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The Winning Habits: 4 Secrets That Will Change The Rest Of Your Life by Dick Lyles looks at four simple formulas for becoming more effective andsuccessful. The author Dick Lyles, CEO of the global consulting companyLeadership Legacies and formerly the President and COO of The KenBlanchard Companies®, shares in this book the secrets to lifetime of fulfillment. A cross between the best-selling books Who Moved My Cheeseby Spencer Johnson and Kenneth Blanchard and Dr. Covey s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, this 111-page book uses fictional characters tobring to life the not-so-secret guidelines to success making it easier for readers to grasp the concepts.

The author reveals that you too can be successful by adhering to four simple winning habits in your job, family, business or your daily life:

1. Be first on, last off, and add extra value. How you do things is key toyour success. According to Lyles, it is not sufficient to have great ideas, dogood work, and then stop. You will achieve better results if you focus on

creating a better outcome. A one-person business owner, most especially, does not have the luxury tosimply conjure brilliant ideas for the business, and then expect someone else to worry about the details

and follow-through.

A results-oriented person who puts in extra effort to come up with significant improvements to their projects stands a greater chance at success than an activity-based person. Don t make the mistake of thinking that your brains alone can carry you, because in the real world, brains alone aren t enough. Youneed to possess a high degree of curiosity, obsession and dogged endurance, combined with self-critiqueto succeed.

2. Never trade results for excuses.Stuff happens is the excuse we often find ourselves making whenwe are unable to do things we originally planned to do. Successful people, according to the author, makesure that they do what they commit themselves to do. Simple rationalizations and flimsy excuses do noteasily let them off the hook. People who want to succeed as focused on the results, always bearing inmind that productivity is more important than activity. They make no excuses for themselves; they just do

it.

If you want to attain a lifetime of fulfillment, you need to develop the habit off saying, There s no excuse toprod yourself to doing what you set out to do.

3. Solve problems in advance. Learning how to troubleshoot action plans before you implement them is

the essence of the third winning habit.

Lyles explain that every move whether implementing a new decision or solving a problem -- can haveconsequences, some of which are unintended. Some of these unintended consequences can becomenew problems that you need to face. To avoid new problems popping up, you need to learn how totroubleshoot your decisions.

Troubleshooting decision means having a logical and consistent method for solving problems and makingdecisions. According to the author, there are seven steps to solving a problem:

§ Define the problem § Define objectives § Generate alternatives § Develop action plan § Troubleshoot §Communicate § Implement

4. Always make those around you look good. The author advises, Develop the habit of always makingthose around you look good. You can get further ahead in life if you don t push people back to propel

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yourself up front. The reason: people know. You ll stand a greater chance at success if you make thehabit of creating allies, instead of enemies.

This advice is even more relevant for entrepreneurs working with employees. You can achieve more if you are able to support your employees goals, help solve their problems, show that you are trulyinterested in helping them achieve in line with the overall organization s goals.

The Winning Habits: 4 Secrets That Will Change The Rest Of Your Life is a fun and simple read. Itsparable writings are easy to digest and apply in your business and daily life.

4 Simple Secrets of Success...Make Them Work for You!³In Winning Ways, Dick Lyles showed ushow to work well with people. Now, in Winning Habits, he gives us the secrets to a lifetime of fulfillment.´-SPENCER JOHNSON Author of the worldwide best seller Who Moved MyCheese?³Dick Lyles brings a wealth of corporate experience and business savvy to his latestinnovation, Winning Habits. Uniquely written through the eyes of fiction, this book does far morethan entertain-it inductively teaches many profound and practical principles embodied inhabits.´-DR. STEPHEN R. COVEY Best-selling author, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People³DickLyles has done it again. In Winning Habits he has given us a simple but powerful message thatcan make us more effective not only at work, but also in our personal lives. Read it and start

winning more.´-KEN BLANCHARD Co-author, The One Minute Manager®Be first on, last off, andadd extra value Never trade results for excuses Solve problems in advance Always make those

around you look goodIn the spirit of Who Moved My Cheese? and Seven Habits of HighlyEffective People, this business parable teaches you the four personal habits at the heart of success, then shows how to put them to work... live them... and change your lifeforever.Winning Habits is about making great things happen around you... and for you. Thispowerful parable identifies the four fundamental habits that lead to success... and helps youapply those habits in your life... your whole life... starting right now.When it comes to identifyingsimple personal changes that lead to powerful results, nobody knows more than Dick Lyles. Andnobody's better at helping you make those changes stick-for today, tomorrow, and the rest of your life. (If you're among the millions who've been touched by his personal appearances and

consulting engagements, you already know that!)Whether you're struggling to jump start yourcareer... or lead a team to greatness... or improve your entire organization's performance... or

you're a consultant, coach, or trainer... Winning Habits has the answers. Read it. Share it. Liveit!Reviewed and endorsed by Spencer Johnson, Ken Blanchard, and Stephen R. Covey!