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How
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22 Vital Traits You Need to be the Person
at the Top |
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| by Debra A. Benton | ||||||||
| • Be
secure in yourself: No one makes you feel
inferior without your consent. • Be in control of your attitude: Success in business is based more on mental attitude than mental capabilities• Be tenacious: Nothing ever happens with one letter, one telephone call, one request. • Be continuously improving: Take risks. Mistakes provide some of your best learning. • Be honest and ethical: If you are careless with the truth, your credibility will be jeopardized when you are telling the truth. • Be sure to think before you talk: Think fast, pause, then speak purposefully. • Be original: Carefully observe what more people are doing in any situation, and don’t do that. • Be publicly modest: It’s more of a thrill to have others recognize your ability rather than your pointing it out first. As Franklin D. Roosevelt said, “Never underestimate a man who overestimates himself.” • Be aware of your style: Style does not pertain to clothes. It’s about what you do in your clothes. • Be gutsy: List the things that scare you the most – then make it your to-do list. • Be humorous: It takes guts to inject levity into serious business situations – but somebody has to do it, and it better be you. • Be a tad theatrical: Get comfortable with the uncomfortable. Leadership is about performance and performing. • Be detail-oriented: The small things will always make the biggest difference. • Be willing to lead: Be worth listening to, worth believing, worth following. • Be sure to fight for your people: Be loyal downward; spread credit downward. • Be willing to admit mistakes: If you are error-free, you’re likely effort-free. • Be straightforward: Everything you say or write can be done in a plain, simple manner. Just do it. • Be nice: The more power and prestige you hold, the less it may seem you need to be nice. Wrong. • Be inquisitive: Ask, ask, ask, and then ask more. • Be competitive: Don’t pray for an easy win in situations you are involved in. You don’t learn much from success, especially easy success. You learn from struggle. • Be flexible: Be able to stand out from the crowd while still fitting in with the crowd. • Be a good storyteller: People understand you better, remember what you say longer, find you smarter and more interesting if you use anecdotes to make your points. |
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Contact
Mary Reed, International Sales & Marketing - inquiries@debrabenton.com |
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