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  • Leadership & the power of a few: Every body can. Only a few will.

    Last Tuesday, I was speaking at a leadership meeting in Fort-Lauderdale, and I quoted best-selling author Malcom Gladwell, a New Yorker reporter, who published the book The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference.

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    I am a great fan of Gladwell. I read most of his work. And I encourage you to do your own work by digging dipper yourself in his literature. As a community builder, I am sharing with you some of the thoughts I picked from Gladwell‘s book which I used in my speaking engagement last Tuesday.

    The Tipping Point describes How ideas, products, messages, and behaviors can spread as fast as viruses do.

    The very same way we can have a flu, measles, or HIV contagion, we can also create a positive contagious effect with a small group of people.

    Everything can change all at once. This is like an epidemic. Gladwell coined the concept of “contagiousness”. This is what is called in mathematics a geometric progression.

    A virus doubles , and doubles, and creates a huge effect, a tipping point, a sudden change.

    The Tipping Point, Gladwell said, is the moment of critical mass, the threshold, the boiling point of any endeavor.

    3 rules of Epidemics

    Epidemics are a function of the people who transmit infectious agents, the infectious agent itself, and the environment in which the infectious agent is operating. When something happens in 1, 2, or 3 of these ares, an epidemic tips, Gladwell acknowledged.

    1.- The Law of the Few (People)

    2.- The Stickiness Factor (Infectous Fator)

    3.- The Power of Context (Environment)

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    Gladwell taught an American history lesson to illustrate his point on #1 The Power of the Few.He named John Hancock, and Samuel Adams as the two original men who stood up against the British soldiers in the colony of Massachusetts. Their actions were followed by Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, and 56 other men who organized the First Continental Congress which led to the Declaration of Independence.

    He also wrote about the courage of Paul Revere who spread the message for the community to wake up and be ready to fight for freedom. Paul revere spread this message thru word of mouth: the most important form of communication.

    Gladwell questioned: “Why some ideas and trends and messages tip and others don’t?”

    “The success of any kind of social epidemic is heavily dependent on the involvement of people with a particular and rare set of social gifts,”  Gladwell said mentioning that these few people are around us. They are:

    1.- Connectors. Those who develop the skill to know  lost of people. They have a natural gift to make social connections. They develop curiosity, self-confidence, sociability, and energy. Connectors  are in the habit of making introductions.They are the equivalent of a computer network hub. They are people who “link us up with the world…people with a special gift for bringing the world together”. They are “a handful of people with a truly extraordinary knack [… for] making friends and acquaintances”

    2.- Mavens. Those who accumulate knowledge and want to tell you about what they know.They are avid readers, lecturers, teachers. They are “information specialists”, or “people we rely upon to connect us with new information”. They accumulate knowledge, and know how to share it with others. They  want to solve other people’s problems, generally by solving their own”. As Malcolm Gladwell states, “Mavens are really information brokers, sharing and trading what they know”

    3.- Salesmen. Those who master the art of communication and persuasion. Those who can spread an emotional contagion. They  are “persuaders”, charismatic people with powerful negotiation skills. They tend to have an indefinable trait that goes beyond what they say, which makes others want to agree with them.

    As I told my audience last Tuesday, I am glad to be part of Life Leadership Compensated Community, a premier leadership media and education company aiming at setting people free to live the life they’ve always wanted.

    We have a message worth spreading which gives us the #2 Stickiness Factor. People are addictive to TV likes zombies which entice them, and seduce them to live in debt, Life Leadership is creating a new media addiction, by providing content and association to escape what best selling author and leadership guru, Orrin Woodward called the Financial Matrix.

    Life Leadership has #3 The Power of Context. Context matters. Life Leadership CEO and best-selling author Chris Brady delivered a recent talk he names THE Shift of a Life Time. The environment today is ready for a new message of hope and truth to set people free.

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    It was 1:00 am, today, I, with some other friends, were leaving the woods of Immokalee, South West Florida. Under the cover of darkness, thru word of mouth, we were spreading the message of self-directed leadership education, entrepreneurship, inviting some families to join us in the underground railroad to escape the matrix. We are the new conductors like abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who led hundreds of enslaved people to freedom along the route of the Underground Railroad.

    Here are some poignant quotes fro Harriet Tubman:

    Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.
    I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.
    I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.
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    We  want to do the same thing. We want to free thousand of families from the matrix, which is a web of debt, and enslave people. We hope to bring them our Financial Matrix night pack of messages  which include information to read, to listen,  and to associate with like minded connectors, wavens, and salesmen. We want them to be aware, to have consciousness of their being a new modern slave of consumption, and to be part of a community of learners, earners, who dare to dream, to set their aim high, and to not wish to win the power ball, but to work as hard as they can to become Power Players, and to live the life they’ve always wanted.
    This is not for every body. But every body can. Only a few will.
    God bless,
    @rooseveltjf
    #rooseveltjeanfrancois

     

  • Leadership Education: Read to Succeed and live a life of significance

    Best-selling author Chris Brady just released a talk on the importance of reading to succeed in life.  I am glad to share the content of his talk with you which is available through our Life Leadership program, a community of self-directed students on leadership, community building, and foundational issues of life such as: faith, family, finances, following, fitness, freedom, and fun.

    Reading is the basic foundation to bring success, significance, and legacy. It’s the shortcut to excellence in knowledge economy. Books can be as nearly as important as oxygen, Brady said.

    J W. Marriott, Chairman of Marriott International, said he started living when he found books. He manages by asking people, ‘ What do you think?…, a lesson he learned from President Eisenhower for whom, the four most important words in the English language are, ‘What do you think?

    Marriott has a reading development program for its employees to help them teach themselves and be ready to think on their own two feet.

    Abraham Lincoln, born in a one roomed cabin and his formal schooling added up to a year, was a voracious reader. He read and reread Aesop’s fable many times. He gave himself a first-rate college degree by reading. He understood that reading was the best tool of advancing in the world.

    Harry Truman never attended college but said,” Not every reader is a leader, but every leader must be a reader.

    Napoleon Bonaparte called people ¨fools” if they slept more than 3 hours at night because they could have been reading.

    Teddy Roosevelt read at every type of condition.

    Thomas Jefferson said if he has any money he buys book and if there is any left he will buy food.

    Oprah Winfrey was only allowed one hour of TV per day by her grandmother.

    How to read

    Make reading a habit. Read many genres as once. Highlight, underline as you read. Make notations. Write in the margins. Argue with the author.

    Outline, and Summarize the book. Read all the underlines and highlights. Keep your books organized for future references. Discuss them with others.

    Where to read 

    EVERYWHERE. If we’re prepared, you can always redeem the time. Have your books everywhere to redeem the time. Always, carry a book with you.

    When to read a book

    ALWAYS. Every now and then set some time apart and read.Develop a habitual time to read. The habits in your life determines what your life is.

    What to read

    ONLY READ THE BEST THINGS. You don’t have to read a bad book.Only put good books in front of your eyes.

    Choose wisely of what to read. Read wide, strong, and deep.The choice of books like that of friends is a serious duty. We are as responsible of what we read as what we do.

    Andrew Carnegie said,” A man’s reading program should be as carefully planned as his daily diet.”

    Get the top 5 books we recommend in the website. Go through different subscriptions we offer. (email me for details)

    As you read, so will you lead your life. Make it a good foundation so you can make it a great life.

    Brady and his wife Terri have a Great Conversation on how to develop kids who love to read. This is a must listened audio available on RASCAL Radio. You can listen to this content and more now by having a Life Leadership Library subscription. Just leave me a comment below  and I’ll help you get tuned and live the life you’ve always wanted.

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  • #Leadership, #friendship, and #relationships: Conversation with @orrrinwoodward, @tonycannuli,@chrismattis on #HBRN radio.

    What is friendship? What’s the difference between friendship and acquaintances? Why friendship matters?

    Orrin Woodward and Tony Cannuli host HBRN’s Leadership Factory with special guest Chris Mattis. The three leaders dive into the subject of friendship and how tight relationships are formed and kept. Anyone who works with people will benefit greatly from this Leadership Factory. Indeed, Chris Mattis is one of the greatest encouragers in the community building field and the viewers will see why.

    Have fun watching, and listening this conversation.

     

  • Leadership guru Orrin Woodward invites leaders to build other leaders

    “You can tell the size of the #leader by the size of the leaders  he has around him. Good leaders have good followers, but great leaders have great leaders around them.”, leadership guru Orrin Woodward wrote in a recent post on his blog .

    When the right people are on the bus, as Jim Collins would say, then it’s just a matter of determining which direction the leadership team desires to go. Indeed, what is so great, yet at the same time challenging, in today’s economy is that technology keeps changing the rules of the game. Nonetheless, the best leadership team will adjust the quickest and win in today’s marketplace. Here is a video on #leadership that Orrin Woodward  did at a recent  #LIFE Open meeting.

  • Some principles of success and personal leadership development

    I just watched business leader Mark Millitello on a webinar about success and personal leadership development. He presented 13 principles that have worked for many successful people from different walks of life. Let me share with you the notes I took from his talk.

    #1.- Show up

    Whatever you need to be successful in, just show up when you need to. Show up, no matter what is happening in your life, no matter how is the environment. 50% of success is show up.

    #2.- Be consistent

    Pick something in your life and decide to show up and be consistent. Start with something small. This will give you confidence to build something bigger.

    #3.- Embrace the FUNK

    You got to know what life is in the funk. Yes, it’s F.U.N.K. Just for you to know. This is life in the valley, at its lower level. There are things you can control, and things you can’t control. Embrace that and move on.

    #4.- Begin with the end in mind

    Just understand where you want to be before you start the journey. You need to picture what it may look like at the end.

    #5.- Talk to the winner

    How do you talk to yourself? What’s your self-talk? Talk to yourself better. Focus on the quality you have. And talk to the winner.

    #6.- Surround yourself with winners

    Surround yourself with people who are successful in the field you choose to excel at. Read about them, listen their audios, and watch their videos.

    #7.- Take responsibility.

    Have an “if it’s to be, it’s up to me” attitude. Look in the mirror and give responsibility to the person you’re watching. Let your efforts rise above your excuses.

    # 8.- Take your goals seriously. But not yourself.

    Set some goals in different areas of your life. take them seriously. Life is short. Enjoy it. Write your goals down and know for sure you’re going to accomplish them.

    #9.- What can you do, others can’t.

    What are your strengths?  Don’t let life happen to you. Be pro-active.

    #10.- No pain, no gain

    Success is hard. “I don’t promise easy, I promise worthy”, said leadership guru Orrin Woodward.

    # 11.- Be hard on yourself, easy on others

    You have to hold the bar high. Don’t lower it down to get over it> Be an example. D the right things. Give others time to grow. Don’t lower the bar for them neither.

    # 12.- win-win or no deal

    When you get in a relationship with someone, is this a win for each of you?  Ask yourself what  can you give and what  can you get from this relationship.

    #13.-  Be an encourager

    Be a life enhancer. Be a magnet others. Give genuine compliments. be specific in telling the good about others.

    These principles are not for tomorrow. Start applying them now and prepare for the successful results for tomorrow.

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  • Leadership et principes de succès !

    Orrin Woodward, leader et bâtisseur émérite de communauté ,  vient de publier un blog sur 12 principes de succès que je m’empresse de reprendre ici. C’est de la bonne nourriture pour le cerveau et qui mérite d’être partagé avec un plus large public.

    Nous accordons beaucoup plus de soin à notre automobile qu’à notre cerveau. Certes, il faut prendre soin de son véhicule mais il faut avant tout prendre soin de son cerveau qui est jusqu’ici l’ordinateur le plus puissant jamais conçu.

     Le véhicule peut être remplacé à tout moment. Mais, chaque cerveau humain est unique et jusqu’ci il n’ya pas eu de transfert ou de greffe de cerveau comme c’est le cas pour les autres parties du corps.

    Les ingénieurs ont travaillé pendant des décennies pour tenter de re-créer, ce que tant de gens tiennent pour acquis, celui d’inventer une machine proche de la capacité du cerveau humain pour collecter, trier, reconnaître les tendances, faire des prédictions, et produire des résultats.

    Peu de gens s’adonnent à faire l’entretien régulier pour le bon fonctionnement de leur cerveau par l’accumulation de pensées constructives vers un objectif ou un rêve. C’est l’essayiste américain  Henry David Thoreau qui  écrit: «La plupart des hommes mènent  une vie de désespoir tranquille.”

    Nous sommes nés pour gagner. Et, nous avons  un cerveau avec le pouvoir d’accomplir presque n’importe quoi, avec la possibilité de changer notre situation en le programmant correctement. Mais le choix de ne pas prendre la responsabilité de sa mise en œuvre est un plan de l’échec.

    Chaque personne est responsable de l’entretien de son bien le plus précieux. Malheureusement, plus d’uns  ont failli à cette  responsabilité. Certains, consciemment ou pas, l’alimentent de pensées indésirable, de messages contradictoires, et de doutes. C’est comme verser du sable dans le moteur d’une Porsche, en pensant que la conception supérieure de cet automobile, permettra de s’en passer.

    C’est le même principe avec son cerveau. Si on verse de la programmation inappropriée dans son esprit, les résultats seront négatifs. Garbage in, garbage out.  

    Si l’on ne programme pas son cerveau avec le code de la réussite, d’autres se feront  un plaisir de combler ce vide. Par exemple, les annonceurs dépensent des milliards par an  avec l’intention spécifique de rentrer dans votre esprit leurs produits. Vous êtes en charge de votre vie, vous êtes en charge de votre cerveau. Il faut  prendre le commandement de la programmation pour produire les résultats que vous désirez dans la vie, pas ce que les annonceurs souhaitent.

    Il faut avoir des principes de succès en vue de produire les résultats qu’on désire dans la vie. Orrin Woodward propose un code de succès avec douze principes. La réussite, dit-il,  peut être douloureuse temporairement, en opérant des changements de programmation, mais l’échec est douloureux de façon permanente. Les gens ne changent pour deux raisons – la douleur ou le plaisir associé à la modification. Quand la douleur de rester le même devient trop grande, les gens vont changer. Quand le plaisir d’une nouvelle condition est assez grand, les gens vont se déplacer dans la direction souhaitée.
    Le changement va amener des sacrifices temporaires pour se débarrasser de la servitude de la peur et de la pensée incorrecte. Le succès doit commencer par un rêve, un rêve qui vous pousse à changer, à laisser sa zone de confort et d’être mal à l’aise. Le rêve pousse à faire des changements, de donner l’impulsion nécessaire pour briser la programmation et la remplacer par un meilleur code plus productif. Le succès est  un ensemble qui commence avec un rêve, un combat et une victoire.

    Woodward invite à reprogrammer  son esprit vers la  réussite en adoptant le code des 12 principes suivants ;

    1. Apprenez à vous nourrir son subconscient et l’ esprit conscient.
    2. Décider que le caractère est plus important que la réputation.
    3. Apprendre que l’attitude détermine votre altitude.
    4. Apprendre que l’absence de plan est un plan à l’échec.
    5. Apprendre que le talent est un don, mais l’éthique au travail est un choix.
    6. Apprenez à augmenter le score des résultats dans le jeu de la vie.
    7. Développer l’art de diriger les gens.
    8. Apprendre que les individus se développent, mais les équipes explosent.
    9. Apprenez les secrets de l’intelligence émotionnelle.
    10. Développer l’art et les compétences de résolution des conflits.
    11. Apprendre à affronter la réalité brutale.
    12. Créer un héritage, lorsque tu es béni, être une bénédiction.

    Voici les douze principes à apprendre, à maitriser et à enseigner. Comme il y’a des los en physique, il y’a aussi des lois dans la science du succès qui si elles sont appliquées conduisent aux mêmes résultats.

     Roosevelt Jean-Francois