Ingredients for successWritten by Ophelia Sanchez
INGREDIENTS FOR SUCCESS By Ophelia Sanchez President Management Resources, Inc. (MRI) (c)1997 Management Resources, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this article may be reproduced or copied by any means without written permission from Management Resources, Inc. Write MRI. Management by Objectives, strategic planning, quality, teams, re-engineering. Passing management fads? Consultants, more consultants. Training and more training. Businesses are littered by corpses of all these attempts at finding way to become better. What happened? What went wrong? How can simple and productive ideas like these have failed in some companies while succeeding in others? In some companies one finds employees sneering at management, not believing on anything, just letting days go by. In others one can see an uplifted employee force. They are committed to their work, they communicate with each other, they read company publications, they ask questions and hear answers. What is cause? What is difference? ATTITUDES. Attitude is one of those words that we have difficulty defining. It is a state of mind, a disposition, it reflects in our moods and personality, it molds our perspectives and preferences. It can result in laxity or negligence: an "It’s Not My Job" mentality; or in an open-minded "Can Do" behavior. Attitudes makes us who we are, how we think and act, how we respond to challenges, how we look at things. Attitudes are created and modified. We are not born with them. They are developed from early childhood. There is a direct link between way we think and way we behave. When people come in contact with us they are responding to our personality, which is outer expression of our inner attitudes. Our behavior (or personality) directly impacts our success. Since behavior is based on attitudes, attitude is one of key ingredients for success. Look at your favorite people in history. Why did they succeed? Was it their skills alone? There are millions with skills and knowledge who are not successful. In most cases winners have a driving attitude to succeed. Lincoln lost many elections before becoming president. John Paul II was shot and came close to death. Beethoven was deaf. Even in medical terms, positive attitude is a remarkable force. Positive thinking has been determined to be a "miracle drug" that you manufacture within yourself. As June Bierman, author of "Diabetes in News" says "this miracle drug has no side effects, doesn’t require a doctor’s prescription and doesn’t cost you a penny." What a powerful force! What are your attitudes? Do you live thinking that any situation is an opportunity for success? Or do you believe that sooner or later something bad is going to happen? Do you look at things as "too much trouble," "there is nothing I can do?" Or do you say "this is an opportunity for me," "this is my chance to shine"?
| | O, ComeWritten by Joyce C. Lock
Give unto Lord glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship Lord in beauty of holiness. Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and King of glory shall come in. For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him. O come, let us sing unto Lord: let us make a joyful noise to rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before Lord our maker. Give unto Lord glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts. Serve Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing. Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in midst of thee, saith Lord. And they that are far off shall come and build in temple of Lord, and ye shall know that Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey voice of Lord your God. :::::::::::>><<:::>><<:::>><<:::>><<:::>><<:::>><<:::>><<::::::::::: Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in days of Herod king, behold, there came wise men from east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of Jews? for we have seen his star in east, and are come to worship him.
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