Mark’s Daily Thought – Ideas from Mark Fritz to help you Get Ahead, Stay Ahead and Be Successful

Appreciation is one of those subtle habits with a potentially massive impact. Showing genuine appreciation at key moments in people’s lives makes a big impact on them, and an equally big impact on how they think and feel of you.

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Mark’s Daily Thought – Ideas from Mark Fritz to help you Get Ahead, Stay Ahead and Be Successful

Circumstances are the source of so many excuses (I had the wrong circumstances!). Circumstances are both good and bad, but our response to the bad circumstances can make them even worse or change them for the better. It’s all about how we respond.

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Mark’s Daily Thought – Ideas from Mark Fritz to help you Get Ahead, Stay Ahead and Be Successful

Success is always an “AND”, integrating two competing things into our lives…and one of those is “I” and “We”. Success requires both: It’s about developing ourselves to be the best we can be, and then working with others and combining their talents to achieve goals (both ours and theirs).

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Mark’s Daily Thought – Ideas from Mark Fritz to help you Get Ahead, Stay Ahead and Be Successful

If you could look inside the happiest and most successful people, you would find certain values that drive their life…and they are non-negotiable. One of best foundations of a rewarding life is having strong values to guide life’s most important choices. What are your non-negotiable values?

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Mark’s Daily Thought – Ideas from Mark Fritz to help you Get Ahead, Stay Ahead and Be Successful

Rapport is more about being interested than being interesting. We create greater rapport with others by listening and being interested in what they are saying, versus what we say and trying to be interesting to them. Focus on being “interested”.

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Mark’s Daily Thought – Ideas from Mark Fritz to help you Get Ahead, Stay Ahead and Be Successful

Successful teams have healthy debates on the key issues. They trust each other well enough to say what they really think, and this drives good debates about the issues and ultimately better solutions. On successful teams, and after the decision is made, everyone supports it (even if they argued against it).

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Mark’s Daily Thought – Ideas from Mark Fritz to help you Get Ahead, Stay Ahead and Be Successful

Unless leaders learn how to delegate (and let go), they don’t really develop successors in order for them to be promoted faster. Letting go and delivering shows your boss you are ready for even larger challenges.

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Mark’s Daily Thought – Ideas from Mark Fritz to help you Get Ahead, Stay Ahead and Be Successful

How we communicate with others makes it easier or harder for them to take action. Successful leaders package their key messages in ways that their people clearly see the action needed, and why it is needed NOW!

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Mark’s Daily Thought – Ideas from Mark Fritz to help you Get Ahead, Stay Ahead and Be Successful

There are far too many people who try to control what others do…which is quite difficult. Successful people have realised that they can’t control others, but can influence others by what they do themselves.

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Mark’s Daily Thought – Ideas from Mark Fritz to help you Get Ahead, Stay Ahead and Be Successful

Life is never a constant, and is full of change. However, the most successful people stay true to their vision (their constant), and will adapt their strategies to keep delivering on their vision in an ever-changing world.

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