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Do Your Best Everyday

By | March 22, 2012 | Productivity | No comments
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Here are 4 quick ideas to make this year, your BEST year!

1.  Wake up early everyday

The early bird always gets results while others sleep.  You’ll never hit your goals without planning time and the best time for this is before your day starts!

2.  Love what you do everyday

If you don’t love it, you won’t rise to the top.  Love it or leave it!

3.  Become a life-long student everyday

The simple habit of reading for 20 minutes every morning on one subject can revolutionize your life.  You have to learn more to earn more!

4.  Watch little or no television everyday

Convert this to study time.  No one became a success by watching millions of hours of television

It’s what you do everyday that counts!

Staying out of the Drama Triangle

By | October 17, 2011 | Productivity, Relationships | No comments
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Last Thursday I spoke at the Cleveland County Chamber of Commerce.  Many of the participants told me that one of their major take-aways was an understanding of how not to enter the The Drama Triangle.  I think it works with people, the way the Bermuda Triangle works with planes.  We’ve heard of planes entering the Bermuda Triangle then never being heard from again.  I’ve seen the same with the Drama Triangle.  Sometimes when people enter into it, they can never get out.  Here are 2 quick ideas of how to keep yourself “drama-free”.

1.  Increase your level of Awareness

The drama triangle can be very subtle.  It’s key to have relationships that will speak into your life when they see you entering into the “drama zone”.  Who do you have to give you the feedback you need for high performance?  When was the last time you asked for feedback?

2.  Increase your level of Responsibility

Only when you realize that you are 100% responsibility for your life, will you begin to grow and change.  As long as you operate in the role of blamer, victim or persecutor you never make a difference.  Once of the best definitions I’ve heard of responsibility is the ability to be response-able.  When you’re responsible, you’re able to respond positively to anything life throws at you.  Don’t be reactive but increase your ability to respond.  What area of your life (spiritual, financial, health, relationships or career) do you need to increase your ability to respond?  Who can help hold you accountable to increase your responsibility?

The difference between winners and losers is that winners do habitually what losers do only occasionally.  Stay out of the drama and make a difference!

 

Why Don’t People Grow?

By | October 1, 2011 | Productivity | No comments
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One of the fundamental rules in problem solving is that you rarely come up with a solution until you understand the cause.  Whenever I’m working with people I try to get to the root before I change the fruit.  There is a reason why and discovering it, is half the battle!  After decades of working with achievers I’ve discovered 5 fundamental reasons why people don’t grow:

  • They don’t “think” they need to grow:  When you know it all, you disqualify yourself for further information. What area of expertise do you need more knowledge in?
  • They don’t see their future clearly:  Your future is something that you grow into.  What is your end game?
  • They fear the changes they will have to make:  If you’re unwilling to change you cannot grow.  What are you willing to give up?
  • They refuse to get input from outside sources:  You can learn alot by studying those around you.  Who knows what you need to know?
  • They are never shown the areas they need to grow in.  You can’t change what you can’t see.  Who can give you the feedback you need?

Asking yourself these 5 key questions keeps you in a “growth zone”.  It focuses your mind to keep expanding and pushing the walls of your “comfort zone”.  I’ve seen that comfort many times is the enemy to growth.  Always remember:  You cannot become what you need to be by remaining who you are!

The Heart Directs the Hand!

By | September 28, 2011 | Productivity | No comments

I’m preparing this week to facilitate a workshop at Restoration Church in Spartanburg, SC.  I’ve done hundreds of these learning events across the country and I’m jazzed to be able to host one in my own backyard!

One of the great takeaways from this training is always the unique Passion Process.  Many people spend their lives trying to find out what has grabbed them and in just one day we’re able to help people get clarity on their passions and core drivers.  Frequently, focus can’t be achieved alone because when you are emotionally attached to the outcomes in your life, your clarity becomes cloudy.

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