Posts Tagged ‘Nelson Mandela’
MANDELA’S WAY ~ Lesson No. 10
KNOW WHEN TO SAY NO This is the tenth post in this series of 15 lessons taken from the book MANDELA'S WAY written by Richard Stengel EXTRACT : "Nelson Mandela is not a man of maybes . He may be silent . He may be evasive . He will sometimes delay and postpone and try…
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KEEP YOUR RIVALS CLOSE This is the ninth post in this series of 15 lessons taken from the book MANDELA'S WAY written by Richard Stengel EXTRACT :" While Mandela often took his friends for granted , he never did the same with his rivals . While he often lost track of his colleagues , he…
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KNOW YOUR ENEMY This is the eighth post in this series of 15 lesons taken from the book MANDELA'S WAY written by Richard Stengel EXTRACT : "You go straight to their hearts . It was an echo of something else he had famously said about the art of persuasion : 'Don't address their brains .…
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SEE THE GOOD IN OTHERS This is the seventh post in this series of 15 lessons taken from the book MANDELA'S WAY written by Richard Stengel . EXTRACT : "Some call it a blind spot , others naivete' , but Mandela sees almost everyone as virtuous until proven otherwise . He starts with an assumption…
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HAVE A CORE PRINCIPLE – EVERYTHING ELSE IS TACTICS This is the sixth post in the series of 15 lessons taken from the book MANDELA'S WAY written by Richard Stengel . EXTRACT : "Nelson Mandela is a man of principle – exactly one : Equal rights for all , regardless of race , class or…
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LOOK THE PART This is the fifth post in this series of 15 lessons taken from the book MANDELA'S WAY written by Richard Stengel . EXTRACT : " We strive to judge people by the content of their character , but Nelson Mandela understood that sometimes the best way to help others see your character…
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LEAD FROM THE BACK This is the fourth post in this series of 15 lessons taken from the book MANDELA'S WAY written by Richard Stengel . EXTRACT : " As much as Mandela loved the limelight , he always knew he had to share it . He understood that some part – quite a large…
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LEAD FROM THE FRONT This is the third post in this series of 15 lessons taken from the book MANDELA'S WAY written by Richard Stengel . EXTRACT : "Throughout his life , Mandela took risks to lead . If he were a soldier , he would be the one jumping out of the foxhole and…
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