Why you do that you do?

We know that we want to make a change in our lives and that we want to reach great levels of success, but unless you understand the importance of finding your why and the importance of knowing why we want to reach our goals, we are adrift in an endless ocean with no land in sight. Finding your “WHY” is one of the most important steps to accomplishing the goals that you set out to achieve. Goals are the finish line, or an achievement that you set in your mind, but the WHY is the big reason for your sacrifices.

Knowing your WHY in your Life and Work is an important part of inspiring those around you and having them supporting you on your life's journey. 

There are seven billion people on this planet and everyone's thumb streak lines are different. That's how UNIQUE we are and so as our WHY. We all go through life with different experiences and all seven billion people on this planet have a unique life experience. 

How can you find your WHY?

Write down your life story before the age of 8. If you don't remember, write the best you can. Write both the good and the bad times you had. Write that in detail. It may take few days to write that. Take your time because it will eventually determine how effective and powerful you are in your life. What you do today is formed by the events and experiences you had in your formative years. You story can be few pages long. Your story is not too long and not too short. It's personal to YOU!

My WHY Story: I grew up in Eastern part of India. I was turbaned in my childhood and my classmates usually mock and make fun of me saying "paddu". I had a fight few times when my classmates played a prank on my turban and my turban was misplaced. I was bullied few times a year. Because of those instances, I remained unhappy, withdrawn, felt lack of belongingness and was lonely. When I first came to Canada, I brought all of that in my suitcase. Though I was in a most beautiful country, I was unhappy and withdrawn from society. I had friends and didn't have deep connection that left me lonely. My life got transformed after I had a coach and a mentor. I chose to coach/mentor people because that transformed my life and I want to be a cause in people's transformation. I literally got my life back and felt ALIVE again. Without coaching and mentoring, it wouldn't have been possible.

Discover your WHY. Why you do that you do?

Manny Daid

Life Coach, Author, Speaker & Investor

Leverage - Powerful Tool To Make Your Business & Life Effective And Efficient.

Leverage is often misunderstood in our community. But, this is one top quality of a highly successful people. Understanding "Leveraging" would give you peace of mind and freedom in your daily affairs.

What is Leverage? Google explains like this, “the exertion of force by means of a lever or an object used in the manner of a lever.” Leverage is a term used in personal or professional life to help you to achieve your goal by the effort of people in your network. Billionaires like Oprah Winfrey and Enver Yucel are someone who is a master at everything. But, in truth, they’re specialists in leveraging. Keep in mind wealthy people leverage people’s time, work, experiences, money, and ideas all of the time.

There are seven forms of leverage and they are:

1.OPM (Other People's Money for business sharing)
2.OPT (Other People's Time)
3. OPW (Other People's Work)
4. OPE (Other People's Experiences)
5. OPI (Other People's Ideas)
6. Scalable Production & Distribution: Instead of producing items for limited customers, sell your products worldwide.
7. Scalable Customer Base: Instead of having clients in a local area, expand to the cover multiple cities. One way of doing is the Internet.

What are you leveraging? Are you asking for support from your friends, family, acquaintances, strangers, business partners, colleague etc?

Write five people’s name that you can seek support from in your social circle? Also write what kind of support you can get from them(eg. Time, ideas, experiences, work etc)? Start Leveraging now!!!

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-From a book, Successful Canadian Immigrants, Mental Karate
by Manny Daid.

Article: Strategies for an Effective Networking

When asked about the most effective strategies for gaining new opportunities, most people will (and should) tell you it’s networking. However, whilst networking has proven to be a great way for many of us to explore new opportunities or find new clients, there are an equal number of people who’ve failed to achieve the results they were looking for. How can this be? More importantly, how can you become more effective at networking.

Effective networking involves determining your networking purposes and goals. You should identify possible contacts and develop a plan to ensure building upon these contacts. Be involved with events and forums in which your best contacts, potential clients, and referral sources are involved, using a client development plan as a guide that includes a personal plan of action on networking with colleagues and/or potential clients. Use existing contacts to make more introductions at events. Determine one or two of the best organisations, business forums, or other gatherings of prospective referrals, and set a plan in motion to an active networking.

Effective networking really involves a commitment of time, energy, and resources to produce meaningful results. But it doesn’t end there; you must also care for the network you’ve established (or are establishing), which includes personal contact through e-mails, telephone calls, scheduled meetings, or even a business lunch. Your approach, personal investment, and attention to detail will determine your long-term success. Other means can even include useful things such as sending through an article of relevance that may be of interest to a potential contact. Or, drill down even further and remember birthdays, acknowledge important achievements, or determine a contact’s favourite hobby or sports team, and simply use this information to build the relationship. The fact that you’re thinking about a new contact can, and will, pay huge dividends.

So, when it comes to attending an event to establish a network, my top 5 personal tips include:

1.      Break away from your regular crowd and make at least one new connection at every networking event or function.

2.      Find something interesting to engage the person you’ve met and ensure it’s an open exchange of dialogue and not a one-sided conversation or sales pitch.

3.      Always carry business cards. But instead of the well-trodden ritual of simply asking for someone’s business card and offering your own, find a unique way to pass on your details and to obtain theirs. Subtle creativity can often be memorable.

4.      Always make a few notes either whilst at the event or later back at your office about the contact you’ve made to ensure you’ll always remember a few things about that person.

5.      Follow up the contact via email within 24-hours of meeting, ensuring there’s a purpose to the follow up and not to simply say it was great to make their acquaintance.                                                          
 - Kylie Green