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PRINCIPLES
OF GREATNESS:
Build
a SOLID FOUNDATION
By
Destin
 One of the wealthiest people I
have ever met, taught me a principle that will stay
with me for the rest of my life he said:
“ Create a Solid Foundation,…
And then Build from it ”
For confidentiality reasons, I
can’t use his real name in this article, so I’ll
use imaginary names for him and his business. Let’s
call this incredible person David. And let's call his
business TechIT.
David is quite a remarkable guy.
Together with a partner he founded a company called
TechIT. Within a 7 year period they grew their
business from a start-up to a business with a turnover
of a couple of hundred million a year. Their company
became one of the premier IT hardware distributors in
the country. And one of their core and guiding
principles was, first create the solid foundation.
When you visit TechIT you see
this principle in evidence everywhere. Firstly as a
general rule, they don’t employ sales staff that
don’t have some form of marketing or sales degree.
They also are very selective of the caliber, both
intellectually and technically, of their sales staff.
It is a well-known fact that TechIT has by far the
best sales expertise in the industry; because their
staff are selected and trained in the fundamentals.
When you move across to their
technical division you find a similar mindset.
Technicians are either groomed into positions or are
recruited based on talent and potential. All
technicians are analyzed to determine their strengths
and weaknesses and then taken through a gradual
process of development until they become the kind of
people that deserve better positions. Every
step of the process is carried out in such a way that the
technician first builds a solid foundation on their
current level before
they move to the next level.
This philosophy is one of the
guiding principles of TechIT and one of the reasons
why the company’s founders have become extremely
wealthy men.
POWER
Word
Maestro: A consummate master.
i.e.
A person who has become a master of all of the basics.
A
person who has mastered every aspect of something |
 We also find this principle in
evidence in other great achievers. The Great musician
Frédéric Chopin (left) is believed by many people to be the greatest
musical composer of all time. But what is really remarkable
about Chopin is his discipline and keen attention to
important details and musical fundamentals.
 For instance in music a device
called a metronome (right) is used to keep a musicians timing
accurate and in time with the beat. Most musician’s
hate playing with a metronome, because of the
discipline it forces one to have. Yet Chopin never
played without a metronome.
Another example is Chopin’s
Etudes. The French word Etude means study. An Etude is
a piece of music that was written in order to teach
the student how to master a particular aspect of
playing a musical instrument. Etudes were mostly used
to improve playing technique (i.e. Fundamentals).
Chopin composed and published 27 Etudes. Some of these Etudes are among the most difficult
pieces of music ever written. Yet every one of them is
beautiful to listen to. Chopin didn’t just focus on
the fundamentals of playing correctly, but also the
fundamentals of making music.
There are many many other
examples of the importance of fundamentals to
achievement. Leonardo Da Vinci studied under one of
the greatest artists of his day who tutored him in all
of the basic artistic techniques of the time. Ghandi
studied Law in England. Bill Gates built a thriving
business selling Microsoft BASIC long before he even
thought of DOS.
And so it is with all greatness.
It is said that no tree can grow Greater than the
Strength of its roots. There are no shortcuts to
extraordinary achievement. And that is what David
taught me, greatness will only stand if it is built on
a Solid Foundation.
In Everything Truth, Faith &
Love
Destin Lucas
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The pictures
used on the page where obtained from the following
sources:
Chopin Picture sourced from
Microsoft Encarta 98 Encyclopedia, Deluxe
Edition
Metronome
Picture sourced from: http://www.musicbasics.com/met-sp100.html
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