Personal Core Values
For those that work in an office environment, you’ll be familiar with the term Corporate Core Values, which are philosophy and principles that guides the way a company does business. Core Values are meant to help a business succeed. Some organizations have core values just for the sake of having them but rarely practices it. Fortunately, I work for an organization that actually believes in its core values and it is constantly being practiced throughout the organization.
As part to of my Leadership training offered as a University course from the Organization I am fortunate to work for, we were given an assignment to look within ourselves and determine the personal values we have for ourselves. The guiding principles we use to live our lives day by day.
This exercise was a rewarding one for me. I didn’t find it difficult because I realize that I was already living my life based on these principles I have written down. What I found rewarding was seeing it on paper. I am now reminded that whenever I am faced with personal challenges to reflect back on the guiding principles that have taken me to where I am today, my personal core values. I wish to share them with you all.
- Imagine, dream and have visions of tomorrow – Than take action to turn those visions into reality
- Have faith and hope, but not to be confused with optimism, that with every challenge and question, has an answer and solution
- Be courageous and confident, even when the light is shinning on others
- Always think the best of others. Focus on their qualities and not their deficiencies
- Measure ones success by their character and not their assets
- With the right intention and motivation, continue to educate, support and assist family and friends who are in need
- Never forget where you came from. Never lose yourself. Be authentic. Be you
- Celebrate your successes with a piece of humble pie
- It’s about you, but it’s not all about you
- Love yourself
YouTube struggles despite dominance
WASHINGTON — In the few months since Google paid $1.65 billion to acquire YouTube, both companies have tried to come up with a formula to turn the hugely popular online video site into a moneymaking venture.
Turns out, it’s not easy.
Google moved some of its top executives to YouTube to hammer out deals with media companies to put their videos on the Web site and share advertising revenue, but at least one major deal recently fell through. YouTube promised to roll out new technology to prevent copyrighted material from appearing on the site, but in the meantime, pirated clips continue to pop up. Unhappy with YouTube’s terms, Viacom decided to forgo YouTube, and instead is striking out on its own online-video ventures.
Enron: Were They Really the Smartest Guys in the Room?
Jeff Skilling, Ken Lay, Andy Fastow: Where they really that smart? Sure they were able to pull off the biggest corporate crime in American history. Yes they rode the great wave for a number of years and top executives cashed out with millions of dollars. And yeah, I would have to agree that they had some creative ideas to fool the world. But in the end, they failed to sustain that perception that Enron was really profitable corporation. If you’re going to try and fuck with the system, make sure that you at least don’t get discovered. I guess they weren’t that smart after all!
With thousands of lives effected and billions of dollars lost, these executives and those involve deserve to rot in jail. For those who want advice on what not to do in the business world and what kind of leader to not be. Watch the documentary Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. It’s disturbing and yet very educational.