Mar 15 2008
The Power Of 6™ - Your Chance To Be Famous!
If you read the free report, you learned the first 5 criteria for selecting your Power of 6. If you have not read it, first do so by entering your name and email to the form at the right.
Once you have read it, you are invited to contribute to this emerging body of thought by adding YOUR 6th to THE POWER OF 6™ !
Use the comment area below to add your thoughts. If your “6th” is chosen, you will be recognized in the soon-to-be-released book, THE POWER of 6™ !
Thanks!
13 responses so far
Amazing what one person can do when they connect to others and start moving in the same direction.
The power of 6 is a powerful concept
Hey Dave, here goes for my two-cents on the criteria for number 6:
Be sure to incorporate at least one, preferably two or more people of the opposite sex in your Power of 6! *Please note: Examples are metaphoric and not meant to be looked at as sexist. This is why:
As you mentioned in the first criteria, Candace the Basketball player was as successful as she was because she literally “played with the boys!”
In business, men often gravitate toward men and women often gravitate toward women; especially where joint ventures and partnerships are concerned. It’s like an unspoken law and subtle cultural comfort. Perhaps it is from a feeling like, “they’ll get me” (same gender) because they know what I feel like when I put on a tie/dress* (or walk in wingtips/heels*).
Think about it. Ask yourself these questions with regard of how you communicate with the opposite gender:
1. In business, do you approach or speak to the opposite sex in the same mode as your own?
2. Do you use the same verbiage?
3. In some aspects of life do you look at the opposite sex as stronger and other aspects of life as weaker?
Sometimes we get stuck in our individual comfort of handling things. Yet, if we get closer to each other’s processes, that gap of discomfort starts to close and it is reflected in how we stretch our actions of stepping outside to broader thinking. Remember, what we think expands and how we think is directly related to how we feel!
It is said that men (more mental) ‘think’ and women (more emotional) ‘feel’. With today’s popularity of “The Secret” the buzz is now that ‘our thoughts become our feelings’ – so, uniting our genders in the Power of 6 is likely to expand and harmonize this partnership in a way previously not explored on this level.
I’m not saying we should become the same. In fact, that would defeat the power.
Consider this. Are stereotypes ever based on fact?
? Historically, men are more skilled in compartmentalizing their daily lives. They tend to generally be able to separate their work and personal issues with less stress than women.
? Women tend to peak higher on the intuition scale. They also have a propensity to multi-task and blend their work and personal issues more often than men.
If you agree with the examples above, do you see how both strengths stem from different perspectives and both serve good purpose?
While there are exceptions, as a whole, it tends to be this way on more than one level. In the 21st Century, both genders are generally evolved enough to see the value in what I am saying. Do you see how complimentary this can be as a unified power?
While Candace increased her skills by playing with boys who are “bigger, stronger and faster” do you think it possible that the boys evolved in acceptance, respect and conduct?
Unified in the power of 6 and genuinely invited based on the 6 (non-gender) value filters create a more universal power. If all work together and respect the worth the other brings; passion, energy, commitment and completion are quicker, better and more enlightened!
Really well put together Dave - I’m excited about this- here’s what came up for me for number 6.
Have six core ideas and/or tasks laid out for the year - every two months advance to the next idea or task. For example:
Let’s say your six business leaders -being complimentary to each other in skill set leads the group in educating them further about the latest within the individual fields. Let’s say you have a lawyer, accountant, marketer, sales manager, web developer, business coach as the six. Once the team is established the lawyer goes first and put’s together a webinar / tele-seminar / or maybe all meet in person to learn about the latest must know information about business law - it could be the latest on internet copyright for example.
So - here’s how the six steps to number 6 works.
1 - The team has six complimenting content categories - each based on the expertise of each member.
2 - The year is divided into six periods (2 months each) In the example of the Lawyer - he/she leads the team in learning important legal issues that benefit the team for the 2 months.
3 - The meetings (webinars / teleseminars) happen 6 times within the 2 months
4 - The content of each meeting is 6 different subjects (6 meetings - 6 subjects)
5 - Each team member then sends the new information to 6 clients/friends/colleagues.
Reaching out beyond the team to assist others in this important content.
6 - When sending the new info to six clients/friends/colleagues - ask them to then forward it to six people they know ( you can put the contact info and or promotional information within an email with the new info) this will promote the members business and drive traffic to a website/blog/product launch etc. thus creating further reach into the market for that members personal business. An excellent word of mouth business generator ;-D
The benefits of these six steps are “POWER-ful” because as you clearly layout Dave, it’s all about relationships - and in todays Social Networking/Connecting world - it’s all about referrals and doing business with people you know and trust…there’s nothing better for business than the “referral” and social proof.
Looking forward to the book Dave - we’ll speak soon I’m sure ;-D
Alan Kaplan
The Power Of 6™ - Synergy, balance, team work, complement, and compliment - great goals to strive towards in any organization. Don’t forget the basketball connection and the Power of the “6th Man!”
Also, have you heard of ? ?? Chinese call this “gai shan”. More well known is “kaizen,” the Japanese version. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaizen
You book’s concepts will expand into a global audience by incorporating the Far Eastern philosophies.
I think you are wonderful. I am just now taking the time to read the report and believe wholeheartedly on your concept. Brilliant idea.
Remember there’s a basic existential law that says givers must be takers, too. If there isn’t a balance between intake and output, people will quickly burn out and become useless. You can surround yourself with people who are taking from other sources and only align themselves with your “sixtet” for the purpose of mutual giving, but they all must be drawing spiritual, emotional, and financial sustenance from SOMEWHERE or they will eventually fizzle and become useless to you, to the world, and to themselves.
Hi Dave,
Thanks for a great report. I let the negative people out of my life a long time ago. You made me realize that I associate only with givers.
Helen
If, by chance, you find yourself “voted out” of a Power of 6, start your own! Failure is only final id you stop.
Thank you for such a great and powerful concept.It is about one am.and i started to dream and think BIG.
Thanks and good night.
gunnar
6.) Sixth and final point: Bring to the group the latest, state of the art knowledge that the entire team may learn and benefit from. No matter how well you master a field, there will always be someone more seasoned and experienced. Be humble enough to recognize this and gracious enough to search out and receive the knowledge of the “Top Dogs” in the field.
I might add that #6 would be an individual that, yes, bright equity and more to the group. But I would say that diversity would be of great value. So my number six in this situation would be a person that brings something unique that the rest of the 5 do not offer. That there is some skill set or some other asset that the group does not have.
Thanks for allowing me to share Dave
Jed A. Reay
Wow, very powerful concept. Thanks Dave. The biggest challenge I see is getting your 6, to educate their 6, about the Power of 6. It would be interesting to see future posts here on this topic.
The 6th criteria I would suggest, is each of your power of 6 *must* be PASSIONATE about what they do, in other words, they should LOVE what they do. The extreme test would be, even if they were not getting paid a dime to do it, would they still be doing what they are doing anyway? When you love what you do, and surround yourself with people whom similarly love what they do — there’s a mutual respect, joy, and “field of creativity” that I’ve experienced that is more than the sum of the parts. It’s magic. Passion/love naturally elevates people whom are competent at something, to being superb — it’s all they can think about — plus they’re typically more fun to be around.
Not to sound too 1960s (as I wasn’t even born yet) but it seems to be all about joy, peace and love.
The 6 must have a core set of principles that drive them, upon which they agree to be guided for activities, undertakings and behavior. Otherwise you have 6 great people with no direction or purpose. When you mentioned the first 5 points, my response was, to do what?