The Habit Of Winning By Prakash Iyer Free Pdf
The basic premise of the book is that everyone is a leader,' says author. “Some people lead teams, some lead armies or countries. But we all lead a life.
Jun 2, 2013 - A new book draws on examples from everyday life, sports and the animal world to drive. He has previously authored The Habit of Winning. Download The Habit of Winning by Prakash Iyer PDF eBook free. The Habit of Winning is the self-development and business book which provide enough courage to be a great leader or manager.
And the quality of your life depends squarely on the leader. On you,' he adds.
The Secret of Leadership: Stories to Awaken, Inspire And Unleash the Leader Within draws on examples from everyday life, the competitive world of sport and the animal world to extract lessons such as the value of being passionate and disciplined, pushing yourself to do better, learning from failure and being resilient. Iyer is the managing director of Kimberly Clark Lever, Pune. He has previously authored The Habit of Winning. Edited excerpts from an interview: The book cites lessons learnt from tea bags, dents in cars and giraffes and frogs. The book uses stories from the world around us to draw lessons which can help us get better.
The stories could help spark off a thought and remind us of what we need to do to unleash the leader inside each of us, and lead the life we were meant to lead. There’s a story about a mother giraffe kicking its newborn baby that can teach us the importance of roughing it out early in life and quickly learning to stand on our feet. And there’s a story about a group of frogs climbing a TV tower that can teach us the power of believing in ourselves and not allowing the cynics and nay-sayers to diminish our self-belief. And the humble tea bag can teach us several valuable leadership lessons, including the one that leaders are after all like tea bags: Only when you put them in hot water do you know how strong they really are! We probably know these lessons, but have forgotten them somewhere along the way. The frogs and the giraffes and the tea bag help remind us of those lessons, and bring them to life in a way that’s easy to relate to, and hard to forget.
What kind of advice can professionals take away from the competitive world of sport? The Secret of Leadership—Stories to Awaken, Inspire and Unleash the Leader Within: By Prakash Iyer, Portfolio/Penguin, 250 pages, Rs299 And take Ricky Ponting, arguably one of the all-time batting greats. When asked for the secret behind his ability to place the ball and find the gaps, he said: “Every batsman surveys the field, and the fielders get imprinted on his mind. But in my head, I don’t see the fielders. I only see the gaps!'
We could all take a leaf from his book. Don’t look at the obstacles in life. Look for the opportunities. What do two-footed footballers and corporate leaders have in common? We can all find success by playing to our strengths.
But there’s a terrific lesson to be learnt from a study that shows that two-footed footballers—people who are able to use both feet equally well—earn far more than people who are strong with one foot. If you look at leaders in the corporate world, too, you will notice that they have two strong suits.
It could be a manufacturing guy with a feel for sales. Or a marketing professional with a strong financial mind. They are, in a sense, two-footed footballers. Being two-footed makes you more versatile, opening up more possibilities.
To become two-footed, you need to move out of your comfort zone, be willing to look beyond your own strengths and work on developing possible weaknesses. It also requires a willingness to fail, to make mistakes. Priceless attributes these. Training the other foot requires hard work, it takes practice, but it ultimately has its rewards. What are the difficulties and rewards of backing young talent early on? Battlefield 4 complete edition repack by corepack.
Most of us owe our successes and our achievements to the opportunities we may have got early in life. And we got those opportunities because someone was willing to bet on us. Betting on unripe fruit is the hallmark of great leaders. It gives young talent a chance to raise their game. It reassures the young person that someone believes in their ability and is backing them to succeed.
And they then do all they can—and a little bit more—to make sure the faith is vindicated. For a leader, betting on unripe fruit isn’t easy. If it goes wrong, as it sometimes will, people will be quick to pounce on the failure. The interesting bit is no leader gets punished for not taking the risk. Which is why it takes a special kind of leader—a courageous one, at that—to take that bet. How do you view success and failure? If you want to change the results in your life, and if you want to alter the outcomes, start by changing your mindset, your thoughts and your beliefs.