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10 tips for being successful in 

the corporate world 

Brains there are plenty, the right attitude is rare !  

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1. Dare to dream

“Dreams do come true, if we only wish hard enough. You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it.”  

James M .Barrie, Scottish dramatist & novelist (1860-1937)

1. Thinking small needs the same effort as thinking big, so you might as well think big !

2. Thinking big is more exciting. So you are 

prepared to sacrifice more !3. More elements are at play, so it forces you

 to think “out of the box” ! 

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2. Be prepared to work for free

“To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labour , to be given the chance to create,is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is only the gravy”  

Bette Davis, The Lonely Life (1908-1989)

1. Don’t be calculative, just work !  Ultimately, the credit for your effort will come.

2. Don’t try to impress your environment,

just try to impress yourself !

3. The feeling of personal achievement ismuch bigger than any pay-check.

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3. Look for mental soul-mates

“Reading is thinking with  someone else’s head instead of your own”  

Baby Rupert

3. It fine-tunes your concepts, without loss of face,and many things will sound familiar.

1. When having new wild ideas, your immediateenvironment does not take you too seriously. 

2. Reading about other people’s struggle increasesyour mental strength.

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4. Loose face, remember mistakes

“Personally I’m always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught”   SirWinston Churchill

3. Always find  the source of a mistake. Don’tblur it out by calling it everyone’s mistake ! 

2. Remember them, take full ownership, analyze them and never make them again!

1. Make mistakes, and make many of them,  themore the merrier !!

“I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals”  

Sir Winston Churchill

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5. Constantly challenge yourself

“If an expert says it can't be done, get another expert.”  

3.  Complacency is a slow, but sure killer of anyenvironment !

2. If you realized your dream, congratulateyourself, than dream up a new one !

1. Nothing is doable until the “first guy/girl did it” !

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6. Preparing >< jumping

“To succeed in life, you need two things:  ignorance and  confidence ”  

Mark Tain 

3. Many people jump their whole life, and neverprepare!

2. Many people prepare their whole life, and neverjump!

1. The successful entrepreneur knows the rightbalance between “preparing” and “jumping” 

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7. Be passionate & smart stubborn

3. Let nobody ever talk you out of your ultimategoal !

2. Don’t listen to those who say it can’t be done. Dolisten to those who question your approach. 

1. Let “common sense” prevail, but it appears to bequite  “uncommon” . 

“Passion is contagious” but “Facts are stubborn things, that do not go away”  

Unknown & John Adams

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8. Define goals, establish priorities

“I can teach anybody  how to get what they want  out of life. The problem is that I can't find anybody who can tell me  what they want ”  

Mark Twain

3. These priorities can vary during different phases of your life, but must be clearly pre-set!

2. With goals come priorities ! When not set or notinformed beforehand they lead to trouble !

1. Many people have no clear goals and targets.Becoming rich or famous, is not a goal !

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9. Thoughts develop best, spoken

2. So, find someone who can stand Donald

Duck-quacking.

“When developing ideas it is healthy to suffer from  verbal diarrhea, so don’t take  

 prebiotics to prevent it from happening ” Daniel

1. Ideas, not written are worthless. Writing them down however, stops the fluent stream of thoughts!

3. If no one available who can stand DonaldDuck, apply Mind Mapping !

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10. Hope for a fair bit of luck

“Luck is what happens when   preperation  meets opportunity ”  

 

2. But more importantly, hope to bespared from bad luck

1. You have to have a fair degree of  good luck

3.  Good luck, falling in your lap, does notexist. The one falling in your lap isusually bad luck !

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Believe in God and count on “Lady Luck” 

Push your limits and challenge yourself,Be caught pants down, but remember the shame,

Look for mates, who’re up against the same, 

Work for free and wait for the cream,

Think big and dare to dream,

Prepare & prepare but then dó jump the shelf,

Be passionate and stubborn, ignited and excited,

Establish priorities and remain farsighted,

Find a listener who endures “Donald Duck” 

The 10 tips,

a summary

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