Do you recognize your own personal weaknesses?

Everybody have weaknesses. That is not what makes a difference. What will do a difference is what you do to about them, without always waiting to be told.

What can you do to overcome your personal weaknesses?

I love military examples because they are people training to confront the most extreme conditions. For instead, in the Royal Marines Training to do something about your personal weaknesses mean to develop “the ability to function under extreme pressure, the ability to endure, the stubborn determination to succeed in any way possible, but without falling apart if ever defeated…overall, the triumph of mind over body. And as Nigel Foster tells us, it also includes a marked degree of imagination and common sense.”(From The making of a Royal Marines Commando. Nigel Foster, 1998)

Take action about your personal weaknesses.

What are you doing to identify your personal weaknesses?

What can you do about them?

What could you do to improve yourself?

Grow and Win

Fernando Manzano

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Mail me and we will take action to change this situation.
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Join positive people

There is no better way to become a positive person than join positive people.

Emotions flow among people. If you see positive people you become positive. If you see negative people you become negative. It is simple, but is true.

For instead, take a look to the enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is contagious. You get excited about an idea or project and you facilitate that people around you will get excited too.

Two recommendations;

Choose who you are spending you time with.

Be the one who lead the emotional state of your group.

Try it and enjoy the difference.

Grow and Win

Fernando Manzano

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Identity

There is something that is hurting me. I feel the need to share it with you.

People are too much worry about their image than about true identity.

Today everything is a brand….and being a brand change is often less important than the image of change.

Why would you be interested on lie yourself?

Why would you be interested on pretend that you have made a change if you are not?

Look. To be honest with yourself could be not easy, but to lie to yourself will cost you more.

Be honest to you. To accept who you are is the first step to actual change.

Grow and Win

Fernando Manzano

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There are no short cuts to excellence

I receive many messages asking my how to excellence quickly and easily. Do not make mistake there are no short cuts to excellence, at least not to real excellence.

Come to my mind something I read some time ago.

“Before a soldier can begin to develop special, elite qualities he must first develop the necessary dedication, character and determination on which to build…and that always begins with basic training. Ask any world – class athlete: it is exactly the same for them. As it is for any profession: there are no short cuts to excellence”. Nigel Foster*

Take special attention to you basics. These are the pillars of your excellence.

What are your basics?

Do you dedicate enough time and effort to reinforce your basics?

Do not hesitate to update your basic training from time to time.

Grow and Win.

Fernando Manzano

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*Nigel Foster (1998) in “The making of a Royal Marines Commando”

You can make a difference

Time to wake up you brain for a moment.

Why are you here?

What is the meaning of your existence?

Is there a reason to you presence in these times?

I do not have an answer, but there is one thing I can assure you.

You can make a difference.

You have the power to change your behaviour and to change your environment.

Changing your environment you will facilitate other people changes. You will be doing a difference.

This is not magic. This is usual process. What I am encouraging you is to take control of that process. Put intention and consciousness in your actions.

Go out and experiment. Books cannot teach you all, nor Internet or TV.

Life is a subject to be learned by living.

Explore. Who dares win.

Grow and Win

Fernando Manzano

PS; Share the challenge with your colleagues. Invite them to explore together.

Train hard; fight easy

A famous soldier’s dictatum says “train hard; fight easy”.
Nowdays we are living in a society who discourage the hard training.
People want things and want them immediately.

You are smarter than that.

To get whatever has a cost. You need to do an investment in time and resources.

If you want to become an expert in something you will need to train hard on that subject until you will get you goal.

The effort is worth.

Train hard; fight easy.

Grow and Win.

Fernando Manzano

Are you having fun?

Let me ask you something.
How many smiles do you enjoy during a normal day?

Babies use to smile 300 times a day. The average adult barely counts 30 smiles a usual day.

Life is plenty of opportunities to smile and have fun.

Actually sometimes life is a comedy and you and me are actors in it.

Accept your role. Enjoy life and smile.

Make your life simple, fun & efficient.

Grow and Win

Fernando Manzano

Birthday wishes for someone special

Hi!

I take this tip from a birthday card. I have to recognize that I love this kind of messages. I hope you will enjoy it.

I wish you a dream to place under your pillow
And the courage to make it come true
I wish you faith in all your tomorrows
And enough love to last your life through

What about to get some conclusions?

To make a dream come true = courage + faith + love

Do you have all the elements of this recipe?

Best wishes.

Grow and Win

Fernando Manzano