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Don’t Give it, Go First and Receive Feedback

thumbs upIndividual like you and me originate actions that spice up life but being a ‘starter’ is not always fun. Going first can be risky because it frequently attracts criticism and judgment, and to many of us, that is enough reason not to take the lead.

Generally, we are giving feedback, judging, or criticizing or we are receiving feedback, being judged or being criticized. In order to achieve you full growth potential, you must find opportunities to both give and receive feedback or criticism. Giving feedback comes naturally; doing the thing that will place you at the receiving end, that is, going first doesn’t come naturally. Many of us work to avoid that. Continue reading “Don’t Give it, Go First and Receive Feedback”

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Take Risk on The Cheap: A Lesson on Decision Making

Ahmed Bradshaw of New York Giants

In the NLF (National Football League) draft, a player may be labeled as a risky pick for a particular team, while another player is rated as ‘High Value’ pick for another team. As I wrote in my earlier post, great General Managers don’t make decisions based solely on analysts’ ratings.

Analyst and pundits may call a player ‘too risky’ for a team based on circumstances at theme. Again, note that a player may be too risky for a 1st round pick, but if that same player is available for a 6th round, he may be a bargain. Sometimes, the breakthrough to success comes by simply grabbing the opportunity to take something which has become dirt cheap because of perceived risk. Continue reading “Take Risk on The Cheap: A Lesson on Decision Making”

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Risk-taking: A Step Towards Making Giant Strides in Life

Guest Contribution, by Isaac Oluyi

“Somewhere in your make-up there lies sleeping the seed of achievement
which, if aroused and put into action, would carry you to heights
such as you may never have hoped to attain” – Napoleon Hill

The height you cannot attain in life is that which you have never aspired to attain. There is nothing a person sets his mind to achieve that is not attainable if only he can go about it with the will to succeed, notwithstanding the attendant challenges. The height attained in life is directly proportional to the risk you can take. He who does not take risk may find it intractable to achieve any meaningful feat in life. This, I think, is what Napoleon Hill was referring to when he made the statement above.

What propelled me to write this piece was Continue reading “Risk-taking: A Step Towards Making Giant Strides in Life”

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