"To Believe In Yourself is To Believe You Can Change The World When Everyone Else Is Looking Down on You"-Luciano Santini

 "To Believe In Yourself is To Believe You Can Change The World When Everyone Else Is Looking Down on You"-Luciano Santini

Hello to all my friends who continue to believe in my skill sets as a solutions provider. It is always a true pleasure to hear your comments and suggestions on what you want me to to write about and of course I love it !!!!

As most of you know that Napoleon Hill was a great writer and investigator in the art of wealth and well being. I began studying his books and writing many many years ago and have learned so much regarding human behavior of course studying human behavior from psychotherapists and other writers have also helped me understand why people do what they do and why they do not do what they should do.

The one one thing that has shown me what people are all about is listening,watching,speaking and most importantly the passion to to show empathy and compassion towards people no matter where they come from or who they are.

Those who create good fellowship among others will never be short of friends.

If you have a friend who goes out of his way to help cement friendships between others, consider yourself fortunate indeed. In today’s frantic, mobile, throwaway society, such individuals are exceedingly rare. With the demands placed upon us by our careers, our families, and the hectic pace of daily life, most of us have little time for ourselves, and even less for our friends. Yet we know that friendship freely given and gratefully received is one of life’s greatest gifts. 

I believe that people need to take some time out of their busy day each and every day sit back and see what the day gave them such joy,sorrow or challenges then take a look at each one of those and see what went wrong or what went right.

Did the challenge caused you to stop and think or did you just react to the situation? These are questions that we need to think about during our busy day.

I always talk about motivation and how one can self motivate if they simply ask themselves their why? 

Why do I do what I do? Do I have a passion for what I do?

The one key to realizing this is that motivation is only about exciting oneself. The rest of the deal is that you have to create urgency and goals to stay motivated. Sometimes people will get so excited that they have no goals and thus will fail reaching any goal because they did not have a plan in place to reach the goals intended.

Focus on the goal of course is also a big part of the achievement one wants, however one needs to be real careful on the number of goals set. While there are people who can focus on more than one goal my suggestion to all of you out there is to focus on one at a time.

Life is all about the legacy you want to leave behind after you are gone. We focus to much on what other people think and we fail to think for ourselves. We fail as a society today because we have allowed to conform to ideologies that do not work anymore. The past was awesome in different time areas, however times change constantly and until we all realize that time will never ever stop for anyone but continue moving forward only then will we be able to change the world.

"Be A Rebel Challenge The Status Quo Change Is Constant"-Luciano The Key Santini

Hello my friends and here we are  on another day of frustration among our society. I find it to n\be more frustrating among the younger generations due to old school way of thinking and the resistance to change.
I tell to all of you younger people out there go for it and challenge the status quo because I do and yes you will get your hands slapped and perhaps at time loose jobs but the question to always ask yourself is: Would it be worth to challenge my organization to make a change and the answer will always be YES if it is worth fighting for after all-Who are you if you do not fight for what you believe to be the right thing to do?

I love this quote;

“Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
― Rob Siltanen

 

I know that sometimes in life we will always face challenges and sometimes we need to make some vary hard choices as to whether to go forward and challenge. I know and I can tell you from experience and working with bosses that always want to stay conformed to the old way of thinking and resist to change basically will tell you they are all about change and yet their actions of course show otherwise because behind the scenes they resist change. So what do I do well I follow my mentors advise as follows;

 

 Napoleon Hill says;

The quality and quantity of service you render fixes your wages and determines what sort of experience you are getting.

The only constraints that you have on your income and advancement potential are those you place upon yourself. If you don’t like your position, or if you are unhappy with your salary, do something about it. What can you do to make yourself more valuable to your department or your company? What tasks have not been completed because no one has the time or the inclination to take care of them? Look around and identify things that need to be done. 

 

Don’t wait to be asked. If you make it a habit to seek out opportunities, to take on new tasks, you will increase your knowledge about the organization and become such a valued employee that your company can’t afford to lose you. 

I agree to try and become as valuable as you can to your organization however if they seem to under value your talents and suggestions for change then you will know what you need to do Yes!! challenge them because that is the only way that change will happen. Will it be scary absolutely it will! but change is constant and guess what change has to take place sometime in every organization and so someone will make the challenge at one point or another it might as well be you!!.

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Johnny Cash quotes inspirational bad ass. “

“I wore black because I liked it. I still do, and wearing it still means something to me. It's still my symbol of rebellion -- against a stagnant status quo, against our hypocritical houses of God, against people whose minds are closed to others' ideas.”
― Johnny Cash

DELEGATION OR EMPOWERMENT KNOW THE DIFFERENCE

My friends, my friends how are you doing on this great and beautiful day? I have to tell you that sometimes you sit and ponder on things and   and the you try to decide whether it is the right thing to do from your own mind and perspective. The issue becomes whether you hold a position where you can actually make choices for others.

People are always asking me how am I able to decipher such choices and the only answer I have for them is "I listen" to peoples needs then I will make a choice that will first benefit them and then all those around them.

To be a great leader you do not just delegate or empower people you have to listen to their needs and then make sure they have the skills and passion to do the task. Leadership must know the difference and I have asked so many people in positions of power and guess what they give me answers like- We give the tasks to those that are hard workers. 

Do not misunderstand me I just like the next leader appreciate hard workers but the question becomes are you setting them up for failure. I will simply say that task should be given to those that actually have the skill sets to do the task. Let us talk about customer service and I know that you know exactly;y what I am talking about in this section; How many people do you have in your organization that simply show up and they d their job no doubt about it they are thereon time and do their paperwork and create the data sheets and they talk to your customers, but do you ever sit and watch and see if they have a passion to do their job?

You see! a great leader does not care about their position or power all they care is that the people they have working for them are listened to and have a passion for the work they do.

 Pretty simple right! Wrong because most leaders do have this quality that are in a position of power because in their minds they only know power and they manage individuals by power of position making it stressful and they bully members of their staff by imposing their authority n them. What a waste of talent? I find so much talent wasted because leaders are to blind to see it or afraid of it and believe it is one or the other.

Professor Hasan Alzubi found these answers.

Elizabeth M Morrow ·Says - 

 

Empowerment is a complex and contested concept. It's meaning and experience depends on whether you are the person 'being' empowered or the person 'doing' the empowerment of others. Foucault would say that empowerment is a subjective experience, i.e. if you feel you have become more powerful than you were you are empowered. Habermas would say power can never be equal but it can be balanced e.g. through allocation of resources, information, decision making power etc.
From my phd work in the context of health research I found 'power' is comprised of three multifaceted components: your ability, your potential and your own sense of being (empowered/powerful). 

 

Mahfuz Judeh · Applied Science Private University 

 

Of course there is a large difference between the two terms. Delegation of authority refers to the action by which a leader grants his/her authority to a subordinate.
Empowerment is based on the idea of giving subordinates authority, and also empowering them to be able to do the job. 

 

Carol Harris · University of Victoria

The most important point is to define the way you use these two (often confused) terms. I think of empowerment as the gradual development of one's own awareness of skills, knowledge, and ability. It is gained by the recipient, but is often encouraged by another through teaching, modelling, and socially through community development. Delegation of authority, on the other hand, is usually the formal handing over of power from one person or organization to another. 

I love the last one by Carol Harris because it really shows the difference but as she mentions the two are confusing this leadership must know the difference to be able to define peoples needs within their organization.

 

 

 

 

‘My Mind Is Where My Dreams Begin My Soul Will Bring Them Forthfront Together We Will Make It A Reality’ Luciano Santini

Hello everyone and here we are again. I have tried to talk so much regarding leadership that sometimes it just makes sense to talk about leadership so much because it is one pf the most needed within every organization.

I have found that within each organization leadership somewhere in the line of the hierarchy someone does not know how to lead but is in a position where they need to lead and yet meaning the top management who placed them in that specific position gave it to them simply because they liked them and so there they are doing a job they have no idea how to do.  Pretty sad would you not say and yet we see it each and every day.

I find the quote to be a great one because when the so called leaders find that they are in fact incompetent to do their job they always find an escape goat to blame Wow WHAT!!! you have never seen or heard of that oh yes it exists. People seem not to see it at first because they were their friends and now they are the enemy.

People in general my friends know more about leadership because they are not the one leading they are the ones who will decide whether to follow you as the leader or not and if it is a NOT then you will be simply going through the motions until the people get you out of the organization.

The other side to poor leadership is that when an organization gives someone a position to lead and they find that they are incompetent then they have given that position to an amateur thus making it very costly.

One other thing that is worth talking about today that when you get int a disagreement with your boss though you know and everyone else knows that they are incompetent ask yourself one question and when you ask it make sure you understand one thing. That you understand who is in charge of your position before you you answer! My friends read this passage from Napoleon Hill:

If you cannot agree with others, you can at least refrain from quarreling with them.

When you are involved in a dispute with someone else, it may be the only time doing nothing is better than doing something. There’s a practical reason for this: When you quarrel with others — even if you win the argument — you place a great deal of unnecessary stress upon yourself. It is impossible to maintain a Positive Mental Attitude when you allow negative emotions such as anger or hate to dominate your thoughts. 

 

No one can upset you or make you angry unless you allow them to do so. Instead of arguing with others, try asking nonthreatening questions, such as, “Why do you feel this way? What have I done to make you angry? What can I do to help?” You may find that the entire situation has resulted from a simple misunderstanding that can be quickly rectified. Even if problems are more serious, your positive behavior will go a long way toward helping resolve them.

The World Of Mystery and Chaos - Luciano Santini

Hello everyone and well here we are ready to go to three baseball games.

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 Today I thought I would share one of my poems with you.

The World Of  Mystery and Chaos 

 Luciano Santini 

We live in a world where everything is constantly changing and yet there is only silence

No cries of sorrow and no cries of joy nothing but silence is what I hear

I see people grow old before my eyes and I see young come into this world

It is not the silence but the chaos of what tomorrow brings that I fear.

I see little children become obsessed with the new technology loosing touch

I see a world of mystery and chaos moving along in silence

I see the destruction of the minds in the future today,tomorrow and beyond

I hear the leaders of this world speaking of peace and love in the news and the net

Yet I see people crying over their loved ones because chaos took them away

The mystery of this world is really not a mystery but insanity

I say insanity because though there are moments of peace there are moments of loss.

Leadership can be great when there is talk about organization and the future of tomorrow

Leadership can be great when there is no more racism before your eyes causing sorrow

Leadership can be great when you understand that people are human beings

Leadership sucks when all they care about is their golden watches and rings.

We all know and understand that a world of chaos and mystery exists all around us

Leaders need to know that people are people and that change is coming at a fast pace

The problem is understanding this world of chaos and mystery

The other issue is that the leaders are not really leaders but simply taking up space.

We live in a world where everything is constantly changing and yet there is only silence

No cries of sorrow and no cries of joy nothing but silence is what I hear

I see people grow old before my eyes and I see young come into this world

It is not the silence but the chaos of what tomorrow brings that I fear.

"Be happy courageous to reach your goals whatever they may be"-Dr. Luciano Santini

Hello to all my friends around the world who continue to support both my skills and knowledge regarding leadership development and staff development along with continued support for my speaking abilities. It has been a great year so far. I always say any day that you open your eyes to a beautiful day is a great day.

I find that sometimes we forget that though you may not have that great job that pays you a six figure salary does not mean that you are not happy and that life has not given you what you want. I find that people in general want to be happy and do a good job at their respective jobs and positions whatever they may be.

I also find that leadership falls under so much scrutiny and yet the people doing the scrutinizing have no idea how to lead themselves so they find their scapegoats early in their career so it becomes easy to delegate fault when things go wrong.I have had so many mentors in my life and many of them are no longer with us but I will tell you this; that some of the lessons you learn from good mentors will always stay with you.

All enduring success is founded upon harmonious human relationships. Napoleon Hill

Most of us are incapable of “going it alone.” Whether it is in our careers, in our personal relationships, or in life, we all need others if we are to achieve the level of success we desire. Besides, what’s the point of having it all if we have no one we care about to share it? You may choose to work with others, you may ignore them, or you may choose to work against them, but the greatest successes in life come to those who work harmoniously with others.

 When your personal goals coincide with those of another, not only does the power of your combined labors benefit you, but such cooperation also creates a synergistic effect that allows you to achieve far more than the simple sum of your individual efforts. Know that friendship freely given and gratefully received is one of life’s greatest gifts. 

I find that when leaders ignore their staff and do not take the time to listen or simply ask: How is your day going so far today miss the human touch and the opportunity to be human and earn a little something about another human being. I always ask leaders one simple question which seems to be difficult to answer for most. 

What do you want to conquer in life? Most leaders will say their staff and to get them to do what they want them to do. I giggle every time I here this because my answer is a human being must conquer their own mind first and then find the skill set that will bring people together,learn to listen to people and then be able to communicate to them. I believe that these are the main characteristics of a great leader. A leader must conquer their fear of others first; then conquer their fear that other want their positions because honestly I find that most people do not want to lead but do a great job and feel needed and wanted and the biggest of all appreciated!!!!.

One of the biggest issues I have found when I do research with staff when I coach or have to restructure processes for any small or large organization is that leaders fail big when it comes to criticizing staff for their faults. I can tell you from experience that if someone tells me that I suck at one thing or another and I can tell you honestly that in my career and life have made mistakes and I mean big mistakes but I have also made some changes and I mean BIG changes in the lives of others whether staff or friends or people that I have never met in person and my friends that is the biggest satisfaction that anyone can accomplish.

I have also made some BIG changes in my life for example people ask why do I do what I do when I could be making over six figure salaries and my answer is yes I could be and have in the past but I found early in life and in my career that choices have to be made and sometimes those choices can be life changing as they were for me. early in my career I made the choice to leave the hospitality industry where six figure salaries were easy to make-hard work and extremely long hours but I was missing my kids grow up and so I made a choice a very difficult one at the time.

I resigned and took a much lower paying position but I was closer to home and was able to make that first birthday and well the rest is history. You see my friends sometimes the choices we make can either makes us a great leader or a horrible leader that holds a high position but has no idea about that human touch that most leaders do not have and will never ever have no matter how much they try simply because of that choice they made that one time that cause them to turn on friends and family and all for that might dollar.

My friends do not misconstrue the money here-MONEY is a good thing specially for businesses! What i am trying to say here is simple when you treat your staff with respect and allow them to say what they have to say without feeling afraid and give them the time of day to listen to them the money will roll in because your customers will be happy to give you their money because you care about your staff which in turn will care about them and it will show in their ability to relate to them.

With all that said my friends-

"Be happy courageous to reach your goals whatever they may be"-Dr. Luciano Santini

You Cannot Manage What You Do Not Understand--Dr. Luciano Santini

Hello to all my friends who continue the support and believing in my skill sets to train and motivate your employees and your leaders in your organizations.

This last week has been a tough one as you know I am known for being very transparent and allowing people into my life for the simple fact that I believe that if you know that I am as much a human being as you are then we have a better understanding of where we stand in both business and personal. This last week has been one of those weeks where you wish you did not have to have it done but you know you must or it will get worst as time passes.

I had septoplasty surgery and those that have had it know how painful this surgery can be. The pain medicine well it is basically take it and sleep and when you wake up it feels like you have been under for much longer and you cannot drive anywhere so it has been painful and boring and finally I am able to get in front of the computer to write to all my friends.

Why am I telling you about this in my life? Well because it is just like your business because when you know as a leader or a business owner that you need to take care of something in your business because it is bringing it down and yet you let it go only to make it worst as time passes. I want you to think about that my friends. How many time in your business or career have you let things go because of whatever reason.

Reasons can be from not firing that person who upset your last client to an argument you had at home with your significant other and never resolved it instead you let it go in hopes that either it will be forgotten or never talked about again.

So before we worry about the issues we must take care of them before they get worst or one must deal with the future because we never took care of the issue from the past.

Before worrying about how to get more pay, try thinking how you can do a better job and you may not need to worry.

When you devote your time and efforts to doing your best at every job you do, instead of developing persuasive arguments why you should be paid more for what you do, the pay raises will take care of themselves. When you approach every job enthusiastically in a spirit of friendly cooperation, you distinguish yourself from the vast majority of people whose primary concerns include breaks, benefits, paychecks, and quitting time. Don’t complain about your status or your pay to anyone, not even to your best friend. Word will eventually get back to the boss. Which type of worker would you rather have on your team: one who complains constantly or one who is always helpful, cheerful, and reliable? 

I like what Leslie says below and only because it is so true. 

You Cannot Manage What You Do Not Understand--Dr. Luciano Santini

 Hire slow, fire fast---Leslie Barber

Many people before me have recommended we hire slow, fire fast. Tony Hsieh, co-founder of Zappos.com, was the most recent employer that echoed these sentiments. He alleges that bad hires have cost Zappos.com over $100M. Wow, imagine what bad hires are doing for small businesses?

As small business owners, we often hire fast, fire slow. Business takes off and we need help right away, so we hire the first person who walks through the door. I get it -- been there. However, once business slows down, we sometimes realize that person might not actually be a good fit for our business. Then we’re faced with having an awkward conversation and owning up to our mistake. Take the time to know the role you need to fill and the culture you are trying to create. But in the end, pull off the Band-Aid with a bad hire. Yes, it stings at first but with a little time, it heals and you forget the Band-Aid was ever there.

I will leave all of you to think about millennials  and to get to know them and understand them before you make a judgement on anyone of them. Times are changing as we all know and of course the old saying has been around for thousands of years which is that time is constant change and we as owners must always be willing to change with the times or die in the business world because you will not survive unless you understand change.

The biggest issue that I find in most if not all organizations is that in today's fast paced world people are still trying to manage as opposed to leading. When you speak of Millennials you cannot manage them but you can lead them. These guys can be the greatest employees specially if you are a leader that teaches them their passion.