GRASP

Its amazing how through my journey since I stepped out into the society, take on the world's challenge, and went into many different fields of work. I've learnt a lot of things, soft skills, hard knowledge, but truly, human memories sometimes can be not as trustworthy as you'd like it to be.

I remembered conducting training about how a career in sales can be sustainable through a certain set of core values, doing it day in day out, I never would have thought I'd forget about it, until this morning. As I was trying to think of ways to make my current work better, I remembered these Acronyms, and I hadn't the slightest idea what it meant, just me staring at the letters and it back at me. And the best part? It has only been a year, since my previous career.

So, I figured I shall now blog it, so that it is in writings, and I can refer back to it as and when I require some refreshment course. Bear with me. Or better, I hope it helps you too.

G.R.A.S.P

GETTING ALONG WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE
We have all heard the sayings, birds of the same feather flock together. Same goes in  life, you're as good as your team. Associating yourself with the right people will allow you to adapt your perspective to the right course, be around people whom you want to be like. Don't try to change people whom refused to be changed. They are the ones who'll diss you ambitions and believe you're not going to go anywhere in life, just like they are. They are toxic, dreams stealers, leaners.

RESPONSIBILITY Take charge,  take ownership of your life. Understand that no one cares for your future as much as you do. Your achievement in life depends on what you do, not what your neighbours or your siblings do. I once had a teacher told me this, be so good at what you do that you are indispensable. And in order to do so, the onus is on you to keep doing better than you did yesterday,  be better than yourself yesterday.

ATTITUDE
There's a cliché quote I've read somewhere that says, Your attitude determines your altitude in life. And you know what? Its true, many entrepreneurs or successful individuals do not have it good for them right at the start of their endeavours, contrary to popular beliefs, they were dealt so many lousy hands, had so many painful experiences that when they were given lemons, they made lemonade. Their hard work overcompensate their disadvantages that they became wildly successful. When things start to go their ways, they don't stop, they just kept running. 

SYSTEM

Every things function with a system, just like the sun rises at dawn, sets at dusk. In order to achieve any level of success, there must be some system set in place so that everything is duplicable, and that is the main reason why some businesses grow to a huge scale and some business simply find it hard to take off. The more defined the system is, the more it can be copied. Its exactly the reason why companies like IKEA are earning bucks by the millions, because of the products that they sell, be it in their showrooms, or when you bring it home to assemble yourself, it is going to look the same, and this is what people appreciate, predictability. 

PROFITABILITY

And, by achieving the above-mentioned, be it in an organization or in an individual, it is certain that profitability is either presenting itself, or in the pipeline. And in order to make sure you are profitable, you must know your numbers. chart your own statistics, be aware of your own rates of closure. This is so that you do not base your success and profitability on your psychological state, for example, my lover gave me encouragement today, I feel like a winner, I am profitable. No. No such things, everything is a Number Game, numbers are your attempts, numbers are your results, Numbers, are what matter. Not your emotions. 

Alright. So basically, I just had a refresher course on GRASP. And I now understand the concepts at a deeper level. Cheers!