1. Knowing Yourself

	Module 1

500 points

1.1 the right DNA for the job
	your DNA is the source of your instinctive driving forces

1.2 doing what you prefer to do

1.3 working,

1.4 networking,


1.5 profitably and ethically

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1st of 5 Modules in 1 System of 1000 Points

1. Knowing Yourself

Summary of Module 1

500

First, know what you've got -- then make the most of it.

People do business. To succeed in business you must succeed with people. To succeed with people you must know and understand people. To understand people you must first know yourself. So this module is about you.

Knowing yourself means realizing, accepting and optimizing the lifetime benefits you generate from the following five key success factors -- KSFs:

1.1 the right DNA for the job

People are different -- you can see that. And their genes are a large and very important source of their differences.

You are different. Your unique genes have expressed themselves through your environment, your own nature through your nurture. Your phenotype -- the way you are, from your behavior to your appearance -- depends largely on the way your genotype--your genetic constitution--has been expressed in that series of specific environments that you have experienced in your life to date.

To succeed in business, you shape your own phenotype. To do that you need two things: you must have what it takes -- the right DNA, your genotype, your genetic makeup -- and you must go to where you can make the most of what you've got -- to your optimal environment. MORE

1.2 doing what you prefer to do

To excel, you need to do what you do best -- that work for which you have innate natural talents and aptitudes.

1.3 working

Your work is among the most important things you do in life.

1.4 networking

But as important as what you know is who you know. Success is a great network.

1.5 profitably and ethically

Your business must consistently make profit (or, more accurately, must generate positive free cash flow) to thrive. Some -- or all -- of this is your responsibility.

In your final account you'll be remembered for what you did and how you did it, not for how much money you made. Make yours a worthwhile journey.

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