3 competitive advantages

Be better than before, than yesterday...

Your competitive advantage cant be longer due from more and better talents because AI has made skills and knowledge available to everyone.   A recent post that I read said that there are 3 important competitive advantage and they come from personal improvement:

      1.  Integrity -  doing what you say, and saying what you do, are you honest, ?   Can you be trusted

      2.  Character -  are you just like one of hte popular guyrs who has 5 ladies with so many panganay

                               na ank and who tips 6 numbers for a one night stand, are you like a goon.

                               Do you have vices, are you hard working, do you wake up early are you determined

                               and persistent

     3.   Insight and/or vision -  the ability to see things in scenarios or events where all see nothing.  The 

                               ability to integrate all separate elements into one workable deal

    This post notices that in many deals, they still look for me maybe because of the 3.

 I have seen seome students in serependeity walk see businesses in crowded cbds, or see glorious big businesses in tracts of cogon grass.

For instance you see municipalities now having difficulties with solid waste and at the same time soaring electricity prices

Are you one?

My former classmates at the prestigious university remarked during a reunion that I got one of the best courses

Be better than before, than yesterday...

During one of the get togethers we had of alumni of a prestigious Catholic universities we went to the topic of courses taken at the undergrad and their values.   Mine was on behavioral sciences.  Most of them were on sciences and engineering, math.

They said they are fixed and and predictable but human behavior is not.

But even behavioral sciences is perplexed on human behavior -  no one can predict.  Maybe BF Skinner

behavioral reeenforcements works on birds, and dolphins but not much on homo sapiens.  Did you see the horror video on the  orcas devouring the trainer, or tigers too mangling trainers?

Some of the most ungrateful species belong to the homo species.  You do everything to please and motivate them but in the end they bite back (like the snakes) and are ungrateful.  And that you must accept.  No behavioral science theory can predict and or shape how people behave.  You have to be prepared for the worst

Just look at our well paid policeman teachers, and solons.    They have not changed.     

    Has the police force improved its public service?

    How about the quality of education?

    How about the graft and corruption allegation vs solons and members of the executive branch

The question lies in the human character, will and integrity.     Not much of external carrots and sticks

Kaya the military excels in instilling internal changes in the mindsets of soldiers.  Hence theirs success

Lack of integrity, lack of corde seen in many quarters - "when the cat is away...."

Be better than before, than yesterday...

I have to do a lot of repeated travels to talk face to face with people.  The pandemic and the current "repre sent tibs"   "tong gressman"   have thrown integrity and character to the window and the dogs.    Our staff dont care about the community -  about the bayan   Forgot to become BAYANI.  Panay sarili.

That means:   no improvement, walang malasakit, walang unity, walang teamwork.  Poverty for the outsiders.   

No sense of mission.    Selfish.    Kanya kanya and with it comes feeling entitlement and with it theft and dishonesty.    Sayang mga Pinoy.    Sayang pinag aralan

Nawalang integrity...

All you need in life are your intellect and character - not cars, condos, watches or flashy gadgets

Be better than before, than yesterday...

Early in my life I built and reenforced my perceived success with its trappings:   expensive cars -  BMW, Range Rover  Patrol SUV, Land Cruiser etc watches, big house.  Of course you need to impress others with your achievements   You need trophies for them to trust you

But later on this post found more basic things in life:   good health, good family relationships, kindness to people, legacy, character

And to build your business you need speaking nego skills, knowing math and knowing how to balance your need vs the other negotiator and its going to be win win for both.    I found out that negotiation is not easily learned and some falter in negotiation and have not prepared well for it when the issue comes.

Being in business, being an entrepreneur is a test of your character

Be better than before, than yesterday...

Starting a business, maintaining it is the ultimate test of your character:   courage, determination, persistence, integrity, people skills etc.   You can fail if you have a flaw in your character.

Cornerstone of great leadership

Repost from Open Forum | May 17, 2013

The article starts with a very nice quote from John Quincy Adams: “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”

The four cornerstone of leadership are:  (VICC)

Vision

Integrity

Character

Credibility

Lay out on the table of what you think you are with words say not more than 20

The way to test is to ask people around you to describe you in terms of tagwords.  Match these to what you think you are.

Is there a gap