The Art of Winning

This post is written by my brother, Dominik Wrzesniewski.

I know many people who have achieved a real success. Often these successes were spectacular victories and great accomplishments. All these people show certain behavior and characteristics, which, in my opinion, first - are good prognostics of success, and secondly - facilitate its achievement. Real winners take care of matters important for success of their intention. This approach works both for bold ventures but may also be useful for smaller tasks. What is common for winners and what do they do?

Winners plan and recognize

Before each, even a fairly simple task, it is worth to prepare a plan of action. It should include key ingredients and the procedures concerning goal which we want to achieve. The degree of complexity and thoroughness of the plan is growing with the increase in the scale and magnitude of the planned projects. The plan should also include possible scenarios for various courses of events.

Winners keep focus on objective

The overall objective of the activity is always in the limelight. Virtually all the actions are subordinated to the principal objective, then it is easy to eliminate the activities and operations fully redundant, so that we can contribute to saving resources and time.

Winners think broadly

Even with a clearly defined goal; the winners always keep a good orientation in a broader context. They are focused on the main task but they do not forget about different and sometimes even loosely related matters. These cases usually make an extensive network of relationships. Taking care of subordinate elements, promotes a whole on the basis of synergies.

Winners care about the details

The devil lies in the details. Deep truth contained in it, is to acknowledge that sometimes minor elements may weaken or even completely undermine the great venture.

Winners act consistently

Even in seemingly unrelated to each other issues and areas, the operation of winners is always consistent with the whole plan and the main idea. At the level of prepared offer, used tools, communication with customers, all the elements are linked and efficiently used. Often, these actions are part of the visual identification system and organisational culture.

Winners act consequently

Focused all the time on the main objective, winners always consistently implement established milestones leading to the goal. Detailed plan for minor elements and the nodes makes achieving goal easier to control and track progress. By looking at the wider environment, in the case of the emergence of various difficulties, the winners can quickly develop an alternative solution and continue the implementation of the task.

Winners apply the principles of social impact

Most of our activity is undertaken in contact with other human beings. Many decisions important for venture depend on their goodwill. Therefore, gaining their goodwill is definitely a must. Speaking to the individual by name, being genuine and open smile do their job in all circumstances.

Winners believe in themselves

If I do not believe in myself, who else will? This wise truth shows that winners’ faith in themselves, their capabilities and the entire project is the fuel for its implementation. Both themselves and others involved in the process will certainly feel the power flowing with enthusiasm and genuine commitment to the task. Great achievements emerge from passion!

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