feature · September 2011
K.O.R.E. Elements of Success
Increasing you knowledge will not only help you perform better on the job, it will help you become a better person.
Become a self-learner.
Increasing you knowledge will not only help you perform better on the job, it will help you become a better person.
The successful people who I have met and worked with are people who have an eye for opportunity. Is that something they are born with? Absolutely not!
It is true that many people who have knowledge and the opportunity to see success, never do, simply because they are unwilling to take risks.
Prepare fully. What most often keeps us from risk is fear. One of the best ways to fight fear is to be fully prepared. This helps our minds to be rooted in fact rather than swayed by emotion.
"Remember the high board at the swimming pool? After days of looking up at it, you finally climbed the wet steps to the platform. From there it was higher than ever. There were only two ways down: the steps to defeat or the dive to victory. You stood on the edge, shivering in the hot sun, deathly afraid. At last you leaned too far forward, it was too late for retreat, and you dived. The high board was conquered, and you spent the rest of the day diving. Climbing a thousand high boards, we demolish fear, and turn into human beings."
I would agree. Many of us settle for average, while a few choose excellence, in all areas, and go on to succeed far more that the rest of the crowd.