How can I "fast track" my way into a position of power?
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Sleep your way to the top.
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Make lists.  Organize everything so that you know what it is, where it is, and how to put your hands on it quickly.  The things you use most often should be the most accessible, and so on back to "deep storage."  The time it takes to get things organized the way a secretary would is time you will save a hundred times over when you are looking for something.\n\nMake lists.  Make to-do lists.  Put things on your calendar, and check them off once they are done.  Take advantage of the calendar and scheduling functions of your computer systems.  There are plenty of free downloads for this kind of thing; you don't need to spend money on it.\n\nNow, you have your lists.  You have them prioritized.  Then ask yourself, "What's the best use of my time right now."  Look at your to-do list.  If it cannot answer the question, then the best use of your time is re-prioritizing the to-do list.  Once some other task raises to the top of the list, get up and get it started.  Then what's the best use of your time after that?  (P.S. Sometimes the answer is "make a cup of tea and relax for five minutes.")
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first go to the local pd and find out their position,  planing dept to find out their position, and then if you aren't discouraged, start currying favor with the council. you will get a lot of nimby knee jerk reactions.\n\nfrom these 3 entities, you'll get a pretty good idea how to proceed.
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There are many things that you can do. \n\n1. Stay informed. Use a variety of news sources to get information. There is a lot of stuff not covered on the 24 hours news stations. Search for websites and international news sources.\n\n2. Be politically active. Help candidates that share your views, at every level, try to get elected. That would also mean voting when ever there is an election, no matter how small.\n\n3. Join independent political organizations. There are many on the internet and probably many in your community.\n\n4. Ride it out. Bush will be gone in 2 and half years, along with much of the current republican leadership. This year alone, Bill Frist, Rick Santorum, Tom Delay, Katherine Harris, Ken Blackwell, Bob Taft, Jeb Bush, and Duke Cunningham will all be out of power, most if not all probably forever. Politics is very dynamic, if you don't like the country's direction at one point in time, it is bound to change soon enough.
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Get political, become the leader of a nation and order your troops into other nations' territories. No better way to commit a perfect crime. LOL.
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First, stop thinking of yourself as a young woman in a man's world.  Think of yourself as person who has information that others are interested in learning.  You're leading these meetings for a reason -- what is it?  Who put you in charge?  Why?  Play to your strengths and ignore the "us" vs "them" mentality.  Be the most articulate and knowledgeable person in the room and they won't be able to afford to brush you off.  They'll realize you have information and skills they need.
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running behind the up (top) rank
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First and foremost, congratulations on your position.  You have already influenced someone as your election shows.\n\nI think you need to sit down and think about what the President of the Council's duties should be and how you will be able to fit them.  Then mold those ideas into an oratory to present at the meeting. \n\nI assume you have knowledge of what the council has been looking at recently as far as issues.  Maybe it is a good time to reach out to the other members just to hear their opinions.   Part of leadership is giving others the freedom to express themselves.  You may learn something new, or at least find some allies along the way.\n\nGood luck to you.  Let us know how you did.
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Being the top executive over any jurisdiction is a lot tougher than most people think.  Lots of people sound off about what they would do if they were president, but of course that is safe to talk about because they will never have to face those challenges.\n\nSo, if people are so concerned about the way things are going, run for local office.  Become the mayor or sit on county supervisors or sit on the board of education.  If you don’t want to do that, then get copies of your local budgets and develop a new approach doing the things you have stated that you want to do and taking care of the needs of your local community.\n\nHow many here will do that. I would guess none, or at the very least not many.  Even if someone here did do that and had to work with goals and needs and limited income, I bet they really couldn’t develop a viable plan.
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Have a good agenda, stick to it and invite the right players to the meeting. Thank people for attending.\n\nFollow up with minutes and actions
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Run around the earth really fast.  Cross as many time lines as necessary to get where you want to be.
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~Learn self-confidence, practice public speaking in front of a mirror.\nCirculate and make friends.  Learn the issues and prepare a platform that you want to stand for and stick to your principles.  Do the research you need to support your positions.  Let people know you are honest and sincere and have integrity.\n\nWhen you've wasted enough time realizing none of this is going to work, learn how to spread your legs and go after the boys' votes.
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exhibit some self control and will power
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try youtube for some videos or just type iin leadership videos on google....
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Every step you need to take is listed here. It's very long or I would have pasted it here.\nhttp://www.managementhelp.org/strt_org/s...
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you don't want to announce it too early before elections, or people will start judging you, so start when sign-ups begin.  if you wait for this, everything will work out nicely, and people will kno youre serious about the position.\n\nvote me best answer! and good luck!
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better management of your time. and work faster. actually.. you just have to  move faster... you probably get sidetracked most of the time