25 keys to success in business and life

SHARED FROM:

     THE BUSINESS OF INNOVATION

     BY MAJELLA GOMES

     ACCOUNTANTS TODAY, MAY/JUNE 2014

 

Innovation and being different will be the keys to success in business and life:

1.  Innovation and willingness to be different is the glue that ties team together

2.  Research well

3.  Good design is not enough, have a sense of purpose

4.  Ideas comes from places which ae unexpected and it doesn’t always come from the experts

5.  Don’t be a lone ranger; you need other people

6.  Learn from success, criticism and failure

7.  Businesses are built on values

8.  Need strong leadership to make things happen

9.  Need to understand the different roles

10.Need to know that each role comes with problems to the situation

11.Team need to be flexible and adaptable, and be able to change very quickly

12.Team members need to be able to listen to each other and work together

13.Customers are concern about what they paid for

14.Leaders have to think in advance and give space to others to perform

15.Team have to listen to each other and work together to achieve optimum performance

16.Harmony never comes from harmony.  Harmony comes from friction.

17.Decision making need to be fast and speedily implemented so that opportunity can be seized

18.Handle crisis, recognize and identify problems

19.Consider the nature of problem, analyze and develop possible solution

20.Select the best possible alternatives and execute it

You have two seconds to make and select the best possible solution,

And the rest of your life to live with the consequences

21.If the same thing don’t work the way they use to, change strategy

22.Being successful is all about details and teamwork

Talent wins games,

But teamwork wins champions

23.Each team member must know what to do.  Each has to understand his/her role and be able to interact with teammates effectively

24.Need self-confidence to make decisions

25.Trust yourself

In any moment of decision,

The best thing you can do is the right thing.

The next best thing is the wrong thing –

But the worst thing is not to make any decision at all,

And do nothing