There are a few…just a VERY few…traits that a person must cultivate and
develop in their lives before they can even START to become successful in whatever path they choose.
You can think of these traits as the building blocks…the foundation…of your
growth into a successful life.
You can build a life without them, but, like building a house without a strong
foundation, it’ll be put at risk with the first heavy wind or rainstorm. Believe me, you will have a few of those in your life for sure!
A very successful businessman and public speaker originally wrote this book in
the late 1800s. The author knows what he’s talking about!
The text was thoroughly edited and updated to make the language more
readable and more current. However, the concepts and “laws” that are discussed in the
book are ageless.
Five Traits PDF
Success PDF
A sense of purpose leads to happiness
Having a sense of purpose in your life goes a long way to helping you feel
confident, secure and happy. A sense of purpose can be brought about by
anything in life, it can be related to your career, bringing up a family or doing
voluntary work. It is all about fitting in and feeling you are making a difference
in life, that you are achieving something and getting somewhere.
If you have a sense of purpose in life you have something to look forward to
everyday, a reason for getting up out of bed in the morning with a smile, it
makes you feel good on the outside and so good on the inside. It leads to a
more confident person who is happy with their position in life.
Younger people very often have no problem developing a purpose in life, they
are just starting out and the majority of them have exams to pass, careers to
start building, meeting the opposite sex, dating, marrying and eventually
starting their own families. The majority of the younger generation has a lot to
look forward to and so have a sense of purpose in life
Time Manager PDF
Time Is On Your Side
It will help you manage your time well if you know where your time actually gets spent. One very helpful way of determining your actual usage of time is to track your time. The process here is like making a schedule, but it works in reverse. Instead of writing things in that you are planning to do, time logging is a process of writing down the things that you have already done. Doing this is sort of a get-to-know-yourself exercise because this procedure will highlight many of your habits that you might selectively ignore currently. For instance, some people find that every time they plan to do math homework they end up watching television. Instead of studying for that Psych test, they play Internet poker. Other people just can't seem to follow their schedule until the week before finals.
Whatever your time habits, time tracking will help you adjust and fine-tune your time management practices. Having accurate information about your time usage patterns can serve as another important point of reference for self-monitoring. Following are a few ways to track your time. Take a moment to do this - it will truly help you open your eyes and take control of your time
Positive Attitude PDF
Positive Attitude: What Is It?
What does having a positive attitude then really boil down to, our thoughts, actions, patterns, habits, and behavior have us using, targeting and utilizing our energy and enthusiasm in a particular way. We think, act and do…If you are mainly positive, you will be focused on good things, happy thoughts, and successful outcomes, seeing the glass half-full to an extent.
Negatively, you will be focusing on bad things, sad thoughts, unsuccessful outcomes and act and behave negatively too. Your goals and energy will not be focused and purposefully driven towards success, half-hearted at best.
Positive Thinking PDF
You have probably had someone tell you to think positive when you were in a trying situation. That is because the power of positive thinking is something that is a widely held belief.
Most people easily accept that when you give off positive energy, you can infect others with that positive energy and that they will return that energy to you. It is basically the idea that what you put out there will come back to you.
Positive influences are all around us. They exist because people love to feel good. People prefer the positive to the negative. You can likely relate to this. You would probably rather be around someone who is upbeat and full of energy than someone who is depressed and moping around.
People see that thinking positive and having a positive attitude can play a large role in their life. Positive thinking can be very powerful and by putting it to work in your life; you can reap the positive benefits.
Life Improvement PDF
Children are the future of our society. The condition of the society will be good or bad depending on how the children are cared for and brought up.
But how do you bring up a child? How can you raise a child without breaking his spirit?
Discover basic principles in this booklet about raising children and a wealth of easy-to-apply exercises you can use right now to bring out the best in any child—and the best in you.
Motivation PDF
Motivation is the set of reasons that determines one to engage in a particular behavior. The term is generally used for human motivation but, theoretically, it can be used to describe the causes for animal behavior as well. This article refers to human motivation. According to various theories, motivation may be rooted in the basic need to minimize physical pain and maximize pleasure, or it may include specific needs such as eating and resting, or a desired object, hobby, goal, state of being, ideal, or it may be attributed to less-apparent reasons such as altruism, morality, or avoiding mortality.
Improvement PDF
Ten Ways To Change Your Life TODAY!
When it comes to changing your life, it can seem like it will take years before you actually make substantial changes. You might feel like giving up before you even get started.
What you need is a way to kick start the changes that you want to make in your life – and here are ten ways to get started today.
Self Esteem PDF
A Positive Outlook for a Positive Life
Our outlook and attitude on life in general plays a huge part in how happy we
are in life and how successful we become. Someone who thinks positively
about everything will be more relaxed, calm and smile more than someone
who is always looking on the bad side, who lets stress get to them and who
constantly wear a frown.
Not only does how you think and feel affect you, it also affects those around
you, in short our mood affects our day. Developing and keeping a positive
outlook is essential if you wish to lead a positive and fulfilling life.
There are many ways in which you can develop a more positive outlook and
begin to change how you think and feel about many situations that you
encounter in day-to-day living. Changing your attitude and not slipping back
into negative thinking will take time but eventually the new outlook will
become second nature. The five main key points to remember when changing
your outlook are
W Edwards Deming - Total Quality Management & Deming's 14 points
1900 - 1994
W Edwards Deming was an American statistician, considered the father of the modern quality movement. Edwards Deming strongly influenced Japanese industry post WWII with Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Total Quality Management (TQM), similar to Joseph Juran.
In 1982 Edwards Deming published “Out of the Crisis” identifying 14 points for management which if applied would enable Japanese manufacturing efficiencies to be realised.
The W Edwards Deming Institute awards prizes for individuals and organisations that embrace Total Quality Management and drive quality management forward.
Demings 14 Points Summarised
- Create constancy of purpose and continual improvement – long term planning must replace short term reaction
- Adopt the new (Japanese) philosophy – by management and workers alike.
- Do not depend on (quality) inspection – build quality into the product and process
- Choose quality suppliers over low cost suppliers – to minimise variation in raw materials and supply.
- Improve constantly – to reduce variation in all aspects e.g. planning, production, and service.
- Training on the job – for workers and management, to reduce variation in how job is done.
- Leadership not supervision – to get people to do a better job, not just meet targets.
- Eliminate fear – encourage two-way communication, encourage employees to work in the organisation’s interest.
- Break down internal barriers – department’s in an organisation are “internal customers” to each other and must work together.
- Eliminate slogans (exhortations) – processes make mistakes not people. Management harassment of workers will create bad relations if no effort made to improve processes.
- Eliminate numerical targets – management by objectives (targets) encourages low quality.
- Remover barriers to worker satisfaction – including annual appraisals
- Encourage self improvement and education for all
- Everyone is responsible for continual improvement in quality and productivity – particularly top management
Philip Crosby – “Zero Defects” and “Right First Time”
Philip Crosby believes management should take prime responsibility for quality, and workers only follow their managers’ example. He defined the Four Absolutes of Quality Management.
The Four Absolutes of Quality Management
1. Quality is conformance to requirements
2. Quality prevention is preferable to quality inspection
3. Zero defects is the quality performance standard
4. Quality is measured in monetary terms – the price of non-conformance
Crosby's 14 Steps to Quality Improvement
1. Management is committed to quality – and this is clear to all
2. Create quality improvement teams – with (senior) representatives from all departments.
3. Measure processes to determine current and potential quality issues.
4. Calculate the cost of (poor) quality
5. Raise quality awareness of all employees
6. Take action to correct quality issues
7. Monitor progress of quality improvement – establish a zero defects committee.
8. Train supervisors in quality improvement
9. Hold “zero defects” days
10. Encourage employees to create their own quality improvement goals
11. Encourage employee communication with management about obstacles to quality
12. Recognise participants’ effort
13. Create quality councils
14. Do it all over again – quality improvement does not end
Philip Crosby has broadened his approach to include wider improvement ideals. He defined the:
Five characteristics of an“Eternally Successful Organisation”
1. People routinely do things right first time
2. Change is anticipated and used to advantage
3. Growth is consistent and profitable
4. New products and services appear when needed
5. Everyone is happy to work there
