YOUR SUCCESS IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY

Your Success Is Your Responsibility

Napoleon Hill, the author of Think and Grow Rich, once told the story of a young man who started at the bottom of a large organization and eventually moved up into the top ranks of executives, passing all the people who had started with him at the same level. His strategy was simple. He noticed that his boss came in a little earlier than the rest of the staff, stayed to finish up his work, and left a little later than the others.
This young man therefore resolved to arrive 15 minutes before his boss and to leave 15 minutes after his boss left. He put his resolution into action the next day. This is another hallmark of high achievers: They don’t procrastinate when they have a good idea; they take action immediately.

The young man began coming in 15 minutes before his boss and going straight to work, continuing all day. When his boss left he would still be at his desk, working away.

The boss said nothing for several weeks. Finally, after work one evening, his boss came over to his desk and asked him why he always seemed to be there, even though all his co-workers had left. The young man said it was because he was really determined to be successful in this company, and he knew he couldn’t be successful unless he was responsible and willing to work harder than anyone else. The boss smiled and nodded and went on his way.

Soon after that, the boss asked him to do something that was not part of his job description. He did it quickly and well, delivered it to his boss, and went back to his desk. Soon after, he was given another assignment, which he also completed quickly. Within a year, the young man had been given several additional responsibilities, each one of which he accepted and fulfilled immediately.

In his second year, he was promoted to a higher position. He studied, upgraded his skills, and continued to work hard. Within a couple of years he had surpassed all of his rivals. He had earned the respect and esteem of the other managers. They soon promoted him so that he was one of them,rather than one of the staff. His career took off.
Eventually he became a vice president of the company.

This is a simple strategy that works for anyone who is willing to do more than is expected of him or her. It works for almost anyone, anywhere, over and over again, year after year.

If your goal is to become wealthy, you have to know how wealth is created. The answer is contained in two words: “add value.” All wealth comes from adding value in some way. All wealth comes from serving and satisfying your customers better than they could be served and satisfied by someone else. Wealth is the result of adding value to them in a way that no one else can match. My primary goal as a mentor is to add value to people...

In your job, you should be looking for ways every day and every week to add value and to become more valuable than you were before. Throughout your career, your main focus must be to constantly seek out ways that you can add value to your boss, to your co-workers, to your customers, to your suppliers, and to everyone else and anyone upon whom you rely for your success. This should become your motto: “Add value, add value, add value!”

One of the major revolutions in thought that has taken place in the world of work in the past few years is the idea that you must justify your position anew every day.
It used to be that a person would work hard for a few years until he had achieved a certain level in his job. He could then coast along at that level for many years, if not for the rest of his career. His attitude was, “Well,I’ve paid my dues. I earned my position. I did a great job. Now I am entitled to this job indefinitely.”
But this is no longer good enough. Today, everybody wants to know, “What have you accomplished lately?”

In the fast-moving, highly competitive business world of today, your boss wants to know what you have done to add value recently.

This is your day: There is a race on and you are part of it whether you're a worker or entrepreneur. You must be responsible to yourself if you must win this race to succeed.

See You At The Top In 2016. #MoreGrace!