Development Solutions Consultancy

Recently we advertised and held a two-day training on Enhancing Personal Success Through Employment in Arusha from 29-30 November 2012. The training was aimed at enabling each participant to:

• Perform more effectively by focusing on results;
• Pro-actively manage oneself to achieve results;
• Utilize employment for personal growth and success.

So, what did participants think of it?

• 100% rated the training as very useful;
• 100% said they would recommend the training to other staff members in their organizations;
• 100% said they would be very interested in another training from Development Solutions Consultancy.

• What is it? Enhancing Personal Success through Employment
• Where? Equator Hotel, Arusha, Tanzania
• When? 29th & 30th November 2012
• Daily start and end times? 9:00AM to 4:30PM (with breaks in-between)

It’s quite interesting when you think about it that 97% of the world population controls about 3% of the wealth. It’s sad but most of our university educational systems set us up to compete for 3% of the wealth. The rich 3% live on a philosophy that says, “Observe the masses and do the opposite.” In other words successful people don’t follow the crowd; they tend to question what’s common and mostly do just the opposite. They tend to do what’s uncommon and therefore also live an uncommon life.

Uncommon people understand that trying harder isn’t necessarily a solution to achieving more. It may not offer any real promise for getting what you want out of life. In fact, sometimes, it’s a big part of the problem. They believe it’s more worthwhile spending more time developing your strengths rather than spending more time improving your weaknesses. We all have weaknesses but uncommon people tend to manage their weaknesses, and then continually develop and master what they are good at. They believe that you cannot be anything you want to be, but you can be a lot more of who you already are. Continue reading...

“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” - Henry David Thoreau

One common trait among many successful people from different walks of life is focus. Focus is when clarity, concentration, and action converge to make a specific result in the present. Our ability to consistently focus on the right targets, keeps us in the direction of our vision. Therefore, whatever you want out of life comes down to your ability to focus. Your ability to focus actually aids you in overcoming challenges faster than you can imagine.

If you want certain results badly enough, you have the power to make them happen, no matter what other people say and no matter how tough the odds appear to be at first. The path towards great accomplishment, demands that you do certain things even if you don’t like them. Successful people maintain their focus and do the things they have to do because they know the end result is worth the price. Continue reading...

Attitude is an inward feeling, that’s expressed by outward behavior. Attitude can also be defined as the composite of an individual’s thoughts, feelings and actions. Attitude is therefore about, how a person is and that overflows into how he acts. If you study the lives of many successful people to determine what qualities made them successful, it will be clear to you that they all have strong attitudinal qualities. Many people have well developed skills, but their attitude hinders them from successfully talking on great opportunities.

Our attitude is therefore the primary force that will determine whether we succeed or fail. This simple but important knowledge seems to be absent in our educational systems and as a result, most people are hindered from moving forward towards higher and more significant achievements. Good attitudes among a team do not guarantee a team’s success, but bad attitudes guarantee its failure. Continue reading...

Successful people are good time managers; in fact, they understand that time management is really life management. Time management is self-discipline in action. The purpose of managing your time well is to enhance and improve the quality of your life. The most important things in a person’s life are their health, their peace of mind and their relationships. Life is all about managing your time well so that you can do the things that are most important to you. This means that, it is very important to know what our values and priorities are.

The best way to start is by developing goals and getting clear on what we want to accomplish. It’s been found that, the top 1% of all successful people have very clear written goals. Having done that, we then prioritize our goals and develop the necessary action plans to achieve them. The next step is to prioritize the developed action plans. We utilize such aids as the Pareto Principle in ensuring our effectiveness. Continue reading...

The late author and teacher Napoleon Hill spent 20 years studying the lives of 500 very successful men and women in the early 1900’s. Most of these men and women were millionaires. He found out that success can be outlined in a simple formula that anyone would be able to understand and follow if they choose to. “What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve”, is one of Hill’s famous expressions.

Hill was absolutely right for in today’s world it is clear that people who have limiting beliefs, hardly tap into their potential which leads them to take mediocre actions and ultimately getting mediocre results. Once they see their mediocre results, their limiting beliefs become even more strengthened, they tap much less into their potential which leads them to taking further poor actions and they keep on getting poor results. This failure cycle continues unless their limiting beliefs are changed. Continue reading...

To move from where we are to where we want to be in our careers requires us to take different sets of actions. Change is our own personal responsibility. We only got one life to live so we have to get over ourselves and make it count. Most people get stuck and they keep doing things the same way because that’s how they’ve been told to do. When change has to happen there is always fear.

We are always afraid to try something new, we are afraid that we might make the first big mistake and be pointed out for it. The reality is that people who don’t do anything automatically loose. Now when you take action you may make some mistakes, in fact chances are that you probably will at some point but bear in mind the richness in experience you will now possess that will aid greatly in your coming future endeavors. Continue reading...

At any point in our lives, we can be certain that there are always problems to deal with and obstacles to overcome. Studies have shown that human beings are driven by two emotions; pain and pleasure. This means that we are driven by our need to avoid pain or our desire to gain pleasure.

For instance when things get difficult and tough, most people will not take the initiative to deal with them and find solutions because it makes them uncomfortable. In other words it’s much more pleasurable and comfortable for them to avoid challenges, than to take action towards solving them. It’s easy to point the finger and blame our boss, the government, our circumstances or even our work environment to justify the current position in our lives.

The bottom line is that most people are ready and able to become more successful but many are not willing to become more successful. In other words most people are reluctant to do what’s hard and necessary. Continue reading...