I always took the position that my boss (when I had a job) worked for me. My job was to do the thing I was hired to do, and my boss had assets that could help me do the job better. His job, then, was to figure out how best give me access to the people, systems and resources that would allow me to do my job the best possible way.

Of course, that also means that the people I hire are in charge as well. My job isn’t to tell them what to do, my job is for them to tell me what to do to allow them to keep their promise of delivering great work.

To create a compelling brand story, you need to move beyond a simple cataloging of your product and benefits and answer questions about your purpose, your identity and what exactly your position is in the marketplace.
This begins with a series of questions that you ask internally:

• Who are we?
• Why do we do what we do?
• What do we care about?
• What’s our purpose?
• Why do we matter to the people that we do business with?
• What would we want people to say about us when they are satisfied?
• What would we want people to say about us when they are dissatisfied?
• What will we absolutely not do?
• What are we most proud of?

The internal questions are followed by an examination of the external environment:

• Who are our competitors?
• How are we different?
• How are we the same?
• What is their story?
• What do people say about them when they are satisfied?
• What do people say about them when they are dissatisfied?
• What are the things that our competitors do to tell their story?

The process of answering these questions is very clarifying, albeit fraught with anxiety and uncertainty. The stressful emotions stem from identifying those attributes about your organization and your product that you may have focused on as key differentiators that are,in the stark light of a honest assessment, of minimal value to your customer and minimally different in the marketplace. As you work through the process, however, you see more clearly the power of your true points of difference, and as you develop the story about your brand, you end up in a place that is more powerful and extendable than where you began.

“An entrepreneur is a person who has possession of an enterprise, or venture, and assumes significant accountability for the inherent risks and the outcome. It is an ambitious leader who combines land, labor, and capital to often create and market new goods or services.”

So entrepreneurship is quite a “buzz word” nowadays; every now and then we hear success stories of young and ambitious businessmen who managed to attain success and recognition in their early phase of life, when their peers are working miserable jobs that they hate!

Without going into further details about “What is entrepreneurship?” and “What are the merits or demerits(if there are any) involved in this particular mindset?”, I will today summarize some of my readings about the “Entrepreneurs” who have revealed to the “rest of us” the actual mind set and methodology that enabled them to achieve exceptional success I do not know whether I am still in the age group that is qualified enough to be called “Entrepreneurs”, but I strongly believe that whatever age group you belong to, these steps and mind set tips, will surely lead to “The Destination of an Entrepreneur.”

Decide on what kind of work you’re interested in:

This is the most basic step and the most overlooked too, you ought to clarify your destination before you start a journey. Set Goal for yourself and you should have interest in it. Do not think of the money value for now, just follow your instincts; remember it’s your life and you have got one chance to live it, so live your life according to your taste, live it to maximum!

You should wake up excited for your work:

Passion and never ending quest for improving and success are the building blocks of a successful and leading personality. If you hate your work, you can never feel passionate about it and without this passion you can never excel!

You have to prove your worth, Stop acting like you’re entitled to a paycheck:

This is the basic psychological barrier between an Entrepreneur and all the fresh graduates or other qualified people; they think they deserve a higher salary. Now I do not want anyone to set himself at low standard, but try to think it the other way. Your expectations abstain you, from doing basic work by hand, and to polish your skills. Remember that without practical experience qualifications are of no value. You can give anyone a day long lecture on “How to Swim?” but if that person really needs to learn “Swimming” he has to jump into the water and make struggle and effort to keep his head high above the water. Without taking the practical step, none can learn swimming and similarly without practically indulging into work of your expertise; and without proving your worth with practical results you should not expect a Paycheck. When anyone acts like being “entitled to a paycheck” he is actually refraining himself from taking challenging and responsibilities, and without this you can only dream to be an entrepreneur. So start doing what you are passionate about and forget the paycheck for now and you will be better paid off later. Postpone getting paid now, for amazing opportunities later.

Get yourself some skills:

The older we get, the more responsibilities and financial obligations drop into our laps. Now is the time to begin creating the life you desire… before it’s too late.

If your skill set on your resume consists of “Proficient in Microsoft Office,” then you have no marketable skills. Knowing how to create a document, format a PowerPoint, or organize a spreadsheet are not things you can brag about — those are things every employer expects, like knowing how to pronounce your own name, or remaining continent during office hours.

You need to have actual skills that are both in high demand (in your desired industry) and slightly difficult to learn. You’ll be extremely valuable if your skill is both rare and in high demand.

it’s a sad fact that few people have the drive to teach themselves the rudiments of their craft. And employers will respect those with the passion that do.

Build your online presence:

In this era of Information Technology, building an online presence is a crucial step, however this is a topic of more detailed article and I will explain it later on in another blog post. For now, I urge all my readers to think about all the above points and share your views with me.

I have been willing to write an article like that for a long time, but in the midst of my busy routine I lost the passion to write it. Today, I read the presentation by Charlie Hoehn and I was just stimulated to write this post. I have quoted deliberately from this presentation and I very thankful to Charlie Hoehn because he returned me my lost passion!

I recommend you to view the video below, then I continue my post.

So this is Nick Vujicic, I had not heard him before, but a little search revealed much about him. Below is a short overview of his life without limits.!

The best thing I like about Nick Vujicic, is that he has grasped the True meaning of Belief in God, although he is a Christian (and I am not.) but the think I liked about him is that he has understood the most important things about God, fate and struggle in life that most people (no matter whichever religion they follow) fail to understand. In the following video Nick tells you How he managed to live happily? Do not look it as a Christian perspective only, view it as way to understand the concept God.

Nick Vujicic is now a motivational speaker. Check his videos on youtube.

I just read the following excerpt from the book Tribes by Seth Godins and I just can’t resist the temptation to share:

Managers manage by using the authority the factory gives them.  You listen to your manager or you lose your job.  A manager can’t make change because that’s not his job.  His job is to complete tasks assigned to him by someone else in the factory.

Leaders, on the other hand, don’t care very much for organizational structure or the official blessing of whatever factory they work for.  They use passion and ideas to lead people as opposed to using threats and bureaucracy to manage them.  Leaders must become aware of how the organization works, because this awareness allows them to change it.

Quote of the day

After 10 years of selfless service, a man realized that he has not been promoted, no transfer, no salary increase no recommendation and that the Company is not doing any thing about it. So he decided to walk up to his HR Manager one morning and after exchanging greetings, he told his HR Manager his observation. The boss looked at him, laughed and asked him to sit down saying; Myfriend, you have not worked here for even one day.
The man was surprised to hear this, but the manager went on to explain.

Manager:- How many days are there in a year?
Man:- 365 days and some times 366

Manager:- how many hours make up a day?
Man:- 24 hours

Manager:- How long do you work in a day?
Man:- 8am to 4pm. i.e. 8 hours a day.
Manager:- S! o, what fraction of the day do you work in hours?
Man:- (He did some arithmetic and said 8/24 hours i.e. 1/3(one third)

Manager:- That is nice of you! What is one-third of 366 days?
Man:- 122 (1/3×366 = 122 in days)

Manager:- Do you come to work on weekends?
Man:- No sir

Manager:- How many days are there in a year that are weekends?
Man:- 52 Saturdays and 52 Sundays equals to 104 days

Manager:- Thanks for that. If you remove 104 days from 122 days, how many days do you now have?
Man:- 18 days.

Manager:- OK! I do give you 2 weeks sick leave every year. Now remove that14 days from the 18 days left. How many days do you have remaining?
Man:- 4 days

Manager:- Do you work on New Year day?
Man:- No sir!

Manager! :- Do you come to work on workers day?
Man:- No sir!

Manager:- So how many days are left?
Man:- 2 days sir!

Manager:- Do you come to work on the (National holiday )?
Man:- No sir!

Manager:- So how many days are left?
Man:- 1 day sir!

Manager:- Do you work on Christmas day?
Man:- No sir!

Manager:- So how many days are left?
Man:- None sir!

Manager:- So, what are you claiming?
Man:- I have understood, Sir. I did not realise that
I was stealing Company money all these days.

Moral – NEVER GO TO HR FOR HELP!!!

HR=HIGH RISK

Genius does what it must, and Talent does what it can.

Owen Meredith

I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed

Michael Jordan, commercial.

Thomas Watson, Jr., founder of IBM