Just yesterday, I listened to Tony Blair share his personal thoughts about succeeding in life. He shares with a lot of humility and immediately connected to the hearts of the participants. Here are ten things he wanted us to know:

1. Have the humility to learn- as Prime minister, he did not carry a mobile phone. The next day after his ten’s years of being prime minister, he finally carried his first mobile phone. Learning to send a text message was challenging enough and he had to humble himself to learn from younger people on how to use technology. Have humility in what we do is important.

2. Start with an analysis of your current situation- everything in life is inter-connected, we need to understand that there is a bigger world outside the country we live in. The speed of change is very real and what are we doing right now in our current situation?

3. In a fast changing world, we can’t stand still. People have to adapt and constantly learn new things in the knowledge based economy.

4. New thinking and new ideas don’t come to closed minds- How open are our minds? Do we see opportunities instead of trouble?

5. Success = Reaching our potential through education. It is only through education that we truly fulfill our potential. Many people in the world have potential but are not able to fully realise it because they have not seen what they are capable of reaching. Education can help a person see this.

6. Change is the hardest thing- Every time you want to change something, everyone around you will tell you that it is a disaster. He shares about how he wanted to implement healthcare reforms and there was so much resistance he had to go through. This was not something that was popular with the people, but he felt that it was necessary for his country’s sustainability. It is very helpful to get stakeholders to support you and help you through.

7. Success is about creating great partnerships between individuals- Collaboration and partnerships are important in daily living. Purpose of collaboration: To fight for a better idea! The reason why Tony fights for freedom and against terrorism is because he believes in a greater idea that people should not be oppressed and should lively freely.

8. Partnerships and prejudice cannot co-exist.

9. Success is not about doing something, but believing in something. Values do matter alot. Successful people are single minded in their purpose, but not self-centred.

10. Have a sense of optimism in what you do- You will not succeed if you are afraid of failure. Always believe that what you do can lead to greater good.

So… what is one point above that is meaningful to you? Do leave your comments. I love to read your personal thoughts.

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Four days ago I posted on my blog that I will be selecting two subscribers and giving them a chance to see Tong Blair LIVE in Singapore. All they needed to do is to write a simple comment on what they have learnt from my blog.

Well… here are the winners:

Ip Lee Lee

Andy Lim

Please contact me at kenneth (at) deepimpactonline (dot) com to get your tickets!

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If you are keen to personally hear Tony Blair, Robert G Allen, Loral Langemeier, Spike Humer and 9 other professional speakers inspire your heart and turn your business and life around, you need to attend this seminar from 27-29 Apr 2010.

A detailed brochure and line-up of speakers can be downloaded.

This is specially for my subscribers and I wish to reward those who actually faithfully follow my blog.

I have 2 tickets to this year’s National Achiever’s Congress 2010 and want to give it away! ONLY 2 Winners will be chosen from my list of subscribers.

To Enter this contest

1. Ensure that you are currently subscribed to my mailing list (if not, just subscribe for the FREE report on Building Teams on the top right of this page).

2. Leave your comments on this page on ONE thing that you have learnt from this blog.

3. Deadline is 22/4 (thurs).

4. One you have done so, email me at kenneth @ deepimpactonline (dot) com and tell me that you have done it.

Note: Only Winners will be notified. Results will be published in this blog on 23/4 (friday) to see if you have won a ticket!

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Another one of my articles appeared in the Straits Times on 22 Mar 2010, Recruit Section.

Trust is one of the biggest issues that faces any team and everyone says that you need it but how many of them actually teach you how to establish trust step by step?

This article will teach you how you can consistently get people to trust your every word.

You can download this article.

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Work is everywhere around you and sometimes it is hard to find time to do everything. Let me suggest ways on how you can significantly be more effective.

Here are 6 simple steps to dramatically boost your performance at work in any field and achieve the more success in what you do.

1. Focus is Key

Focusing on what’s important and urgent is the essence of work effectiveness. Never lose sight of your goal. Don’t allow yourself to get distracted by unimportant and urgent things happening around you at the workplace. Remember that there will always be things that are urgent but it important issues MUST NEVER be compromised for it. Set your goal for the day and achieve it no matter what. This helps you create trust in your own abilities to see things through. I personally feel that Focus is also about choosing what you wish to do and what you should be doing lesser.

2. Visualize

When you set your goal for the day, visualize yourself go about the work. Think about how focus you will be, how well you will do it and how much satisfaction you will from it. Great sportsmen often employ visualization techniques to help them overcome the emotional and physical challenges from their sports. It’s only a five-minute exercise but one that is most effective in helping you achieve your peak performance.

3. Make it a challenge to do every task better than before

This is definitely the most effective way to achieve peak performance at work. Rather than going through the motions, choose to perform every task better than the previous and in lesser time. Seek for 1% increments rather than vast improvements. Use your creativity to bring about improvement in whatever you do, no matter how mundane it is. There is nothing more fulfilling and profitable than sharpening your strengths.

4. Investigate your flaws

Look closely at your flaws and things that reduce your efficiency at work. Always ask is there something you should not be doing or do lesser? Find out the improvements that you need to make in your personality or work ethics. When you strive not to commit the same kind of mistakes again, your performance at work will skyrocket.

5. Master your mood, do not be a slave to it

Enthusiasm is the lifeblood of success. Infuse inspiration in yourself by grabbing hold your mood. Your thoughts are more powerful than your mood; use them to good effect and master your mood to make it dance to your will.

6. Look at Role Models

Find out who inspires you the most. Look at the exemplary performers who consistently give their best and reach top positions from the bottom rungs. Study their work ethics and follow in their footsteps. Success always leave trails and it is better to learn from successful people rather than the commit mistakes yourself.

Peak performance is a choice and it starts with an intrinsic willingness to do what is best for yourself. Make a firm commitment to yourself that in everything you do, you will always do it better.

Here are more articles on getting more results and being effective in your life:

Being Effective Without Putting In More Time

Effective Goal Setting For Personal Development

Being Pro-active in Life; Getting Ahead When Others Don’t

Are you Efficiently Effective?

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