http://www.everythingcounts.com Inspire, promote and celebrate excellence. Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:29:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_1512" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="The Funky Street Sweeper"][/caption]Most people are not hard acts to follow and that’s exactly why a commitment to excellence is the ultimate competitive advantage Excellence is achieved via qualitative, not quantitative shifts in developing skills. Being part of a qualitatively different world or environment where excellence is ... http://www.everythingcounts.com/funky-street-sweeping/ A flawed premise of success is that the goal is the most important ingredient in the stew of success, and that you win or lose based on the merits or worthiness of the goal. How wrong and casualty-creating that premise is as the best goal or most honorable intention cannot ... http://www.everythingcounts.com/it-all-comes-down-to-execution/ Think of a day, any day in your life. Got one? Good… Now ask yourself if on that day, if there was ever not a need for honesty, integrity, compassion, character, good judgment, discipline, self-control or focus. And the answer is, of course not. There will NEVER be a day in your life ... http://www.everythingcounts.com/step-up-and-answer-the-call/ What is it that brings one man success in life, and failure to another? The answer is, some men succeed because the cheerfully pay the price of success while others, though they claim ambition, are unwilling to pay that price. In this post, I want to introduce you to an ... http://www.everythingcounts.com/the-price-of-success/ Here's an inconvenient truth... Your success in every aspect of your life requires an enormous threshold of discomfort and inconvenience because of the many sacrifices involved. Inconvenience and discomfort are part of the foundational building blocks of success and every person who has ever been legitimately successful has formed the habit ... http://www.everythingcounts.com/do-you-have-the-right-stuff/ Consider this question, “What would change in your life or business if you focused on doing everything right the first time?” Do you think you’re business would be more efficient, effective, and even more profitable? Do you think your reputation would improve and that you would attract bigger and better opportunities? Do you ... http://www.everythingcounts.com/do-it-right-the-first-time/ Commitments present themselves in delineations of black and white; after all, you either honor your commitments, or you don’t. Success is the result of making and keeping commitments to yourself and others, while all failed or unfinished goals, projects and relationships are the direct result of broken commitments. It's that simple, ... http://www.everythingcounts.com/the-power-of-commitment/ The statement, “you become what you think about”, reminds us that our thoughts affect who we are, and it points out the connection between what we think and what we become. This understanding is both enhanced and magnified once combined with The Law of Exposure. The Law of Exposure tells ... http://www.everythingcounts.com/the-law-of-exposure/ [caption id="attachment_1432" align="alignleft" width="180" caption="Everything is possible!"][/caption]I am often asked for a simple, effective, and no-nonsense approach to goal setting that can be used by anyone regardless of age or situation. What follows is what I affectionately call the 30-Day Extreme Makeover. Follow it to the letter and you will ... http://www.everythingcounts.com/does-your-life-need-an-extreme-makeover/ [caption id="attachment_1416" align="center" width="580" caption="Twenty Important Questions"][/caption]If you're serious about having making this your best year ever, TODAY is the best time to start making it happen. I've got an exercise for you and suggest you take some time to sit down with these questions...think about your answers...challenge yourself...write them ... http://www.everythingcounts.com/20-important-questions/