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What Makes A Champion

Champions have an attitude, a mindset that sets them apart from others. Few of these qualities are exceptional. But, as Shiv Khera, author of "You Can Win" puts it, "Winners don't do different things. They do things differently."

1. Champions are Willing to Learn
One of the most important qualities necessary to success is to be educated, to read about, learn and absorb the things you need to know, even if they are completely new to you.

2. Champions are Willing to Act
Champions use their newly learned skills, taking concrete steps to improve their performance, so they can take their business to the next level. They know that they must act on what they have learned, even if they haven't perfected it.

3. Champions are Not Afraid to Fail
Champions are not afraid to fail. They know that failure can be the best teacher. They learn from their mistakes and keep fine-tuning their methods till they succeed. Champions have the courage to fall down and not be discouraged. They pick themselves up and keep trying.

4. Champions are Willing to Adapt
Darwin got it wrong. Survival is not of the fittest, but of the most adaptable. Children adapt to long-term change with little difficulty. They are willing to accept situations and adapt their behaviour accordingly.
Unfortunately, as we grow older, we become more rigid in our thinking, unwilling to accept that there may be better ways of doing things. In a changing business scene, resistance to change makes us obsolete. We lose out to players who better understand changing trends. Champions adapt themselves and their businesses to the changing environment.

5. Champions are Willing to Innovate
Children come into this world with no preconceived notions. In their minds there are no limits to what they can do, or how they can do it. Champions apply these very principles to take their businesses to the top. They not only learn from what has been done before. They find ways of doing it more efficiently, more cheaply, more successfully.

Copyright © 2003 Priya Shah
Priya Shah, author of "Number One In Your Niche", (click to site), is also editor of "Be a Whiz at eBiz!" (click to site) and "The Glutathione Report" (click to site).





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