to the top of. If you don't love it,
you may still make it to the top, though highly unlikely. And even if
you do, there will be no joy. Let your passion carry you, because it
will carry you far! Thomas Fuller put it this way: A man with passion
rides a horse that runs away with him.
The will to continue in the face of hardship. Another reason most will
not get to the top is because they simply refuse to scale the
mountains of hardship that separate them from the top. If you want to
get to the beautiful view from the top, you will have to climb over
any obstacles. Instead, many choose to stay at base camp!
One would think that Bjorn Borg, one of the greatest tennis players to
ever live, would consider his skill his greatest asset. Instead, this
is what he says, "My greatest point is my persistence. I never give up
in a match. However down I am, I fight until the last ball. My list of
matches shows that I have turned a great many so-called irretrievable
defeats into victories." Continue until you get to the top!
Love people and treat them right. What? Love people? That's right!
Why? Because if you are going to get to the top, you are going to need
other people. Be a jerk and you will find people dragging their feet
on you. Treat them right and you will find them helping you and even
cheering you on!
Master the appropriate skills. Average skills will get you to the
middle. Top skills will get you to the TOP! This is most assuredly
true when combined with the points above. Are you achieving excellence
in the skills you need? Are you growing day by day, month by month,
year by year? You can always get better and getting better will take
you closer to the top! Even if you only improve a little, you can keep
improving that small amount and it will eventually become a big
amount! Demand the best from yourself and you will get to the top.
Remember the words of Jose Ortega y Gasset: "We distinguish the
excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one
who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no
demands on himself."
DEFINE THE TOP
BE PASSIONATE
PERSEVERE
LOVE OTHERS
SKILL MASTERY!
THESE WILL TAKE YOU TO THE TOP!
By Chris Widener
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