From Underdog To Over Load

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Evening Standard, Tuesday 1 October 2013

How To Go From Underdog To Over Load

By Phoebe Luckhurst

 

1. CHANGE THE RECORD

Change your definition of an advantage and work out a creative way to beat the big guy.

2. TAKE THE RISK
3. DON’T BE THE LITTLE FISH

Find your own pond to dominate instead of joining the shoal of little fish in the bottomless sea.  Be entrepreneurial; speak out if you want something to change, and if it doesn’t, look elsewhere.

4. PROS AND CONS 2.0

Think laterally and about the long term implications of pros and cons.  Sometimes it’s not about the big name but picking the option that best suits you.

5. FORGET THE HATERS

What matters is not just how smart you are.  It’s how smart you feel relative to other people.  Don’t compare yourself to other people; it shifts the focus from yourself which can slow you down.

6. WHAT DISADVANTAGE?

What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger.  Try something unfamiliar, then replicate the energy.

7. PREPARE TO FAIL

You won’t win every time but that’s ok.  Learning how to deal with the possibility of failure is really good preparation for a career in the business world.

8. BE BRAVE

Courage is what you earn when you’ve been through the tough times and you discover that they aren’t so tough after all.  Give yourself a pat in the back and recapture the inner strength.

9. ACCEPT THAT YOU HAVE TO MOVE ON

Don’t get clingy; just accept your solution is wrong and change your tactics.

10. CARPE DREM

Sometimes no plans is a perfectly good plan.