Ambition
Welcome back and Happy New Year everybody. If you are like me you will have used the Christmas break to relax, unwind, enjoy time with family & friends and reflect on the year.
You may also, like me, have used the time to think forward, project ahead and decide what you want to achieve in 2010. You may have made a resolution or two (some of which have been broken already).
I went back to a couple of books I've read in the past to think about 2010 with a totally focused positive mental attitude and was reminded that attitude not aptitude affects your altitude. We all have our own definition of success, the key is to determine what will make you happy and pursue it with a passion. Be relentless, maintain a positive mental attitude and go for it. If that's ambition then I guess even cogs need it as everybody needs to know what they want to achieve so that they know when they have achieved it.
Following the Christmas break have you had any further thoughts on ambition, success and resolved to do anything different?
Peter
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I think there is always an element of luck i.e. being in the right place at the right time, the other aspect is an ability to have a constant drive and a positive mental attitude that no matter what you flip every negative around to see it as a positive, as Simon Cowell states in his reference to a conversation with Peter Waterman, Simon took it as a challenge. I guess you also have to be totally ruthless to be as successful as Simon Cowell, I have to guess as I have no real idea :-)
You also have to remember Becky, someone has to be a cog!
It also depends on how you define success and being successful, is that lots of money, a great reputation for what you do, being a good parent, a good friend etc, everyone has their own definition of success and that means success for one will not register very high for another.
Jason
Holden Associates
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