How to become a good leader

A leader should never stop learning. A leader has to be a perpetual student and should keep learning from his co-workers, seniors, clients and of course, books; as every Human being has something to unlock or learn every day at every point of life, no matter what position he/she has attained in life. Whenever I go for a workshop, I am sad to see that Managers have stopped reading. Books have great transformative power. It is said that when you start reading a book and by the time you end it, you are a transformed human being. A leader cannot cease to grow.

The next biggest secret of leadership is to become trustworthy and create a climate of trust. How does one become trustworthy? The answer is behavior. Do I honour my commitment? Am I a consistent person? Nobody likes to be distrusted or doubted, so why the leader should keep doubting everybody around him? The leader requires growth as a human being. For example, if I say that I love you, the first response from you will be that do I truly mean it. However, when I say that I hate you, it will be accepted without doubt. Normally, hate is thought to be very natural. One must bear in mind that if one doubts something, there is a probability of being skeptical about something good. When a Sales person talks very enthusiastically about meeting the target, his boss thinks that he is trying to act smart or when the boss is good, the reportee begins to doubt him. Doubt is ingrained in our nature. That is why we doubt goodness of human nature and even God. It is very important to get rid of false alarm and fear.

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I know highly qualified people moving from one organization to another. After a lot of research, I have found that it is primarily because there is no sense of belonging. One has to pay heavy cost for not having the sense of belonging. The moment I have a sense of belonging, my organization and my client becomes my extended family. A good leader must create a sense of belonging. A sense of belonging is must for great performance and from the perspective of retention.

A good leader is a source of harmony within the organization. Harmony is possible only if the leader is aware of his strength. The conflict is a normal occurrence in the corporate world. There are a lot of instances where a person refuses to work under a particular boss. This is because the person is weak in spirit. A strong person will feel comfortable under anyone. There are leaders who are offended at the drop of a hat. It is very important to be strong and understanding human being. Ego does not work. It is absolutely essential that entire organization works with one mind. There are different personalities within the organization. Unless the goal is clear and accepted by everybody, the difference of opinion will keep cropping up and there will be utter disharmony.

A leader should be proficient in communication through presence. We convey message more through our presence than through our words. A baby looking at you does not have to say,’I love you.’ As an adult, we keep talking, discussing and arguing and yet we are unable to convince person sitting in front of us. Why does this happen?  The answer is simple. We do not use non verbal communication. If a person is full of anger or pent up emotion, one cannot communicate properly, effectively and freely. Effective communication is possible only when one is in high life condition, able to empathize with others and believe in win win philosophy.

The key to success in effective communication is when I precisely convey the intended meaning. I cannot convey and walk away assuming that the listeners have understood the meaning. I firmly believe that the best communicators are Bollywood actors. They get a script and they make you laugh or cry as intended. That is the power of communication. A very important point is to evoke a reciprocal response from whoever you are communicating with and this is only possible if one is truly integrated in one’s own life.

One of the most important qualities in a good leader is the attitude of a warrior. In order to realize dreams, warrior like quality is needed. Our corporate culture is clogged by a comfort zone attitude. We are afraid to be adventurous. Hence, a good leader has to inspire people around him. There is a difference between motivation and inspiration. We can motivate somebody by giving a few hundred rupees. However, such motivation is short-lived. If people are not inspired from within, it will be not possible to build a good work ethic. However, in most of the organizations work culture either revolves around inspiration or emergency deadlines or fear psychosis.

Right Action in right time with powerful belief system and positive thinking is what only required to convert any dream into reality

Power of your thoughts and belief

Difference between possibility and impossibility is that of one’s attitude of belief or disbelief. The story of success begins with courage to see higher dreams. One should see a dream higher than what he normally thinks is possible. It does not take any more energy to create a big dream than it does to create a little one. Robert Fitz says, “If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise.”

After having a right goal with right belief there is a need of right action to convert dream into a reality. Of course, there is no substitute to hard work but what really pays is smart work. In the final analysis a smart worker is an intelligent hard worker. The first and foremost condition of smart work is that you should be able to simplify your task and should be able to make it interesting too. One cannot do a work for long and cannot be creative in that till the time he enjoys it.

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Right action is required to convert your dreams into reality

The world belongs to dreamers and believers. All the discoveries and inventions are achievements of lofty dreamers and firm believers. But these dreams and believes could not become realities till the time they were supported by right actions. It is said, thought without action is abortion. Therefore there is a need of right action in right time for converting any dream into reality. Right action includes a relevant approach, systematic planning and timely implementation. The first condition of right action is ability to be organized because you can get the best results from your mind only when you are organized. When you are organized, power of your mind develops manifold, your mind becomes magnetic.

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Necessity of Relevant approach towards chosen task

Being relevant with approach towards your chosen task is like being on right path to your destination. All efforts become useless when you are irrelevant with your approach. In fact it is disastrous to work hard with irrelevant approach because more you would try farther you will be from your destination. Being irrelevant is like moving from Delhi in north direction towards Chandigarh while willing to go to Jaipur which is in south direction to Delhi. Faster you move in wrong direction farther you will be from your goal. Therefore it’s advisable to invest sufficient time in understanding the actual requirements of goal and developing right kind of software to get desired results from yourself.

Being relevant in approach is a real challenge. This is like being in right track when we move for a destination. It’s an old saying that well begun is half done.

Systematic planning

The next step of right action is systematic planning. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. A result oriented planning needs a thorough understanding of the task taken, the amount of resources available and meticulous allotment of time and energy. If you are asked how to eat elephant, definitely you cannot say that one should open his/her mouth and try to bite the elephant from anywhere he/she can and finish in one go. A correct approach should be to first cut it into small pieces and then eat them one by one with proper allotment of time.

Thus if your task related to your goal looks huge and tough like an elephant, you need to cut and classify your entire task into small assignments for yourself and then these assignments should be allotted with time and energy. It’s important to remember that the planning should be practical which can be genuinely followed. Developing a right planning is a method of being organized with your efforts. By this method the whole task and journey to success will be simplified and will also be made interesting. You will be inspired to move step by step towards your goal.

Right implementation of systematic planning

Implementation is the third and final step of right action. Without it all the things will remain in air. Whatever has been intelligently planned should be sincerely implemented. One of the most crucial aspects of implementation is efficient time management. It requires a very pragmatic allotment of time to different things, prioritization of tasks and timely completion of the tasks. Those who are success oriented have minimum possible gaps between their planning and implementation, whereas failure oriented people always keep complaining against shortage of time. They always find a lot of works pending and remain also in stress because of this. They also tend to procrastinate their works. You should set a target with framework of time and try to meet it. This will boost your confidence and prepare you for higher tasks. In order to get time bound result from yourself you have to give training of speed to your mind. As in 100 meter race, a racer practices in a given time to himself and run again to meet the target of that time, similarly in your studies you can cover more things in less time by giving repeated time bound practice to your mind. You can power up your mind for a speedy and quality coverage of your planned assignments. Habit of giving relaxed time framework makes your mind slow and lethargic.

Right action in fact is a smart way of doing anything. To sum up, not hard workers but smart workers get desired results.

Take Charge of Life- Transform your Life

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AK Mishra’s Art of Success is going to organize a life transforming seminar for the first time in Gurgaon on the foremost topic of his foundation course “Take Charge of Life” on 10^th May’ 2015, at Westin Hotel, Gurgaon at an introductory price of 3000Rs. Instead of 15,000Rs.

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It’s an opportunity for everyone to transform their life and bring out the extraordinary traits and the gifts universe has stored for we Human being deep inside us. 

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The importance of likability in all professions

Human touch is a sheer necessity to co-exist in a social stage. Especially, a workplace needs an ambiance of positivism that acts as a factor to drive enthusiasm among co-workers and team members. Without such environment, workplaces become clogged with communication lapses, which become the reason for failure of execution of operations. If not a failure, glitches in processes are inevitable. What is the aspect that turns a workplace to be with blended with positivism and the vibe to work? The answer is ‘Likability’. This characteristic in any professional or individual can induce a positive vibe in others and motivate them towards themselves. Currently, as workplaces are stuffed with people from diverse ethnic background, hailing from different locations across the world, human touch is a factor, which is quite impactful in uniting them as a team.

Credibility to be liked is of much importance in any profession. This is the warmth in human behavior that works as a lubricant to frictions in professional relationships. However, ‘Likability’ should not be confused with the propensity to take sides for personal gain or to get ‘relieved’ from responsibilities. Mutual respect, behavior, mindset and thought process are the prime factors that determines Likability of a person. In the same time, these features also define the personality of an individual. Therefore, it is observable that personality has a lot more to do with likeability of a person. However, there are a number of subtle differences between the two. Personality is about the ingrained characteristics of an individual. Likeability is more about what others expect of a person. In addition to this, personality is harder to change and it requires much time to get accustomed to an environment. In contrast to this, likability can be achieved in a short time within a professional environment. This only requires the quality to act and response to others in appropriate times.

Emotional Intelligence is an aspect that triggers likeability. It is found out that emotional conduct is helpful in workplace as they help in productivity. Emotionally intelligent persons are prone to be liked by others. Positivity, self-awareness, empathy and social skills are the basics of emotional intelligence. These are also the features, which help to maintain a good social environment.

Likability is a success mantra across various industry verticals. It is not only impactful in workplace, but also across various industries and professions such as marketing, business development and sales. In business development, success is not merely dependent on the product; it is more a factor of an approach to the product. This, in turn is dependent on the attitude of the person who represents the product and eventually Likability of the person becomes a pivotal element for the transaction. Many a times, this feature of Likability turns out to be the only driving factor for success in sales and marketing.

It is an observable fact that in workplace personal feelings and attitudes are becoming more important than competence. A person who is an expert may be approached by anybody, but if the same person does not know how to behave properly, people would have to think twice before the act. As a result of this very situation, the person would have difficulties in dealing with others and receive those ‘professional favors’. Contrary to this, if a person keeps positive attitude towards anybody, enthusiastic and is ever ready to help, he or she will find less difficulties in dealing with people and vice versa. Friendliness, Relevance and Realness are the aspects that define likability of a person. The ability to communicate, integrity of thoughts and authenticity of emotions makes a person likable. Likability becomes a success factor, as these characters in a person are the primary requirement of quality professionalism.

Likability plays a major role in being hired. In addition to skills and competency, personal traits such as behavior and attitude become the major determinants. The prominence of Likability can be observed from the fact that, a skillful person who is arrogant has less chance to be hired than an incompetent person who is lovable. This is because teamwork and collaborated tasks have gained prominence in modern work space and personality rather than skills plays the quintessential role.

Higher the position of a person upon the hierarchy, greater is the need of likability. Managers who are likable can convince the team about the strategy and drive them towards the objectives. The same is with advisers and higher positions in the circle such as VPs and Chief Officers. More likable a person is more is his or her potential to win confidence of the decision makers. While a person is speaking, people are more inclined towards the arguments and the way the topic is presented rather than what is being delivered in reality. This sheds lights on the importance of personality of the speaker more than what is being spoken.

Likability has psychological implications. When the ingrained traits of a team are directed towards a common goal, it becomes easier to achieve the objectives. Likability of a person induces positive traits on group behavior and hence renders a workplace a better environment. This is important across any profession because it gets the work done more than anything else does. To break the barrier of human mind and ego is the toughest job. What likability does is eliminating these very obstacles as the primal  step of a relationship. 

Unleash your unlimited potential with Success Guru AK Mishra’s mesmerizing talk session on Take Charge of Life on 10th May 2015

Success Guru AK Mishra has come up once again with his Life Transforming Seminar on the foremost topic of his Foundation Course “Take Charge of Life”, on 10^th May 2015 at Westin Hotel, Gurgaon from 9am to 5pm. Mr. AK Mishra, The Inventor and Director of AK Mishra’s Art of Success and the renowned creator of his Trademark Model, “Human Software Development Programme”, will be the chief speaker of the Seminar who will provide Practical, step-by-step instructions, tools and techniques that will enable the audience to create the life they desire—a life of joy, prosperity, health, love and success.

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The motive of the seminar is to give the audience the practical knowledge & techniques to unlock their deepest potential & bring fullness to life. Whether happy & successful or feeling the stress of poor health, disappointments, or fear, every participant will be introduced with the effective techniques for releasing mental and physical stress and increasing the energy, peace, self-knowledge, awareness and joy.

From explaining the importance of self-belief, how to transform one’s beliefs, to how to control the emotions & negative thinking, the most eminent speaker, Success Guru AK Mishra will cater the audience with all the amazing facts to ultimately let the individuals unleash the hidden power of the mind and start creating the life one desires to live.

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When asked by the media about his Take Charge of Life session, Success Guru AK Mishra said, “Everybody is born with sufficient raw material required to grow in life, the one who realizes the fact of their unique power, makes wonders in life, and this is what I am going to focus on in my upcoming session, and I am sure everyone will move out of the seminar with amazing self-realizations, and ultimate transformation with the same characteristics they are born with because everyone is born with some reason and this is why the master craftsman gifted them the characteristics and abilities which instilled deep inside them, they just need to re-discover it.”

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