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Trust • Pray • Work jan - feb 2017
Editor in chief
Aurélie Chiegaing
Contributors
Chester Chiegaing
“ It is harmony in ones’ relationship with God, The Creator of everything (spiritual) that makes it possible to come into a bloom at the personal level (leadership) and professional level (entrepreneurship and career positioning). “
« BECAUSE THE LOVE OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL SORTS OF EVILS. SOME HAVE HAD SUCH A DESIRE TO OWN THEM THAT THEY HAVE GONE ASTRAY FROM THE FAITH AND ARE INFLICTED THEMSELVES MANY TORMENTS » 1 Timothy 6:10
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editor’s note
A certain harmony
Psalm 1
TWO HUMAN BEINGS, TWO LIFESTYLES, TWO DESTINIES. « Happy is the man who does not follow the advice of people without Faith or Law, who does not stop in the way of those who turn away from God and who does not sit with those who mock at everything! What he loves, on the contrary, is the teaching of the Lord; he meditates on it day and night. It is like a tree planted near a stream: it produces its fruit when the season has come, and its foliage never loses its freshness. Everything this man does is successful. But it is not the case of people without Faith or Law: they are like strands of straw strew by the wind. That’s why, when one judges, at the entrance of the temple, these people are not admitted; in the assembly of the faithful of God, there is no place for them. The Lord knows the conduct of the faithful, but the conduct of people without Faith or Law leads to disaster »
Psalm 1 Extracted from the Hebrew-French Interlinear Old Testament Universal Bible Alliance
I AM A orget all you know about successes and failures. It is harmony in ones’ relationship with God, The Creator of everything (spiritual) that makes it possible to come into a bloom at the personal level (leadership) and professional level (entrepreneurship and career positioning).
Intimacy with God is the only answer, the first project to achieve and the first plan to respect because succeeding is to know that at every moment, our body, our soul and our spirit are in accordance with the will of God, the Creator. He created us, every human being, as much as we are for a specific purpose and with particular talents to accomplish a plan with specifics tasks and with precise people. What we do on earth with our physical body as well as with our mind, determines the type of relationship we have with our creator. The ultimate question one should be asking himself internally is « am I doing the right thing - At the right time - At the right place - Using the right methode - In the right manner - With the right people - For the right people »
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leadership coaching
Psalm 1
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A LANDMARK
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WHAT IS YOUR PROFILE ?
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EDITOR’S NOTE
34 MAIN TALENTS
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REDEFINITION OF LEADERSHIP
spiritual coaching
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TALENT, ENDOWMENT, SUCCES, FAILURE AND LEADERSHIP
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SAME STARTING POINT FOR EVERYONE
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ACHIEVEMENT OF THE DESTINY AND PURPOSE REDEFINITION
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WHAT’S NEW UNDER THE SUN ?
A time for everything
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professionnal coaching
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PREPARING FOR PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SPEECH
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PREPARING A PITCH IN 7 POINTS
The pitch
INFOGRAPHY OF THE MONTH
Leadership
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LEADERSHIP, TALENTS ET POTENTIALS :
Leader vs manager
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ENGAGING AND GETTING MEMBERSHIP OF OTHERS
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LEADERSHIP COMPONENTS
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PREPARING A JOB INTERVIEW FOR AN IDEAL CAREER
Job interview
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HOW TO TURN AN IDEA INTO A BUSINESS PROJECT
Idea into a Startup
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4 GOLDEN RULES TO FOLLOW DURING A FUNDRAISING
Fundraising
what’s your profile ?
what’s your profile ?
Target profiles of readers This magazine is aimed at improving the personal and professional capacities of the social class of entrepreneurs, politicians, athletes, employees with career goals and the unemployed desiring to be integrated in society, and at the right place where they are supposed to carry out their professional activities.
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ontrary to the famous belief that ÂŤone is not born an entrepreneur, a leader, an athlete or a politician, but one becomes oneÂť, it is important to note that every human being is born with talents that once developed, are transformed into potentials to do what they were born for. Thus, an entrepreneur is born with talents that will enable him to develop entrepreneurial potentials. An athlete is born with talents that will allow him to develop the potential to become champion in a given discipline; a politician is born with talents that will enable him/ her to develop the potential to lead a social group in an organized and developed way. In addition, an employee is born with talents that will allow him to develop managerial potentials and to administer the resources entrusted to him in his working environment. aureliechiegaing.com
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One is born Entrepreneur you do not become one « Do not become an entrepreneur because you have seen the others are »
One is born an Athlete you do not become one
An entrepreneur is a very independent person, wishing to live on his ingenuity full of ideas, visions and multiple passions, which are transformed into business projects. These projects bear the imprint of his personality, to which he identifies himself spiritually and personally. He has a short, medium or long terms vision; and he invests his «all» in the development and deployment of this vision. It is important to underline that the entrepreneur is endowed with the qualities of leadership while the manager (employee) has the qualities of a manager of resources.
« Do not become an athlete by comparing with others »
One is born Politician you do not become one « Do not become a politician by thirst for power » A politician is a strategist, disciplined and passionate about human interactions. He or she easily creates a structured environment that methodically contributes to the stability and to the internal and external development of a social group, a society or a community through targeted and practical actions.
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The athlete is a person who does exercise (sport) with high frequency and intensity to excel in a discipline. Its main motivation is the competition, either to go beyond his own limits or to be in comparison with others. He is thus in perpetual competition up to a certain age that is a limit for certain sports. He leads off thereafter towards a professional reorientation, most of the time towards entrepreneurship or politics. By developing his potentials, he unconsciously develops capacities and leadership potential that allow him to make a successful conversion and to integrate into society.
One is born Employee you do not become one « Do not covet your manager’s position while you do not have his talents » An Employee is a person who evolves in a working environment created by entrepreneurs. It is a person who commits himself to work for someone else in return for salary and for a fixed or undetermined period. aureliechiegaing.com
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Spiritual Coaching Little Reminder
Spiritual Coaching Little Reminder
Talent, endowment, success, failure & leadership Popular currents have spread many false ideas about the true meaning of what talent, endowment, success, failure and leadership are. Foremost, we will review their definitions, as well as the approaches of analysis in the articles.
Talent and Endowment
It is important to distinguish between a talent and an endowment (special gift).
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A talent is a skill and ability given by The Creator to allow the human being to find his place and function in the universe. It can be use in any domain. An
endowment is a remarkable ability in a specific field, for example musical, artistic or literary field. The difference between talent and endowment is
that endowment cannot be developped but talent can be. Every human being was created with 34 main talents and the possibility to develop them in 34 potentials, then in extraordinary capacities and endowments in parallel; and to put them at the service of the universe, of others and at the end, of the person who possesses them. The way we use them defines our personality. « Let each of you use for the wellbeing of others the special endowment he has received from God. You will thus be good administrators of manifold divine endowments » 1 Peter 4:10
Success and Failure
To have success is to have peace of heart at every moment and to know with certainty where our soul will go at the end of our life and that, no matter our professional situation. If success depended on the bank statement, no billionaires would die by committing suicide! There is something else linked to the state of our heart, that is
to the state of our soul. We are constantly supposed to ask ourselves the following questions : if my life were to end now, will I proudly present my life’s journey to my Creator. If yes, will He be proud too ? Did I fulfill all the conditions to be worthy of any reward after that? If we become sad by answering these questions that means there is a problem in our lifestyle and we are to harness to correct it immediately. It is of no use for a man to gain the whole world, if he loses his own soul. Success cannot evaluated at the number of units of financial value that one possesses, nor the quantity of conquests, not even by our physical appearance. We can own all these things and when we are alone with ourselves, we feel an unspeakable emptiness and sadness. It is called «Failure», a lamentable failure of life. « What use would it be for a man to gain the whole world, if it is at the price of his life? What could he give to redeem his life? » Matthew 16:26
Leadership
We observe a trend that certain human beings have to follow and copy the deeds and lifestyles of others by considering them as leaders. This is a form of worship, and idolatry. One can have examples but only to motivate us to work hard and to flee from laziness in order to accomplish adequately the goals, which have been assigned to us. Following a human being will only lead to the loss of our own identity, of our own character, of our personality, of our direction and thus of our own leadership. This leads to the ruin of our soul. Leadership is measured by the degree to which a person struggles to highlight his or her own ideas. If we lose our leadership, we lose the true meaning that we should give to our lives. « Stop counting on man, his life only holds to a breath. What value to recognize to him? » Isaiah 2:22
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Spiritual Coaching same starting point
Spiritual Coaching same starting point
Same starting point for everyone In his justice, the Creator has endowed every human being with the same conditions and possibilities to use his talents. In addition, the way of using them determines his personality, character and hearts disposition.
These conditions are :
A mind a soul a body • A mind to have an intelligence and wisdom that start from thoughts • A soul to have emotions and feelings that start from the heart • A body to have strength, power and direction
34 main talents Every human being is born with 34 talents of which at least 5 are the most used (according
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that has been set. The difference in results is at the level of the use of this resource.
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I ntimacy with Him
Whether we are an entrepreneur, president or homeless, we all have : • 24 hours a day • 60 minutes per hour • 60 seconds per minute to work hard in order to achieve the goal
He gives everyone opportunity to : • Seek Him • Find Him • Know Him • Love Him
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Spiritual Coaching same starting point
Spiritual Coaching same starting point
Galatians 5:22-23 «Fruits of the Heart»
Free will Free choice We all have the possibility of making choices and are free to decide to have a lifestyle which defines us.
Fruits of the heart • Love • Joy • Peace • Patience • Kindness • Goodness • Fidelity • Meekness • Self-control
WE ARE FREE TO DECIDE TO HAVE A LIFESTYLE WHICH DEFINES US.
Faculties and memory Each human being has received the same physical or moral faculties that make him capable of acting and producing effects. Example Because of curiosity, that is an attitude of availability or an interest in regards to a given subject or phenomenon, every human being has the opportunity to acquire knowledge and work his intelligence and memorize it. It may be a character trait, present at all occasion, or which manifest at particular circumstances.
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The different faculties are :
Affective : Positive or negative
Cognitive
: Behavioral energy enabling to evaluate an intention in the future based on present and past behaviors.
emotions enabling to evaluate an attitude.
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: Current and past knowledge enabling to assess credibility.
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34aChievement talents pour oftous the destiny
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Achievement of the destiny and purpose redefinition The goal determines the method to use and imposes the discipline necessary for its realization. It must be in harmony with its own destiny. It is the choice of discipline and indiscipline.
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The goal must be : • Clear • Specific • Measurable • Have a deadline to be accomplished • Be subdivided into objectives • Be divided into tasks • Have a method of achievement. Once the goal is determined, you must ensure that all the talents that are necessary to accomplish it have been identified. Once the talents are identified, one must develop them and enhance his potentials. After identifying the needs of the ecosystem in which we live, that of others and ours, we are supposed to use them in the service of this ecosystem, of others, then oneself.
Talents must be used : • to do the right thing • for the right reason • at the right time • at the right place • with the right method • in the right way • with the right people (working team) • for the right people (target people)
ONCE THE GOAL IS DETERMINED, YOU MUST ENSURE THAT ALL THE TALENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH IT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.
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When we are (in at least one of these following cases) : • at the wrong place • doing the wrong thing • doing the right thing but in the wrong manner • doing the right thing but in the wrong time • doing the right thing at the right time, in the right way but for the wrong motif We become an obstacle for the universe, to others and to oneself. Once we leave aside our talents and covet that of others, the only results obtained will be personal frustration and that of others and disorder in the global functioning of the universe. There will be less passion and less perfection and above all, it will create emptiness.
The possible causes of non-identification and non-usage of talents are : • Laziness (no effort, do not want to work) • Covetousness (comparison and covetousness of others) • Ingratitude (breach of duty of recognition) • Bad Influence (egoistic ambitions of parents) • Competition (heart pride)
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A time for everything
What is new under the sun? A time for everything
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A time for everything
EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN THE WORLD HAPPENS IN ITS TIME. « There is a time to be born and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to pluck the plants; A time to kill and a time to heal wounds; A time to demolish and a time to build up. There is a time to weep and a time to laugh. There’s a time to moan and a time to dance. There is a time to throw stones and a time to pick them up. There is a time to give kisses and a time to refuse to give. There is a time to seek and a time to lose; A time to conserve and a time to throw away; A time to be silent and a time to speak. There is a time to love and a time to hate; A time for war and a time for peace. »
Ecclesiastes 3 :1-8
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34 main talents
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34 main talents
Talents and Potentials
The 34 main talents A talent is an instrument, a capacity received from The Creator and which needs to be invested in order to expect results. Once discerned, one must ask oneself the following question : “ How can I invest it for a maximum productivity over time and a maximum result by maintaining an overall balance ? �
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34 main talents
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34 main talents
This 34 main talents are combined in 4 groups of talents : relationship building executing
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Relationship building
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Talents are for man what air is for a bird or water is for a fish. They are for society that which the sensory organs are for the human body. They are so important that working without them is a crime for society and that is why there are many professional reconversions, embittered people at work while their situations are envied by others or as much rotations in companies. Consequently, there are some who waste half of their lives looking for something to do and they seem unable to reach a decision. If the ear said, « I do not want to work at this place, but rather at the level of the mouth or the heel », the body would be manifestly handicapped and disabled. This will cause deafness, inability to speak or to stand up straight. After finding your talents, you know them and develop them into potentials, you will see that you will be passionate, you will adjust yourself better in the society and you will be a ball of positive energy for the others and for yourself.
YOU WILL FIND THAT THINGS WILL FLOW EASILY FROM INSIDE AND OUTSIDE, AND IN THE DIRECTION OF THE SERVICE OF OTHERS Farewell to frustration ! You will find that things will flow easily from inside and outside, and in the direction of the service of others. You will realize that all your personality seems to live and vibrate harmoniously in the direction of full completeness. All this will happen because you will work with the talents that belong to you and you will inevitably become a leader. It will be impossible for you to become a leader by exploiting a talent that does not belong to you doing a job for which you have no passion. 26
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If you fail, change will require honesty and all the following points depend on it : • Your inner achievement • Your true service to the universe • Your true service of society • Your true service to yourself.
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LEADERSHIP IS THE PROCESS BY WHICH A PERSON INFLUENCES A GROUP OF PEOPLE TO ACHIEVE A COMMON GOAL. Peter NORTHOUSE, Leadership Theory and Practice, Sage
LEADERSHIP IS A CALL TO SACRIFY OUR LIFE FOR OTHERS. IT IS TO BE A MODEL FOR OTHER. Zacharias TANEE FOMUM Les pensées révolutionnaires sur le leadership spirituel
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leader. Pride cannot increase a man’s leadership talent. He needs necessary talents in addition to passion and a clear vision. In this context, the leader has to have capacities in a domain of expertise and in the area of interpersonal relations. He must find it easy to share his unique vision. Talents of leadership and believing (integrity) do not
PRIDE CANNOT INCREASE A MAN’S LEADERSHIP TALENT.
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necessarily go hand in hand. Integrity comes from heart; it is a fruit of the heart. Leadership is a talent above all. The leader is not always honest. He may lead men well but have an immoral life.To be a good leader, it is necessary to have the following characteristics: • Be Virtuous • Be Honest (integrity, believing) • Being Trustworthy • Have Hatred of Dishonest Gain If someone lacks one of these four characteristics by default, he is an obstacle for
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the society, for the others and for himself, and it does not matter if he leads a multitude of people. « For the rest, chosen from the people of men of value, full of respect for God, loving truth and incorruptible ; you will designate them as responsible, at the head of groups of thousand, one hundred, fifty or ten men. » Exode 18:21
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Life grants special gifts to the one who dares to... Be L o ya l Be E mo tiv e Be PleA si n g Be D eter min ed Ha v e n o E g o Ha v e n o R es en tmen t Be S milin g Be H u mble Be I mpa r tia l Be P a tien t
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leader vs manager
Leadership, talents and potentials : leader vs manager LEADER IS NOT FUNDAMENTALLY BETTER THAN A MANAGER OR A MANAGER THAN A LEADER.
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eader is not fundamentally better than a manager or a manager than a leader. They are both indispensable to the efficiency of the company. While the leaders train and motivate the teams working for realization of their visions, managers organize the activity at the operational level. If a manager can perfectly be a leader within his team, one can be a manager without being a leader, and one can be a leader without being a manager. However, there are two fundamental differences between a leader and a manager. These differences takes from the visionary talent and the origin of the authority that each exercise within a group. From here follows the others.
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deploy assets
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Engaging and getting membership of others Beyond the interest of a project, interesting as it may be, people adhere to a vision because they observe certain qualities in a leader.
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Personal Sacrifice and burden He must give his « all » for the accomplishment of his vision, whether materially, financially or personally; and have the burden on his heart as a liability to achieve it, no matter the level of suffering it will imply.
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Wisdom in the inside He must be the wisest of all because if someone else is wiser than he is in the group, he will probably lose his leadership.
Humility and Meekness
Individualization and Identification of needs
He must be humble at all occasions most especially because of his position and not belittle or frustrate others.
He must individualize people, identify their talents, needs and have a clear picture of their visions.
Benignity and Mildness
Integrity and Reliability He must have personal convictions and virtues which he defends with fervor and must have the hatred for dishonest gains and immorality
Courage and Conviction
He must show benevolence and kindness to his collaborators and almost seem like a « big brother », always worried for the welfare of others making sure everything is all right. His calmness will facilitate contact and will serve him to ease tensions when there will be one. He must admonish them with meekness.
Capacities and Expertise
He must have a lot of courage and certainty to reassure his employees in case of crisis.
He must have skills, expertise and above all, talents and necessary potential for initiation and sometimes for the development of projects.
Availability and Transparency
Experience and Credibility
He must constantly look after employees, be reachable at all times and know how to share all the necessary information in case of need.
He must have experience in the area in which he needs an unwavering commitment from all his collaborators, otherwise, he will not be credible and will not be able to advise them.
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vision can be subdivided into several components.
We can particularly mention : • A clear and unique image subdivided into : goals Framing the action Objectives Orientating the action tasks
Implementation of the action
indicators Quantifiable et measurable deadline Time limit of realization target managers Complementary talents Future Focus on the future • To be received from The Creator of the world • To have a positive change • Influencing, motivating, delegating and engaging a group of people.
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TENACITY IS THE ABILITY TO WITHSTAND ALL ODD UNTIL THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE GOAL AND TO MANAGE THE OBSTACLES.
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The power and ability to choose and place the best leading collaborators
They must perform best by being connected to the leader, to each other and to the whole project in general for the accomplishment of the goal. The leader has the ability to see his collaborators as they are at a given moment and in the future and how they will be connected to the work.
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The power and ability to delegate The leader ensures that the members of his team have received clear instructions and then lets them work. He must believe in them, give them instructions, deadlines for achievement, the necessary resources and remaining convinced that the tasks will be completed at the right time and appropriately. He intervenes only to advice, encourage, and reprimand. Because the leader delegates, his hands are free to move forward and take care of the things that cannot be delegated. The result is a general progress and general satisfaction.
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tenacity It is the ability to withstand all odd until the achievement of the goal and to manage the obstacles. It takes a lot of hard work, patience, firmness, spontaneity and adaptability.
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ntroducing yourself and talking about your idea at every stage of your project is an important step to span. Depending on the stage in which the project is located, always bear in mind the following questions :
the why What is the purpose of the project, the vision? the what What is the idea developed? the how How to attain the goal that has been fixed? the who The universe, the society, yourself ? In front of investors : the tools Business plan, Executive Summary, Pitch, Prototype, Fundraising package ? the reason Why talk to this person ? the time How many minutes you need to say the essentials?
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In reality, depending on the time you have to present your project, the communicating technique will be different. You could have: 1 minute, 2 minutes, 3 minutes, 5 minutes, 10, …. 30 minutes or even a whole day. The language used is therefore primordial, whether verbal or non-verbal. You do not have an indefinite time ahead of you and the interlocutor is not in your head, he knows nothing about you or about your vision, but you have to convince him. He will even unconsciously try to answer the following questions throughout your speech : • Is he/she Honest ? • Is he/she Authentic ? • Is it a person of Integrity ? • Does he/she love what he/she does ?
Preparing a pitch in 7 points. You can practice your pitch in front of a mirror, in front of «honest» friends or with a coach in leadership.
DEPENDING ON THE TIME YOU HAVE TO PRESENT YOUR PROJECT, THE COMMUNICATING TECHNIQUE WILL BE DIFFERENT.
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Work hard on your leadership language, including your dress style.
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t is important to keep in mind and to anchor in your approach that the goal is not to make everyone to adhere, whether a collaborator, a partner or an investor; but finding the right person who has a vision that is complementary to yours. For, this person can quickly turn into your worst nightmare, so you have to get rid of quickly, no matter the price to pay.
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Prepare your speech and repeat it in front of a mirror. The advantage of exercising in front of the mirror is to work your look to avoid it being too receding or too aggressive.
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• Who are beneficiaries of this solution ? • How am I going to do this ? • Why are you talking about this to this person, at this time and in this place ? • How can he/she get in touch with you if he/she has adhered to your vision ?
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f you have decided to follow the way of righteousness, remove all the «little» lies that are in your CV, they do not beautify it, but they compromise your integrity! Once it is done, you should apply or respond only to job offers that really interest you and which will permit you to achieve goals of your career that you have taken care to organize according to your talents, your vision of future, your passions and your dream; not to copy those of your fellow promotions or your former colleague. After this step, you can begin your preparation for the job interview. Prepare with a friend or a professional in that domain (coach, HR specialist) to talk about yourself, your talents, your career path, your ideal career profile, your desires and passions for your domain of competence. This implies that you must perfectly master: your talents, your potentials, your weaknesses, your limits, whether you are a leader, manager or a simple employee and a clear vision of your career in the short, medium and long terms.
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Do not recite it as your favorite advertisement, but master the dates, content, skills developed during each experience and what you liked. Use examples, anecdotes to illustrate your ideas.
Be sure that the position matches one of the goals of your ideal career profile
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Know yourself well
Identify your 7 most used talents with the corresponding developed potentials, your strengths and weaknesses, your passions, values, beliefs, aspirations, visions, and timeframes of achievement and understand how they function to create the character and personality that you put on. This will allow you to check if your vision of the future corresponds to that of the company. The company, for its part, also ensures that its vision corresponds to yours.
Reassure yourself that you have more than 60% or 75% of the talents, skills and potential required for the post
A job that is doing for “food“ can very quickly become the biggest drudgery in your life because you do not have the minimum level to affirm yourself during your trial period.
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You have to take over the language of your soul (wounds of the heart), your mind (rapid analysis of information thanks to intelligence) and body (positions, gestures and movements, faces). This will permit you to control the tone of your voice, the rhythm of your words, your breathing, and your gaze; the position of your head, your posture, your gestures and the space occupied by your body. Therefore, you can attune all these languages to the message you want to get across and your leadership potential will immediately be visible, even as soon as you will give a handshake.
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They must be both suitable and corresponding to your personality and to the impression you want to give at first glance.
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After these steps, you will find that you will be more comfortable during interviews and no questions will scare you because you are no longer afraid of the risk of missing your interview and you will be yourself. You will not need to force yourself to be motivated, smiling or trying to convince yourself that you are the right candidate, it will flow naturally whether you are or not. The feeling of not belonging to a company, to be misunderstood by colleagues, the hierarchy, the human resources managers or your CEO is from the fact that you have tried to forcefully embrace the vision and culture of the company while your visions have nothing in common. 48
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How to turn idea into a business project ? The dierent steps to transform an idea into a business project are detailed in 7 fundamental points and require an accompaniment : Vision, Idea, Business Model Canvas (in 9 blocks), Business Plan, Executive Summary, Fundraising and Launching.
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A vision represents a clear and unique image reduced in: 1 goal : to frame action 2 OBJECTIVES : to orient action 3 TASKS : to realize action 4 INDICAToRS : quantifiable and measurable 5 DELAy : time limit of realization 6 target MANAGERS : a team with complementary vision and talents 7 FUTURe : focused on the future
The idea must be much worked to better frame the vision of the future in order to refine the slogan, create the logo and define the visual identity. This step is very important especially at the creation of the slogan, which is a short sentence containing 4 words’ maximum and describing perfectly at the same time the mission, activities and target customers of the company. It must be funny, poetic, recognizable and easily memorable.
Build and test the Business Model Canvas 1 KEY PARTNERS • Who are your key partners ? • What are the motivations for partnerships ?
6 KEY RESSOURCES • What key resources does your value proposition requires ?
2 KEY ACTIVITIES • What are the key activities essential to the operation of the company ?
7 CHANNELS • What channels do your customers want to be reached with ? Which ones work best ? • How much do channels cost ?
3 VALUE PROPOSITIONS • What center values do you offer to clients and what are their needs ?
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9 STREAMS OF REVENUE • What (and for what value) did they pay and how would they prefer to be paid ? • How much does each source of revenue contributes to overall revenue ?
CUSTOMERS SEGMENTS • For which customer segments do you create values ?
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8 STRUCTURE OF COSTS • What are the most important costs ? • What are the most expensive activities ?
RELATIONSHIP WITH CUSTOMERS • What relationships do the target client expects you establish and how can you integrate that into your business in terms of cost ?
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Redact Business Plan : project synthesis 1 ORGANISATION • The legal form • The personal situation of the management team 2 PROJEcT • The idea and context • The problem to solve • The solution • Implementation and setting up 3 ACTIVITieS • The description of products and services • Competitive advantages • Intellectual property • The design and development 4 MARKET • The target market • Competition • Customers • The market share
5 MARKETING STRATEGY • Marketing positioning • Trade positioning • Distribution • Communication • Launch strategy, medium & long terms
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6 FINANCIAL DATA • Needs at the launching • Financial tables: 2 scenarios over 3 & 5 years 7 PROJECT PROGESS STATUS • Administrative procedures • Business approaches • Fundraising
APPENDICES : Team Abilities Records
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Executive Summary This is the operational summary of the business plan. It must be done on one or two pages maximum, it is the summary of the project : 1 TEAM AND THEIRS SKILLS & ABILITIES • Names, surname and positions in the company • Talent, Potential, Key Skills 2 MISSION • Idea, goal and activities • Problem to solve and its importance • Solution provided, products and services 3 COMPETITION • Market : State, trend, target audience • Competitive advantage • The market share
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4 BUSINESS MODEL • How to make profits with your solution
5 FINANCIAL INFORMATION UP DATE & ON 3 YEARS • Financial results obtained on time • Expected financial results over 3 years 6 STRATeGy Launch strategy, medium & long terms : • Marketing • Trade • Sales • Distribution 7 FINANCIAL NEED • The reason for soliciting investors • The exact amount of your financing need
You have prepared your pitch, your Business Plan and your Executive Summary and you lack the necessary funds to start your business. If you do not have capital to finance your project, there are several other ways, including with individuals, banks or private or professional investors. However, first wait to have positive indicators before raising funds. This will show to the investors that you know how to earn money. We will only focus on raising funds from private investors such as Business Angels and professionals such as Venture Capitalist (VC). For a fundraising file, five documents are necessary and indispensable: The Pitch, Business Plan, Executive Summary, Term Sheet and Shareholders’ Agreement.
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1 pitch • Preparation according to target • Repetition up to perfection 2 BUSINESS PLAN & EXECUTIVE SUMMARY It is imperative to prepare the 2 documents : • Business Plan • Executive Summary 3 TERM SHEET It is that document which takes up the important points of the negotiation with the investment fund. Once this document is signed, the probability of the investment is very high. • The amount • The distribution between investors (if several actors participate on the round table) • Valorization • Preference liquidations • The buying (call provision) and selling clauses • The managerial clauses (good / bad leaver) • The governance 4 SHAREHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT It consists of creating an equilibrium that will prevail between people, during the daily management of the company. It is the deepening and logical continuation of the Term Sheet. • The associate’s agreement • The opening of capital to investors • The new board of directors • The definition of future living conditions • The definition of the conditions of decision • The joint release clause • The withdrawal clause • The non-dilution clause • The accreditation clause
Governance and capital-sharing clauses form the cornerstone of this document. The assistance of a lawyer is imperative, as it is a contractual relationship.
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the Startup Yes, here you are ! Everything is ready to launch and begin the journey with your partners, customers, users, suppliers and future collaborators. However, remember that it is even more important at this stage to keep in mind stages to achieve success and enjoy an exhilarating experience with people who share your vision. Every point must be constantly improving. You have to make balance sheets and promise yourself never to give up.
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• Faith in God, Trust and Believe in the Plans • Have a Dream and visualize it with a burning Passion • Know yourself, know your values • Identify your Talents, Clarify your Vision • Work hard on the Verbal and non-verbal languages.
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4 golden rules to follow during a fundraising Entrepreneurs lose a lot of time, energy and opportunities in the fundraising. What you should know is that a Business Angel can invest in a project still at initiating phase, but a Venture Capitalist (VC) needs that the project should be at least in take-off phase. It is a Venture Capitalist who, contrary to popular belief, selects projects with less risk. It operates according to its own rules, never precisely defined. To survive in the game of financing, startups should learn some rules and avoid mistakes.
rule n°1 Choose the appropriate public Depending on the phase of your project, the public is able to fund your varied project. The phases are : • Formulating your idea into concept • The validation of this concept by testing and market research • The priming phase • The takeoff phase • The development of the product or service • The transmission During formulation of the idea and concept validation, you should contact Love Money and use your own capital. At the initial phase, you will have more chance to
convince a Business Angel. You perfectly describe your project and the predictive importance; you believe in its evolution. As from the takeoff phase, the appropriate public is VCs for they need arguments and elements of evidence and not descriptive elements of your project. Then, you need to prove that your project works and do not describe how it will be if it works. rule n°2 No Non-Dilutive Agreement Do not ask VCs to sign an agreement of non-dilutive before they have evidence that your business works
in real life, and not only in your imagination. They will not finance you, in any case, without reviewing a revenue model, business model and an acceptable term-sheet from their point of view. After a speech that enabled you to get an appointment, present your business model with the least sensitive information. Moreover, after haven attracted investors, you can explain all the details of your project. Some VCs will sign an NDA (NonDilutive Agreement), but only after they have made their decision to invest, and after much appointments and negotiations.
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rule n°3 No long pages, be brief Funds of Venture Capital receive hundreds of business plans each week. Therefore, you need a little more, a difference that will push them to look at your file. You should therefore never present a complete business plan but give the anxiety to see and know more rather than giving them what will make them believe in your project. So, keep it short, make a presentation synthesized in 3 pages’ maximum. They usually are already quite skeptical when it comes to financing projects, if they have a 56
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product that is not tested, a market that is not wellknown, uncertain business model, questionable strategic value and team project still not mature. Do not give them another reason to evaluate the potential of your project aggressively and offer you an entry in your capital with a lower valorization. rule n°4 Keep in touch and continue your research Do not rely on VCs to remind you after an appointment; it is up to you to do so. The trick is to stay in touch with them and to
«harass» them as a parasite to get a return on your file. And most importantly, it is not because the appointment seemed correct and that you had a verbal promise, so not officially recorded, that you will neglect other funding opportunities for your fundraiser. «Yes» is officially recorded if the Term Sheet was negotiated with acceptable due diligence, initialed and signed by lawyer of the VCs.
« WARNING ! TAKE HEED OF COVETOUSNESS OF WEALTH, FOR A MAN’S LIFE DOES NOT DEPEND ON HIS POSSESSIONS, EVEN IF HE IS VERY RICH. » Luke 12:15
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