“Every morning in Africa, a Gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion, or it will be killed.
Every morning a Lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest Gazelle, or it will starve to death.
It doesn’t really matter whether you are a Lion or a Gazelle….
…..when the sun comes up, you’d better be running.”
Some questions come to mind from this story:
What time do we wake up every day, to start running?
Do we run every day? If not, why?
What makes us keeping running for a long period of time?


This is what we do at Dale Carnegie. We assist people to find out what makes them run, and we develop them to their full potential, to be brave to become the best of themselves.

Please feel free to come along, and invite any interested colleagues to our next Inspirational Leadership seminar on the 5th July at our office in Covent Garden, London.

Jose Bort
Performance Consultant

Live Life to the full - and be prepared for it

One of the distinct benefits of getting older is that, without doubt, ones wisdom increases. Now this statement does not necessarily mean that the breadth of our wisdom increases, indeed our wisdom may only be habits of things that work well in the narrow scope of the society with which we interact.

A few things have happened to me in the last couple of weeks that suggest we need to live life to the full. My experience, particularly since joining Dale Carnegie over 25 years ago, suggests that we should start living life to the full at the earliest opportunity.

Two deaths in the last two weeks of people who are known to me at levels 1 and 2 of the six degrees of separation prove, without doubt, we never know when the end is coming. This fact alone should be enough to get us fully charged and into action to live life to the full - each and every day. These are big events that impact those close by to change their lives and lifestyle without any prompting or support from other.

It is the lesser happenings though; the disappointment of not getting that pay rise, or promotion, or idea taken up by your boss, that should promote an equally dramatic response. But what if our comfort zone does not allow us to be confident around others, speak our heart and mind with passion or put ourselves out on a limb.

Then, are we consigned to a life of mediocrity?

The vast majority of people I have met that, for whatever of these reasons, and others, get involved in the Dale Carnegie Course or Executive Leadership Programme say that the programme changed their behaviours and changed their lives for the better.

In the context of life's earnings, the financial investment in programmes such as these is a mere speck. In the context of living life to the full, the investment is irrelevant.

Please do not wait for the 'big' events to persuade you; do what over 8 million other people have done. Change your life today

David Pickering
Trainer and Sales Consultant

http://www.london.dalecarnegie.co.uk/

Holiday

I am lucky!















I was given the possibility of taking extended annual leave and I visited South East Asia. It was the best holiday I've had so far.






Thailand is amazing, Malaysia is different and Singapore is like London but much hotter. My favourite place is in Thailand....Krabi area (Ko Phi Phi). PARADISE!



We met other travellers and most of them quit their jobs because they were bored, didn't find it interesting anymore or couldn't cope with the stress. I realised how lucky I am to love my job.



Some advice from one of my colleague: What ever you do make sure you enjoy it. When you wake up and it pains you're going to work you should look into doing something else.



I understand most of us work out of necessity but if possible we should look for work we enjoy. When you are passionate about what you do, that's when you can generate the best results for you and for your organisation.

Corina Balaneanu

Sales Consultant

www.london.dalecarnegie.co.uk

A Nation of Shopkeepers

Whilst lying in bed feeling unwell, I overheard, rather loudly, my sister and my mother discussing Napoleon and his famous quote putting us down, that we were a “nation of shopkeepers”, implying that Britain was incapable of great things, and would not be successful. However, it was these small businesses that built our economy and won the war (in short). Today, according to the Financial Times, 99.9% of all businesses are small and medium-size; these “are the backbone of Britain’s economy”.

As quoted by the Financial Times, Wednesday 1st June 2011, The Great Place to Work® Institute “defines a ‘great workplace’ as a place where people take pride in what they do, trust the organisation they work for and enjoy working with their colleagues...The dimensions of trust, pride and camaraderie are not soft or ‘fluffy’ intangibles. Research indicates that organisations that get this right have greater productivity and profitability.” It is these principles when successfully practised, tend to be more favourable, offering consequent impact on the bottom line, and allowing small best workplaces the edge over large best workplaces.

Dale Carnegie can teach you the skills be it if you’re in a small or large workplace, by powering you to move far beyond your comfort zone as you attain ambitious new goals and more, on the Dale Carnegie: Effective communications & Human Relations/Skills for Success course starting on 28th June 2011 http://www.london.dalecarnegie.co.uk/events/dale_carnegie_course/

Stephanie Fletcher

Marketing Assistant