Education does not stop when you leave the classroom. You can learn to be more successful every day.

Here are some personal development tips to help anyone achieve their goals in life.

ACCOUNTABILITY
Be responsible and accountable. There is nothing to gain from pointing the finger or blaming others.

BUILDING POSITIVE HABITS
Lay a foundation brick by brick, in no time you will have a great wall to protect from the negativity and negative habits that are so prevalent in the world today.

CONSCIOUSNESS
Become aware of everything. Be aware when negative thoughts cross your mind. Be aware of the people you associate with. Be aware of how you think and live your life everyday.

DRIVE
Don't give up. Be relentless, if something falls short of expectations, take a step back, reassess, make the necessary corrections and try again, then again, and again if needed. It has been said that Thomas Edison made 1000 attempts before inventing the light bulb. Make no mistakes persistence will pay off.

EFFICIENCY
Becoming efficient and organized is the foundation of personal development. Strive to accomplish more in less time.

FINISH
Completion of tasks or projects is crucial to personal development and success. Once something gets started, make sure it gets finished.

GOALS, GOALS, GOALS
Setting and achieving goals provides the empowerment to achieve anything in life. The world's greatest leaders are master goal setters. Knowing where they want to go with a plan in place is the reason for their successes.

HAPPINESS
Life is full of bumps in the roads. Rather than dwelling on the negatives, take these little bumps and be happy that life has given a new challenge. Find a positive solution. Remember the song "Don't worry, Be happy".

INDIVIDUALISM
Be the unique individual you are. There is no law that states in order to become a better or more successful individual requires you to change who you truly are.

KNOWLEDGE
Learn something new everyday. Talk to others, read books, research on the Internet, find a mentor, or listen to motivational tapes or CDs. The Tony Robbins, Brian Tracys and Zig Ziglars of the world became the leaders they are through their knowledge.

LEADERSHIP
Lead by example, be the model for others to emulate. Be knowledgeable, fair, consistent and approachable. Become a coach or mentor to someone. Strive for excellence.

NEGATIVITY
Plain and simple, get rid of it, flush it down the toilet. Negativity is like poison and it is more contagious than catching a cold.If you associate with negative people it is imperative to get rid of them also.

OPEN MINDED
Keeping an open mind is crucial to success. Limiting thoughts and actions will hinder growth and more than likely bring everything to a grinding halt. Keep the eyes and ears open, the opportunity to grow is more often than not right in front of you.

QUOTES
A great motivator is to read quotes from well known writers, leaders in business and motivational speakers.

RATIONALIZATION
Use common sense, take the time to think things out before making decisions or taking action.

SIMPLE
Follow the KISS principle. Keep It Super Simple. If there is no need to complicate something, don't.

TAKE CONTROL
Take responsibility for your life. Set goals, make plans,stay focused, and take action.

UNSTOPPABLE
Those who achieve their goals and dreams in life possess an unstoppable attitude. Their attitude can be compared to a F-5 tornado. These people believe that there is nothing that can get in the way of their success, if something tries, they will blow right through it.

VISION
Dream, envision, prioritize what is most important, and set out to accomplish it. At the end of your life don't let yourself regret not doing the things you truly wanted to do. Envision it, Live it.

WRITE IT DOWN
Put your goals down on paper, post reminders around your home and workplace to keep you focused on them. Keep a journal of your life, document your accomplishments as well as your failures, it's a great way to track your life.

eXPERT
Become an expert at what you love, learn everything about it. Knowledge and passion leads to wealth.

YEARN
Without a need there is nothing to yearn for. Whether there is a need to spend more time with the family, make more money or get that promotion at work. Yearn for it, want it, crave it, then get a plan in motion to get it.

ZOOM
Get into the race car of life, buckle up, shift it into overdrive, put the pedal to the metal and zoom your way to the top.

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CRM Value

I recently read an interesting article related to CRM Value from Deloitte. http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/cda/doc/content/CRM%281%29.pdf I think this ties well with our earlier series on CRM ROI and blog entry titled "The Owners...

Posted 7/24/2005 / Comments (4)

AAR (After Action Review)

Greetings everyone and sorry for a delayed edition of the blog. Last year I had written an entry about spending adequate time on project windups. (see archives - "Winding up ? Don't be in a hurryâ€¦") and I had heard a lot of feedback and interest on the topic from some of you. I was having a chat ...

Posted 6/26/2005 / Comments (2)

Information Privacy

Over last few days, I have been trying to understand differences between information privacy in Europe and the US.

Posted 4/17/2005

Measuring ROI of CRM Systems: Conclusion

Assessing ROI of CRM systems is a daunting task. Cap Gemini Ernst & Young (CGEY) published a CRM Index based on a survey of nearly 200 European companies concluding that over 66% of companies cannot identify the ROI from their CRM investments. This is not that there is no ROI but that these comp...

Posted 3/30/2005 / Comments (2)

Measuring ROI of CRM Systems: Part III - Returns

We continue our forray into the dauting task of assessing ROI of CRM systems by outlining methods of measuring specific returns.

Posted 3/28/2005 / Comments (2)

Measuring ROI of CRM Systems: Part II - Investments

We continue our forray into the dauting task of assessing ROI of CRM systems by outlining a framework for measuring specific investments and returns.

Posted 3/24/2005

Measuring ROI of CRM Systems: Part I - Challenges

Assessing ROI of CRM systems is a daunting task. In this series of entries we'll take an in-depth look at the specific challenges and attempt to offer a framework for measuring the returns of CRM systems.

Posted 3/22/2005 / Comments (2)

2004 & 2005: Kudos Bloggers and Readers

Recently I read two articles on the Wall Street Journal on blogs. . . The first one talks about blog readership jumps in 2004. 27% of online adults in the US read blogs! Wow, thats a big number and its growing. The second article, titled 'Five Tech Things to Watch in 2005', again talks about ...

Posted 1/3/2005

PEEK AT 2005: Here's Another One

Gentle Folks, here's another one . . . CRM Magazine's take on what is to come in 2005.

Posted 12/31/2004

PEEK at 2005: Thank You BI For Creating Huge Market; Now Let Us Own It

Here is a link from SearchCIO where Rebecca Wettemann - VP Research, Nucleus Research Incorporated desrcibes predictions for 2005 . . . http://searchcio.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid19_gci10366...

Posted 12/29/2004

PEEK at 2005: Did UNISYS Get It Right?

Here are six predictions from Unisys about what is coming up in CRM in 2005 . . . http://www.unisys.com/about__unisys/news_a_events/11308472.htm Did they get it right? Well, 2005 will tell, but #1, #3, and #5 all seem pr...

Posted 12/28/2004

PEEK at 2005: Tie or Die

Another trend which will likely pick up pace in 2005 is integration between CRM, ERP, & SCM (Supply Chain Management).

Posted 12/28/2004

PEEK at 2005: Warning - CMI On Its Way

CMI (Customer Managed Interaction) is a new service model that puts customers in charge of their data about their past purchases and product preferences. At the same time, it also helps companies use the deep consumer knowledge that CRM (Customer Relationship Management) has not been able to ...

Posted 12/25/2004 / Comments (3)

2004 RECAP: On Demand?

This is something which started making noise this year and is gonna get bigger beyond what some people have estimated . . . 'On Demand' CRM. Spending on On Demand software is expected to grow at a compounded 25% a year to $9 billion by 2008!

Posted 12/22/2004

2004 RECAP: The Greatest Debacle?

Over the next few entries, I will try to recap key highlights of 2004 and give my perspective on whats coming up in a BIG WAY in 2005 . . .

Posted 12/21/2004

Arm your consultants with these kits... they need it to survive in this war

Having toolkits, right methodologies and templates to help / guide you through the project is one of the very important factor in success of any project. (infact in my view, in importance ranking it would rank next only to human resources...see previous blog entry - 'Resources, Resources, ...

Posted 12/9/2004 / Comments (1)

Client Relationship Management

Another key dimension of project management (from a system integrator point of view) is Client Relatioinship management. Most of the CRM implementations will end up with some issues but what is important is that as a project manager you are able to communicate the positive ROI the implementation ...

Posted 11/3/2004

The Ownership, Overreaction ? Right balance ?

One of the key success factors in CRM projects is often determined even before the real work starts. The way the project organisation is structured (more so at the top) determines to a great lot about success of the initiative. Most often (atleast till last few years) one could find an IT manager ...

Posted 9/26/2004

Recognition & Appreciation

Martin's last comment about Recognition makes a strong point. Infact after reading that comment I thought of dedicating this edition of my blog to 'Recognition and Appreciation'. Well in my view of the world most important aspect of project management is people management. if you have your team ...

Posted 8/24/2004 / Comments (3)

Winding up ? Dont be in a hurry..

Greetings all, and sorry for a delayed edition. Well last few weeks have been very busy with celebrating success of a big CRM initiative and completing project closure / wind up activities. Well guess what ? thought will share some learnings we had while doing this wind up exercise.

Posted 7/23/2004 / Comments (1)

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