Inspiration For Peak Performance

Are you really comfortable to take one big risk of revealing parts of yourself that you would have loved to share with others but prefer to bury in the interest of job security?   Do you find it easier to fit in rather than stand out? How authentic are you? If you were to rate your originality on a scale of 1-10, where would you be? Many employees across different organizations really do wear masks because they don’t really think their company value their uniqueness and they are afraid that they’ll get biased treatment once they begin to show their creative true colours. Unfortunately, in many cases they are right but I don’t seem to think that this should become everyone’s reality. You cannot bury who you really are if you want to truly impress other people as a professional. Do not underestimate the power of being yourself. Choose to be original. The key to standing out, impressing and inspiring others at work and as a professional lies in your ability to bring your ...

I was once a student of history and philosophy of science and there used to be two philosophical logics that caught my interest so well...they were Modus Ponens & Modus Tollens. Modus Ponens says "If P implies Q, given P therefore we can conclude Q. Modus Tollens says "If P implies Q; if not Q we can therefore conclude it's not P. This looks so familiar to the teachings of the holy book which says "One will chase a Thousand and Two will chase Ten Thousand". Yes that's where I am going! Synergy and Leverage! If 1= 1000 and 2 = 10,000; therefore anytime 2people do not come together, they already lost 9,000 which is  over 80% of what was possible. Two are better than one because they will always have a great reward for their labour. What you can't do alone, try to look for patnerships to get it done.Synergy has always been the creation of a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.It is the cooperative interaction among groups or people that cr...

Something good always come out of failure. I currently work in a company where our sun-rising product is a result of a failed business bid. It was the past failures and disappointments during attempts to take another failed product to market that created the new Remita product that everyone now enjoys. Every wrong attempt discarded is an opportunity to move forward. Failure is the tuition we pay in order to succeed and those who are not ready to pay the fees definitely will not qualify to write the examination that is designed to take them to the next level of success. In order to succeed, your desire for success must be greater than your fear of failures. Last Sunday, I watched the Super Eagles muscle out the Elephants of Cote d’ivoire that is revered as the “golden generation of African football” in the ongoing African Cup of Nations Football tournament to the amazement of all the cynics. Many times, the fear of failure could even be the tonic we need to pursue our dreams vi...

2012 has been a turbulent year as it receded and surged on the waves of increasing insecurity,unemployment rates,infrastructure decay and heavy interest of government in taxes.However; 2013 will definitely be a big year for many. How can you position yourself for all the 'big' in the year? There is no sitting on the fence and hoping things will get better, you have got to start working at achieving your set targets. Don't just hope things will move your way; hope is not a reliable economic tool neither is it a strategy that always works! Take time to do a financial health check to determine where you have been, where you are currently and where you hope to be by end of 2013. You must give considerations to your particular requirements,timescales and different options you have. Brainstorm every possible method you can adopt to accomplish your stretch goals- those that are far out of reach that you are not sure you can achieve. In the first place, real economic goals must...

Welcome to 2013, a year full of promises.   It’s the first day of the year and may I ask “what can you see yourself achieving this year?”Write down your goals and pursue it vigorously. While doing this, be sure that your goals and plans are not mean ones. It’s likely to be very risky for you to think and plan small this year. What if your best plans have the capacity to come true? Prepare yourself to engage your gears for good speed. Charles Schulz said “Life is a ten-speed bike. Most of us have gears we never use”. Many new businesses are going to be born, new jobs are going to be created and many will move on to bigger and better jobs. For others, it will be a year to stabilize in career, study, health or ministry. Someone said “it is very dangerous to have small plans”. Big plans attract big people while small plans attract small people. Unfortunately small people always create big problems. I used to have a lawyer friend who stopped being a real estate agent for ...

All other things being equal, great service standards is a key point of differentiation from competitors. The service you provide is one way you can truly differentiate yourself on your desk or in the market place. When you go beyond what is realistically expected of you to surprise and deliver value to your customers, you are on your way to turning them into enthusiastic and loyal base of highly satisfied referrals. The best way to attract and keep clients is to create a service experience that is second to none. Service more than anything else is an art that is a component of a good attitude, skill and professionalism. When we create an exceptional service experience, our business becomes more profitable, and infinitely more referable. In the next couple of weeks, we shall be talking about some principles of exceptional service and the first in this series is the need to always feel good about yourself. Feeling good about yourself creates a positive attitude and build...