How to Make Your Mark

Perhaps the most identifiable mark of people who make a mark is their ‘action orientation’. Most people who make a huge mark in society tend to be workaholics. They engage in their activities steadily and continously with a focused purpose. They know their highest value activities and get into the flow of effortlessly producing their very best. They have what Tom Peters calls ‘A bias for action’ - they are action oriented. 

Action oriented people are identified by three key characteristics:

Clarity - Action oriented people have a clear understanding of their purpose and plan. They don’t wander around with vague ideas of what needs to be done. They have a solid picture of their intended goals. It’s almost as if those goals are plain before them. Their objectives are transparent before their eyes.

Creativity - Action oriented people have a unique ability top transcend the ‘way things have always been done’. They are all about thinking outside the box and doing using new methodologies. They don’t stick to rule books. They are thinkers and usually possess myriads of ideas on how to do things.

Competence - Competence is simply the capacity of being skillful, knowledgeable and qualified to carry out a task. Action oriented people have a rare competence that enables them to come into situations and immediately roll up their sleeves to solve any problems. They believe in themselves and their abilities.