The Achievers Mantra: “Doing it is 10 times better than talking about it!”
These 5 Moves enabled me, as a leader, to achieve superlative performance as our organization marched to A BILLION IN SALES.
#1. Be DiFFERENT. — it’s really difficult to make a positive impression on the career decision makers when you’re indistinguishable in the crowd.
Being part of a larger entity with no unique characteristics makes you invisible and that’s a problem for someone who has greater aspirations for themselves.
My simple process to gain recognition and the chance at personal growth:
▪️Identify the things your organization declares are vital to its success. What does it care about in terms of achieving superior levels of performance? What are the key strategic imperatives in its plan?
▪️Determine how you can contribute to these strategic requirements in a different way that no one else does. Be the ONLY one that does what you do in the way you do it.
Key point: achievers aren’t different for the sake of being different. They’re different in a way that the organization CARES about.
Here are ten of my favourite ‘un’ words that describe the behavior of someone who is on the BE DiFFERENT journey:
✔️unforgettable
✔️undaunted
✔️ uncompromisable
✔️ unbelievable
✔️ unrelenting
✔️ unbeatable
✔️ uncommon
✔️ unusual
✔️ unfazed
✔️ unbeaten
#2. Accept imbalance. — Accept an imbalance in your life.
Achievers are usually ‘all in’ to the challenge of standing out and separating themselves from those around them and delivering a consistent high level of performance in terms of meeting and exceeding the organization’s objectives.
And yes, that usually means that their personal life takes a back seat and balance becomes an elusive goal to attain.
#3. Serve people. — The Achieving Leader leads by serving around the workplace, asking “How can I help?”.
Awesome strategy execution depends on employees performing their roles with superb precision and ease, which means the bureaucracy and ‘grunge’ that typically gets in the way must be removed.
Look at the time management plan of any Achiever and you’ll discover that they spend a disproportionate amount of their time with teams who are critical to the execution of the organization’s strategy looking for ways to make their jobs easier.
People notice.
You earn the ‘Achiever’ tag.
#4. Tolerate pain. — The common expression “You’re on the bleeding edge of change.” accurately describes this Achiever prerequisite.
Achievers have learned to absorb and tolerate high levels of pain as they push their envelope of change in the face of opposing forces.
Defenders of the status quo cannot be vanquished with logic and intellectual prowess. They can only be conquered through relentless tenacity and denial of pain.
Without an indifference to pain, a leader becomes an ‘ordinary manager’ who simply cannot move the yardsticks forward enough to achieve extraordinary gains.
#5. Be undeniable. — Achievers won’t be put off their goal.
They move inexorably towards the intended finish line and there’s nothing anyone or anything can do to prevent them from achieving its intended purpose.
Achievers have the ‘undeniability factor’ working for them. When they put their mind to doing something, they simply cannot be denied their intended outcome.
These are the attributes of undeniability ‘masters’:
They are tenacious goal setters with a substantial number of them in the audacious category.Their goal setting infatuation makes them the antithesis of most people who thrive on activity and business and achieve terribly little.
When they set their sights on a goal, they’re all in. They’re not ‘slightly interested’ in achieving their goal; it’s a drive in their gut that makes them move on relentlessly.
They are brave: they are fearless in pursuit of their end game.Trepeditiousness knows no part of them.
They understand the risks but nevertheless drive forward often right into the face of adversaries.
Walking into a buzz saw isn’t a pleasant experience for them, but they’re ok with doing it if it’s a requisite to achieving their purpose.
They have a stable of like minded (but different) mentors to draw on for advice and guidance consistent with each unique journey they pursue.
Undeniables hunt for the ‘been there done it’ mentor and they accept nothing less.
These 5 Moves were instrumental in my success in achieving breakthrough results.
They will work for you too!