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November 7, 2007 How To Unlock Your 'Success Code'In This Issue:Feature Article: How To Unlock Your 'Success Code' Quick Tips: 6 Tips For Better Public Speaking Fast Facts: What Is The 'Tall Poppy Syndrome'? * FEATURE ARTICLE * “How To Unlock Your 'Success Code'”It's very easy to generalize about what it takes to be successful.As if everyone needs the same values, attitudes, beliefs... and should take the same steps in order to achieve their goals. But reality defies that logic. Take any group of high achievers in any field and you'll probably find stark differences in their culture, upbringing, educational background, religion, political views and other qualities. On the other hand, for all their differences, it's likely that what they DO have in common are the key drivers behind their success. And, if you combined these key drivers you'd probably end up with a 7 or 9 digit "code" (depending on how you defined each driver), with each digit representing an essential quality needed to be successful. One of these drivers, for example, is surely self-belief. I've never come across any elite athlete, artist, professional, academic or business person who didn't have a strong belief in their own abilities. But here's the point. If we agree that there is some kind of code that represents the essential drivers for your success... the next question is: how many of those drivers do you already have... and how many do you still need to develop? Because that lock won't open until you've cracked the entire code! In other words, it's no use knowing most of the numbers in the code. You need all of them. Now, there are many, many ways to define your success code. For example, the "A Bit Of Inspiration" movie represents it in terms of 7 keys to success. (Click here to check out the movie: A Bit Of Inspiration ) But you know what? You might view the code differently, and that's fine. What's important is identifying the qualities necessary to unlock your success code. You might actually find that you've mastered all but one or two qualities. Which means you don't need to pour any more energy into areas that are already well developed. All you really need to do is focus your efforts on developing those remaining qualities... And once you've cracked these... you WILL get the success you aspire to! * HIGHLY RECOMMENDED * “Get Set For Success!”If you want to start a home based business, this 7-day multi- media program is for you. Each day, for seven days, you'll receive an email, audio message or audio interview designed to help you develop the powerful "I can do anything!" mindset necessary to get your work at home business up and running. Click here to get started today: >> Get Set For Success << * QUICK TIPS * “6 Tips For Better Public Speaking”Years ago I took a Dale Carnegie course on public speaking. I still look back on that course as being one of the best "self-development" investments I've ever made.Based on that course, here are 5 tips for improving your public presentations:
The idea behind speaking about something you know and are passionate about is that you won't NEED notes, and will be able to present more naturally and enthusiastically. That's what your audience wants to see - NOT a boring lecture from someone reading from behind a lecturn. As for props - well, we've probably all endured enough mind- numbing Powerpoint presentations. Try NOT to use Powerpoint or at least keep those slides to a minimum. Alternatively, if you want to emphasize a point, write it in large letters on butcher's paper or bring out an interesting object - that's MUCH more visually stimulating. Also, be sure to hide any props when you're not using them, as you risk having them distract the audience from you. Finally, leave handouts for the end of your presentation. Again, you want people listening to you, not reading the handouts. You might think that all this is very well, but what if you're topic is as dull as... the legal risks of computer security breaches? Well, a couple of years ago, I spoke on that very topic. I didn't use any props, let alone notes. And I got great feedback from the audience after my presentation. How did I engage them in what could have been an extremely boring speech? I began with a STORY. And don't we all love a good story? In fact, that would probably be my sixth tip:
* HIGHLY RECOMMENDED * “How To Publish Your Own Successful Email Newsletter”I was *going* to write a report on how to publish a successful email newsletter. After all, I've been publishing Success Accelerator for about a year and a half now, and prior to that, I wrote 3 weekly newsletters for my previous Internet business. So I reckon I've learned a thing or two. But Kevin Riley has beaten me to the punch! Kevin, who's a good friend of mine, has just produced a report, "Recipe For Delivering Your Own Popular Newsletter" which pretty much covers everything you need to know about publishing email newsletters, autoresponder series, and promotional emails. So I'm not going to re-invent the wheel... get Kevin's report instead: ==> Recipe For Your Own Popular Newsletter * FAST FACTS * “What Is The 'Tall Poppy Syndrome'?”The "tall poppy syndrome" is a term commonly used in Australia to describe an apparent tendency among Australians to criticise successful people for their success - to "cut down the tall poppies" if you will.Whether Australians really do tend to do this... or whether the label tends to be used as a defense mechanism by high-profile people who don't like being criticized... I don't know. There are certainly many successful Australians - in business, the arts, science, health and other fields - who are highly revered among the general population. And we certainly love our sporting heroes! What DOES seem to be true is that Australians tend to be much less awestruck about our political leaders than people in some other countries! Whether this reflects a healthy disrespect for authority... or verges on being the "tall poppy syndrome" is something for the academics to ponder... So... ...what is the prevailing social attitude towards successful people in other countries? Get in touch if you have some interesting insights to share! |
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