here it is…

MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN

I told you it was simple.

• Make something happen, advance the ball up the field, move the needle on a project.
• Make something happen right now, the moment you finish reading this, and stick with it.
• Launch that idea, post that post, run that ad, call that customer, solve that problem.
• Go to the edge, that edge you’ve been holding back from… and get started on it now.
• Don’t wait, and by all means don’t ask for permission, make something happen!
• Just go, get it done, and then do it again tomorrow.

This is just one of the many lessons you’ll learn in the 100 Day Challenge.

Get all the juicy details!

EVERY goal you want to achieve requires the enforcement of self-discipline, self-control and self-awareness. There is no other way.

To build a solid reputation with yourself and others, to earn more money, to be in great shape, and to ensure success in any area of your life, you must learn the discipline of:

• Looking for solutions rather than focusing on problems.
• Going the extra mile and exceeding expectations.
• Consistently adding value to your customers.
• Eating healthy foods and proper nutrition.
• Proper preparation and thorough planning.
• Saving and investing more than spending.
• Writing a thank you note to a customer.
• Managing your time and commitments.
• Giving more than you receive.
• Paying your bills on time.
• Honoring your commitments.
• Exercising self-control.
• Keeping your promises.
• Telling the truth.

In short, you must learn the discipline of self-discipline.

One of the great benefits of self-discipline is that each act you engage in comes with a corresponding reward.

For each failure you experience, you find new lessons and wisdom.

As you overcome each challenge, you gain new understanding.

With each success you achieve, your confidence grows.

With each loss, you gain empathy and humility.

For each book you read, you gain knowledge.

EVERY act of self-discipline in life bears desirable fruit.


WHAT TO DO NOW?: Share your thoughts on this post and the importance of self-discipline.

“Life will not go according to plan, if you do not have a plan” – Gary Ryan Blair

Great companies do it every year.

High performing executives consider its maintenance among their top 5 activities.

Smart department heads do it in addition to whatever the company comes up with overall.

Successful individuals do it almost without thinking about it.

What is it?

Strategic Action Planning!

Corporations practice strategic action planning to provide a greater return on equity. They want to make sure all departments and employees are utilizing their time and activities in a way that will return the greatest amount of profit.

Strategic Action Planning then is a method used to ensure that you are utilizing your time and activities in a way that will return the greatest amount of energy, or life experience.

• Personal Action Planning

Once you learn the fine art of action planning and execution, you’ll know how to pick up from where you are right now, and create the life you want.

Imagine for a moment that your life is a business. Your goal should be to get the highest return possible on the investment of yourself in everything you do.

In other words, your time and your energy – mental, emotional, and physical energy – are investments. Your time and energy are your personal equity.

A business wants to maximize how it invests its equity, because in business, everyone knows and understands that equity is limited. We have only so much.

Isn’t the same true of your personal time and energy?

So it makes sense then, that you need to strategically plan how your investments are being made, so that you can maximize them to get what you want.

Planning is a Process

Strategic action planning is a disciplined thought process, which produces fundamental decisions and actions that shape and guide who you are, where you are going, what you do, and how, when and why you do it. All of this is done with a focus on the future.

In fact, every minute you invest in planning your goals, activities and time in advance saves ten minutes of work in the execution of those plans. That’s precisely why  STRATEGIC ACTION PLANNING will give you a return of ten times, or 1,000% on your investment of mental, emotional and physical energy.

In this message, I want to talk with you about the importance of not quitting  and what it takes to become a champion.

In three simple words, here’s the true secret to success….Choose Your Suffering!

That’s right, Choose Your Suffering.

Think about it, everything you want in life, every goal you want to achieve, every dream you want to manifest comes with a price tag.

There is NO FREE LUNCH when it comes to success, and their are no free rides when it comes to failure and under performance. Each has their own price.

To achieve any goal, you must choose the suffering that’s right for you, you must accept that reality, you must embrace that truth, and then you must live with it every day of your life.

The moment you choose not to continue to pay the price of success IS the moment you choose to suffer the consequences of failure which is the worst kind of suffering.

The suffering cost of failure is always higher than the suffering price for success.

The cost and consequences of failure in a relationship, job, career or any area can cause a monumental amount of disruption and chaos in your life.

IT’S TIME FOR A REALITY CHECK

Your results speak for themselves.

Are you paying the price of success and enjoying the fruits of your efforts?

OR…

Are you suffering the consequences of a a sub par performance?


You will always pay dearly for under performance, and the following are just a few examples of the suffering costs of failure:

• …if you lack financial discipline you will suffer the consequences of debt and sleepless nights.
• …if you do not manage your diet you will suffer the cost of diabetes and poor fitting clothing.
• …by not keeping your promises, you suffer the loss of reputation.
• …by choosing to be late and unprepared you will suffer the cost of lost opportunity.
• …by not investing quality time with your children, you will suffer by paying the price of regret your entire life.

Sooner or later each of us must choose to pay the price of success or pay the cost of failure.

Sooner or later you will come to the understanding that you must “Choose Your Suffering”.

True success is something that is achieved by the minority of people, and is therefore unnatural and not to be achieved by following our natural likes and dislikes nor by being guided by our natural preferences and prejudices.

If you are ready to begin paying the price of success and done with paying the consequences of under performance, then sign up for the 100 Day Challenge right now.

Stop paying the cost of failure and dissappoint and START paying the price of success!

“We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now.

In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there is such a thing as being too late. Procrastination is still the thief of time.

Life often leaves us standing bare, naked, and dejected with a lost opportunity. The tide in the affairs of men does not remain at flood — it ebbs.

Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words, “Too late.”

I wanted to share this message with you to remind you that time waits for no one.

If you are unhappy with your individual or team year-to-date performance, you need to step up your game and deploy better strategies, and you need to do it now before its “TOO LATE”.

WARNING

If you do not make it a priority to use your time wisely in the conscious pursuit of your goals and dreams, I can assure you that your future is in serious jeopardy.

Why? Because procrastination has become precedent, patterns and performance standards have been set and reinforced.

Your current results speak for themselves.You’ve had more than enough time to perform, to display your talents, and show the world how good you really are.

Take this message very seriously. Get your hands on this Special Report and start making big things happen in your life.

WHAT TO DO NOW? Share your thoughts on MLK’s quote and how it applies to your life.

You must get used to the fact that success requires an enormous threshold of discomfort, fear and inconvenience.

This truth applies to every definition of success; it applies to everyone and to every endeavor. In short, you must get comfortable being uncomfortable.

Inconvenience and discomfort are part of the foundational building blocks of success. Every person who has ever been legitimately successful has formed the habit of doing things that others don’t like to do.

Unfortunately, our society has placed such a high premium on convenience and expediency that it has enabled weakness, while also creating an inability for many to perform at peak levels.

The acceptance of inconvenience and discomfort explains why people with every apparent qualification for success become disappointing failures, while others achieve outstanding success in spite of many obvious and discouraging handicaps.

In other words, we’ve got to realize right from the start that success requires an unconventional approach and a much different philosophical view.

True success is something that is achieved by the minority of people, and is therefore unnatural and not to be achieved by following our natural likes and dislikes nor by being guided by our natural preferences and prejudices.

We have to accept that becoming uncomfortable is not a nuisance, but a necessity to growth, excellence and success.

The list of things that most people don’t want to be inconvenienced by is too long to permit specific discussion, but saying that they all emanate from a willingness to embrace easy and convenient solutions to just about any situation can dispose of them all.

Every single qualification for success is acquired through the habit of inconvenience and this is done by moving outside of your comfort zone.

People form habits and habits form futures. If you do not deliberately form good habits, then unconsciously you will form bad ones.

You are the kind of person you are because you have formed the habit of being that kind of person, and the only way you can change is through habit of inconvenience.

As long as you live, don’t ever forget that while you may succeed beyond your fondest hopes and your greatest expectations, you will never succeed beyond the purpose to which you are willing to surrender.

Furthermore, your surrender will not be complete until you adopt the winner’s philosophy that all progress, change, and success is based on a foundation of inconvenience.

We’ll close as we began this rant, the magic happens outside of your comfort zone. Always has, always will.

WHAT TO DO NOW? Share your two cents worth on the importance of getting outside of your comfort zone.

Ready?

Let’s go!

• Truth #1 – Successful people have successful habits.
• Truth #2 – Unsuccessful people have unsuccessful habits.
• Truth #3 – Habits are behavior, and behavior never lies.
• Truth #4 – Your habits determine your past, present and future.
• Truth #5 – If you want change in your life, you must change your habits.

NOW, let’s do a simple fill in the blank exercise to determine how well your current habits are serving you.

Here’s a health related example with two possible answers:

My health, exercise and eating habits have…turned me into a firm, energetic and unstoppable powerhouse.

My health, exercise and eating habits have…turned me into a flabby, lethargic and unmotivated person.

Now, take a few moments to answer these questions regarding your habits.

1.   My savings and spending habits have…

2.   My sales and marketing habits have…

3.   My relationship habits have…

4.   My parenting habits have…

5.   My time management habits have…

6.   My demonstrated leadership habits have…

7.   My communication habits have…

8.   My work habits have…

9.   My health habits have…

So, how did you do?

Are your habits helping or hurting your performance?

The one true path to success and happiness in life is to change your behavior by replacing your bad habits with positive habits that that move you in the direction that you want.

It’s easy for me to say that if you keep doing what you’ve been doing, you’ll keep getting what you’ve been getting, so change your behavior.

And that’s exactly what I’m going to tell you to do–just change!

I want you to look at your results year to date, right now–today and determine what habits you must change in order to secure a better tomorrow.

Don’t procrastinate as that’s a destructive habit that is definitely not worth repeating as it bears no desirable fruit and WILL lead to regret and missed opportunity.

WHAT TO DO KNOW: Share your two-cents worth on the power of habits and their impact on your life.

most job descriptions are…

a joke…

a tool for CYA … (covering your a@#)

a complete waste of time…

Regardless of your talents, experience, and responsibilities, this is why you are on the payroll and what you are REALLY hired to do… (in no particular order)

• surprise and delight
• go the extra mile
• exceed expectations
• focus on solutions
• elevate the conversation
• challenge assumptions
• inspire excellence
• practice integrity
• raise standards
• contribute ideas
• deliver results
• meet deadlines
• be accountable
• take risks
• ask challenging questions
• set a good example
• make everything count
• think
• solve problems
• love your customers
• persevere in spite of obstacles
• fight for principle
• showcase your art
• demonstrate best practices
• become brilliant on the basics
• act with urgency
• initiate ideas
• honor your commitments
• keep your promises
• make good decisions
• play to your strengths
• learn from mistakes
• fail forward
• be proud of yourself
• build a legacy

EVERYTHING else revolves around the technical elements of your vocation.

In today’s world, simply showing up, going through the motions, and only doing what’s on your written job description is not sufficient and completely unacceptable.

WHAT TO DO NOW? Share your two cents worth on this new take on job descriptions and responsibilities.

He’s a one-legged, 125lb, National Wrestling Champion.

He beat Matt McDonough in the NCAA National Wrestling Championship.

He’s 23 and he’s already a successful motivational speaker.

And big deal – he bench presses 300lb. He only weighs 125 lbs, so it is a big deal.

His next adventure is taking up Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu classes.

He’s also considering the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

This guy is amazing.

He is one of the most accomplished wrestlers in Arizona State History.

At 125 lbs. he’s a 3 time All-American Champion (09, 10, 11).

He finished his career with a 36-0 record and won the NCAA title.

This guy, who has one leg, is really amazing.

How much time do you think he spent thinking about only having one leg?

Were you “Unstoppable” last year?

Guess what – if you weren’t, don’t expect to be “Unstoppable this year.”

What’s holding you back? What’s preventing you from becoming unstoppable?

Too much competition.

Too many demanding customers.

Too much work and not enough time.

Too much paperwork.

Too many emails.

Too many voice mails.

Quit whining and start shining.

Focus on your abilities.

Focus on your personal goals.

Focus on being the very best you can be – just like Anthony.

Being unstoppable is earned with your sweat equity.

Sorry there are no short cuts.

It’s time for you to become “Unstoppable.”

The 100 Day Challenge shows you exactly how to do it.

WHAT TO DO NOW? Share your two cents worth on what it means to be Unstoppable and by all means check out the 100 Day Challenge before enrollment closes.

Eruptions can shoot 3,700 to 8,400 gallons of boiling water to a height of 185 feet and last from 2 to 5 minutes.

“Old Faithful” personifies regularity, consistency and dependability. In fact, it has been said that “Old Faithful” is so consistent and dependable that you can set your clock by it, and that is why it serves as the perfect metaphor for this message.

THE POWER OF CONSISTENCY

Consistency, or what I prefer to call, “Old Faithful” is about delivering results which are absent of contradictions.

While variety may be the spice of life, consistency, dependability, and regularity  are the critical aspects of success in EVERY field or endeavor.

Being consistent and faithful in your efforts not only saves you time by helping to simplify and focus your efforts, but more importantly, it helps you to set and routinely meet the expectations you have of yourself, and that others have of you. This equates to a positive impact on bottom-line results.

Here are several examples of how a consistent, “Old Faithful” approach can maximize your performance and accelerate the rate at which you achieve any goal:

• Consistently show up on time.
• Consistently deliver excellent work.
• Consistently meet or exceed quota.
• Consistently invest your money wisely.
• Consistently honor your product promises.
• Consistently work out and eat the right foods.
• Consistently pursue your passion and purpose.
• Consistently tell the truth and do the right thing.
• Consistently follow through on your commitments.
• Consistently go the extra mile for your customers.
• Consistently acknowledge the good work of others.
• Consistently make everything you say, think, and do count.
• Consistently take action, and demonstrate personal accountability.

Consistency is great for many reasons, but the most important reason is because people like predictability-not surprises.

Family, friends, coworkers, and customers feel comfortable when they can rely on you to do exactly what they think you will do and have done in the past.

We have a strong preference for consistency and dependability in our lives. We want things to work the same way every time they happen.

When we wake up in the morning, we want to find the floor under our feet, the sun above our heads, and coffee in our cups.

Just as we expect these kinds of physical consistencies and dependability’s, we also expect their psychological attributes.

If we had marriages, families, and jobs yesterday, we expect to find them today in pretty much the same condition.

Thus, we have “mental worlds” of our expectancies about the world and the people in them that define our relationships.

The glue that holds all of these mental relationships together is consistency—“Old Faithful”.

Why should we expect our spouses to love us tomorrow? Because that behavior is consistent with their behavior today.

A FEW THOUGHTS ON INCONSISTENCY

Also located in Yellowstone National Park is the world’s tallest geyser; Steamboat Geyser.

Steamboat Geyser is spectacular as when it does erupt, it does so for hours at a time and shoots water as high as 380 feet in the air.

The problem however is that it has a reputation for being irregular, inconsistent and undependable. It has extended periods or dormancy, sometimes lasting for decades.

It’s should not be a mystery as to why millions of tourists go out of their way each year to see Old Faithful when they visit Yellowstone, but don’t bother going to see Steamboat.

This lack of consistency and predictability gives Steamboat Geyser a lot of disadvantages.

Nobody can plan around it. You might show up wanting to see it erupt, then have to wait for days, weeks, or even years until it surprises you and performs again.

Like I said earlier, consistency is great for many reasons, but the most important reason is because people like predictability-not surprises.

Consistency counts – especially when it comes to results. No one-hit wonders, or unpredictability allowed, as you only get a lifetime achievement award by building a lifetime body of results.

Be consistently great, and develop a reputation of being “Old Faithful”.

WHAT TO DO NOW? Share your two cents worth on the importance and power of consistency.

As we are right now faced with the reality that there are just 50 days remaining in the year, I wanted to take a moment of your day to talk about time and how you can implement a few strategies to finish the year strong.

Time is always on my mind. It’s never far from my line of sight, because I have strategically placed FOUR clocks around the room and can’t look in any direction without seeing one.

As I have stressed throughout the 100 Day Challenge, I organize everything with start and pre-determined end times.

If someone has an in person or phone appointment with me, they know in advance when it ends, not just when it starts.

I have trained and conditioned myself to be hyper-sensitive to time, and I want to train my clients to respect my hyper-sensitivity.

Why?

Because your bank balance and your satisfaction or dissatisfaction with it is more a reflection of how you invest your time than a reflection of anything else.

This is the more dominant factor in wealth or relative poverty, success or failure, fulfillment or frustration than all externals combined.

My primary area of specialization is helping people convert “intention into results” and every thing I do and share with you is laser-focused on that idea.

But truth is, your ability to be successful in ANY endeavor is sabotaged or supported by how much control you exercise over the investment, direction, and consumption of your time and, with it, your energy and creativity.

In reality, time is the asset that you OWN outright and which you have total control over.

I don’t really need to follow you around and observe how you use your time to gauge how you’re doing. I only need hear about your philosophy of time. That is what governs your behavior and what you will tolerate or refuse to tolerate in the behavior of others.

For example, how do you determine which people you’re going to spend your time with?

My primary litmus test revolves around commitments. If somebody can’t keep seemingly minor commitments, I know I can’t trust them to honor important ones either.

And if I allow myself to hang around with them, soon they’ll be the cause of me failing to honor my commitments.

Another example: Do you actually view time as money, not just give lip service to the idea?

Can you tell me what your time must be worth per minute to achieve your income goal?

The question I ask myself is: Will this use of my time move me measurably closer to my meaningful goals?

Is there even a chance it will?

If not, why do it?

It’s difficult to find a clock in Las Vegas casinos, because those casinos are designed to separate you from as much of your money as possible — to make you a loser.

And that is best done by dulling your sensitivity to the passing of time.

The same principle applies to your business life.

THE SUREST WAY TO BE A LOSER IS TO BE CASUAL ABOUT TIME!

I’ve worked with tens of thousands of people during my career and know many people who’ve “converted ideas and sweat equity into fortunes.

The difference between them and the majority of people is never the originality or even the quality of their ideas. It all comes down to their respect for time and a willingness to execute relentlessly.

That’s reality. Execute or be executed. It’s how life and business really works.

We all get paid for what we get done and if you know anything about me by now, you know my feeling about execution and implementation.

In order for you to finish this year strong, you must do the following, and you must do it NOW:

1. YOU must create a success environment for yourself that produces results consistently.

2. YOU must impose strict deadlines on yourself and be ruthlessly resistant to wasting your time.

3. YOU must hold yourself accountable, hour by hour.

4. YOU must execute like your life, career and future depended upon it.

If you aren’t willing to work under such self-imposed pressure, I suggest you forget the idea of finishing the year strong, and of getting and staying rich.

Every great life, career or family is run by someone with impeccably high standards, someone who is unwilling to negotiate with neither excuses nor mediocrity.

Watch this video to learn specific strategies on how to finish the year strong.

WHAT TO DO NOW? Share your two-cents worth on the importance of time and finishing strong!

Let’s begin with FIVE obvious truths.

Ready?

Let’s go!

• Truth #1 – Successful people have successful habits.
• Truth #2 – Unsuccessful people have unsuccessful habits.
• Truth #3 – Habits are behavior, and behavior never lies.
• Truth #4 – Your habits determine your past, present and future.
• Truth #5 – If you want change in your life, you must change your habits.

NOW, let’s do a simple fill in the blank exercise to determine how well your current habits are serving you.

Here’s a health related example with two possible answers:

-    My health, exercise and eating habits have…turned me into a firm, energetic and unstoppable powerhouse.

-    My health, exercise and eating habits have…turned me into a flabby, lethargic and unmotivated person.

Now, take a few moments to answer these questions regarding your habits.

1.   My savings and spending habits have…

2.   My sales and marketing habits have…

3.   My relationship habits have…

4.   My parenting habits have…

5.   My time management habits have…

6.   My demonstrated leadership habits have…

7.   My communication habits have…

8.   My work habits have…

So, how did you do? Are your habits helping or hurting your performance?

The one true path to success and happiness in life is to change your behavior by replacing your bad habits with positive habits that that move you in the direction that you want.

It’s easy for me to say that if you keep doing what you’ve been doing, you’ll keep getting what you’ve been getting, so change your behavior.

And that’s exactly what I’m going to tell you to do–just change!

I want you to look at your results year to date, right now–today and determine what habits you must change in order to secure a better tomorrow.

Don’t procrastinate as that’s a destructive habit that is definitely not worth repeating as it bears no desirable fruit and WILL lead to regret and missed opportunity.

Create a New, Better Version of You!

If you’ll allow me, I’d like to help you identify which behaviors you need to change and show you how to build a proactive plan for your future.

The 100 Day Challenge is launching soon and it will provide you with a blueprint for living a life of best practices and positive habits.

WHAT TO DO NOW? Let me know if your habits are helping or hurting and what you are going to do to take corrective action.

Making yourself proud, taking pride in your work, behavior and results is a personal commitment. It is an attitude which separates excellence from mediocrity and a powerful demonstration of self-respect.

Your greatest responsibility in seeking excellence is to define what this means precisely in your life, then to choose the best course of action to make it happen. It’s this decision which inspires you to maintain the highest  standards while taking pride in your efforts and intentions.

If you’re going to do something…

• Do it right the first time,
• Do it in the spirit of excellence,
• Do it so that it sets an inspiring example,
• Do it in a way that you are proud to have your name associated with it.

One of the most impressive characteristics of all high achievers is their relentless commitment to excellence and the meticulous attention to details associated with that journey. They have consistently earned the right to take pride in their work. Have you?

Unfortunately, far too many people and organizations function in a suspended state of mediocrity and should be ashamed by the quality of their effort, attitude and overall results.

These people perpetually create their own dissatisfaction and suffer reputational damage by consistently embracing the quick, easy, convenient solution which results in a repetitive cycle of mediocrity.

The good news is that this can easily be fixed, right now by simply deciding to quit doing less than excellent work. What a profound idea!

Mediocrity is a choice; it’s not always made consciously, but it is still a choice. You commit career malpractice every time you do things in a mediocre manner; every time you show up late; every time you are unprepared.

There is no inherent value in mediocrity, so there is no reason for people to stop and pay attention to you or your work, and even worse, there is nothing for you to take pride in.

When you demonstrate mediocrity, the only thing you have earned is the right to be ignored, ostracized and ridiculed.

Rather than provide your employer with a reason for promoting you, you have provided them with justifiable evidence for replacing you with someone who consistently demonstrates a better work ethic, someone with a higher level of self-respect, someone who takes pride in their work.

Make yourself proud by choosing never to compromise your talent, quality, and high standards, and you will never choose mediocrity.

Let’s close where we began this message; “In a world with so much shame and regret, we should all elevate our game and focus on doing things which we can take pride in!”

WHAT TO DO NOW? Share your thoughts and opinions on what it means to take pride in one’s work and discuss this with the people you care about.

Having an indomitable spirit means that you have the type of spirit that is incapable of being overcome, subdued, or vanquished. In short it means that you are unconquerable.

Developing and sustaining an indomitable spirit is the ability to consistently sustain one’s ideal performance state during adversities, setbacks, and unexpected events.

Simply put, an indomitable spirit allows you to perform your roles and responsibilities to your maximum potential.

Ups and downs in performance are often directly traceable to psychological ups and downs. Therefore, high performers work to create the proper mental environment, a mentally tough indomitable spirit where they can perform at consistently high levels.

An indomitable spirit is a learned trait; it cannot not inherited and must be earned and consistently practiced. The ultimate measure of an indomitable spirit is consistency. Your ability to rise to the challenge, confront the opposition head on and prevail is the true litmus test.

Those who develop a strong, well-developed indomitable spirit have a strong will to do that allows them to do anything. Your indomitable spirit directs and impacts your life forces, habits (both good and bad) and your condition in life.

In your efforts to achieve your goals, you will be buffeted and pummeled. You will be criticized and opposed. You will be attacked and assaulted. You will struggle and fall. Your commitment will be tested, and that is precisely why you must develop an indomitable, unconquerable spirit.

The 100 Day Challenge teaches you how to develop a rock solid personal constitution that projects a calm, focused but no-nonsense attitude when it comes to setting goals and getting results.

WHAT TO DO NOW? Share your two-cents worth on the importance of having an indomitable spirit and the impact it has on your life.

If you and I were face to face right now and I asked you that question, you’d probably promptly reply with – my god, my family, my children or my spouse.

But are you actually living that way?

We say our family and relationships are most important, but our values are demonstrated not by our words, but by our deeds, not by what we say, but what we do, and that is why I feel so strongly that behavior never lies!

I have found if you want to know what someone really values most, simply look at their calendar and their checkbook.

How a person spends their time and money reveals what they really value most. Well, no more lip service.

It’s time to make the main thing in your life the main thing, and I would love to hear what you have to say on this issue.

WHAT TO DO NOW? Share your two-cents worth on keeping the main thing the main thing!

My favorite quote from Dr. Seuss provides us with the perfect entree into today’s post;

“WHY FIT IN WHEN YOU WERE BORN TO STAND OUT?”

While the overwhelming majority of people are simply trying to fit in, the smart cookies are doing everything they can to stand out.

The following are seven ways to STAND OUT from the crowd and manage your own personal brand:

• 1. Question Management: When someone asks you a question, make sure they get an answer bigger, richer and far more thought provoking than they ever expected.

  2. Problem Management: When someone brings you a problem, bring them a solution that not only solves the problem, but which also delivers and opportunity for them to capitalize on.

  3. Project Management: When someone gives you a project, see to it that they get a plan that is bolder, more ambitious and more detailed than they hoped for.

  4. Deadline Management: When you take on a task, finish it under budget, before deadline, and with a cheerful attitude.

  5. Conflict Management: When a customer has a concern, go the extra mile as a policy, exceed expectations, and blow their mind by your professionalism and responsiveness.

  6. Quality Management: When you do your work, make your name and results synonymous with excellence, consistency, originality, and speed.

  7. Meeting Management: When you participate in a meeting, anticipate questions, come fully prepared, and contribute your ideas with clarity and conviction.

If you think about it, individuals are not much different from companies.

Having a trusted personal brand, or reputation, nets you the same advantages as a company.

You’re likely to foster loyalty, be trusted, be forgiven for occasional mistakes, and earn more money, especially if you develop a reputation for delivering insanely good and consistent results.

We all build, manage or destroy our personal brand every day through our character, choices, attitudes and actions.

If you want to be the one that people seek out, then follow these strategies to ensure that you stand out!

WHAT TO DO NOW? Share your two cents worth on what it takes to stand out from the crowd.

• Write the book I’ve been talking about.
• Lose the weight I’ve been complaining about.
• Pay of the debt I’ve been dreading about.
• Start the business I’ve been thinking about.
• Live the life I’ve been dreaming about.

Of course, for most people these things won’t happen, not now – not ever!

Why?

Because they are waiting for the perfect timing, perfect circumstances, and a guarantee that success will be guaranteed.

Your life doesn’t just “happen.” Whether you know it, like it, or simply choose to dismiss this reality, your life is carefully designed by you.

The choices, after all, are yours. You choose happiness. you choose sadness. you choose decisiveness. You choose ambivalence. You choose success. You choose failure. You choose courage. You choose fear.

You also choose to take initiative and take control of your future, or you choose to suck your thumb and wait for someone to tell you what to do.

Just remember that every moment, every situation, provides a new choice. At any moment of your life, you can choose to take initiative or to offer up an excuse to procrastinate.

And in doing so, it gives you a perfect opportunity to do things differently to produce more positive results.

If you have have been using the “SOMEDAY” philosophy for running your life, I’ve got great news for you…

Someday has ARRIVED, and the richness of life is now yours to experience.

Today is the day you’ve been dreaming about.

It’s not too late to turn your dreams into reality, just later than it was.

This is the moment for bold, yet sincere action. Take action today and create the life you’ve always imagined.

WHAT TO DO NOW? Share your thoughts on this post and how you can apply the idea to your life and career.

I’m referring to the goals and accomplishments that will drive you to the success you desire.

So what specifically is your life designed to accomplish?

Brace yourself…

Right now, your life and career is perfectly designed to achieve the results you are CURRENTLY GETTING!

And, if you aren’t getting the results you want, that simply means you haven’t designed a life strategy that will get them for you.

Think about that!

When you set the right objectives (the ones that get you to your goals the fastest), you focus your activities like a laser.

Why?

Because every decision you make will be judged by its ability to move you closer to your stated objectives.

So how do you determine and set the right objectives for your life?

Honestly, the right objectives will vary from person to person, and business to business.

But as you plan and strategize your life, there is one overriding definition you must use as a yard stick to engage in this behavior properly.

The RIGHT OBJECTIVES are the fewest number of accomplishments, and the least number of objectives you can determine that will allow you to reach your goals.

This is really at the heart of what it means to be a strategic thinker. It’s the core idea that makes your life efficient and profitable.

What sense does it make to take fifteen steps, when only five will get you where you want to go?

To learn how to fast track your life and results based on the right objectives than check out the 100 Day Challenge.

Over 42,000 people from more than 80 countries around the world are waiting for you to join us in the most extreme performance acceleration program on earth!

The following is a question I want you to seriously consider as the answer will tell you a lot about your future and ability to change. This question has allowed me to coach people to make monumental performance gains in all areas of their lives and careers.

I’d love to see your answers and will do my best to use them in the creation of future lessons and posts.

And the question is…

Q: Can you make yourself do something you really don’t want to do, in order to get a result you would really like to have?

When you are able to answer this question affirmatively, you will experience a massive shift in your perception of the immediate future.

This single concept can dramatically alter your relationships, your finances, and even your health!

The deeper question, of course, is:

What result would you like to have?

• How healthy (or unhealthy) are you willing to be?
• What kind of marriage do you really want to experience?
• Does it really matter to you whether or not your family is debt-free?
• Okay . . . So you want to be in peak physical shape . . .
• You desire a marriage filled with love, excitement, and laughter . . .
• You crave freedom from the stress and uncertainty of monthly bills . . .

BUT…

What activities must be done – with a single-minded focus – to achieve the life you long for?

And can you make yourself do those things?

I am betting that you can!

Remember, I’m The Goals Guy and I have personally witnessed the amazing changes people can make when they challenge themselves to do the things they really don’t want to do.

There it is. No more sugarcoating or explanation needed.

Do you truly want to succeed in your chosen endeavor?

Do you want to radically and permanently change your life?

Then, can you make yourself do something you really don’t want to do, in order to get a result you would really like to have?

Yes or No?

I know you can. Do you, and when will you begin?

This is just one of the many eye opening ideas you’ll find inside my latest project.

WHAT TO DO NOW? Post your response to these questions. I look forward to reading your replies!

I’m often asked for my definition of success. Here goes…

Success is the end result of doing the Right Things… the Right Way… at the Right Time… for the Right Reasons.

What more could be asked of you if you are consistently doing your 4 R’s?

In my book — nothing!

So, what’s the difference between Efficiency & Effectiveness?

• Effectiveness is doing the Right Things…for the Right Reasons.
• Efficiency is doing them the Right Way…at the Right Time.

Keep this in mind, no matter how efficiently you do things, if they are the WRONG things to be doing… or you are doing them for the WRONG reasons… you will never have your HEART in the battle—so you are defeated before you even get started.

WHAT TO DO NOW? Comment and share your thoughts on this post.