Archive for the ‘Personal Development’ Category
Okay, a little self promotion today as we begin the three day journey of the Phoenix Seminar here in Memphis today. My only serious question for you is “Why aren’t you here today for the session?”
This is the primer personal development workshop that is based upon universal truths on achievement and succeeding in life. Since 1988, we have been offering this outstanding course here in Memphis and it continues to bring people in across the country. Why? Because it works! It is really that simple. From completely changing some people’s lives to just fine-tuning a person’s inner drive for success.
If you want to learn more about this outstanding workshop on success and achievement go to our website dedicated to it – Phoenix Seminar.com. You will find a couple of videos to enlighten you about the results you can find. The first video is from the creator of the Phoenix Seminar – Brian Tracy. He shares the holistic and balanced approach of the three day process.
The second video has the executive team from a Chemical Company in the Northeast that recognized the power of the process and offered the workshop to their entire organization. (One of several organizations that decided this one seminar could provide a competitive advantage from motivated employees.) You will hear from the CEO, VP of Sales, VP of Operations, VP of Human Resources and they will tell you the many benefits they received from having their entire team participate.
If you want to regain the winners edge or kick start the inner drive for success, check out this process and get the answers to this question – How to Succeed in Life? The answers are here, are you? Watch the site for the posting of the next session in 2010.
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Posted by Voss Graham on November 3, 2009 at 12:17 am under Personal Development.
Tags: Achievement, How to Succeed in Life, InnerActive Consulting Group, Phoenix Seminar, psychology of achievement, Success, Voss Graham
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I have to share a major learning point with everyone today. And starts with this question…
Are you Focused or Frazzled today?
The answer can make a difference in what you accomplish and what gets done that is important. And this can be the answer to your current mental state. Continue reading ‘Focused or Frazzled today?’ »
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Posted by Voss Graham on October 14, 2009 at 6:15 pm under Personal Development.
Tags: doing what is important, Focused, Frazzled, Getting things done, Master to do list, self esteem and confidence, stressed, to do lists, Voss Graham
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Character is the twelfth C in the twelve part series of the C’s of Success. Part one covers individual character which is the cornerstone of all personal success in the long term. Low character individuals can and do have short term success, however, the truth of their methods usually catches up to them. They are then and forever considered – unsuccessful.
Character can be considered the ultimate indicator of true success at both the individual and organizational level. Character can dramatically separate individuals and others to see them as unique. This perception is sometimes the only thing that separates the individual from others in the eyes of customers, managers and peers.
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Posted by Voss Graham on October 1, 2009 at 5:28 am under Personal Development.
Tags: building character, Character, Individual character, Individual choices, integrity of choice, Success, Voss Graham
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Commitment is the eleventh C in the twelve part series of the C’s of Success.
Commitment is the one factor or element that truly separates individuals and organizations. The individuals who understand the value of commitment will flourish with purpose and positive outcomes – the ones who hold back on commitment will seldom reach their full potential. And if there is one thing I hear more often from leaders – I wish we had more commitment. Interesting the impact of commitment.
What is Commitment?
The dictionary defines commitment as… Continue reading ‘Success and Commitment’ »
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Posted by Voss Graham on September 30, 2009 at 5:26 am under Organizational Development, Personal Development.
Tags: Commitment, Disengagement, Engaged Employees, Key to successful relationships, Purposeful Action, Success
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Courage is the tenth C in the twelve part series of the C’s of Success.
Courage can be considered the catalyst for getting higher levels of performance. It really is about the willingness to take a calculated risk to get the higher returns. Without courage, individuals and organizations would be under performing on a regular basis.
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Posted by Voss Graham on September 29, 2009 at 5:23 am under Organizational Development, Personal Development.
Tags: Courage, Effects of Fear on Decisions, Fear of Failure, Fear of Rejection, Higher Returns, Success, Taking Risks, Voss Graham
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Consistency is the ninth C in the twelve part series of the C’s of Success.
Consistency can be considered the catalyst for getting things done at both the individual and organizational levels of performance. Many people have the misconception that flash is more effective, yet, those who are consistent in their work seem to always get things done – completely and on time. There is merit to the ones who appear to plug away working on projects until it is completed.
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Posted by Voss Graham on September 28, 2009 at 5:21 am under Organizational Development, Personal Development.
Tags: Consistency, Discipline, Good to Great, Jim Collins, Success, Systems and Processes, Working the plan
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Creativity is the eighth C in the twelve part series of the C’s of Success.
Creativity can be considered the catalyst for competitive advantage at both the individual and organizational levels of performance. Creativity can separate individuals and make one unique or seen to be unique in the eyes of others. This perception is sometimes the only thing that separates the individual from others in the eyes of customers, managers and peers.
What is Creativity?
Wikipedia defines Creativity as…
Creativity is a mental and social process involving the generation of new ideas or concepts, or new associations of the creative mind between existing ideas or concepts. Creativity is fueled by the process of either conscious or unconscious insight. An alternative conception of creativeness is that it is simply the act of making something new.
This is about as accurate as I’ve seen regarding the pure definition of creativity. While this definition is universal in nature, and research studies have shown that all individuals possessed high levels of creativity during their youth – yet, only a small percentage of people consider themselves as creative or possessing creative skills. Continue reading ‘Success and Creativity’ »
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Posted by Voss Graham on September 25, 2009 at 6:12 am under Organizational Development, Personal Development.
Tags: Brainstorming Technique, Creating Uniqueness, Creativity, Innovation and change, Reasons for Lack of Creativity, Success, Twenty Idea Method
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Continuous Development is the seventh C in the twelve part series of the C’s of Success. In part one, we will cover the importance of individual continuous development.
Continuous Development can be considered the catalyst for all current and future growth and improvement. Without it, the status quo would rule the day and very little improvement or growth could occur in both individuals and organizations. There is a strong need for purposeful continuous development at all levels of organizations. Individuals who get ahead in life do so by improving themselves either by improving skills or their wisdom.
What is Continuous Development?
When we first started our company we choose the name “Kaizen Performance Group, Inc.” because of the term Kaizen. Kaizen means to continuously improve in a holistic way. We believed then as we believe today that all improvement begins with continuously developing and improving what and how you do things.We also found the fastest method of gaining experience was to learn from experts, thus shortening the learning curves in life and business.
The Japan adopted the term “Kaizen” to their total quality efforts because they recognized the need for continuous improvement in their organizational work flows and processes. Using Kaizen as the focal point, they looked to improve every process and individual skill within their organizations. Kaizen principles led to their leading the world in total quality of product and services. A simple method leading to major results.
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Posted by Voss Graham on September 23, 2009 at 5:21 am under Personal Development.
Tags: Continuous Development, Continuous improvement, Continuous learning, Long term success, Reading Books
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The sixth C in the twelve part series on success is Consideration.
Consideration is a very unique trait of the most successful people and organizations and probably the least understood. The unsuccessful have no understanding of the importance of this characteristic and have little understanding of its true value to success. If consideration is missing or limited, then you will find unhappy and unresponsive people working with you or around you. The true indicator of the degree of consideration being used is the number of people who actually WANT to work or be with you.
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Posted by Voss Graham on September 22, 2009 at 5:54 am under Organizational Development, Personal Development.
Tags: Building Relationships, Consideration and Success, Gallup Poll research, Interpersonal Skills, People Skills, Respect for others
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The fifth C in the twelve part series on success is Concentration.
Concentration is a unique trait of the most successful people and organizations. The unsuccessful usually have no understanding of the importance of this characteristic. If the ability to concentrate is missing or limited, then you will find people working on mostly low priority items or activities. The outcomes and results are also limited, therefore, high performance is not possible.
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Posted by Voss Graham on September 21, 2009 at 5:07 am under Organizational Development, Personal Development.
Tags: 80/20 Rule, Concentration, Discipline of Market Leaders, high priorities, Law of Vital Few, Major Driving force, Pareto Principle, Success
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