Readers are leaders club- let's read a book

COMPLIMENT OF THE SEASON FOLKS, OUR READING BEGINS THIS MONTH END. COS, SOME PERSONS ARE UNDERGOING ANNUAL SPIRITUAL EXCERCISE.

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THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK FOR STUNNING SUCCESS BY ROBBIN SHARMA

EPISODE 56👉SOFT IS HARD
Please don't tell me being kind and learning to listen and building out your vision and things like working on your character are soft. Nope.
They are hard. And that's why so few of us do them.

Anyone can act tough. What takes genuine power is to be open. To care about others. To learn from those around you. To be human. Same for things like listening and vision and character-building. Getting good at those things takes a ton of courage. Why?

Because we need to develop humility and be willing to admit we are far from perfect. And that we need to change. And change is scary.
Because it causes us to leave the comfort zone we have always known. And sail out into the blue oceans.

So the soft stuff is really the hard stuff. And the new model of leadership really is all about mastering the skills people in the past judged as soft. And those leaders that cling to the old ways of being will get left behind. By the leaders willing to do what's hard.

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THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK FOR STUNNING SUCCESS BY ROBBIN SHARMA.

EPISODE 55👉LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT
CLARITY

Just read a line by famed designer Karim Rashid: "I think we should always be looking 15 minutes ahead." I suggest we should always be thinking 15 years ahead.

Clarity precedes mastery and it's impossible to create an outcome/goal/result that you can't even see. The best businesses I've worked with are so beautifully clear on where.they're going and what their brand stands for and the type of people they want to populate their place.

The most successful people know exactly what success means to them and what their mountains look like. And each day, step by step, they steadily near that once-far destination. You can too.

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THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK FOR STUNNING SUCCESS BY ROBBIN SHARMA

EPOSODE 54👉THE COURAGEOUS QUESTION
Companies don't get better if they fall in love with their success. The best ones never feel they are truly successful. The brilliant ones know that they can always improve. Humility is part of their cultural DNA.

Same for human beings. The Great Ones are all about NSI: Never Stop Improving. They want to improve the way they think. The way they feel.
The way they behave. The way they execute. The way they communicate. The way they live.
Here's a tool you can integrate into your work and personal life today.

Throughout your day, keep asking yourself: "How can I make this better?"
Apply it to your work. Apply it to your relationships. Apply it to your Self. As I wrote in The Greatness Guide: "Small daily improvements over time lead to stunning results."

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THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK FOR STUNNING SUCCESS BY ROBBIN SHARMA

EPOSODE 53👉READ STRANGE STUFF

Reading Rolling Stone magazine this morning. One of the best business magazines I read. "But Rolling Stone is a music magazine," you remind me. Exactly. I often get my best business ideas from non-business magazines.
Business magazines often share "status quo" concepts and interview

CEOs with MBA who speak the same speak and think the same thoughts. But music magazines and design magazines and travel magazines share the worldview of people who think differently. And those are the ideas I want In Rolling Stone.

today - latest issue - there was a little piece on iTunes. Everyone laughed at Apple and their vision not only for the iPod but to be a leader in the music industry.

But who cares what the critics think -Leadership is about boldly trusting your instincts, chasing down your goals and doing what you think is right. And they did.

Since 2003, they have sold over 3 billion songs at 99 cents each. The business lesson?
No risk, no reward. From a music magazine.

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THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK FOR STUNNING SUCCESS BY ROBBIN SHARMA

EPISODE 52👉GRATITUDE FOR THE GOOD
Gratitude is a beautiful thing. Makes the recipient feel better. Makes the sender feel great. In my journal, I often express gratitude to the people who elevate/influence and inspire me.

On crisp white pages, I honor my kids for all the gifts they have brought to my life (wish I could be half as amazing as them). I celebrate the musicians who fill me with joy, people like Dave Matthews and Shakira and Zucchero and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan as well as bands like The Chilli Peppers/U2/Mana/Piero Pelu. Love them all.

I appreciate my teammates who leave their homes each morning to help me share my message with people and organizations around the world ready to reach world-class.
And I thank those who have believed in me and helped me along the way.

We all have a lot more blessings in our life than we know. It's human nature to focus on what's not working rather than to embrace all that is.
No matter how good - or bad - your life looks at this very moment, there really is so much (and so many people) you can be thankful for. And gratitude begets gratitude. The more good things you see, the more good things you see.

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THE LITTLEBLACK BOOK FOR STUNNING SUCCESS BY ROBBIN SHARMA

EPISODE 51👉YOU'RE AN ARTIST
Was at the Picasso museum in Barcelona a few weeks ago. The experience deeply influenced me. I saw how he was not afraid to
deconstruct and then reinvent his art over the course of his life. I saw the way he dared. I saw his devotion to excellence - and being an outright original.

Picasso has inspired me. So here's what I think. At work each day, we are all artists. My brushes and paints happen to be my words. My canvas is my books and the audiences I have the privilege to share my leadership message with.

But I'm an artist. I honestly feel that.
I create. I express. I provoke.
And so can you. Each day you step into the place where you work, you have the opportunity to nurture - and awaken - the artist
that inhabits you. We all have a core craving to express who we are and to create something special.

Part of being human. I encourage you to satisfy that urge by being the Picasso of Human Resources or the Dali of Sales. Be the Renoir of Real Estate or the Michelangelo of Medicine.
Step out into the world each day and create your masterpiece. The world will be better for it.

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THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK FOR STUNNING SUCCESS BY ROBBIN SHARMA

EPISODE 50👉HONOUR IS HIP

In this age of foul-mouthed rock stars, famous for being famous celebrities and uber-greedy CEOs who take home huge rewards while the shares of their companies hit rock bottom, there's a new way to be cool/hip/fashionable.

Be honorable. Used to be that things like honesty, giving your best at work, treating
everyone you meet fairly, and being a RGP (Really Good Person) were considered boring/unsexy/bland. No longer. In an age where too many people don't discover what leadership and life's about until it's too late, rising above the crowd to shine with a blazing sense of integrity, authenticity and Rare Honor is cool. Super cool. Hip.

So today, live your truth. Play your best game. Listen to the trusted voice that resides deep within you. And show some genuine leadership-both at work and at home. People will love you for it. And I'll think you're hip.

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THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK FOR STUNNING SUCCESS BY ROBBIN SHARMA.

EPOSIDE 49 👉NO TRY NO WIN
Such a simple idea: you can't win if you don't try. So often, we get a big idea. One that will get our careers to the next level. One that will get our lives to the next level. One that will really set us soaring.

But then guess what happens next? The voice of fear takes over. We start selling ourselves on all the reasons why we'll fail. Eventually,
that beautiful/big/bold idea seems silly/unattainable/foolish. And so we don't act. We don't even try.

Imagine Tiger Woods wanting to win but not even playing the tournament. Imagine the great manager wanting to lead her team to world-class but not even showing up. Imagine the brave inventor wanting to change the world. Yet not even doing anything.

Nothing happens until you move (tattoo that line on your brain cells if you really want to win). And you'll never win if you don't even try.
Enough said.

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THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK FOR STUNNING SUCCESS BY ROBBIN SHARMA.

EPISODE 48👉PROBLEMS ARE SERVANTS

We all face challenges. It's the human condition. Everyone, on this very day, is dealing with something they wish they weren't dealing with. Some have lost a loved one. Others are facing an illness. For others, it's a money issue or a frustration at work. Yes, it's no fun.

But just maybe every problem you encounter is an opportunity in disguise. And if you're wise to that, you can.leverage the challenge for even greater success.

In some ways, leadership is a mind game. Positive thinking is a lot more important than the cynics would suggest. The founders of Google used positive thinking to overcome their early setbacks and to stay true to their vision.

Sam Walton used positive thinking to build an empire. And the best managers use positive thinking to help their teams see that what ordinary people view as stumbling blocks, the best amongst us see as stepping stones.

Because problems are servants. And they truly can serve you well. If you choose to let them.

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THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK FOR STUNNING SUCCESS BY ROBBIN SHARMA.

EPISODE 47👉THE IMPORTANCE OF
BEING REMARKABLE
Your expectations for yourself - and your life - become self-fulfilling prophecies. What you intend shapes what you become. So make a
commitment, today, to be remarkable.

Live full out. Vow to be brilliant at your work. Devote to getting into world-class health. Take positive risks to grow into your greatness. Love like there's no tomorrow. And enjoy every moment.

Life's an incredible adventure. Tons of highs - lots of lows. But all of it - is precious. Gorgeous. And designed with your best interests in mind. So embrace it all.

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THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK FOR STUNNING SUCCESS BY ROBBIN SHARMA.

EPISODE 46👉IT'S ALL ABOUT GROWTH
Just read a quote that provoked me. "Growth is the only evidence of life." Pretty smart words. They came from John Henry Newman. You know I adore the whole notion of growth. To me, that's why were here. To grow and expand through the work we do, the actions we take and the lives we lead (don't just live your life - lead it).

Growth matters. It's what ultimately makes us feel fulfilled. Energizes us (even when it's uncomfortable - and most growth is). Makes us who we truly are.

RESPECT YOU
It doesn't matter what other people think of you. All that matters is what you think of you.
We lose so much energy worrying about the opinions of others, wanting to be liked.
Leadership and personal mastery is about rising above social approval - to self approval.

Respect you. So long as you are living by your values, being authentic, running your own race and doing your dreams, who cares what anyone else thinks/feels/says about you?
As I wrote in The Greatness Guide: "Leadership isn't a popularity contest." It's about doing what's right.

LESS TALK MORE DO
Too many people talk too good a talk these days. Tons of empty promises. Tons of hyperbole. Tons of lofty statements that never amount to anything.
Leaders are different. They talk less and do more. I love the quiet leaders. Those silent souls who under-promise and over- deliver.

The Merchants of Wow amongst us who know that a person's word is their bond. And that every promise kept builds credibility - the foundation of trust. So make a commitment today to be impeccable with your word. And
be a person of action. Someone who is all about generating results.
Because getting great things done speaks for itself.