Jay Rifenbary
BS United States Military Academy, West Point
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A Lesson in Leadership
Although title, power, fame, and wealth may indicate a person in a position of leadership, that alone does not give credence to being an effective leader. This is illustrated every day in the failures and incompetence of many in positions of power as they fail to understand that genuine leadership is more about the responsibilities to others rather than themselves. The fact is that any person who impacts another is a leader. There are many who believe in you, count on you, and love you. Ask yourself:
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Is Your Temper Killing Your Success?
One of the first tests in determining a level of your own personal emotional security is your proficiency in handling stressful and pressure packed situations. To create a successful communicative working atmosphere and a harmonious home environment, you need to maintain a level of emotional self-control when challenged with difficult decisions, tasks, and personnel interactions.
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Are You Selling Yourself Short?
After doing many presentations for sales organizations over the years, I’ve concluded that we are all in the profession of selling. Attributes of a successful sales professional include: • Knowledge of the product • Effective organizational and communication skills • Competency in time and stress management • An ability to mediate dissension and objections • A high degree of confidence, professionalism, positive attitude • The ability to provide consistent follow up and exceptional customer service.
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Take the Initiative and Defeat Procrastination
When conducting my seminars, I often ask leaders, “What social trends are you witnessing that are challenging your ability to effectively lead others?” A common response is, “An acceptance of mediocrity and the lack of initiative among employees.” The existence of this social trend decreases accountability, promotes procrastination, and is devastating to the efficiency, productivity, and profitability of an organization. It depletes individual creativity, innovation, and a spirit of risk taking because of the lack of assertiveness prevalent in the workforce.
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Self-Discipline: The Key to Success and Achievement
Have you ever abandoned a task or dream because of the overwhelming feeling of stress, self-doubt, or awareness that an alte ative course might be easier, but less rewarding? Self-discipline mitigates those feelings, weaknesses, and temptations. In fact, self-discipline is perhaps one of the most important character traits for all people to display, both professionally and personally.
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In Business and In Life, Trust Your Intuition
You’ve likely had numerous occasions in life where you had to make a major decision regarding careers, relationships, residences, investments, family, children, and other realms of life responsibilities that have significantly impacted your happiness, fulfillment, and contentment. What are the primary factors that formulate a correct decision? What influences have impacted your decision making process? Did you make a decision? Or were the fears of failure and/or rejection too strong to prevent you from being decisive?
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What It Means to Be a Leader
Leadership is defined as “the action of leading a group of people or an organization.” How boring is that? Although a definition, it does not take into consideration the human impact of leadership and the consequences of that leadership. If the outcome is destructive in nature, is that effective leadership? Here's a slightly better definition of leadership: “The ability to lead a group of individuals to the successful accomplishment of a common purpose.”However, even that definition does not take into consideration how the accomplishment was achieved.
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Develop Your Resilience – Toughen Up to Succeed in Business and Life
Have you ever been down in the dumps, questioned your life’s purpose, or failed at something and subsequently asked yourself, “Where do I go from here?” We all reach periods in our life that challenge our very being and force us to take actions that are difficult and even frightening. Choosing to take those daunting actions will forever solidify the nature of your character, your self-acceptance, and your self-respect.
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A simple approach to attaining your professional and personal goals
Goal setting has been an established component in attempting to enhance one’s personal and professional life, as well as a catalyst for human motivation. It has also provided guidance for organizational strategy and individual achievement. Unfortunately, the process of goal setting has become unnecessarily complex and over analyzed for individuals and organizations to utilize on a daily basis.
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Live Up to Your Potential … It’s Never Too Late
Do you desire to be more successful in life than you are? Most people do, as it provides an inspiration to wake up each day. To believe you have the potential to improve your life is imperative for being motivated to excel and optimistic about your future. If you do not believe in your potential to be a better you, why get out of bed?
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