CHAPTER 8: The Plan With No Escape
- You must act as if failure is not an option
- Facing death, the cornered animal is the fiercest
- Strategy and Structure - and Which Comes First
- Thriving in Conflict
- Winning on Your Turf, on Your Terms
- Never make an empty promise or an idle threat
"The leader who anticipates the failure of a bold plan, and prepares for it ... will fail."
CHAPTER 7: 11 Steps That Make The Deal
- Being careful doesn't mean moving slow any more than taking immediate action means you have to rush in unprepared and do something stupid
- Step 1: Identify the Idea
- Step 2: Investigate Generalities
- Step 3: Investigate Specifics
- Step 4: Commitment to the Idea
- Step 5: The Preliminary Decision
- Step 6: Investigation Continues
- Step 7: Formulate Your Action Plan
- Step 8: Establish Your Critical Path
- Step 9: Implementation and Follow-up
- Step 10: Execution
- Step 11: Re-evaluation of Monitoring Process
"You can leapfrog to Quantum success but you still have to do the deals one sure-footed step at a time."
CHAPTER 6: Creating Your Dream Team (Part 2)
- Partners and Staff
- Kissing Frogs
"The first method for estimating tthe intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him." ~ Niccolo Machiavelli
CHAPTER 6: Creating Your Dream Team (Part 1)
- No matter how good you are, you can't do it alone
- Your Board of Directors
- Retaining the Right Professionals - For the Right Price
- Your Mission Statement
"The first method for estimating tthe intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him." ~ Niccolo Machiavelli
CHAPTER 5: Building Perception to Become Reality
- Illusion is one of the skills of leadership
- You're damn right!
- The point is, this kid created the instant perception of a goofy, worthless doofus - which was real enough for you to believe in!
"Super success begins with your masterful illusion that it already exists."
CHAPTER 4: Getting Comfortable with High Performance
- Expand Your Comfort Zone
- Being a high performance super success is a learned behavior
- The super successful operate in a different atmosphere than most people
- Clarify your vision
- The 5 Credos of Success
- Mastermind Networks: Synergy or Silliness?
- Mentor's A Quantum Leap in Wisdom
"Success can be as frightening as failure. Begin preparing now for the new style and tempo of life which will come with success."
CHAPTER 3: Conventional Wisdom - The Loser's Crutch
- Building Your Personal Foundation
- It Doesn't Matter What the Morons Say
- New Habits, New Companions
- Taking Important Decisions
- Keep Your Eye on the Vision and You Won't See the Obstacles
- A High Performer is Passionate!
- The Strength of Self-Confidence and Self Regard
"Do business the way it's usually done, if you're satisfied making the usual money the usual morons do."
CHAPTER 2: From the Barrio to the Castle
- Begin with Expectations of Super Success
- Create Order from Chaos ... And Make A Killing
- The Beauties of a Joint Venture: Other People's Money and Other People
"If you aren't prepared to die for your dreams, you aren't prepared to live for them."