How many of the following attributes would your colleagues or managers ascribe to you in connection with your procurement actions? Why? Why not?
Passion
Enthusiasm
Knowledge
Positive/NEVER Negative
Credit Sharing/Self Effacement
Presentation Excellence
Listening Skills
Network Obsession
Political Mastery
Execution Fanaticism
Indirection/Invisibility/“End runs”
Demos/Small Wins/Speed
Impatience
Patience
Civility
Excellence
Wow
Tenacity/Tireless
Read the excerpt to
Excellence. NO EXCUSES! by Tom Peters at the following link. Save the PDF and regularly read the 44 comments on this subject. Use #4 Stay positive - to consider how you can apply each of these ideas to you own life. Do not think about why you cannot do something, instead think about how you CAN achieve it.
http://tompeters.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/AppendixOne_4F.pdf
(On a personal note, as I have reread this again, I understand how I unitentionally applied some of the ideas that helped foster my successes, and, also how I unintentionally applied some of the converse ideas that derailed some potential successes.)
Kenneth D. Hayslette, CPPO, CPCM, C.P.M.
703.671.3819 KHayslette@gmail.com