Friday 19 April 2013

The 20th E beyond Excellence: Enlightenment


What's next to 19 Es of Excellence? Yes, it's 'Enlightenment'. 

Eon's ago, Lord Buddha attained 'Enlightenment' & today when Management Executives strive to reach Excellence as end goal, I advocate for 'Enlightenment'.

In my humble opinion Excellence is a worldly pleasure; although it strengthens the global fabric, Enlightenment soothes the soul, brings both peace & delight same time. It's the thing beyond Excellence, once attained, there is nothing left to achieve.

We strive for Excellence; use 19 Es to reach there, but as we know Enlightenment can only be attained. 

Excellence is not the destination, it's 19th milestone. Enlightenment is next, it's the glory to be attained. 

~Glory which is forever yours to cherish~



Monday 1 April 2013

The 19 Es of Excellence

I tried, I failed...I tried again, I failed again...I tried once more to find a better way to put this thought across, I failed again, thus with my head held high, I am reproducing these directly as read from cover page of The Little Big Things - Tom Peters. All credits to our Guru - Tom Peters 

Original Article The 19 Es of Excellence

Enthusiasm. (Be an irresistible force of nature!) Energy. (Be fire! Light fires!) Exuberance. (Vibrate—cause earthquakes!) Execution. (Do it! Now! Get it done! Barriers are baloney! Excuses are for wimps! Accountability is gospel! Adhere to the Bill Parcells doctrine: "Blame no one! Expect nothing! Do something!") Empowerment. (Respect and appreciation rule! Always ask, "What do you think?" Then listen! Then let go and liberate! Then celebrate!) Edginess. (Perpetually dancing at the frontier, and a little or a lot beyond.) Enraged. (Determined to challenge & change the status quo!) Engaged. (Addicted to MBWA/Managing By Wandering Around. In touch. Always.) Electronic. (Partners with the world 60/60/24/7 via electronic community building and entanglement of every sort. Crowdsourcing rules!) Encompassing. (Relentlessly pursue diverse opinions—the more diversity the merrier! Diversity per se "works"!) Emotion. (The alpha. The omega. The essence of leadership. The essence of sales. The essence of marketing. The essence. Period. Acknowledge it.) Empathy. (Connect, connect, connect with others' reality and aspirations! "Walk in the other person's shoes"—until the soles have holes!) Experience. (Life is theater! Make every activity-contact memorable! Standard: "Insanely Great"/Steve Jobs; "Radically Thrilling"/BMW.) Eliminate. (Keep it simple!) Errorprone. (Ready! Fire! Aim! Try a lot of stuff and make a lot of booboos and then try some more stuff and make some more booboos—all of it at the speed of light!) Evenhanded. (Straight as an arrow! Fair to a fault! Honest as Abe!) Expectations. (Michelangelo: "The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it." Amen!)Eudaimonia. (Pursue the highest of human moral purpose—the core of Aristotle's philosophy. Be of service. Always.) Excellence. (The only standard! Never an exception! Start now! No excuses!) 

If not Excellence, what? If not Excellence now, when?