| “Life’s ups and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals – Think of using all obstacles as stepping stones to build the life you want” – Marsha Sinetar
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Posts Tagged ‘goals’
Determine your value and goals
Monday, November 28th, 2011Capacity
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011I’d like to fashion myself as an expert in human productivity. By that I mean, I think I am beginning to get my arms around what it takes to get the most out of my clients, my prospects and most importantly – myself.
As with the engine in a car or the hard drive on a computer, every person has certain amount of capacity. We can only work so many hours, schedule so many meetings and respond to so many emails.
Despite this truth, most people think that the key to their success is pushing beyond their capacity. We tell ourselves that the more we work, the more we will achieve, and thus the greater happiness we will experience.
But, deep down we know that it really doesn’t work like that.
Think about it.
Do you remember the first year you hit the BIG number in sales and income? Up to that point, you’d convinced yourself that as soon as you make “X” you will be happy.
How’s that number look to you today? What’s your new target?
Does the number really matter?
Maybe reaching and even pushing past your maximum capacity shouldn’t be the end goal.
What if instead you focused your time on a worthy objective that filled you with joy and purpose?
The Tactics Don’t Matter
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011I am a tactical machine. I love spreadsheets, project plans and making sure that everyone knows exactly what their supposed to do. No project ever gets complete unless someone takes care of the tactics.
However, I have had a revelation in 2011.
The tactics don’t matter.
Let me clarify.
The most important component in all personal and professional achievement is that you begin with a goal or vision. In addition, you need to have a powerful emotional connection to this goal.
For example, imagine that you are 40 years old with two young children. At your annual physical, your doctor tells you that you need to lose 50lbs or you are at high risk of having a heart attack in the next 12 months. The thought of missing your family creates an emotional connection to the goal of losing 50 lbs. As a result, you do whatever it takes to hit your target. You don’t need the latest fad diet or fancy workout machine – you figure it out.
Conversely, imagine that instead a having a heart attack, your doctor tells you that you could stand to lose a few pounds. You have a moderate desire to look better at the swimming pool this summer so you go and purchase “Buns of Steel” at the bookstore and ask your wife to add more vegetables to the weekly shopping list. Unfortunately, you never get past the first chapter and convince yourself that onion rings count as a vegetable. You can always wear a shirt at the pool.
The tactics just don’t matter if you don’t really care about achieving the goal.
What really matters to you? If you’re not sure – click here.
The power of goals
Monday, October 24th, 2011| “If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Life’s Tough
Monday, October 17th, 2011| “Life’s ups and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals – Think of using all obstacles as stepping stones to build the life you want” – Marsha Sinetar
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Setting Goals & Completing Them
Monday, October 10th, 2011| “The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly the idea, buried deep in our subconscious, will direct us along the path to its fulfillment.” - Earl Nightingdale
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What’s Next…
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011| “You won’t realize the distance you’ve walked until you take a look around and realize how far you’ve been.” – Anonymous
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Move the Needle
Monday, August 1st, 2011If your sales are down 15% you want an immediate increase in revenue of at least 15%.
If your 30 lbs overweight you want a pill or 10 minute exercise that eliminates at least 30 lbs.
If you have $25,000 in debt you want to win the lottery and eliminate the whole chunk with 1 payment.
Do you see where this is going?
The challenge with this very common pattern of thinking is that it always leads to failure. Always.
You ever hear a basketball coach whose is down by double digits tell his team to shoot a 10 point shot? Of course not – it’s always 1 bucket at a time.
That’s the same with you. What’s one thing you can do today to move the needle and make a little progress towards your goal?
CJ McClanahan is the Founder of reachmore, which teaches small business owners how to build a business that runs without them. For more resources on business leadership, please visit reachmore’s seminars
Problems vs. Solutions
Wednesday, July 6th, 2011Last night at dinner, I placed a bunch of broccoli on my daughter’s plate. Her immediate response, was the same as always – “That’s too much, I could never eat all that broccoli!”
I countered with my classic – “I have a lot of faith in you Corinne, you can do anything you chose.”
I’m OK with my daughter seeing a plate full of broccoli and seeing a problem with no possible solution – she’s 4 years old. However, at some point ( I think I’ll wait until her 5th birthday) I want her to change the way she thinks and recognize that she is responsible for finding a solution to life’s challenges.
Unfortunately, most people still approach problems like my 4 year old. They see every difficulty as an insurmountable challenge and instead of looking for the solution they spend all of the energy putting together a list of excuses why they won’t be successful.
The simple truth is that there are two types of people in this world – those that find problems and those that find solutions.
Guess which one makes more money and has more success?
Which one are you?
CJ McClanahan is the Founder of reachmore, which teaches small business owners how to build a business that runs without them. For more resources on business leadership, please visit reachmore’s seminars
Happiness, Contentment
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011“Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are.
When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to
you.” – Lao Tzu
From 8 in the morning until 5 at at night, Monday through Friday, I coach professionals on how to reach their goals and achieve more in their lives.
About 4 years ago, I came across this quote and recognized that I needed to balance this push for achievement with an appreciation for present.
This balance is difficult because the world has convinced us that the only path to happiness is through achievement and acquisition.
This week, practice being grateful for all you have been given.
CJ McClanahan is the Founder of reachmore, which teaches small business owners how to build a business that runs without them. For more resources on business leadership, please visit reachmore’s seminars