High achievers tended to care about people as well as profits; low achievers were preoccupied with their own security.
High achievers viewed subordinates optimistically; low achievers showed a basic distrust of subordinates' abilitities.
High achievers sought advice from their subordinates, low achievers didn't.
High achievers were listeners; low achievers avoided communication and relied on policy manuals.
Often our attitude is the only difference between success and failure.History's greatest achievements have been made by men who excelled only slightly over the masses of others in their fields.
This could be called the principle of the slight edge. Many times that slight difference was attitude. The former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir underlined this truth in one of her interviews. She said, "All my country has is spirit. We don't have petroleum dollars. We don't have mines or great wealth in the ground. We don't have the support of a worldwide public opinion that looks favourably on us. All Israel has is the spirit on its people. And if the people lose their spirit, even the United States of America cannot save us." This great lady was saying.
Opportunities must be nourished if they are to survive. As Peter Drucker, the father of modern management, says, "Feed an opportunity; starve a problem."
