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Personal and Career Development
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Personal and Career Development

by Claudio A. Rivera, Elza Priede
June 2021
Beginner content levelBeginner
252 pages
4h 15m
English
Business Expert Press
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CHAPTER 1

Self-Leadership and Purpose

Introduction

AMA LLULLA, AMA QILLA, AMA SUWAone of the authors met this sentence engraved in stone at the entrance of a country house in La Paz, Bolivia. This is an old Quechua saying, which means, “Don’t lie, don’t be lazy, and don’t steal.” It defined the basic principles to be successful in the ancestral societies of South America. In a sense, this phrase is a good example of the unwritten rules to succeed in any society, market, sector. In military terms, we can call them: rules of engagement. Personal success in career and life depends largely on how wisely we live according to these rules while we stay authentic to ourselves. This is called practical wisdom. It is the capacity to apply daily the

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ISBN: 9781637420294