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Lessons Learned
after 16 yearworkingon IT projects…
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A Team is a group of individuals who cooperate and work together to achieve a given set of objectives or goals (Horodyski, 1995).
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“The more you dream, the farther you get.”Michael Phelps
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Success doesn´t come
to You…
You Go
For It!!Marva Collings
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Communication is the
glue that holds a project team
together.
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A business cannot grow unless the people in it aren’t motivated enough
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Great spirits have always
encountered violent
opposition from
mediocre minds.
Albert Einstein
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Never throw in the towelUse it to wipe off the sweatThen keep on going
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You never know
how strong you are
until being strong
is the only choice
you have
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VIDEOYour attitude determines your altitude.
Stephen Covey
Love your
enemies because they bring out the
best in you
Friedrich Nietzche
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“Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes” Oscar Wilde
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Believe in yourself
Never Give Up!
never, never, never, never
give up.
Never!
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THINK BIG and don´t listen to people who tell you it can´t be done. Life´s too short to think small.
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”Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in
doing it.”Greg Anderson
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“Nothing means more to me than helping my team win” Derek Fisher
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Fernando Martin became the first Spanish player to play in NBA.
Difficult doesn't mean impossible, it simply means that you have to
work hard.
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Work Hard&
Have Fun&
Make HistoryJeff Bezos
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“Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender
the Me for the We.” Phil Jackson
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Be Better
that you were
yesterdayVIDEO
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No one becomes a champion by accident
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1. Put your plans on paper. Spell out your goals and ways to reach them.2. Be specific. The advice you give yourself must be such that you can put it into practice.3. Break the task down into small pieces so that you can handle them easily.4. Establish checkpoints on your progress as well as rewards.5. Remind yourself of the benefits you expect from your tasks completion.6. Avoid temptations and circumstances that might sidetrack you.7. Recognize your limitations. Don’t set unrealistic goals.8. Take advantage of your own energy peaks!9. Use negative motivation. Remind yourself of the consequences of inaction.10. Keep a time-control budget. Don’t let one task take control over others.11. Set deadlines and hold yourself to them.12. Make an honest distinction between “I can’t” and “I don’t want to”.13. Get started now. Don’t stall.14. Improve your self-persuasion ability. 15. Learn the difference between reasoning and rationalizing.16. Be optimistic. Your chances for success will increase.17. Decide how you want to start, what needs to be done first.18. Read, especially literature related to your situation.19. Use self-signaling devices – notes, signs, cues, reminders.20. Promise yourself rewards.21. Use the stimulation provided by good news to do extra work.22. Recognize conflicts and make a choice.23. Give yourself the right to make mistakes. No one is perfect.24. Exercise your sense of humor. Laughter indicates a realistic point of view.
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24 ways of motivate yourself. “THE LEADERSHIP CENTER AT WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY”
