By Robin Sharma, author of the #1 bestseller “The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable on Real Success in Business and in Life
1. Do important work vs. merely offering opinions.
2. Lift people up vs. tear others down.
3. Use the words of leadership vs. the language of victimhood.
4. Don’t worry about getting the credit for getting things done.
5. Become part of the solution rather than part of the problem.
6. Take your health to a level called superfit.
7. Commit to mastery of your craft instead of accepting mediocrity in your work.
8. Associate with people whose lives you want to be living.
9. Study for an hour a day. Double your learning and you’ll triple your success.
10. Run your own race. “No one can possibly achieve real and lasting success by being a conformist,” wrote billionaire J. Paul Getty
11. Do something small yet scary every single day.
12. Lead Without a Title.
13. Focus on people’s strengths vs. obsessing around their weaknesses.
14. Remember that potential unused turns into pain. So dedicate yourself to expressing your best.
15. Smile more.
16. Listen more.
17. Read the autobiography of Nelson Mandela.
18. Reflect on the words of Eleanor Roosevelt who said: “Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people.”
19. Persist longer than the critics suggest you should.
20. Say “please” and “thank you”.
21. Love your loved ones.
22. Do work that matters.
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- You can really Lead Without a Title.
- Knowing what to do and not doing it is the same as not knowing what to do.
- Give away what you most wish to receive.
- The antidote to stagnation is innovation.
- The conversations you are most resisting are the conversations you most need to be having.
- Leadership is no longer about position – but passion. It’s no longer about image but impact. This is Leadership 2.0.
- The bigger the dream, the more important to the team.
- Visionaries see the “impossible” as the inevitable.
- All great thinkers are initially ridiculed – and eventually revered.
- The more you worry about being applauded by others and making money, the less you’ll focus on doing the great work that will generate applause. And make you money.
- To double your net worth, double your self-worth. Because you will never exceed the height of your self-image.
- The more messes you allow into your life, the more messes will become a normal (and acceptable) part of your life.
- The secret to genius is not genetics but daily practice married with relentless perseverance.
- The best leaders lift people up versus tear people down.
- The most precious resource for businesspeople is not their time. It’s their energy. Manage it well.
- The fears you run from run to you.
- The most dangerous place is in your safety zone.
- The more you go to your limits, the more your limits will expand.
- Every moment in front of a customer is a gorgeous opportunity to live your values.
- Be so good at what you do that no one else in the world can do what you do.
- You’ll never go wrong in doing what is right.
- It generally takes about 10 years to become an overnight sensation.
- Never leave the site of a strong idea without doing something to execute around it.
- A strong foundation at home sets you up for a strong foundation at work.
- Never miss a moment to encourage someone you work with.
- Saying “I’ll try” really means “I’m not really committed.”
- The secret of passion is purpose.
- Do a few things at mastery versus many things at mediocrity.
- To have the rewards that very few have, do the things that very few people are willing to do.
- Go where no one’s gone and leave a trail of excellence behind you.
- Who you are becoming is more important than what you are accumulating.
- Accept your teammates for what they are and inspire them to become all they can be.
- To triple the growth of your organization, triple the growth of your people.
- The best leaders are the most dedicated learners. Read great books daily. Investing in your self-development is the best investment you will ever make.
- Other people’s opinions of you are none of your business.
- Change is hardest at the beginning, messiest in the middle and best at the end.
- Measure your success by your inner scorecard versus an outer one.
- Understand the acute difference between the cost of something and the value of something.
- Nothing fails like success. Because when you are at the top, it’s so easy to stop doing the very things that brought you to the top.
- The best leaders blend courage with compassion.
- The less you are like others, the less others will like you.
- The thoughts you think today determine the results you’ll see tomorrow.
- Excellence in one area is the beginning of excellence in every area.
- The real reward for doing your best work is not the money you make but the leader you become.
- Passion + production = performance.
- The value of getting to your goals lives not in reaching the goal but what the talents/strengths/capabilities the journey reveals to you.
- Stand for something. Or else you’ll fall for anything.
- Say “thank you” when you’re grateful and “sorry” when you’re wrong.
- Make the work you are doing today better than the work you did yesterday.
- Small daily – seemingly insignificant – improvements and innovations lead to staggering achievements over time.
- Peak performers replace depletion with inspiration on a daily basis.
- Take care of your relationships and the sales/money will take care of itself.
- You can’t be great if you don’t feel great. Make exceptional health your #1 priority.
- Doing the difficult things that you’ve never done awakens the talents you never knew you had.
- As we each express our natural genius, we all elevate our world.
- Your daily schedule reflects your deepest values.
- People do business with people who make them feel special.
- All things being equal, the primary competitive advantage of your business will be your ability to grow Leaders Without Titles faster than your industry peers.
- Treat people well on your way up and they’ll treat you well on your way down.
- Success lies in a masterful consistency around a few fundamentals. It really is simple. Not easy. But simple.
- The business (and person) who tries to be everything to everyone ends up being nothing to anyone.
- One of the primary tactics for enduring winning is daily learning.
- To have everything you want, help as many people as you can possibly find get everything they want.
- Understand that a problem is only a problem if you choose to view it as a problem (vs. an opportunity).
- Clarity precedes mastery. Craft clear and precise plans/goals/deliverables. And then block out all else.
- The best in business spend far more time on learning than in leisure.
- Lucky is where skill meets persistence.
- The best Leaders Without a Title use their heads and listen to their hearts.
- The things that are hardest to do are often the things that are the best to do.
- Every single person in the world could be a genius at something, if they practiced it daily for at least ten years (as confirmed by the research of Anders Ericsson and others).
- Daily exercise is an insurance policy against future illness. The best Leaders Without Titles are the fittest.
- Education is the beginning of transformation. Dedicate yourself to daily learning via books/audios/seminars and coaching.
- The quickest way to grow the sales of your business is to grow your people.
Note: Robin Sharma is the author of the #1 international bestseller “The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable on Real Success in Business and in Life
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Jul 11
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The 50 New Rules of Work
by Robin Sharma
The global economy is in a state of acute disruption. Competition has never been more fierce. Consumers have never been so well-informed and loudly demanding. And what worked yesterday just might be obsolete today.
But this time is also a great time, for the astonishing few who are ready to show leadership. Leaders are at their absolute best during messy cycles versus during the easy ones. And messy cycles bring with them gorgeous opportunities.
As I sit quietly on this airplane at 40,000 feet, away from the rallying cries of a wired world filled with endless interruptions, I’ve distilled what I’ve been sharing in my presentations to clients across the planet over the past months, from Kuwait and Dubai to Paris, London and Dusseldorf.
Here are 50 powerful rules to amp up your game so this business cycle is one of your best business cycles yet.
The 50 New Rules of Work
- You are not just paid to work. You are paid to be uncomfortable – and to pursue projects that scare you.
- Take care of your relationships and the money will take care of itself.
- Lead you first. You can’t help others reach for their highest potential until you’re in the process of reaching for yours.
- To double your income, triple your rate of learning.
- While victims condemn change, leaders grow inspired by change.
- Small daily improvements over time create stunning results.
- Surround yourself with people courageous enough to speak truthfully about what’s best for your organization and the customers you serve.
- Don’t fall in love with your press releases.
- Every moment in front of a customer is a moment of truth (to either show you live by the values you profess – or you don’t).
- Copying what your competition is doing just leads to being second best.
- Become obsessed with the user experience such that every touchpoint of doing business with you leaves people speechless. No, breathless.
- If you’re in business, you’re in show business. The moment you get to work, you’re on stage. Give us the performance of your life.
- Be a Master of Your Craft. And practice + practice + practice.
- Get fit like Madonna.
- Read magazines you don’t usually read. Talk to people who you don’t usually speak to. Go to places you don’t commonly visit. Disrupt your thinking so it stays fresh + hungry + brilliant.
- Remember that what makes a great business – in part – are the seemingly insignificant details. Obsess over them.
- Good enough just isn’t good enough.
- Brilliant things happen when you go the extra mile for every single customer.
- An addiction to distraction is the death of creative production. Enough said.
- If you’re not failing regularly, you’re definitely not making much progress.
- Lift your teammates up versus tear your teammates down. Anyone can be a critic. What takes guts is to see the best in people.
- Remember that a critic is a dreamer gone scared.
- Leadership’s no longer about position. Now, it’s about passion. And having an impact through the genius-level work that you do.
- The bigger the dream, the more important the team.
- If you’re not thinking for yourself, you’re following – not leading.
- Work hard. But build an exceptional family life. What’s the point of reaching the mountaintop but getting there alone.
- The job of the leader is to develop more leaders.
- The antidote to deep change is daily learning. Investing in your professional and personal development is the smartest investment you can make. Period.
- Smile. It makes a difference.
- Say “please” and “thank you”. It makes a difference.
- Shift from doing mindless toil to doing valuable work.
- Remember that a job is only just a job if all you see it as is a job.
- Don’t do your best work for the applause it generates but for the personal pride it delivers.
- The only standard worth reaching for is BIW (Best in World).
- In the new world of business, everyone works in Human Resources.
- In the new world of business, everyone’s part of the leadership team.
- Words can inspire. And words can destroy. Choose yours well.
- You become your excuses.
- You’ll get your game-changing ideas away from the office versus in the middle of work. Make time for solitude. Creativity needs the space to present itself.
- The people who gossip about others when they are not around are the people who will gossip about you when you’re not around.
- It could take you 30 years to build a great reputation and 30 seconds of bad judgment to lose it.
- The client is always watching.
- The way you do one thing defines the way you’ll do everything. Every act matters.
- To be radically optimistic isn’t soft. It’s hard. Crankiness is easy.
- People want to be inspired to pursue a vision. It’s your job to give it to them.
- Every visionary was initially called crazy.
- The purpose of work is to help people. The other rewards are inevitable by-products of this singular focus.
- Remember that the things that get scheduled are the things that get done.
- Keep promises and be impeccable with your word. People buy more than just your products and services. They invest in your credibility.
- Lead Without a Title.
I encourage you to share + discuss + debate these with your team and throughout your organization. Within a quick period of time, you’ll see some fantastic results.
Note: Robin Sharma is the author of the #1 international bestseller “The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable on Real Success in Business and in Life
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The year 1432 H / 2011 A.D. is characterized by most remarkable epoch-making events of Fatemi, as well as world history.
It is the spectacular year of the twin celebrations, it is a hallmark of Melad Meawi and Masarrat al nas al mubarak.
Mumbai has been the epicenter for almost all of the celebrations and events of this year beginning from Ashara Mubarakah.
Currently it is the venue and miqaat for Imtihaan al Sanawi of Al Jamea tus Saifiyah.
This year we will be attaining another huge nemat and rehmat of Allah Subhanahu, the special barakaat of gathering ruhaani imtinaan of Our Maula TUS and His Mansus Aqeequl Yemen, Syedi wa maulaya Mufaddal Bhai Saheb Saifuddin TUS, who is also Amirul Jamea, may Allah grant both our Maula a long life of perpetual futuhaat and imamiyah shanaat.
In Al jamea tus Saifiyah, al imtihaan is synonymous to al imtinaan, as it is absolutely a hallmark of blessings and munificence of Duat Mutlaqeen AQ, especially of the 52nd Dai al Fatemi Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin TUS who has epitomized al imtihan as the prestigeous miqaat for expressing devotedly our muhabbat, tafaadi and khidmat, because these are the quintessential of ilm e Ala Mohammed AS.
Amirul muqddas Amirul Jamea, Syedi Yusufbhai saheb Najmuddin AQ once said;
للعبد اْية رقه ان يفدي الـ * مولى وحجة علمه ان يخدما
Al Imthaan allures thousands of mumineen every year to this institute. Its spirit forms the soul of Jamea. It draws a pattern for the academic and vocational activities and sets the bearings and dimensions for the teaching process and education which is adapted throughout the academic year. Imtihan is an experience where the gathering of mumineen imbibes and avail the values and deep philosophy and understanding of Islam and Fatemi tradition.
Maulana Taher Saifuddin AQ says:
وتفتح ابواب العلوم لهم اذا * بدت لهم في الامتحان المسائل
Imtihan is the embodiment of quality, and focuses in bringing out the best of the best from Anbnaul Jamea, in terms of learning, character building, and well accomplished personality.
وقد تولينا امر الامتحان على احسن الشاكلة
The best of the characteristics and systems by which jamea imtihaan is conducted is the qudsaani presence of Dai Fatemi in the imtihan which is an experience observed only in Jamea.
Therefore, it is certainly a surreal experience. Imtihan is a process in this hallowed and renowned Fatemi institute, in which everyone is sharing a common goal, that is, to demonstrate each ones ability to secure and attain the ridaa ( khushi) and pleasure of our spiritual and shafeeq Bawasaheb Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin TUS.
Abnaul jamea are beseeching the waseela of Awliyaullah and pray,
“May Allah endow our Maula Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin TUS a long long life enthroned on the arsh of sehat kameelah and aafiyaat daaemah for the continuation of this Imtihaan and for showering upon mumineen the Imtinaanat qudsaaniyah”.
On the opening ceremony of Jamea in Karachi, Aqa Maula TUS said quite presagingly about the paradigm and ideals of Al Jamea tus Saifiyah.
لافتح ابواب المعارف كلها * لمن كان دون القشر يرجو المعانيا
This inauguration of Jamea, is the opening of gates of all knowledge and absolute wisdom, for all those who desire the essence, rather than the kernel.
mfzakir
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