Successful people don't make excuses.

Don't blame others when you have a setback. Remember: 'how you think when you lose' determines how long it will be until you win.

Successful people don't make excuses

The Magic of Thinking Big, David Schwartz.

Jack Welch on Leadership

A good leader has a clear mission for his team and knows how to celebrate good work. Lastly he knows they get bored if they are not learning and growing. In other words:

A mission allows a boss to say “There’s the hill let’s take it together” and people feel motivated if they feel as they are on the top of the mountain and as if they are still climbing it.

What Management Does

The 5 Basic Functions of a Manager

1. A manager sets objectives. He decides how to attain these objectives and
communicates these objectives to the people who are needed to achieve
them.

2. A manager organizes. He identifies the tasks and decisions needed, breaks
down activities into manageable jobs, groups the units and jobs into an
organization structure and selects people for the jobs.

3. A manager motivates people by making ‘people decisions’ on compensation,
promotion and placement. He also fosters team spirit by constant
communication with subordinates, colleagues and superiors.

4. A manager measures performance. He establishes yardsticks and ensures
that each person is assessed for tasks within his control and that individual
objectives are in line with overall company objectives. He ensures that the
individual is aware of these metrics and is given the tools to achieve it.

5. A manager develops himself and others.

One Minute Manager Overview

He became a One Minute Manager not because he thought like one, or
talked like one, but because he behaved like one.

He set One Minute Goals.
He gave One Minute Praisings.
He gave One Minute Reprimands.
He asked brief, important questions; spoke the simple truth; laughed,
worked, and enjoyed.

And, perhaps most important of all, he encouraged the people he worked
with to do the same.

He had even created a pocket size “Game Plan” to make it easier for the
people around him to become One Minute Managers. He had given it as a
useful gift to each person who reported to him.

Encouraging good behaviour, punishing bad

Reprimand peoples actions not the person.

Reprimand has to be immediate, and followed by positive comment on the persons character, or worth as a person.

Before giving a reprimand you have to see the behavior
yourself—you can’t depend on what someone else saw. You never give a
reprimand based on ‘hearsay.’ ”

How does that translate,” the young man wanted to know, “into practical
action?”
“Each parent is taught to physically touch their child by putting their hand
on the child’s shoulder, touching his arm, or if he is young actually sitting
the child in their lap. Then the parent tells the child exactly what he did
wrong and how the parent feels about it—and in no uncertain terms. (You
can see that this is very like what the family members did for the sick
woman.) Finally, the parent takes a deep breath, and allows for a few
seconds of silence—so the child can feel whatever the parent is feeling. Then
the parent tells the youngster how valuable and important the child is to the
parent.
“You see,

"behavior and worth are not the same things"

Formula for success ?

I can not give you a formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: Try to please everyone.

Mark Twain