All in Leadership
Through timing, effective networking and nimble business positioning, the social networking site Facebook has become an astonishing success story. The site connects friends and strangers from across the globe, facilitating activism and changing the face of media. Facebook too has changed how we talk to each other and radically altered what we see as private or public.
Failure is inevitable, but it can also be beneficial. From revealing new ideas and pushing us to become our best, to helping us learn about our weaknesses, experiences of failure provide us with valuable opportunities. Along with clear goal-setting and a positive mindset, embracing failure is key to unlocking success.
There are only a few businesspeople in the world as well known and admired as Elon Musk. His successes in a range of areas – from electric cars to space travel – have established him as a household name.
The story of shoe giant Nike is one of humble beginnings and “crazy” ideas. The company’s rise to world fame goes to show that if you believe in your ideas, think outside the box and stay true to your values, there’s no limit to what you can accomplish.
Success isn’t about having the best ideas; it’s about having the best execution. Reaching your goals means treating every idea as its own project, and organizing your timetable around action and execution.
The founders of Microsoft, Intel and Apple all built their tech empires using the same strategies: they knew to create a vision, define a plan to realize it and take risks without endangering their entire company. Once their businesses were going strong, they launched them into the stratosphere beyond their competitors by sharing their talents with their companies and building platforms that established their products as industry standards.
