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WALDO’S WINGTIPS

Here are five WingTips for maximizing lift and minimizing
drag in your career:

• Feed your mind with positive thoughts. When Napoleon
Hill was writing the classic Think and Grow Rich, he
interviewed five hundred of the most successful peo-
ple in the world at the time and compiled their com-
mon traits and characteristics. The practice of feeding
the mind positive thoughts was one that came up
every time.
• Jettison the wing nuts in your career. Every one of us
bears the composite influence of the people we asso-
ciate with the most. Make sure your “top five” are lift-
ing you up, not dragging you down.
• Join a mastermind group of people who are pushing it up.
Spend time with high achievers who are taking their
life to the next level, but choose people with skills and
insights different from yours. This way, you each can
benefit from the others’ unique expertise.
• Mentor someone less experienced than you. Take some-
one under your wing and encourage them, teach them,
and lift them up. By lifting another, you add to your
team of wingmen and build a stronger formation of
partners. (Also, be willing to be mentored!)
• Tighten down the rivets. Induced drag is like the rivets
on a jet: they hold the jet together, but if one sticks