FLIGHTING SPIRIT

To be successful in life, one has to acquire the fighting spirit and work diligently on his plan. A plan without action will lead to no way. That’s what the saying implies: Plan your work and work your plan. Taking action is to work the plan. A successful performance is the consequence of taking action and it must be fast action. Any delay may jeopardize the original plan.

What is FIGHTING SPIRIT? It’s associated with attitude towards achieving success in life, and it must be a positive attitude. There won’t be any fighting spirit if your attitude is negative. However, having a positive attitude is not good enough if without positive actions. If you are a NATO, no action talk only, then your so-called ACTION PLAN without actions is just a TALK PLAN.

In other words, having a positive attitude does not mean that you can get an instant success. It’s a long process of hours of hard work and it may take years of patience, endurance, tolerance, persistence and perseverance to be successful in life. One has to go through the process of making mistakes and gaining bitter experiences to prepare oneself to be on the route to SUCCESS. When you are brave in facing new challenges, good in problem solving, and wise in decision making, then you tend to focus on how to be successful rather than keep regretting on the past mistakes and allowing the past failures to keep bordering you. You will loss your fighting spirit if you focus on the wrong things.

When Muhammad Ali declared, “I am the Greatest”, he knew that he had that fighting spirit of a champion because he believed in his fighting style, which he described as "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee".

Bruce Lee once said,"When you're talking about fighting, as it is, with no rules, well then, baby you'd better train every part of your body!” Apparently, he never failed to train himself days and nights because of the fighting philosophy that he believed in, “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.”

So anyone who wants to become a champion must posses a fighting spirit. You cannot win as a champion if you do not have the spirit to fight. You are what you think. Once you believe in yourself, you will discipline yourself with full dedication and determination. You will build up your self confidence to win as you train hard days and nights for the fight. A good fighter always thinks at least one step ahead of his opponent in order to beat him with a fast move to win the flight, becoming the champion.

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4 Traits Of Effective Leaders

The story:

A young officer in the Army discovered that he had no change when he tried to buy a soft drink from a vending machine. He flagged down a passing private and asked him, "Do you have change for a dollar?"

The private said cheerfully, "I think so. Let me take a look."

The officer drew himself up stiffly and said, "Soldier, that's no way to address a superior. We'll start all over again. Do you have change for a dollar?"

The private came to attention, saluted smartly, and said, "No, sir!"

Moral of the story:

Each of us commands some authority. There are or will be those we guide, supervise, rear, mentor or lead. Some of us will be effective and others will feel as if we're running a cemetery: we've got a lot of people under us and nobody's listening.

Much has been written and taught about leadership, but there are at least four traits which are common in all people of authority who effectively elicit cooperation and respect from those who look up to them. Whether you are a parent, whether you find yourself in the workplace, sitting on a volunteer committee or teaching some-one a new skill, these traits will help you effectively guide those who would seek to follow.

These good leaders are,
L isteners: They take time to listen to the suggestions and concerns of those they endeavor to lead.

E ncouragers: They don't try to do it all themselves. Neither do they motivate by force or guilt. They encourage others and help bring out their best.

A ssertive: They say what needs to be said without being unkind. They tell the truth as they see it, openly and frankly.

D ecisive: They know what needs to be done and they make timely, even difficult decisions when necessary. But they can also take charge without running over the people in their lives.

In short, good leaders L-E-A-D!

It's said that the trouble with being a leader today is that you can't be sure whether people are following you or chasing you. But those who will develop these four traits are sure to find that their authority will be valued and respected.

Something2Sure:

One thing is for sure, i.e. a good leader must be able to lead his team members. In other words, a good leader must earn the respect from his team members so that they respect the person and value his authority. If respect is to be demanded, then the respect is for the chair but not the person. His authority has not much of a value.

When a Plantation Manager humbles himself taking notes while listening to suggestions put forward by his respective Assistant Managers, and then have open discussion with them, then there will be free flow of ideas. Eventually, the manager will be respected as a good leader.

In order to become an effective leader, the Plantation Manager will have to lead by example and encourage his Assistant Managers by constant motivation, and then push them up the ladder to success. In other words, a good leader is able to make leaders out of his team members.