My personal favorite is number 11 – “If you are not doing something which improves your livelihood, quality of life, or contributes to mankind in a positive way, you are probably doing something wrong.” Look over the other 10 and then decide which one(s) are your favorites?
Over the years I have observed and applied certain patterns of behavior which made a lot of sense to me. Some I obtained from wise and experienced people, some I created myself. Collectively I have found them to be very helpful in creating personal and financial success or at a minimum making life a little better. I share these with you in hopes of your being more successful throughout your life. I will explain these more in future posts or they may be found in my latest book, The New Era of Financial Success.
1. Over the long-term, an employer cannot afford to pay an employee more than the value he or she contributes.
2. Change nothing and nothing changes.
3. You can’t do anything about the past; all that matters is where you currently are and where you are going.
4. Your view of the possible will limit your likely outcomes, more than your abilities or resources.
5. The Power of Doing – The more you do, the more you learn. The more you learn, the more you can do.
6. The best of your peers are not your competition; they can be your future support system.
7. You need to consciously manage your energy level.
8. You need to prioritize the important things in your life.
9. You need to exercise prudent thinking (prudence) in all aspects of your life, especially finances.
10. When it’s important, document what you are going to do, do what you have documented, and then verify that it was done.
11. If you are not doing something which improves your livelihood, quality of life, or contributes to mankind in a positive way, you are probably doing something wrong.
Which of these are your most favorite ones? I am sure you also have some excellent “life” rules and experiences as well, please share them with us.
About Don Redinius
Don Redinius is a globally recognized expert in business and personal performance improvement. He has spoken at more than 50 conferences and symposiums around the world, written more than 75 white papers on various personal and business improvement topics, published over 15 magazine articles, and has spoken at several universities including Harvard. Don has written two books; The New Era of Financial Success and Process Management and Improvement for Business Teams. He is also a contributing author to the book Six Sigma for Dummies.
He has over thirty eight years of business experience in a variety of key functional and leadership positions along with four years military experience in the USAF. More than twenty five years of executive management experience at the VP, Senior VP, President and CEO level. He has been responsible for domestic and offshore business operations in excess of 18,000 people around the globe including the U.S, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, China, Japan and England.
Don is characterized as an individual with a broad base of knowledge, extensive experience and an inspiring results oriented leader in addition to being an excellent teacher. He recognizes results come from engaged and knowledgeable individuals that are accountable to established expectations and goals.
Don is highly adept at strategy, planning, mentoring and execution. He is a vision oriented person capable of bringing organizations and individuals together to accomplish excellent business performance. He is financially driven, process oriented, an expert innovationist, and a certified Six Sigma Master Blackbelt from the Six Sigma Academy; resulting in a strong data analytical and creative problem solving ability.
Specialties
Leadership, author, teacher/trainer, executive coaching/mentoring, Six Sigma, lean principles, strategy, REACH Methodology, business process management (BPM), innovation, business transformation/turnarounds, problem solving and personal financial improvement.
My personal favorite is number 11 – “If you are not doing something which improves your livelihood, quality of life, or contributes to mankind in a positive way, you are probably doing something wrong.” Look over the other 10 and then decide which one(s) are your favorites?
Thank you for sharing this list, Don. As a professional coach who loves to focus on the solution instead of the problem, #3 has to be my favorite. You can’t do anything about the past; all that matters is where you currently are and where you are going. So very true!