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I wrote this article first as a comment, but then shared it with my mentor Mike Klingler and he suggested that I should probably just create a blog post out of it. So I did! :)

This is a comment response to the article Mike Klingler wrote at Better Networker titled: “I’ve Gotta Make This Work!” … Finding the Only Shortcut & Taking It

It’s always inspiring to read your masterpieces Mike and then to see everyone’s responses. I am hoping that you will write a book one day, and archive all the great wisdom that comes out of you for the future generations.

I read this article once and I felt like it was written just to me. :) I know, pretty selfish! :) But hey, I read it two more times and you know what I am sure I will be coming back to it quite a few more times. Why? Because every time I read it I keep learning and getting another bit of insight from it.

I have been your student for 4 years and definitely got more mentoring hours than any other of your students. I had the amazing pleasure to work with you on a daily basis, and learn from you all the time.

I got to listen to you sharing a vision and future plans and then I got to be a part of the execution of that vision…and we all know that what has already manifested is just the beginning…

It has always been inspiring and also fascinating to witness the creation of one vision after another materializing. It’s even more fascinating reflecting back on it right now, and realizing that this Essential List was an Essential Ingredient for the vision to become the reality it is and what it continues to become.

In the last 3 years you had definitely embraced the Essential List and I got to be there witnessing it. That realization by itself is a huge experience.

I am stoked about not only being a witness but having been able to play a major contributing role in the execution of the vision.

I am tremendously grateful that you saw a potential in me and helped me rise up. Where would I be today without your mentorship and guidance?

Well, the reason why I said I felt like this article was written to me, is because only lately I have been faced with the reality that through my stubbornness I have been perceiving hard work as my short cut…but this short cut has been failing on me recently. ☺

Don’t get me wrong…there is nothing wrong with working hard. But working hard and forgetting or ignoring this Essential list or some of the ingredients in it is what gets me in trouble.

I am so ready to keep growing and I know exactly which ingredient I need to focus on now to move past my current threshold of resistance (i.e being stubborn about believing that hard work by itself is a shortcut to success).

And that is – a keen insight (making the finer distinctions) and the ability to cultivate partnerships.

Also, I feel that by focusing on being able to communicate well the value that I bring to others is going to allow me to influence others as well. ☺ Which kind of allows for the whole list to get naturally completed…just like a puzzle.

So for those who did not read MIke’s article yet here is the “Essential List” most avoid making their number ONE priority in business:

Focus on Developing: 

• A Keen insight (making the finer distinctions)
• An ability to influence others
• An ability to choose the right opportunities for you
• An ability to create and communicate value
• An ability to attract people to you through networking and marketing
• An ability to inspire others by truly connecting with them, by listening
• An ability to cultivate partnerships

Partners in Progress,
DiDi Alcheva

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