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Category Archives: Leadership
Have You Met With My Advisory Board ?
On the eve of critical business decisions or during tough times, I try to imagine what would these great people would mentor me with their valuable suggestions if they were alive and exists in my advisory board. I have read … Continue reading
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Philosophy
Tagged advisory board, Atatürk, Dale Carnegie, matsushita, mentor, Napoleon Hill, Peter Drucker, steve jobs
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Power and Authority
Power means “the ability to influence people“. For example, if you have the ability to persuade your friends to move in the same direction as you do, then you have the power. Authority is the “official power“. For example if you are … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Management
Tagged authority, ethics, five bases of power, french and raven, influence, integrity, moral values, official power, persuade, power, walk your talk
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Simple Strategy: Do it FIRST (and/or) Do it BEST !
First advice: Do it FIRST, do it BEST. Second advice: If you can not do both, then choose either one of them. If you can not still manage to be first or to be best, then try to be unique … Continue reading
Etymology of Entrepreneur
Etymology: “Entrepreneur” is a loanword from French: “Entreprende” (a verb in French) means “to undertake“ In Sanskrit, “Antha Prerna” (which sounds close to entrepreneur) means “Self motivated“ Thus, we can deduct that in ancient times when a person is called … Continue reading
Embrace Change
Continuous change is ubiquitous in universe. In other words, change happens everywhere and everytime in every dimension. Everything changes from a single atom to stars and galaxies; Humans encounter the factors of change in several aspects such as socially, ecologically, economically, politically … Continue reading
Posted in Change Management, Leadership
Tagged change, follower, leader, loser, opportunities, threats
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Dynamics of emotions for leaders
Every force creates a counter-force in the universe. This theory also applies for human emotions. For example when someone possesses “excessive ambition” for something the counter-emotion is “synthetic fear“: thinking about the possibility of not able to get what is desired. … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership
Tagged fear, leadership, positive thinking, pygmalion effect, risk, self-fulfilling prophecy, synthetic fear, uncertainty
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Knocking the door of success
Although there is no recipe of success, observing the common patterns which successful people follow, can provide useful hints. I recommend the following path: 1) Dreaming: Knocking the door Dreaming is a serious thing because before you dream you need … Continue reading
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Leadership, Management
Tagged acting, dream, execution, success
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Being a “Linchpin”
Success doesn’t demand a price. Every step forward pays a dividend. The Magic of Thinking Big, by David J. Schwartz Today, while I was reading a great (and free) ebook of Seth Godin, I remembered David Schwartz quote that “success does … Continue reading
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Tagged David Schwartz, Linchpin, Seth Godin, success, Thinking Big
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It is NOT Funny !
Harvey Mackay who is a best-selling author and top business motivational speaker, emphasizes “fun at work” in his latest article “Fun and Work go hand in hand“. He justifies this argument by providing anecdotes from successful businesspeople and from survey results of … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Entrepreneurship, HR, Leadership, Management
Tagged Domino's Pizza, fun, Harvey Mackay, McDonald, Ray Kroc, Roger Dawson, Tom Monaghan, work
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Relation of Passion and Success
I was among the audience of WordCamp Turkey (29 May,2010). While we were watching two consecutive presentations from two successful people (Timm and Matt), we are really convinced that they are passionate about what they do. I believe that this passion have … Continue reading
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