1.1 The right DNA for the job

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1.1.1 you were born that way
	For the greater part, what you innately are predisposes you to choose what you pursue

1.1.2 EQ -- meta-ability to succeed
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1.1.3 personality -- traits to succeed
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1.1.4 IQ -- the intellect to succeed
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1.1.5 habits -- guaranteed to succeed
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Key Success Factor 1.1 of Module 1

1.1 The right DNA for the job

Summary of Key Success Factor - KSF 1.1

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You don't become -- you are. Successful business people are far more born than made. They have the double-helix to succeed, the moxie to make it, the right DNA for the job.

1.1.1 You were born that way

For the greater part, what you innately are predisposes you to choose what you pursue. It's in your genes. You were born that way. When you follow your calling, you are most likely to have the right DNA for the job -- the double-helix to succeed. You don't become -- you develop, optimize, maximize and realize what you are.

Your genes are all-pervasive. Your genes influence your behavior, personality, aptitudes, temperament, disposition, attitudes, motivation, ambition. Genes influence your every thought and action. Your nature is as much a product of evolution as your physique. You should view your business career as an extension of your DNA.

Think of your genes influencing you as the 'prevailing wind that blows throughout your life's journey.' This analogy is simple, yet powerful. It describes persistence, direction, force, the choice to go with it or not, and the ease, speed and distance you can travel with a favorable tailwind.

Phenotypes (genetic expressions) are the 'double-helix' forces that drive success at the individual level and, when you carefully choose small groups of people (ideally five or less) whose phenotypes are complementary, not antagonistic, they will generate the winning genes-behavior dynamic at the team level, i.e., they will bring together all the behavioral competencies necessary to attain their part of your firm's business objective. MORE

1.1.2 EQ -- meta-ability to succeed

You can get ahead and your organization can become more competitive when you and your colleagues learn to master the core competencies of emotional intelligence: self-awareness, self-motivation and mood management.

1.1.3 Personality -- traits to succeed

Are you one of the 20% of American boss-men boors whose antagonistic attitude is that life is a free-for-all in which it's every mean, selfish bastard for himself or do you have the personality it takes to succeed in business?

1.1.4 IQ -- the intellect to succeed

IQ matters. IQ is a powerful predictor of job performance. But always remember two things. One: by definition half the population has below-average IQ. And two: the difference between those who can think and those who can do is motivation. IQ alone is never enough.

1.1.5 Habits -- guaranteed to succeed

We are what we habitually do. Habits are our best guarantee of success in business. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character and produce our effectiveness or our ineffectiveness.

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