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Here is the free chapter of my award-winning book “Spark: The Power to Become Big is Within You!” You
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“Give me a lever long enough and a
fulcrum on which to place it and I shall move the world.” — Archimedes
Welcome to Spark: The Power to Become Big is Within You! Basically, I author
books on executive education, coaching, and leadership. But this book on
self-help is to help you find out what makes people succeed. During many years
of experience as an educator, trainer, speaker, and researcher, I helped many
people unlock their potential and achieve greatness in their lives. In my
leadership development training programs, several senior leaders often asked me
the following question: What makes some individuals excel as extraordinary
achievers? In fact, there are some unique habits, principles, and practices that
convert ordinary individuals into extraordinary achievers. Since I am on a
sabbatical currently, I decided to author a book to help people identify those
habits and practices to achieve greatness in their lives. Additionally, my role
throughout my life has been to inspire people to excel as extraordinary
achievers and leaders in their lives.
I am mostly self-taught because I
don’t have any mentor or guru. During my 35 years of diversified experience that
includes military, teaching, training, research, and consultancy, I read
thousands of books and inspired many people in the world with my physical
interaction, books, and articles on social media.
What Makes Some People Stand Out?
Do you know
what makes some people stand out from others? Do you know what habits are
essential to achieving greatness in your life? Do you know why some leaders stand
taller beyond their lifetimes? The answer to all these questions is that they
possess some unique habits and adopt unconventional approaches and
practices. In fact, there is a pattern
of unique practices and habits that convert ordinary individuals into
extraordinary individuals and extraordinary individuals into inspiring
individuals. When you understand and apply them effectively you can unlock your
hidden potential to achieve greatness in your life.
Extraordinary
people are ordinary people with extraordinary attitude and habits. They do
things with a different approach and attitude. They don’t let events control
them. Instead, they control the events and take things forward. They don’t
blame circumstances. Instead, they work with what they have with a positive
attitude. They make things fall into place. Succinctly, they make things happen
and excel as extraordinary achievers.
Ignite Your Spark
We all have
spark within us but we seldom understand how to ignite it. When we know how to
ignite our spark, we will be able to unlock our hidden potential and achieve extraordinary
success. Here are 21 habits, practices and tools to ignite your spark and
unleash the leader in you:
- Acquire Self-Awareness
- Discover Your Biological Clock
- Be an Early Riser
- Exercise Every Day
- Acquire Internal Locus of Control
- Visualize Effectively
- Equip with Affirmations
- Use Your Internal Dialogue
Effectively
- Strengthen Your Subconscious Mind
- Journal Regularly
- Read Avidly
- Improve Your Memory
- Improve Your Concentration
- Practice Yoga Daily
- Perform Underwater Meditation
- Practice for 21 Days
- Cultivate Mindfulness
- Acquire Emotional Intelligence
- Take Feedback
- Be Persistent
- Learn, Unlearn and Relearn
Treat these 21
tools as 21 bricks of your brand. Cement these bricks to build an everlasting
leadership brand by practicing regularly to fast-track your career and provide
meaning to your life. Malcolm Gladwell
emphasizes that the key to high levels of success in any field is practicing a
specific task for a total of about 10,000 hours. Hence, invest your precious
time on your passionate areas for 10,000 hours to become a successful
professional and leader.
Help locate the
fish. Show the opportunities as most people grope in darkness. Help people
discover their talents and ask them to build skills around their talents.
Inspire them to unlock their potential.
Conclusion
A study by Dr.
John Hagelin shows that we are using at most 5% of the potential of the human
mind. 100% of human potential is the result of proper education. So imagine a
world where people are using their full mental and emotional potential. To
conclude, the human mind is very powerful and you must know how to channel it
effectively. By acquiring these habits and adopting time tested tools and
techniques you can unleash your hidden power to achieve greatness in your life.
References
Life is great!
Professor
M.S. Rao
Founder of MSR Leadership
Consultants India
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