LEADERSHIP EDUCATION WITH RICHARD BRANSON
ENTREPRENEURSHIP WITH RICHARD BRANSON
From high school drop out to multi billionaire..how do you do that? Operating my own business I am very interested in other business leaders and leadership development around the world to see what their philosophy is about achieving massive wealth creation. At an amazing personal development conference that we promote I learned from one of the speaker that anyone can be your teacher as long as you listen. What better to learn and listen from people around you who are achieving huge results right now, here today. Sir Richard Branson needs no introduction…wow..what an amazing leader. I came across the following in his book (“Business stripped bare”) which is just so profound for any type of business. Talking about the simplicity and fanatic dedication that will bring you results. Here it is.
Those business leaders who seek, in interviews and in their writings, to turn their industries into complex puzzles, subtle chess games of one sort of another – these people really, really annoy me. It isn’t enough for them that they’re good business people: they have to be Confucius. To listen to them, you’d think you must be born into an industry to make any headway in it. And this is rarely true unless you are truffle hunting. A basic understanding of the business, gleaned by immersing yourself in every little detail for months or even weeks, is often enough to get you started. The volume of information you’ll need to hack through will be high – so find some friends to help you – but the underlying business model is always fairly simple.
Remember to communicate, and pay attention to detail. You wouldn’t believe how far you can get, just by remembering and practicing those two rules.
In our business we train and guide people within an extremely, proven successful business model to make sure that they will succeed. All they need to do is follow the system, nothing else. My observation is that people still are changing a successful formula. The ones that are fanatically dedicated, can communicate and are determined to keep it simple are the winners.
When I met Mr. Jim Cathcart, in Macau/China earlier this year he was talking about: “exceptionalise your business”, which is such an important and valuable statement and I believe not many business owner do. Sir Richard Branson is the prime example of being exceptional in what he does.
So thank you sir Richard Branson for being such a great leader and setting the example of what is possible.
Paul Mantel - http://www.livelifeco.com (visit my website for business opportunity)
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THE FUTURE IS IN OUR “BEING” AS A PARENT!!
BUILDING CONFIDENCE AS A PARENT
Being a parent myself (two young boys) I am very conscious about my behavior and effect on the character shaping of my two little “monkeys”. Being a parent is the best thing in the world. The endless rumbles, playing trying tricks to each other and the endless questions about the happenings from a child’s world perspective is priceless. Very consciously I praise my two boys as much as I can. It really builds confidence in their little minds. After I praise my youngest son (4 years), he often asks me: “are you impressed with me”? How beautiful!
Ray Burke states, “Praise is powerful. Praising your child is one of the most important things you can do as a parent. Praise is nourishment. It helps your child grow emotionally, just as food helps your child grow physically” (Burke, 1997, pg. 51). One could not have summed up what the effects of praise are any better than that. Praise is a method of keeping focus on the positive of any situation. Charles Schaefer’s’ book, How to Influence Children, states that praise is to give a “realistic, positive appraisal of a child’s performance” (pg. 230).
The reason behind giving praise is to build up self confidence, to give a belief of personal satisfaction, with the addition of feeling secure within one’s self (Hurlock, 1978, pg. 311). There is a sense of confidence that one has when one knows that someone has paid attention and has encourage them with a positive response, due to their efforts. Norma Cutts stated that praise makes you radiate “well-being” (Cutts, 1952, pg. 245). So in praising your child it will only encourage them to do well at whatever task they are faced with doing. It creates self reliance which is one of the keys to success no matter what they like to achieve (Burke, R., & Herron, R. (1996). Common Sense Parenting. Nebraska: Boys Town Press).
Anything we do and who we are towards our kids matters. For us, for them and for the next generation. Everything matters!!
Paul Mantel – http://www.livelifeco.com
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