Our Powerpoint Slides for PDLS Assignment 2 on Succeeding in the Corporate World

1. Succeeding in
the Corporate
World
Nine Methods and
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2. Nine Methods to
Ensure you
Success
Creativity
Consistency
Grooming
Open-minded
The Ability to learn
Passion
Perfection
Perseverance
Flexibility and the Skill to Adapt
Enthusiasm

3. 1.) Creativity
 Think outside the box
 Explore new ways to
improve yourself
 Bring unique set of
ideas wherever
possible
 Don’t be afraid of “That's one of the
remarkable things about life.
mistakes, a good sense It's never so bad that it can't
blocks out creativity get worse.”
― Bill Watterson

4. 2.) Consistency
 Be able to carry out
your tasks on time
 Try not to be a two-
faced person
 Be on your top of your
game at all times
 Always be humble in
what you do.  “I am a slow walker, but
I never walk back.”
 Always take the high- ― Abraham Lincoln
road

5. 3.) Grooming & Etiquette
 It is essential for you to
attend to your hygiene
.i.e. cutting of
nails, shaven, clean
haircut
 Remember thank you’s
and please’
 Be Polite and helpful
 Create positive
impression to your peers  “Just because you fail once doesn't
and employers mean you're going to fail at
everything.”
 Gain an understanding ― Marilyn Monroe
of non-verbal
communication

6. 4.) Open-minded
 Accept the differences
in your colleagues
 Adapt to the new
culture of your working
environment
 Do not judge others as
you would not like or
 By all means let's be open-
enjoy to be judged minded, but not so open-
 Learn to have a high minded that our brains
drop out.
tolerance of the people Richard Dawkins
and things around you.

7. 5.) The Ability to Learn
 Control your mental
attitude, you must be
accurate by knowing
when and where to
apply your efforts
 Imagination plays a
significant role in  The secret of success is learning
how to use pain and pleasure
achieving success instead of having pain and
pleasure use you. If you do
 Enthusiasm is great that, you're in control of your life. If
you don't, life controls you.
because it affects Tony Robbins
whom it reaches

8. 6.) Passion
 Find out the qualities you
have that are strong and
useful, then plan for action
 You must have faith in your
own ability
 You must be self-
confident, self- motivated
 Inspire yourself and others
to achieve your goals
 Have a drive, that keeps  Every great dream begins with
you going and moving a dreamer. Always
forward remember, you have within
you the strength, the
patience, and the passion to
reach for the stars to change
the world.
Harriet Tubman

9. 7.) Perfection
 You must aim to have
high standards
 Always have a high
benchmark
 Set high goals
 Set high objectives
 And always try bring
 “Many of life's failures are
the best out yourself people who did not realize
how close they were to
and others success when they gave up.”
― Thomas A. Edison

10. 8.)Flexibility
 Adapting successfully to
changing situations
 Keeping calm in the face
of difficulties
 Planning ahead but having
alternative options in case
things go wrong
 Thinking quickly to respond
to sudden changes in
circumstances
 Taking on new challenges  “Even if I knew that
at short notice tomorrow the world would
 Dealing with changing go to pieces, I would still
priorities/ workloads plant my apple tree.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

11. 9.) Perseverance
 Never take a “no” for
an answer
 You have to build up
resilience in the
workplace
 Keep your chin
up, even when the  “If you are going
going gets tough through hell, keep
 Keep your eyes set on going.”
― Winston Churchill
the prize

12. 10.) Enthusiasm
 Balance the wheel of
your emotions
 Be excited for the
future, create goals to
look forward to
achieving
 Be eager for more, keen
to excel
 Keep your day exciting
in the workplace
 Create a network of
peers, it will help keep
you going

13. Life in the Corporate World
 You need to mature
quickly
 Let go of those that always
got you into trouble in the
past, and take charge of
your life
 You need to exercise a
healthy lifestyle
 Try keep a social life
going, this can be through
you corporate network or
your old friends and family  “It is not enough that we do
 And always remember our best; sometimes we must
where you came from and do what is required.”
how it all began ― Winston Churchill

14. Summary: Ten methods to ensure
success
 Creativity
 Consistency
 Grooming
 Open-minded
 The Ability to learn
 Passion
 Perfection  “Rivers know this: there is no
 Perseverance hurry. We shall get there
some day.”
 Flexibility and the Skill to ― A. A. Milne, Winnie-the-
Adapt Pooh
 Enthusiasm

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