Practice This

The best kept secret in becoming successful is… finding the right role model. Find the role model that resonates with you the most, reverse engineer your model, adopt principles your model use, and become successful
 by striatic

Consulting is no different – what’re the most successful consulting companies? What do they do to be successful? What are their principles?
Hey, I think I found something interesting! Here are The 10 Commandments of Zappos

Deliver WOW through service
Embrace and drive change
Create fun and a little weirdness
Be adventurous, creative …

What’s my role as a parent? Raise kids healthy and happy, right? That is physical and emotional side, the other side is spiritual – raising my kids with values in mind. How do I teach my kids values? How do I lead them?
by HdO ~ Helene

My take is this – you teach and lead your kids by example.
I was reading Compromise Can Be an Act of Leadership article by John Baldoni at HarvardBusiness.org. Baldoni is a leadership consultant and a coach. He offers simple recipe for Compromise …

Consultant is a lonely warrior in the filed. He is expected to put results on the table. He is expected to solve problems. Fast. He is expected to always win. To do so, he needs a winning tactics to achieve his goals. In thirty six stratagems there are 6 groups one of which is The Stratagems of Winning:
 by snappybex

Deceive the heavens to cross the ocean
Besiege Wèi to rescue Zhào
Kill with a borrowed knife
Substitute leisure for labour
Loot a burning house
Make a …

Consultant mostly involved with work that requires massive interpersonal activities. When it comes to such interactions, too often time spent for nothing. But sometimes real results achieved right away. How come?… The answer is – Focus and Energy.
 by scalespeeder

In his post Focus and Energy  J.D. Meier at www.sourcesofinsight.com describes 4 types of personas: Procrastinators, Disengaged, Distracters, Purposeful. J.D.writes:

Really, is it? This question bothered me a lot not until long ago. I am 37 and many of my friends climbed management ladder. VP this and VP that. I am still just a consultant, the guy in the field… common wisdom tells me I am a loser. Am I?
 by crabchick

To answer this question I started to read more books. I think I found the answer in Harvey Mackay’s Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive: Outsell, Outmanage, Outmotivate, and Outnegotiate Your Competition , he writes:
We heard from the …