How to WinSUCCESS BEFORE FORTY

William G. Damroth1956

CY Ho2005

Peng Silong2007

Outline

• Introduction: SUCCESS?

• 3 Steps

• 21 Keys

• How to Succeed in Synopsys

• Summary

Global View: 盛衰之道

• Create Value: Demand vs. Supply

• Road models

– USA: Many successful enterprises

– Korea: Samsung

• China & Shanghai

– Provide ample workforce & market

– Massive growing

My SUCCESS ?

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

Phase 1 2 3 4 5

A

B

C

I

Define SUCCESS

• Very personal matter

• Change over times

• The achievement of something desired, planned, or attempted.

• A feeling of pleasure in accomplishment

The 3 Steps

• How to control your own destiny– Improve thinking pattern

– Think success to be successful

• How to pattern a successful life– Improve working pattern

– Accelerate learning & experience

• How to sell yourself & ideas to others– Improve relationship w/ others

– Get others to put your ideas into action

1. Control Destiny

• Expect big things of your life• Fix yourself a goal• Stop wishing & start wanting• Put your subconscious to work• Put your thinking straight• Build up your self-confidence• Be the boss of your emotions• Develop your idea-ability• Go where the breaks are plentiful

2. Pattern a Successful Life

• Invest your free time in self-improvement

• Organize your time & learn more on the job

• Cultivate a positive attitude toward each new challenge

• Be willing to take a chance

• Let what you like to do determine what you will do

• Balance hard work with rest and relaxation

3. Sell Yourself & Ideas to Others

• Develop more contacts

• Make a favorable 1st impression

• Serve the needs of others

• Learn to be a good listener

• Put over your ideas w/ salesmanship

• Treat your team as you would like to be treated

Expect Big Things of Your Life

• Don’t accept things as they are

• Evaluate YOUR potential for success, & aim at 50% higher

• Concentrate your thought-hours on your current job

• Think success to be successful

Fix Yourself a Goal

• Set up a target for your career & aim for it

• Let your goal determine your decisions

• Don’t place a time limit on achievement

• Develop faith in your ability to reach your goal

Stop Wishing & Start Wanting

• Convert vague day dreams into specific, strong desires

• Give your list of wants a priority rating

• Translate your #1 want into action

Put Your Subconscious to Work

• Stock your mental library every day

• Give your subconscious a chance to help solve your problems

• Draw on your subconscious for creative ideas

Keep Your Thinking Straight

• Get to the heart of the problem

• Study all the facts

• Make a decision & test it

Build Up Your Self-Confidence

• Take stock of your special abilities

• Understand your feelings of inferiority

• Face your fears head on

• Keep busy; be a doer, not a stewer

Be the Boss of Your Emotions

• Substitute good emotions for poor ones

• Act only when you feel morally right

• Don’t be afraid to be yourself

Develop Your Idea-Ability

• Apply idea-ability to your present job

• Let your ideas flow freely

• Concentrate on the big idea, the idea will leverage

• Back up your idea w/ positive action

Go Where the Breaks are Plentiful

• Seek out a growth industry

• Join an expanding company

• Work for progressive, young management

Invest Your Free Time in Self-Improvement

• Take specialized courses

• Road to improve your know-how

• Keep up w/ developments in your field

Organize Your Time & Learn More on the Job

• Use a daily-reminder calendar

• Warm up your mental machinery every morning

• Do similar work at one time to develop mental rhythm

Cultivate a Positive Attitude toward Each New Challenge

• Look at bright side of things

• Be a fix-it, not a nix-it guy

• Accept fair criticism

• Associate w/ positive thinkers

Be Willing to Take Chance

• Don’t duck opportunities

• Prepare for opportunity by saving your money

• Push yourself into midstream

Let What You Like to Do Determine What You Will Do

• Rely on your mind, not your job, for security

• Don’t be afraid to change jobs to find the work you like

• Do your best at all times

Balance Hard Work with Rest & Relaxation

• Use moderation in all things

• Refresh yourself through relaxation

Develop More Contacts

• Become more active in business circles

• Become well-known thru civic activities

Make a Favorable 1st Impression

• Be well dressed at all times

• Try to know your man before you meet him

• Get the other fellow do the talking

• Sharpen up your memory for names

Serve the Needs of Others

• Tailor your idea to fill a need

• Emphasize the benefits to the other man

• Talk “you”, not “me”

Learn to be a Good Listener

• Practice concentration

• Hear the man out

• Don’t be embarrassed to ask “why”

• Avoid emotional “deafness”

Put Over Your Ideas with Salesmanship

• Simplify your plan

• Organize it into a selling sequence

• Use showmanship

• Test your presentation

Treat Your Team as You Would Like to be Treated

• Delegate authority

• Get the team into the act

• Assume the best of intentions in others

• Be generous w/ praise

Summary

• Degree of Success =

• [(EE + CT + SP) * DD] ** b

– EE: Educational background & Experience

– CT: Creative Thinking ability

– SP: Selling Personality

– DD: Directional Drive

– b: the Breaks