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The 8 Acronyms of Extreme Achievement
The 8 Acronyms of Extreme Achievement
A quick but strong and valuable piece of information about getting you from where you now are to where youve always wanted t o be is belowplease read it with care Im in Moscow as I write thisjust finished a 3 hour presentation for Russias business elite. They were smart, energetic and open to learning (remember: the moment you think you know everything you know nothing). One of the pieces that kickstarted their passion and got them all talking was the section on The 8 Acronyms for Extreme Achievement if youve read my books like The Leader Who Had No Title and The Greatness Guide you know I adore my acronyms and here are 8 of the best (apply them over the next 90 days so you finish this year at your very besttheres still enough time to make this year legendarybut you need to get moving swiftly now)
You show us how badly you want your dreams when you press ahead in the most difficult of times. Remember: Victims surrender to adversity while Extreme Achievers exploit it to their advantage. #6. FMOB: The First, The Most, The Only and The Best First mover advantage. The great spoils of success dont come to the person who got the brilliant idea but to the performer who got the idea done. Ideation without execution is mere delusion. Stop telling us youll start your business or get ultra-fit or fall in love or change the world. Talks just cheap. Action speaks louder. Just go do itand then tell us what you did. Being a FMOB is about committing to becoming legendary. An icon. A giant on the planet. And using your life to make history. #7. LWT: Lead Without a Title. You can lead without the need for a position or formal authority. Ive spent over a decade criss -crossing the world teaching this concept to the likes of FedEx, GE, NIKE, The Coca-Cola Company, IBM and Oracle. The real idea is this: every day when you walk out into the world, you have a choice: you can show victimhood or you can inspire us via your leadership. the flight attendant on the Delta flight from San Diego to Minneapolis last week who gave me green tea from her purse showed pure leadership. the school crossing guard who I saw dancing on the street to make the kids laugh is a leader. the chef at the Colombian restaurant I ate at recently who worked like Picasso painted and lit up the room with his fierce passion for perfection is a leader. Become the CEO of your job responsibility, the Master of Your Craft and The Captain of Your Fate and please own the idea that success is not reserved for the luckyits the domain of the leadersand people just like you with the vision, guts, discipline and devotion to use their lives to make spectacular things happen. You CAN do thiswill you? #8. WTOH: Whats The Opportunity Here? This is a tool I teach to my elite coaching clients. And it works wonders when used consistently, to the point of it become your default way of thinking. You see, a problem only becomes a problem when you view it as a problem. - See more at: http://www.robinsharma.com/blog/10/the-8-acronyms-of-extremeachievement/#sthash.pQdVSs8s.dpuf