How to Overcome Impossible Odds

PREAMBLE

Are you holding on to your "Outrageous" Visions close to your heart?

YES?

Here then are 6 Benchmarks for you to use as Milestones in your journey to Extraordinary Success.

NOTE 1:

"Benchmarking is comparing ones business processes and performance metrics to industry bests and best practices from other companies."

In the present author's view, this definition has long since been inadequate, for the simple reason that every individual - never mind Leaders of industries, organizations, teams, and so on - need to set themselves levels of performance and aspirations which are at least as good and challenging as their "role models" (what?, no role models yet?), and then go all out to attain these levels, and progressively climb towards their own full potential, believing them to be resting at a higher peak.

NOTE 2:

Only you can define which Extraordinary Successes you are aiming for.

NOTE 3:

Extraordinary Success is a Journey - a journey towards previously unthinkable excellence. For any journey towards excellence, the Benchmarks, as you would expect, serve as stepping stones - their objectives are to inspire you to raise your vision, to set your standards of performance at increasingly higher levels, and continuously challenge you to shoot at the stars so you may end up hitting the top of the trees, which, in their turn, keep getting increasingly taller.

NOTE 4:

What is even more interesting is that every time you hit a milestone or two, Your Goals climb to a higher level - not only is this is a sure cure for any onset of complacency, but the Benchmarks get tougher to reach because they feed from your positive energy, drive and optimism, helping you achieve increasingly Stretched Goals.

Below, in brief, are the 6 Benchmarks:

BENCHMARK # 1

'Only those who go beyond the Familiar, make new DISCOVERIES'.

BENCHMARK # 2

'Only those who Seek the Extraordinary, create something UNIQUE'

BENCHMARK # 3

'Only those who Question Everything, find NEW ANSWERS'

BENCHMARK # 4

'Only those who are Prepared to Lead, can BLAZE NEW TRAILS'

BENCHMARK # 5

'Only those who Rely on Experience, can Excel in INNOVATIONS'

BENCHMARK # 6

'Only those who Keep Growing the Intensity of their Drive, ACCELERATE THE FUTURE'

Nearer Home, these 6 Steps will put you on the road to Extraordinary Success:

About Josh Sarkar, B Sc(Hons), M Tech(Cal), M Sc(Edin), MBA(Gla)

In his early career, Josh was responsible for leading Innovation and Process Transformation within Philips, which involved the interception and integration of leading edge technologies in order to secure and sustain product and market leadership.

Josh’s work took him across Europe - developing and facilitating multi-nation, multi-function and multi-cultural teams, made up of outstandingly talented individuals.

In his subsequent career - working as a Leadership Coach and Transformation Catalyst with heads of multinational conglomerates (such as Sun Microsystems, ICI, Cookson, Tyco Keystone, CTD/St Gobain, and others); Public Service Authorities, owner managers and key staff at all levels - in well over one hundred organizations of all types and sizes - secure significant successes in Key Areas of their Operations.

Over the past decade Josh has been spending an increasing percentage of his time ‘Giving back’ - mostly but not exclusively to unemployed and under-employed graduates and senior executives within the voluntary sector.

Josh spends a few winter weeks every year in India with a mission to give back to the Nation which gave him so much in his formative years.