Sunday, December 31, 2006
Saturday, December 30, 2006
Chad Schapiro: HAPPY NEW YEAR!! CLEAN SLATE!
NEW YEAR NEW YOU!!
People that are successful recreate themselves anew with every failure. What I mean by that is when I would do something wrong (which was all the time) I would learn from that "failure" and be a new person moving forward stronger than I was prior. This would be a usual course of action and I would mentally clear the slate and be excited for the increased awareness and skills moving forward.
Most people in my opinion don't do this often enough. I've seen the Marita's, Mark's, Ardie's, and Marwan's, and many of the MDC's of the team do this ever single week since they were started. It is a great trait to add. It has allowed them to become even better than they know by slowly adding and growing.
Others get their chance now with New Year's. Look on the past as a great learning experience. Cut yourself some slack for the lack of results you wished you had achieved and get ready to go nuts. This is a great date to really clear that slate and become a new affiliate that brings tons of focus and production forward this coming year. Think of everything you'd like to be in 2007 and act that way starting day one. It's a whole new year, let's make it the BEST YEAR EVER!!!!
Friday, December 29, 2006
Chad Schapiro:
"I've missed over 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot...and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." -- Michael Jordan
Chad Schapiro: HAPPY NEW YEAR
H ow far we've come and will continue to soar
A new year with its hopes and challenges
P lan thoroughly and be
P repared for growing stronger
Y ou will achieve the SUCCESS you're after
N o fear
E xpect the best
W ith commitment and persistence
Y earning for more out of yourself
E xcellence
A im for nothing less than the Best you can
R ise up and shine, FOR THE GREATEST YEAR EVER!
Monday, December 25, 2006
Chad Schapiro: Lessons from Tiger Woods
At 5 Years old he was asked, "Why are you getting so Good"... Tiger's reply was, "Practice"... Then he was asked, "How much do you Practice"... He said, "About a Whole Bunch"...
Wow... PRACTICE. That's a key take-a-way. Many people look at people who are Great at what they do and all they see is the Greatness that comes out of them. However, they don't see the practice that went into the external demonstration of greatness. So keep that in mind. If you want to be Great at something -- Practice being bad long enough and eventually you'll start being good. Once you are good for long enough, you'll start to be great. Once you are great enough long enough, you get to be called "lucky" by the outsiders looking in. It's a very interesting equation.
Charles Barkley said this as it relates to Tiger: "I enjoy watching Greatness".
Here's an Alert for you: Not only does Charles Barkley enjoy watching greatness, we all do. So choose to develop and exude your greatness so you can give others something magical to watch.
When Tiger was 5 years old, he was on the T.V. show called "That's Incredible"... On that show he said, "When I'm 20, I'm going to beat Jack Nickalaus and Tom Watson"...
Wow. Do you see how he set that intention at the age of 5. Do you think it has anything to do with the results he has produced up to this point in his career? The question is "What intention did you set years ago that has now manifested?" More importantly, what intentions are you setting now that will be on track to manifesting in the near future?
I know what you may be thinking... But how was Tiger bold enough to make such big claims and goals when he didn't know how he was going to pull it off? Good question. Tiger's father -- the late Earl Woods -- said, "Tiger developed the ability to not be ashamed of not knowing... And that's something that many kids never get."
That's a powerful statement. The question is, are you willing to make claims and set big goals even when you're not 100% sure how you're going to pull it off? Definitely something to think about.
I know it's Christmas and my wife would kill me if she knew I was still working. But somethings have got to be shared!
Wow... PRACTICE. That's a key take-a-way. Many people look at people who are Great at what they do and all they see is the Greatness that comes out of them. However, they don't see the practice that went into the external demonstration of greatness. So keep that in mind. If you want to be Great at something -- Practice being bad long enough and eventually you'll start being good. Once you are good for long enough, you'll start to be great. Once you are great enough long enough, you get to be called "lucky" by the outsiders looking in. It's a very interesting equation.
Charles Barkley said this as it relates to Tiger: "I enjoy watching Greatness".
Here's an Alert for you: Not only does Charles Barkley enjoy watching greatness, we all do. So choose to develop and exude your greatness so you can give others something magical to watch.
When Tiger was 5 years old, he was on the T.V. show called "That's Incredible"... On that show he said, "When I'm 20, I'm going to beat Jack Nickalaus and Tom Watson"...
Wow. Do you see how he set that intention at the age of 5. Do you think it has anything to do with the results he has produced up to this point in his career? The question is "What intention did you set years ago that has now manifested?" More importantly, what intentions are you setting now that will be on track to manifesting in the near future?
I know what you may be thinking... But how was Tiger bold enough to make such big claims and goals when he didn't know how he was going to pull it off? Good question. Tiger's father -- the late Earl Woods -- said, "Tiger developed the ability to not be ashamed of not knowing... And that's something that many kids never get."
That's a powerful statement. The question is, are you willing to make claims and set big goals even when you're not 100% sure how you're going to pull it off? Definitely something to think about.
I know it's Christmas and my wife would kill me if she knew I was still working. But somethings have got to be shared!
Sunday, December 24, 2006
Chad Schapiro: Thankfulness for 2006
At the end of 2006 here it is necessary to look on the past and identify all of the great strides we have made forward. Many people wish they could time travel from a point of lack to a point of abundance. The reality is things don't work like that, so that just sets us up for disappointment and eventually wears down our commitment. We must celebrate and take great joy for the steps along the road. Many times they can seem and in reality are 3 steps forward and two steps back. However....We still move ahead and are on track for our goals. I've worked with people in their home business who were coming to the business with sooo much baggage that it took them years just to get back to the beginning point where most people would start. Then they made a few thousand, the next year a few more thousand, and then their income jumped by 10's of thousands, and eventually millions.
All paths are similar but different at the same time. They are similar in that they take great effort and a consistent relaxed intensity moving forward through all obstacles. They are different in the amounts of obstacles, the timing, and levels of prosperity. Sometimes these differences make us question our path because we know there is not an exact model that is set before us. The reality is there is the same model and in fact people have overcome more obstacles on their ways to accomplishing even greater things than we see in our future.
The main thing in changing from this shall we say victim mentality to one of victor is our gratitude and patience for all that comes our way. We need to keep that in mind most of all as this year comes to a close. Maybe you've been in business this year and invested 30k into your future with no return at all. Let's be thankful for all we've learned, the experience we've gained, and the foundation that is laid better for 2007 than was there in the beginning of 2006. That is what the people who will hit the home runs in 2007 will be focusing on. Be the greatest leader you know. Be the most positive person, the most optimistic person, the most patient person. Be the most grateful person you know and watch what happens in your world.
All paths are similar but different at the same time. They are similar in that they take great effort and a consistent relaxed intensity moving forward through all obstacles. They are different in the amounts of obstacles, the timing, and levels of prosperity. Sometimes these differences make us question our path because we know there is not an exact model that is set before us. The reality is there is the same model and in fact people have overcome more obstacles on their ways to accomplishing even greater things than we see in our future.
The main thing in changing from this shall we say victim mentality to one of victor is our gratitude and patience for all that comes our way. We need to keep that in mind most of all as this year comes to a close. Maybe you've been in business this year and invested 30k into your future with no return at all. Let's be thankful for all we've learned, the experience we've gained, and the foundation that is laid better for 2007 than was there in the beginning of 2006. That is what the people who will hit the home runs in 2007 will be focusing on. Be the greatest leader you know. Be the most positive person, the most optimistic person, the most patient person. Be the most grateful person you know and watch what happens in your world.
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Chad Schapiro: The Challenge of Success
It is a challenge to succeed. If it were not, I'm sure more people would be successful, but for every person who is enjoying the fruit from the tree of success, many more are examining the roots. They are trying to figure it all out. They are confused and frustrated by what seems to be some strange, complex and elusive secret that must be found if ever success is to be enjoyed.
While most people spend most of their lives struggling to earn a living, a much smaller number seem to have everything going their way. Instead of just earning a living, the smaller group is busily engaged in designing and enjoying a fortune. Everything just seems to work out for them. While the much larger group sits in awe at how life can be so unfair, complicated and unjust."I am a nice person," the man says to himself. "How come this other guy is happy and prosperous, and I'm always struggling?" He asks himself, "I am a good husband, a good father and a good worker. How come nothing seems to work out for me? Life just isn't fair. I'm even smarter and willing to work harder than some of these other people who just seem to have everything going their way," he says as he slumps into the sofa to watch another evening of television. But you see you've got to be more than a good person and a good worker. You've got to become a good planner, and a good dreamer.
You've got to see the future finished in advance. You've got to put in the long hours and put up with the setbacks and the disappointments. You've got to learn to enjoy the process of disciplines and of putting yourself through the paces of doing the uncomfortable until it becomes comfortable. You've got to be prepared and willing to attack the challenges if you want the success because challenges are part of success.
Now that may sound like a pain, but let me tell you that the process of going from average to fortune isn't really all that difficult. Thinking about it is the difficult part. Anticipating all the effort and the changes and the disciplines is far worse in the mind than in reality. I can promise you that the challenges you'll meet on the road to success are far less difficult to deal with than the struggles and the disappointments that come from being average. Do you really like the way things have been going? Can you imagine how much worse it could get if things don't change?
Confronting and overcoming challenges is an exhilarating experience. It does something to feed the soul and the mind. It makes you more than you were before. It strengthens the mental muscles and enables you to become better prepared for the next challenge. As you learn and grow the greatest reward is within yourself. The feelings of improvement and the self-esteem that is developed because you are not settling for average. YOU CAN DO IT!!
While most people spend most of their lives struggling to earn a living, a much smaller number seem to have everything going their way. Instead of just earning a living, the smaller group is busily engaged in designing and enjoying a fortune. Everything just seems to work out for them. While the much larger group sits in awe at how life can be so unfair, complicated and unjust."I am a nice person," the man says to himself. "How come this other guy is happy and prosperous, and I'm always struggling?" He asks himself, "I am a good husband, a good father and a good worker. How come nothing seems to work out for me? Life just isn't fair. I'm even smarter and willing to work harder than some of these other people who just seem to have everything going their way," he says as he slumps into the sofa to watch another evening of television. But you see you've got to be more than a good person and a good worker. You've got to become a good planner, and a good dreamer.
You've got to see the future finished in advance. You've got to put in the long hours and put up with the setbacks and the disappointments. You've got to learn to enjoy the process of disciplines and of putting yourself through the paces of doing the uncomfortable until it becomes comfortable. You've got to be prepared and willing to attack the challenges if you want the success because challenges are part of success.
Now that may sound like a pain, but let me tell you that the process of going from average to fortune isn't really all that difficult. Thinking about it is the difficult part. Anticipating all the effort and the changes and the disciplines is far worse in the mind than in reality. I can promise you that the challenges you'll meet on the road to success are far less difficult to deal with than the struggles and the disappointments that come from being average. Do you really like the way things have been going? Can you imagine how much worse it could get if things don't change?
Confronting and overcoming challenges is an exhilarating experience. It does something to feed the soul and the mind. It makes you more than you were before. It strengthens the mental muscles and enables you to become better prepared for the next challenge. As you learn and grow the greatest reward is within yourself. The feelings of improvement and the self-esteem that is developed because you are not settling for average. YOU CAN DO IT!!
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Chad Schapiro: Beat Your Old Self
When you decide to make some massive changes you are going to hit the freak out barrier in your inner heart. You need to understand this so you can beat it. The way to beat it is to have a life time commitment to improving your life. We have a life time commitment to bathing why not do the same for this GIGANTIC area of our life.
If we think thoughts that only help us make 50k per year then we need to have different thoughts if we want to make 100k a year. These new thoughts are fine if they are only in the consciousness and in our visions for our future. When we start to get more emotionally involved we hit a freak out barrier and this freaking out makes us run for cover into our old comfort zone. This freaking out comes in the form of doubt, re-evaluating our opportunity, high stress, anxiety, frustration, and anything else that does not sound like any fun.
To beat it...
You want to gain an understanding of what's causing you to freak out. Understand that it is not justified. It is the old stuff holding you back. Decide that you are going to continue to jump on the new thoughts with everything you have. Let them win the tug of war with your old self. Fight it aggressively. If your goals don't scare you somewhat it's probably because you are not doing anything. Choose to water your conscious garden with the proper thoughts. You have the choice whether you feed yourself the same limiting thoughts of the past ignorant states or the new knowledge that is full of the beauty of your new life. You can justify why you have to look at the old mess but will that really help you at all?
Don't look at all the things that can go wrong but rather all the things that can go right. Tell the negative stuff to get out of here. Don't worry about suppressing it, face up to it and beat it down. When you understand why these old ideas are holding you back it will be easier to beat them and to change our future thoughts by focusing on the more positive new desired result.
The way to understand our new life is to study. More understanding will lead to more faith. Faith gives you added strength making you feel magnetic. That magnetism will attract more good things adding speed to your new thoughts. That magnetism will display itself in a peaceful easy feeling throughout you on a daily basis that attracts. Many people try to force it and it often chases the positive things away. We need to relax and stop fighting for what we think is ours and allow our faith that we are going forward to put us at ease. There are no short cuts and no one else needs to do more or less to get you there faster. Put yourself at ease and focus on yourself and your relaxation of moving steadily to your new self.
Study is done through repetition of the basics until they are part of us. Have faith in yourself. You can become and do anything you put your mind to, but it will come with a fight that you can win.
If we think thoughts that only help us make 50k per year then we need to have different thoughts if we want to make 100k a year. These new thoughts are fine if they are only in the consciousness and in our visions for our future. When we start to get more emotionally involved we hit a freak out barrier and this freaking out makes us run for cover into our old comfort zone. This freaking out comes in the form of doubt, re-evaluating our opportunity, high stress, anxiety, frustration, and anything else that does not sound like any fun.
To beat it...
You want to gain an understanding of what's causing you to freak out. Understand that it is not justified. It is the old stuff holding you back. Decide that you are going to continue to jump on the new thoughts with everything you have. Let them win the tug of war with your old self. Fight it aggressively. If your goals don't scare you somewhat it's probably because you are not doing anything. Choose to water your conscious garden with the proper thoughts. You have the choice whether you feed yourself the same limiting thoughts of the past ignorant states or the new knowledge that is full of the beauty of your new life. You can justify why you have to look at the old mess but will that really help you at all?
Don't look at all the things that can go wrong but rather all the things that can go right. Tell the negative stuff to get out of here. Don't worry about suppressing it, face up to it and beat it down. When you understand why these old ideas are holding you back it will be easier to beat them and to change our future thoughts by focusing on the more positive new desired result.
The way to understand our new life is to study. More understanding will lead to more faith. Faith gives you added strength making you feel magnetic. That magnetism will attract more good things adding speed to your new thoughts. That magnetism will display itself in a peaceful easy feeling throughout you on a daily basis that attracts. Many people try to force it and it often chases the positive things away. We need to relax and stop fighting for what we think is ours and allow our faith that we are going forward to put us at ease. There are no short cuts and no one else needs to do more or less to get you there faster. Put yourself at ease and focus on yourself and your relaxation of moving steadily to your new self.
Study is done through repetition of the basics until they are part of us. Have faith in yourself. You can become and do anything you put your mind to, but it will come with a fight that you can win.
Friday, December 15, 2006
Top 10%
Do they people that are in the top 10% of your chosen field live the lifestyle that you want? When I asked that to myself about the field of home based business I knew the answer was an extremely LOUD YES!!
At one time were those same people not in the industry at all? At one time were those same people at the bottom 10%? The answer to both of those is also a LOUD YES!!
If that is the case than we can for sure be in the top 10% just like them if we grow and work our way there just like they did. We have to do whatever it takes to get there!! Be willing to pay the price, make the sacrifices, and do whatever it takes to get there. That's what they did. Will this happen right away? No....did it for them? The years are going to pass on by anyways why not make sure we end up somewhere we like.
At one time were those same people not in the industry at all? At one time were those same people at the bottom 10%? The answer to both of those is also a LOUD YES!!
If that is the case than we can for sure be in the top 10% just like them if we grow and work our way there just like they did. We have to do whatever it takes to get there!! Be willing to pay the price, make the sacrifices, and do whatever it takes to get there. That's what they did. Will this happen right away? No....did it for them? The years are going to pass on by anyways why not make sure we end up somewhere we like.
Goal Setting
1. Don't bite off more than you can chew. Instead of saying, "I am going to do 4 deluxes this week!" Instead do something that you feel is possible but will take a consistent effort on your part.
2. Be specific in your timeline and goal. Don't just say, "I am going to sign up 20 people for preferred websites." Instead say what you are going to do in numbers and make sure there is a time line...Like it will be done today, this week, or this month. That way when you feel like not doing it you are reminded of the urgency in your goal.
3. Post your resolutions where you will see them every day. This will keep the resolution in the front of your mind at all times. Instead of forgetting that you are supposed to share the company with these people you will be reminded of your goals. It will help your will beat your desire to do nothing.
4. Find an encouraging person, who you respect, to keep you accountable. The goal sheet is excellent for this as well as your expert. Make sure to fill it out every night or you are making it difficult for anyone to help you.
5. Find a team of people heading in the same direction. You want your dreams and goals to be something you feel is possible and that others are on that journey with you. That is why we are so fortunate to be working together. When fighting for your goals becomes more common than doing nothing you are more than half way there. This is what the trainings can provide for you.
6. Write down a list of all of the benefits that will come if you accomplish this. This will help you see what you will get from accomplishing your resolution. All the benefits!! These will help you through the tough times that are present in any worthwhile goal. They will make those tough times seem super small if you are focused on the results. How will financial freedom feel? Time freedom? Travel? Donating to worthwhile causes and people? Thinking about all of that it's hard not to stay focused.
7. Plan a reward if you accomplish your resolution. It can be anything from small to large. It could be a gold star on a board. A movie, a walk in the park, anything....
2. Be specific in your timeline and goal. Don't just say, "I am going to sign up 20 people for preferred websites." Instead say what you are going to do in numbers and make sure there is a time line...Like it will be done today, this week, or this month. That way when you feel like not doing it you are reminded of the urgency in your goal.
3. Post your resolutions where you will see them every day. This will keep the resolution in the front of your mind at all times. Instead of forgetting that you are supposed to share the company with these people you will be reminded of your goals. It will help your will beat your desire to do nothing.
4. Find an encouraging person, who you respect, to keep you accountable. The goal sheet is excellent for this as well as your expert. Make sure to fill it out every night or you are making it difficult for anyone to help you.
5. Find a team of people heading in the same direction. You want your dreams and goals to be something you feel is possible and that others are on that journey with you. That is why we are so fortunate to be working together. When fighting for your goals becomes more common than doing nothing you are more than half way there. This is what the trainings can provide for you.
6. Write down a list of all of the benefits that will come if you accomplish this. This will help you see what you will get from accomplishing your resolution. All the benefits!! These will help you through the tough times that are present in any worthwhile goal. They will make those tough times seem super small if you are focused on the results. How will financial freedom feel? Time freedom? Travel? Donating to worthwhile causes and people? Thinking about all of that it's hard not to stay focused.
7. Plan a reward if you accomplish your resolution. It can be anything from small to large. It could be a gold star on a board. A movie, a walk in the park, anything....
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today
Procrastination is like a virus. It creeps up on you slowly, drains you of energy, and is difficult to get rid of if your resistance is low. Procrastination is a close relative of incompetence and a first cousin to inefficiency, which is why their marriage is taboo.
These suggestions will help you conquer the virus:
1. Give yourself deadlines. In moderation, pressure motivates. Extreme pressure debilitates. Set appointments, make commitments, write out your goals, and otherwise develop the determination to succeed.
2. Don't duck the difficult problems. Every day we are faced with both difficult and easy tasks. Tackle the difficult ones first so that you can look forward to the easy ones. If you work on the easy ones first, you might expand the time that they take in order to avoid the difficult ones waiting for you. Many people put off difficult or large tasks because they appear too huge to tackle in a reasonable period. They feel that if they start and complete the "large" task at one sitting, it will prevent them from accomplishing any of the other tasks they have to do on that day. The answer to this problem is to break all large or difficult tasks into their smaller subparts. Then, you can do each of the subparts of the larger project over a series of days, if appropriate.
These suggestions will help you conquer the virus:
1. Give yourself deadlines. In moderation, pressure motivates. Extreme pressure debilitates. Set appointments, make commitments, write out your goals, and otherwise develop the determination to succeed.
2. Don't duck the difficult problems. Every day we are faced with both difficult and easy tasks. Tackle the difficult ones first so that you can look forward to the easy ones. If you work on the easy ones first, you might expand the time that they take in order to avoid the difficult ones waiting for you. Many people put off difficult or large tasks because they appear too huge to tackle in a reasonable period. They feel that if they start and complete the "large" task at one sitting, it will prevent them from accomplishing any of the other tasks they have to do on that day. The answer to this problem is to break all large or difficult tasks into their smaller subparts. Then, you can do each of the subparts of the larger project over a series of days, if appropriate.
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Goals
Clarity accounts for probably 80% of success and happiness. Lack of clarity is probably more responsible for frustration and underachievement than any other single factor. Thats why we say that Success is goals, and all else is commentary. People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine. This is true everywhere and under all circumstances.
The Three Keys to High Achievement
You could even say that the three keys to high achievement are, Clarity, Clarity, Clarity, with regard to your goals. Your success in life will be largely determined by how clear you are about what it is you really, really want. Many of us can take our business to heights we've never dreamed if only we'd becoming clearer about this as a priority. Many times this gets surrounded with other hopes that water down and take valuable resources away from success in this area. Have you heard of the jack of all trades master of none? Many people think it's great to be spread out but the true masters in any area are truly focused, especially during the time of momentum creation.
Write and Rewrite Your Goals
The more you write and rewrite your goals and the more you think about them, the clearer you will become about them. The clearer you are about what you want, the more likely you are to do more and more of the things that are consistent with achieving them. Meanwhile, you will do fewer and fewer of the things that don't help to get the things you really want. We have created a free site to help you in this area http://forms.myiworldlink.com . Make sure to be consistent with this tool as it's the best in the world for helping people achieve their goals when implemented consistently with whole heart.
Seven Step Process for Achieving Goals
Here, once more, is the simple, seven-step process that you can use to achieve your goals faster and easier than ever before.
First, decide exactly what you want in each area of your life. Be specific! If you are reading this most likely you are involved in business. Most likely your goals should be centered primarily on this area of business with peripheral goals set up that help support this main one as you become a master. This focus is essential. The reason I felt so comfortable committing myself to my business goal first was realizing how the other goals would come together easier after this was accomplished correctly. It's hard to think time, money, and self-esteem would not benefit most of our other goals in some way.
Second, write it down, clearly and in detail, using the forms site is one of the greatest tools the world has ever seen;
Third, set a specific deadline. If it is a large goal, break it down into sub-deadlines and write them down in order. This is why we usually focus on daily, and really focused people have goals per hour;
Fourth, make a list of everything you can think of that you are going to have to do to achieve your goal. As you think of new items, add them to your list;
Fifth, organize the items on your list into a plan by placing them in the proper sequence and priority;
Sixth, take action immediately on the most important thing you can do on your plan. This is very important!
Seventh, do something every day that moves you toward the attainment of one or more of your important goals.
Maintain the momentum! Join the Top 3%
Fewer than three percent of adults have written goals and plans that they work on every single day. When you sit down and write out your goals, you move yourself into the top 3% of people in our society. And you will soon start to get the same results that they do.
Review Your Goals Daily
Study and review your goals every day to be sure they are still your most important goals. You will find yourself adding goals to your list as time passes. You will also find yourself deleting goals that are no longer as important as you once thought. Whatever your goals are, plan them out thoroughly, on the forms site, and work on them every single day. This is the key to making your hopes and dreams a reality.
The Three Keys to High Achievement
You could even say that the three keys to high achievement are, Clarity, Clarity, Clarity, with regard to your goals. Your success in life will be largely determined by how clear you are about what it is you really, really want. Many of us can take our business to heights we've never dreamed if only we'd becoming clearer about this as a priority. Many times this gets surrounded with other hopes that water down and take valuable resources away from success in this area. Have you heard of the jack of all trades master of none? Many people think it's great to be spread out but the true masters in any area are truly focused, especially during the time of momentum creation.
Write and Rewrite Your Goals
The more you write and rewrite your goals and the more you think about them, the clearer you will become about them. The clearer you are about what you want, the more likely you are to do more and more of the things that are consistent with achieving them. Meanwhile, you will do fewer and fewer of the things that don't help to get the things you really want. We have created a free site to help you in this area http://forms.myiworldlink.com . Make sure to be consistent with this tool as it's the best in the world for helping people achieve their goals when implemented consistently with whole heart.
Seven Step Process for Achieving Goals
Here, once more, is the simple, seven-step process that you can use to achieve your goals faster and easier than ever before.
First, decide exactly what you want in each area of your life. Be specific! If you are reading this most likely you are involved in business. Most likely your goals should be centered primarily on this area of business with peripheral goals set up that help support this main one as you become a master. This focus is essential. The reason I felt so comfortable committing myself to my business goal first was realizing how the other goals would come together easier after this was accomplished correctly. It's hard to think time, money, and self-esteem would not benefit most of our other goals in some way.
Second, write it down, clearly and in detail, using the forms site is one of the greatest tools the world has ever seen;
Third, set a specific deadline. If it is a large goal, break it down into sub-deadlines and write them down in order. This is why we usually focus on daily, and really focused people have goals per hour;
Fourth, make a list of everything you can think of that you are going to have to do to achieve your goal. As you think of new items, add them to your list;
Fifth, organize the items on your list into a plan by placing them in the proper sequence and priority;
Sixth, take action immediately on the most important thing you can do on your plan. This is very important!
Seventh, do something every day that moves you toward the attainment of one or more of your important goals.
Maintain the momentum! Join the Top 3%
Fewer than three percent of adults have written goals and plans that they work on every single day. When you sit down and write out your goals, you move yourself into the top 3% of people in our society. And you will soon start to get the same results that they do.
Review Your Goals Daily
Study and review your goals every day to be sure they are still your most important goals. You will find yourself adding goals to your list as time passes. You will also find yourself deleting goals that are no longer as important as you once thought. Whatever your goals are, plan them out thoroughly, on the forms site, and work on them every single day. This is the key to making your hopes and dreams a reality.
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Awareness and Intuition
Awareness refers to a continuously heightened sensitivity to what is going on in both your internal and your external environment. It has two separate but closely related ways of expressing itself. You must be aware of what is outside you -- aware of the subtle behaviors of the people around you.
In addition, you must be aware of your own reactions and inclinations. It can be as simple as noticing when someone is getting bored, or tired, or stressed. It is recognizing the right and wrong moments for introducing new ideas. It knows when to speak and not to speak, when to act and not to act.
Attentiveness is also the ability to tune into a problem and come up with its essential components. "What's really going wrong here?" That insight provides the basis for envisioning something that will truly work better. Attentiveness means you are open to more information coming in through your eyes, your ears, and your sense of touch -- as well as your kinesthetic sense. It is better known as intuition, or gut feelings. It is how your muscles and the organs of your body react.
Empathy is putting yourself in the other person's shoes. Intuition gives you access to a person's feelings when they are mirrored in your own body. For some reason this is especially useful with negative emotions such as fear, sadness, or doubt.
Effective communicators and leaders are good people-watchers. They look for the little signals that reveal what others are thinking or feeling. An especially important key to people watching is eye contact. It may not be a startling revelation, but people's willingness to make eye contact says a lot about how comfortable they are with themselves and with you.
As you become an educated observer of what is going on around you, you will be able to evaluate your gut reactions from a more informed perspective. You will be able to know the world around you because you know yourself extremely well. How do you know whether your intuition is right or wrong? Well, if you are often mistaken in your intuitive judgments, it is probably because you are being overly safe and overly protective. It is largely a matter of practice, because fears, wishes, negative thoughts, and ego needs can masquerade as intuition. When your ego is involved, it cancels out the gut. Your intuition will often point out possible problems, but your ego just adds to your problems. Many of us have had good intuition in our lives at given times due to being in a place of peace but then times can change easily and those gut feelings can become clouded.
A good way to develop you intuition is to start keeping track of your hunches. Write them down and then see what happens. By monitoring which come true and which do not, you will not only see what your record of accomplishment is, you will learn to recognize how true intuition feels. With practice, you will begin to see how genuinely intuitive feelings carry the most power and conviction. You will learn to recognize your fears and wishes, so you will not confuse them with your actually sixth sense.
There's a story about a very educated English gentleman visiting a great Buddhist master. The holy man poured a cup of tea for the Englishman and kept pouring and pouring until there was tea all over the floor. Finally, the Englishman could not sit silently any longer and asked: "Why are you overfilling the cup?" The Buddhist master replied: "This cup is like your head. It is so full of your own thoughts that nothing else will go into it. You must empty yourself first in order to learn anything new from me."
Attentiveness is a lot like that. In order to be attentive, we need to empty ourselves of other thoughts and set ways of seeing things. When we use our senses to take in all we can about other people, we can much more accurately adjust our behavior to the needs of others. When we are attentive to situations, we have the power to make positive changes for others and ourselves.
In addition, you must be aware of your own reactions and inclinations. It can be as simple as noticing when someone is getting bored, or tired, or stressed. It is recognizing the right and wrong moments for introducing new ideas. It knows when to speak and not to speak, when to act and not to act.
Attentiveness is also the ability to tune into a problem and come up with its essential components. "What's really going wrong here?" That insight provides the basis for envisioning something that will truly work better. Attentiveness means you are open to more information coming in through your eyes, your ears, and your sense of touch -- as well as your kinesthetic sense. It is better known as intuition, or gut feelings. It is how your muscles and the organs of your body react.
Empathy is putting yourself in the other person's shoes. Intuition gives you access to a person's feelings when they are mirrored in your own body. For some reason this is especially useful with negative emotions such as fear, sadness, or doubt.
Effective communicators and leaders are good people-watchers. They look for the little signals that reveal what others are thinking or feeling. An especially important key to people watching is eye contact. It may not be a startling revelation, but people's willingness to make eye contact says a lot about how comfortable they are with themselves and with you.
As you become an educated observer of what is going on around you, you will be able to evaluate your gut reactions from a more informed perspective. You will be able to know the world around you because you know yourself extremely well. How do you know whether your intuition is right or wrong? Well, if you are often mistaken in your intuitive judgments, it is probably because you are being overly safe and overly protective. It is largely a matter of practice, because fears, wishes, negative thoughts, and ego needs can masquerade as intuition. When your ego is involved, it cancels out the gut. Your intuition will often point out possible problems, but your ego just adds to your problems. Many of us have had good intuition in our lives at given times due to being in a place of peace but then times can change easily and those gut feelings can become clouded.
A good way to develop you intuition is to start keeping track of your hunches. Write them down and then see what happens. By monitoring which come true and which do not, you will not only see what your record of accomplishment is, you will learn to recognize how true intuition feels. With practice, you will begin to see how genuinely intuitive feelings carry the most power and conviction. You will learn to recognize your fears and wishes, so you will not confuse them with your actually sixth sense.
There's a story about a very educated English gentleman visiting a great Buddhist master. The holy man poured a cup of tea for the Englishman and kept pouring and pouring until there was tea all over the floor. Finally, the Englishman could not sit silently any longer and asked: "Why are you overfilling the cup?" The Buddhist master replied: "This cup is like your head. It is so full of your own thoughts that nothing else will go into it. You must empty yourself first in order to learn anything new from me."
Attentiveness is a lot like that. In order to be attentive, we need to empty ourselves of other thoughts and set ways of seeing things. When we use our senses to take in all we can about other people, we can much more accurately adjust our behavior to the needs of others. When we are attentive to situations, we have the power to make positive changes for others and ourselves.
4 P's
Perception Is Everything
There are four “Ps” that will enhance your ability to persuade others in both your work and personal life. They are power, positioning, performance, and politeness. And they are all based on perception.
Develop Personal Power
The first “P” is power. The more power and influence that a person perceives that you have, whether real or not, the more likely it is that that person will be persuaded by you to do the things you want them to do. For example, if you appear to be a senior executive, or a wealthy person, people will be much more likely to help you and serve you than they would be if you were perceived to be a lower level employee.
Shape Their Thinking About You
The second “P” is positioning. This refers to the way that other people think about you and talk about you when you are not there. Your positioning in the mind and heart of other people largely determines how open they are to being influenced by you. In everything you do involving other people, you are shaping and influencing their perceptions of you and your positioning in their minds. Think about how you could change the things you say and do so that people think about you in such a way that they are more open to your requests and to helping you achieve your goals.
Be Good At What You Do
The third “P” is performance. This refers to your level of competence and expertise in your area. A person who is highly respected for his or her ability to get results is far more persuasive and influential than a person who only does an average job.
Commit to Excellence
The perception that people have of your performance capabilities exerts an inordinate influence on how they think and feel about you. You should commit yourself to being the very best in your field. Sometimes, a reputation for being excellent at what you do can be so powerful that it alone can make you an extremely persuasive individual in all of your interactions with the people around you. They will accept your advice, be open to your influence and agree with your requests.
Treat People Politely
The fourth “P” of persuasion power is politeness. People do things for two reasons, because they want to and because they have to. When you treat people with kindness, courtesy and respect, you make them want to do things for you. They are motivated to go out of their way to help you solve your problems and accomplish your goals. Being nice to other people satisfies one of the deepest of all subconscious needs, the need to feel important and respected. Whenever you convey this to another person in your conversation, your attitude and your treatment of that person, he or she will be wide open to being persuaded and influenced by you in almost anything you need.
Perception Is Reality
Again, perception is everything. The perception of an individual is his or her reality.People act on the basis of their perceptions of you. If you change their perceptions, you change the way they think and feel about you, and you change the things that they will do for you.
There are four “Ps” that will enhance your ability to persuade others in both your work and personal life. They are power, positioning, performance, and politeness. And they are all based on perception.
Develop Personal Power
The first “P” is power. The more power and influence that a person perceives that you have, whether real or not, the more likely it is that that person will be persuaded by you to do the things you want them to do. For example, if you appear to be a senior executive, or a wealthy person, people will be much more likely to help you and serve you than they would be if you were perceived to be a lower level employee.
Shape Their Thinking About You
The second “P” is positioning. This refers to the way that other people think about you and talk about you when you are not there. Your positioning in the mind and heart of other people largely determines how open they are to being influenced by you. In everything you do involving other people, you are shaping and influencing their perceptions of you and your positioning in their minds. Think about how you could change the things you say and do so that people think about you in such a way that they are more open to your requests and to helping you achieve your goals.
Be Good At What You Do
The third “P” is performance. This refers to your level of competence and expertise in your area. A person who is highly respected for his or her ability to get results is far more persuasive and influential than a person who only does an average job.
Commit to Excellence
The perception that people have of your performance capabilities exerts an inordinate influence on how they think and feel about you. You should commit yourself to being the very best in your field. Sometimes, a reputation for being excellent at what you do can be so powerful that it alone can make you an extremely persuasive individual in all of your interactions with the people around you. They will accept your advice, be open to your influence and agree with your requests.
Treat People Politely
The fourth “P” of persuasion power is politeness. People do things for two reasons, because they want to and because they have to. When you treat people with kindness, courtesy and respect, you make them want to do things for you. They are motivated to go out of their way to help you solve your problems and accomplish your goals. Being nice to other people satisfies one of the deepest of all subconscious needs, the need to feel important and respected. Whenever you convey this to another person in your conversation, your attitude and your treatment of that person, he or she will be wide open to being persuaded and influenced by you in almost anything you need.
Perception Is Reality
Again, perception is everything. The perception of an individual is his or her reality.People act on the basis of their perceptions of you. If you change their perceptions, you change the way they think and feel about you, and you change the things that they will do for you.
Friday, December 01, 2006
Dream Again!!!
"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat." -- Teddy Roosevelt
Do you remember when you were a child and no dream seemed too big? Some of us thought we would walk on the moon; some dreamed of being a fireman; others imagined stepping to the plate in a big-league game. Every one of us, when we were young, had a common trait - we were dreamers. The world hadn't gotten to us yet to show us that we couldn't possibly achieve what our hearts longed for. And we were yet still years from realizing that in some cases we weren't built for achieving our dream (I realized about my junior year of high school that I was too short and too slow to play professional basketball. The dreamer is always the last to know).
Eventually we started to let our dreams die. People began to tell us that we couldn't do the things we wanted. It was impossible. Responsible people don't pursue their dreams. Settle down, get a job, be dependable. Take care of business, live the mundane, be content.
Do you know what I say to that? That's dumb! It is time to dream again!
Why? Here are just a few reasons:
* Avoid regret. The facts are in, and someday we will all lie on our deathbed looking back through the history of our lives. We will undoubtedly think about what we wished we had done or accomplished. I for one don't want to regret what could have been, what should have been. So I am deciding today to pursue my dreams.
* The world needs people like you to dream of something great and then to pursue it with all of your heart. Maybe your people around you that could be in your sales team have settled into the same ol' same ol'. Shake them up and remind them of how they could really help people if only they would dream!
* Personal and family fulfillment. One of the things that happens when we stop pursuing our dreams is that a little piece of us dies and we become disheartened, if only in that area of our lives. Stepping up and pursuing your dream rekindles that passion and zeal that everyone has the capacity for and lets us experience fulfillment. Having a purpose puts the zip in our step and the zing in our emotions!
* Making the world a better place. All of the great accomplishments that have ever happened began with a person who had a dream. Somebody rebuffed the naysayers and said to himself or herself, "This can be done, and I am the one who will do it." And in many instances they changed the world for the better. It isn't just the Martin Luther King's and the JFK's either. Think of all the people we have never heard of who have started things large and small that help people world-wide every day.
* Leaving a legacy. How will your children remember you? As one who sought all that life had to offer, using your gifts and talents to their fullest extent, leading the family with a zest for life, or as an overweight couch potato who could have been? Our children, neighbors, the world around us need to see that we dream; that we search for something better. They in turn will do the same!
So where do we start? Here are some ideas:
* Reconnect with your dream. Set aside some time to let yourself dream. What have you placed on the backburner in order to live the status quo? Settle on one or two dreams that you can and will pursue. Don't come up with too many. That will only deter you further. Most of the time they will center on your OurGV business first because once that is fully taken care of it gives the resources and time available to pursue other passions.
* Decide that you will do it. This may seem elementary but many people never decide and commit fully to their dream. They simply keep "thinking" about it. Tell others that you are going to do it. Tell everyone and anyone. This puts you on the record as to what you are dreaming about. It makes you accountable. It will help you do it if for no other reason than to avoid embarrassment!
* Develop a step-by-step plan. Use the forms site http://forms.myiworldlink.com to help. This is absolutely essential.
You must sit down and write out a few things:
* A timeline. How long will it take to the end?
* Action steps. Point-by-point what you will do and when you will do them.
* Resources you will need to draw from. What will it take? Who will need to be involved for help or advice?
* An evaluation tool. You need to evaluate from time to time whether you are progressing or not.
* A celebration. Yep, every step along the way. The celebration can be big or small but we must stop and pat ourselves on the back when we are on the proper track.
I have found that there is no better time than now. So, set aside some time today to get started on your dream. Follow the action plan and set your sights for the top of the mountain! You will be glad you did!
Do you remember when you were a child and no dream seemed too big? Some of us thought we would walk on the moon; some dreamed of being a fireman; others imagined stepping to the plate in a big-league game. Every one of us, when we were young, had a common trait - we were dreamers. The world hadn't gotten to us yet to show us that we couldn't possibly achieve what our hearts longed for. And we were yet still years from realizing that in some cases we weren't built for achieving our dream (I realized about my junior year of high school that I was too short and too slow to play professional basketball. The dreamer is always the last to know).
Eventually we started to let our dreams die. People began to tell us that we couldn't do the things we wanted. It was impossible. Responsible people don't pursue their dreams. Settle down, get a job, be dependable. Take care of business, live the mundane, be content.
Do you know what I say to that? That's dumb! It is time to dream again!
Why? Here are just a few reasons:
* Avoid regret. The facts are in, and someday we will all lie on our deathbed looking back through the history of our lives. We will undoubtedly think about what we wished we had done or accomplished. I for one don't want to regret what could have been, what should have been. So I am deciding today to pursue my dreams.
* The world needs people like you to dream of something great and then to pursue it with all of your heart. Maybe your people around you that could be in your sales team have settled into the same ol' same ol'. Shake them up and remind them of how they could really help people if only they would dream!
* Personal and family fulfillment. One of the things that happens when we stop pursuing our dreams is that a little piece of us dies and we become disheartened, if only in that area of our lives. Stepping up and pursuing your dream rekindles that passion and zeal that everyone has the capacity for and lets us experience fulfillment. Having a purpose puts the zip in our step and the zing in our emotions!
* Making the world a better place. All of the great accomplishments that have ever happened began with a person who had a dream. Somebody rebuffed the naysayers and said to himself or herself, "This can be done, and I am the one who will do it." And in many instances they changed the world for the better. It isn't just the Martin Luther King's and the JFK's either. Think of all the people we have never heard of who have started things large and small that help people world-wide every day.
* Leaving a legacy. How will your children remember you? As one who sought all that life had to offer, using your gifts and talents to their fullest extent, leading the family with a zest for life, or as an overweight couch potato who could have been? Our children, neighbors, the world around us need to see that we dream; that we search for something better. They in turn will do the same!
So where do we start? Here are some ideas:
* Reconnect with your dream. Set aside some time to let yourself dream. What have you placed on the backburner in order to live the status quo? Settle on one or two dreams that you can and will pursue. Don't come up with too many. That will only deter you further. Most of the time they will center on your OurGV business first because once that is fully taken care of it gives the resources and time available to pursue other passions.
* Decide that you will do it. This may seem elementary but many people never decide and commit fully to their dream. They simply keep "thinking" about it. Tell others that you are going to do it. Tell everyone and anyone. This puts you on the record as to what you are dreaming about. It makes you accountable. It will help you do it if for no other reason than to avoid embarrassment!
* Develop a step-by-step plan. Use the forms site http://forms.myiworldlink.com to help. This is absolutely essential.
You must sit down and write out a few things:
* A timeline. How long will it take to the end?
* Action steps. Point-by-point what you will do and when you will do them.
* Resources you will need to draw from. What will it take? Who will need to be involved for help or advice?
* An evaluation tool. You need to evaluate from time to time whether you are progressing or not.
* A celebration. Yep, every step along the way. The celebration can be big or small but we must stop and pat ourselves on the back when we are on the proper track.
I have found that there is no better time than now. So, set aside some time today to get started on your dream. Follow the action plan and set your sights for the top of the mountain! You will be glad you did!
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