Get Smart!: How to Think and Act Like the Most Successful and Highest-Paid People in Every Field
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| Break the Barriers By continually asking What if Fred Smith and the executives of FedEx were able to develop creative ideas that not only achieved the goal but led to one of the largest and most successful companies in the world. “What if it was possible to put the keyboard on the screen of a cellphone (Apple, now the largest company in the world.) “What if we could sell and deliver almost any book by email and direct home delivery (Amazon.com, now the biggest vendor of books in the world.) “What if we could put a man on the moon and bring him safely back to earth (John F. Kennedy—1962.) When President John F. Kennedy asked the scientist in charge of the American space program, Wernher von Braun, what it would take to put a man on the moon and bring him back safely, von Braun replied simply, “The will to do it.” In many situations, in your business and personal life, what is most required for success is simply the will to do it.” My friend Joel Weldon was famous for his talk Success Comes in Cans, Not in Cannots.” It is the same with you. The Process of Innovation The philosophy of every successful business and successful executive is CANEI, which, as said above, stands for Continuous and Never-Ending Improvement.” Resolve to move boldly out of your comfort zone. Continually search for newer, better, faster, and cheaper ways to achieve your goals and to move ahead. Be prepared to fail over and over again when you are developing or introducing new products, services, methods, or strategies. Nothing ever works out the way you think it will. You will experience constant frustrations, difficulties, setbacks, and temporary failures on the way to success. Thomas J. Watson Sr, the founder of IBM, was once asked how to succeed faster. He replied, If you want to succeed faster, you must double your rate of failure. Success lies on the far side of failure.” In fact, there is no such thing as failure. There is only feedback. Difficulties come not to obstruct but to instruct. The formula has always been Try, try again, and then try something else.” Your ability to solve problems, make decisions, and find creative, innovative ways to grow your business, increase your sales, and boost your profits is the ultimate key to your success. Download 0.86 Mb. Share with your friends:
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