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Sunday, April 29, 2012
9 Timeless Leadership Lessons from Cyrus the Great
9 Timeless Leadership Lessons from Cyrus the Great
Cyrus The Great (Photo credit:
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Forget 1-800-CEO Read. The greatest book on business and leadership was
written in the 4th century BC by a Greek about a Persian King. Yeah, that’s
right.
Behold: Cyrus the Great, the man that historians call
“the most amiable of conquerors,” and the first king to found “his empire on
generosity” instead of violence and tyranny. Consider Cyrus the antithesis to
Machiavelli’s ideal Prince. The author, himself the opposite of
Machiavelli, was Xenophon, a student of Socrates.
The book is a veritable classic in
the art of leadership, execution, and responsibility. Adapted from Larry Hendrick’s excellent translation, here are
nine lessons in leadership from Xenophon’s Cyrus the Great:
Be Self-Reliant
“Never be slow in replenishing your
supplies. You’ll always bee on better terms with your allies if you can secure
your own provisions…Give them all they need and your troops will follow you to
the end of the earth.”
Be Generous
“Success always calls for greater
generosity–though most people, lost in the darkness of their own egos, treat it
as an occasion for greater greed. Collecting boot [is] not an end itself, but
only a means for building [an] empire. Riches would be of little use to us
now–except as a means of winning new friends.”
Be Brief
“Brevity is the soul of command. Too
much talking suggests desperation on the part of the leader. Speak shortly,
decisively and to the point–and couch your desires in such natural logic that
no one can raise objections. Then move on.”
Be a Force for Good
“Whenever you can, act as a
liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth–these three together constitute the
greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their
love for you will never die.”
Be in Control
[After punishing some renegade
commanders] “Here again, I would demonstrate the truth that, in my army,
discipline always brings rewards.”
Be Fun
“When I became rich, I realized that
no kindness between man and man comes more naturally than sharing food and
drink, especially food and drink of the ambrosial excellence that I could now
provide. Accordingly, I arranged that my table be spread everyday for many
invitees, all of whom would dine on the same excellent food as myself. After my
guests and I were finished, I would send out any extra food to my absent
friends, in token of my esteem.”
Be Loyal
[When asked how he planned to dress
for a celebration] “If I can only do well by my friends, I’ll look glorious
enough in whatever clothes I wear.”
Be an Example
“In my experience, men who respond
to good fortune with modesty and kindness are harder to find than those who
face adversity with courage.”
Be Courteous and Kind
“There is a deep–and usually
frustrated–desire in the heart of everyone to act with benevolence rather than
selfishness, and one fine instance of generosity can inspire dozens more. Thus
I established a stately court where all my friends showed respect to each other
and cultivated courtesy until it bloomed into perfect harmony.”
There’s a reason Cyrus found
students and admirers in his own time as well as the ages that followed. From
Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin to Julius Caesar and Alexander (and yes,
even Machiavelli) great men have read his inspiring example and put it to use
in the pursuit of their own endeavors.
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Master Mehrdad point of view about MMA and Today Fighting
Hello Everyone,
My opinion about today's version of MMA fighting is very straight forward. I do not view this sport as having true quality fighting elements but rather pure street fighting, which promotes violence and is very bad for our young generation who wants to explore Martial Arts or any other combat sports. It also stamps a very ugly interpretation to other styles of traditional Martial Arts or fighting systems such as Kickboxing, Muay Thai or full contact Karate championships, which have been around for thousands of years. Today's MMA is called Cage Fighting, which is not at all Mixed Martial Arts and it is not carried with any honor or respect. There is no such thing as Mixed Martial Arts fighting as one true fighter or Martial Arts master cannot realistically complete or master multiple fighting systems in his young lifetime in order to be able to go into the cage and fight.
Mixed Martial Arts today means to a lot of people the mixture of different Arts fought by a fighter who is a Mixed Martial Artist, an MMA Fighter or what I like to call them… Cage Fighters. A student who seeks to become a Cage Fighter is basically seeking to learn different disciplines such as grappling, wrestling, Muay Thai, and Jujitsu and then he is an “MMA Fighter”, but really MMA means fighters who learn and master a single discipline and that fighter is put up against another fighter with a different discipline, thereby becoming a “Mixed Martial Arts” competition to see which fighter/discipline reigns as was done by true ancient warriors. What you see today, is a street fight without proper skill, technique or fundamentals and it pains me to see the term “Martial Arts” attached to this style of fighting.
Fundamentally and scientifically, grappling works slow muscle groups and slow twitch muscles; whereas striking such as Kickboxing, Muay Thai and Boxing utilizes fast and explosive twitch muscles. The training for these two muscle groups do not complement each other and it will have conflict to develop at the same time especially during early stage training if preparing to become a great fighter.
If you have never trained before or you have some minor training in martial arts and you are considering to become a fighter, then I would strongly suggest you start with striking training first with a very experienced striking master because to develop powerful twitch muscles and proper striking skills it requires a skillful trainer. Striking is much more complicated than most people think it is. For instance, human instinct as a young child is to wrestle or throw someone down to the ground when playing or fighting but it is not human instinct to throw a shin kick or a perfect knee strike or a straight right hand, which are most effective and can end a fight before it begins. Those are “skills” that need to be learned and only improve with proper training and should be learned first if possible.
At the end of the day we all have our own different views and I respect everyone’s views, but I can tell you I have been doing this for a long time and as a child I trained in Persian wrestling, boxing and then fell in love with the Art of kicking, because I can easily see how somebody can destroy you with calculated kicking power. I’ve been there and done that my friend and although I respect anyone who enters a ring or octagon, I have yet to see a great humble fighter demonstrating the kind of skill I am talking about. Believe me, no grappler or wrestler can take someone down if he can’t get close enough so he’s immediately at a disadvantage. Learn striking first!
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Back in the ring for 2011 long road but finally I can pursue my real dream.
My name is Master Mehrdad Khan Moayedi and they call me "Persian Warrior please follow me online or in action will be back in the ring for early 2011 only this time I have all the times in the world to train and to show what I am made of. "http://www.shindokumate.com/shindokumatexvi
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