13 steps to being a great boss

This blueprint of success is for winners who were born to win and take action to make things happen.

1. You can be born to win or born to lose, the choice is yours.

There is a little thing called knowledge, and a little knowledge can turn a loser into a winner. A little bit of knowledge can give you this one little tiny detail: Everything in life is a choice including happiness, sadness, success and failure. Even if you are from a very poor background or have a miserable past, you can achieve greatness. Greatness is inherent, but it is also a choice. You have to make the choice to apply this knowledge and you have to take the steps to learn how to earn.

2. Stop waiting for miracles and start creating miracles.

Many people sit around contemplating ideas. In fact, they spend so much time contemplating ideas they never get around to executing any of those big ideas. It’s like they’re waiting for some miracle to come their way. Nobody will do the work for except you.

3. Be your own biggest fan.

The easiest path to greatness is to simply create art that you love. If you are your own biggest fan, you will always have motivation to create because you are creating content for yourself. If you like it, other people will like it. If you are passionate about something, other people will be passionate about it too. To create great art that stands the test of time and moves people, simply create the art that you want.

4. Always wake up early so you can start the day the right way.

Waking up early is the only way you get work done. Wake up early and get work done, or wake up late and don’t be great. This is because people who wake up late do not get things done. People who wake up early get things done.

The more hours you have in the day = the more hours you have to get work done.

The less amount of hours you have in a day = the less work you get done.

Its that simple.

5. Have tunnel vision for the mission and be blind to distraction.

Successful men see life through a tunnel. We see only the light at the end of the tunnel and we walk that way. When you lose focus, you lose momentum. Alternately, success in life is like driving down the highway towards a distant and far-off destination. If you pay too much attention to what’s on the left or the right, you will crash and burn.

6. You have to be fully focused on the drive ahead and only see distractions peripherally. You will find that success comes while you are doing other things, and at a certain point you will have driven past your original destination because you were too focused on moving forward.

7. Follow excellence.

Great men and women hold other people to high standards but they hold themselves to the highest standard. Always depend on yourself first. In the world of the great, make sure you are boldly competent, and then make sure the people around you are boldly competent as well. Do away with incompetencies.

8. Take inspiration from everywhere, everyone and everything.

The way you stay average is by taking inspiration from only one form of art. To transcend average you have to take inspiration from everything and everyone. Every person can give you something to learn from and every form of art can give you inspiration. Just take inspiration from all of the different styles and mold them into your own distinct style.

9. Speak your thoughts into a reality.

Creative people speak their way to the answer. That is what creativity is, it is simply speaking your way to the answer. If you keep it all in your head, the answer will never reveal itself to you.  If you don’t speak your way to the answer your head will stay murky. By speaking out loud your thoughts, your dreams become instantly clear. You have to write and/or speak your plans to make them clear. Speak the words and live the life.

10. Speak loud, use bold words and walk the walk.

When you speak, make sure you are heard by speaking loud, clear and proud. Great men speak from a place of power. Talkers who talk greatness but do not back it up with proof are not bold. No one will believe you until you show proof.

11. Dress great to be great.

If you want to earn a million naira, start by looking like a million naira. When you look great, you feel great and when you feel great you become great. There is no hurt in trying to look good, even your clothes will look good on you too.

12. Network

A great person is a delegator and a deal maker. Therefore it is vital to connect with, network with, meet with and form friendships with other go-getters. It is vital to your mission to connect with other like minds to form friendships with others on the same journey as you and to also have a network of fellow go-getters to plan with and help you break through obstacles and barriers.  One man has his own energy but a group of men working towards the same goal form a more powerful energy. When you do feel discouraged, the network is there to help you find courage again.

13. Study books written by great men and take extensive notes.

This is important because when you take notes you develop a true understanding of the material because you are physically writing the words, but you are putting them into your own words, you can understand.