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 22 Vital Traits You Need to Be the Person at the Top   Be secure in yourself: No one makes you feel inferior without your consent.  Be in control of your attitude: Success in business is based more on mental attitude than mental capabilities Be tenacious: Nothing ever happens with one letter, one telephone call, one request.  Be continuously improving: Take risks. Mistakes provide some of your best learning.  Be honest and ethical: If you are careless with the truth, your credibility will be jeopardized when you are telling the truth.  Be sure to think before you talk: Think fast, pause, then speak purposefully.  Be original: Carefully observe what more...

Million-dollar advice from America's top executive coach You've seen them. People whose personal magnetism makes them stand out and propels them up the ladder of success. But is charisma - that powerful personal magic that attracts people and success like a magnet - something you are born with or something you can learn? It's common knowledge, for example, that the late president John F. Kennedy exuded charisma. Yet historians say his style was so carefully rehearsed that before running for president he commissioned a study to determine the most effective handshake! Those who study charisma say while some people are innately more charismatic than others, more...

"Your reputation is what people use to judge your worthiness for career advancement. You must take aggressive action to protect it."No matter how good, honest or full of integrity you are in your career, accusations of misconduct or mistakes will come your way, particularly if you're ambitious. When they do, you can't sit back and do nothing. If it looks like your reputation may suffer a hit, it is time to apply a candid, clear, focused and firm approach to address the situation and accuser. If that advice sounds serious, it is. Your reputation is what people use to judge your more...

You've worked hard to get where you are in life. You've studied, labored, gone the extra mile, taken on additional responsibility, continued your education, honed your instincts, developed sound judgment, retained your integrity, generated positive energy and assembled a top-notch staff. You have learned to sense and set direction, plan, budget, master problem-solving (both yours and everyone else's), dress for success, achieve brilliance and multitask out the kazoo. Yet, despite all of that effort, is something still missing? Maybe you still haven't received the significant success, the level of accountability, impact, or influence that you want. The line on the wall more...