"The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you know nothing about."~Wayne Dyer
Are you rejecting new learning opportunities? Why? Always Be Learning, always. Even if something doesn't fit in what you are doing, do you reject it out of hand? Many people do and lose the chance for learning.
What about those four worst words in the English language, "I already know that." How many times a day do you say that? Why? A mentor told me a long time ago that you could hear something 99 times, but the 100th time, it makes sense! Maybe you were not ready for that truth yet, maybe you knew it a little but not on the level that you needed to know it.
Stop rejecting something you know nothing about. This is your chance for new learning. You can always always learn something if you are open to learning it.
"The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you know nothing about."
Monday, September 28, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
What Are You Expecting?
"We tend to get what we expect."~Norman Vincent Peale
What are you expecting? Good things to happen? Bad things to happen? Nothing to happen?
We don't get what we want or need, we get what we expect. This is so simple to do, but because of that it is also simple NOT to do. Expect good things to happen to you! Most of the time we are too busy to create our expectations and we just go along for the ride. STOP IT! Expect good things to happen to you! TODAY!
When you are on the way to an appointment, what are you expecting? When you are going to a networking event, what are you expecting? Are you expecting good things to happen or are you expecting nothing, so that when nothing happens, you aren't disappointed?
Isn't it interesting that when we lower our expectations, they are met? What if you raised your expectations, what would happen then???
"We tend to get what we expect."
What are you expecting? Good things to happen? Bad things to happen? Nothing to happen?
We don't get what we want or need, we get what we expect. This is so simple to do, but because of that it is also simple NOT to do. Expect good things to happen to you! Most of the time we are too busy to create our expectations and we just go along for the ride. STOP IT! Expect good things to happen to you! TODAY!
When you are on the way to an appointment, what are you expecting? When you are going to a networking event, what are you expecting? Are you expecting good things to happen or are you expecting nothing, so that when nothing happens, you aren't disappointed?
Isn't it interesting that when we lower our expectations, they are met? What if you raised your expectations, what would happen then???
"We tend to get what we expect."
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Lead or Follow?
"A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back to the crowd."~James Crook
Are you willing to turn your back to the crowd? Are you willing to go at it alone? Why not? They say there is safety in numbers but are you being authentic, are you being yourself if, you know you should be leading but you're just following?
It's a scary place to be when you are leading, not for the faint of heart. But when you do lead, you get a feeling of exhilaration that really can't be duplicated. Has the fear of something kept you from leading? Next time that fear arises, feel the exhilaration that leading can give you and work right through that fear. Courage is not the absence of fear, but feeling the fear and doing it anyway.
A leader must turn his back to the crowd if he expects to lead. You can't lead by consensus (or by polls...) But a leader must also make sure that those he is leading, are continuing to follow him/her. If they will not follow, then the leader must change course so that they will follow.
"A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back to the crowd."
Are you willing to turn your back to the crowd? Are you willing to go at it alone? Why not? They say there is safety in numbers but are you being authentic, are you being yourself if, you know you should be leading but you're just following?
It's a scary place to be when you are leading, not for the faint of heart. But when you do lead, you get a feeling of exhilaration that really can't be duplicated. Has the fear of something kept you from leading? Next time that fear arises, feel the exhilaration that leading can give you and work right through that fear. Courage is not the absence of fear, but feeling the fear and doing it anyway.
A leader must turn his back to the crowd if he expects to lead. You can't lead by consensus (or by polls...) But a leader must also make sure that those he is leading, are continuing to follow him/her. If they will not follow, then the leader must change course so that they will follow.
"A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back to the crowd."
Friday, September 25, 2009
Wishes, Not Goals
"A person who aims at nothing is sure to hit it."
Are you aiming at nothing? Are you working your goals, because everybody has goals, right?
Wrong! Most people have wishes, not goals. What's the difference? Wishes are what people talk about all the time. Goals are written down and systematically worked on until completion.
When was the last time you looked at your goals? Really. Were these goals that you made at the start of the year? Last year? 5 years ago? Everybody says that they have goals, but they are in a drawer in your desk. You know right where they are! You have goals! NOT!
Brian Tracy says that you should write your goals down EVERY DAY, and do that until you can do it from memory. Are you doing that? What would happen if you did that? Would you get closer to making your Goals come true?
Take your goal list out and start every day by writing them down on a new sheet of paper. WRITE them down, don't just type them on your computer. Something happens to us physically when we write them down and our goals become part of our DNA and they become a part of us, physically and mentally.
Try it for a week. I'll bet you will be amazed at the results.
"A person who aims at nothing is sure to hit it."
Are you aiming at nothing? Are you working your goals, because everybody has goals, right?
Wrong! Most people have wishes, not goals. What's the difference? Wishes are what people talk about all the time. Goals are written down and systematically worked on until completion.
When was the last time you looked at your goals? Really. Were these goals that you made at the start of the year? Last year? 5 years ago? Everybody says that they have goals, but they are in a drawer in your desk. You know right where they are! You have goals! NOT!
Brian Tracy says that you should write your goals down EVERY DAY, and do that until you can do it from memory. Are you doing that? What would happen if you did that? Would you get closer to making your Goals come true?
Take your goal list out and start every day by writing them down on a new sheet of paper. WRITE them down, don't just type them on your computer. Something happens to us physically when we write them down and our goals become part of our DNA and they become a part of us, physically and mentally.
Try it for a week. I'll bet you will be amazed at the results.
"A person who aims at nothing is sure to hit it."
Thursday, September 24, 2009
"I will not be governed by the tyranny of immediacy."~Mary Anne Radmacher
Are you governed by the tyranny of immediacy? Do you allow others immediacy to govern you? Why? What do you get? Take control your life and stop that NOW!
In today's microwave society, we want everything 2 minutes ago. We have lost the ability to have delayed gratification and are constantly seeking immediate gratification. Why?
The problem with immediate gratification is that as fast as it comes, it's gone again that fast and then we need to find another source of gratification. It's a vicious cycle that never ends until we step back and slow down and stop the tyranny of immediacy.
Very often it's our friends and clients who try to impose the tyranny of THEIR immediacy on us. We need to learn to politely tell them that that we run our own life and that their issue while important, it doesn't rise the OUR immediacy level. Don't allow them to give your their issue.
Here's a challenge for today, don't allow the tyranny of immediacy to win even once today.
Good Luck.
"I will not be governed by the tyranny of immediacy."
Are you governed by the tyranny of immediacy? Do you allow others immediacy to govern you? Why? What do you get? Take control your life and stop that NOW!
In today's microwave society, we want everything 2 minutes ago. We have lost the ability to have delayed gratification and are constantly seeking immediate gratification. Why?
The problem with immediate gratification is that as fast as it comes, it's gone again that fast and then we need to find another source of gratification. It's a vicious cycle that never ends until we step back and slow down and stop the tyranny of immediacy.
Very often it's our friends and clients who try to impose the tyranny of THEIR immediacy on us. We need to learn to politely tell them that that we run our own life and that their issue while important, it doesn't rise the OUR immediacy level. Don't allow them to give your their issue.
Here's a challenge for today, don't allow the tyranny of immediacy to win even once today.
Good Luck.
"I will not be governed by the tyranny of immediacy."
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Your Intensity
"Do whatever you do intensely."~Robert Henri
Are you living full out? Are you giving 100% to everything in your life?
Why not? Why are you coasting? What is stopping you from giving 100% percent?
We have this mistaken idea that if we coast today, we can make up for it by working harder tomorrow. The problem with that is like John Wooden says, "If you give 50% today, you cannot give 150% tomorrow, because we only have 100% to give each day."
We hear constantly about how someone is giving 110%, but that's just wrong! We can't give more than 100%. They might be giving 90% after they had coasted when they were only giving 70%. Or maybe they upped their effort from 50% to 70%.
Think about how many times you had more to give and didn't. Why? Stop coasting today!
"Do whatever you do intensely."
Are you living full out? Are you giving 100% to everything in your life?
Why not? Why are you coasting? What is stopping you from giving 100% percent?
We have this mistaken idea that if we coast today, we can make up for it by working harder tomorrow. The problem with that is like John Wooden says, "If you give 50% today, you cannot give 150% tomorrow, because we only have 100% to give each day."
We hear constantly about how someone is giving 110%, but that's just wrong! We can't give more than 100%. They might be giving 90% after they had coasted when they were only giving 70%. Or maybe they upped their effort from 50% to 70%.
Think about how many times you had more to give and didn't. Why? Stop coasting today!
"Do whatever you do intensely."
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Your Choice, Yes it is!
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
YOU get to choose! We've always known it. We read these books when we were kids and we read them now to our children. Why have we forgotten that it IS OUR CHOICE??? Why do we allow others and their issues get in the way of OUR choices?
What choices have you ceded to someone else? Why? Was it just easier to let them choose? Or did you do it so there would be no tension? Guess what? When you give your choices away, there will always be tension until you make the choice to make the choices...(think about that one for a while)
Choices will be made, with or without you but know that when they are made without you, you have no recourse other than to change that choice or go along with it. In fact, not choosing is making a choice. When those choices are made on your behalf, realize that no one cares about you or your needs. They will make the choice for the stand point of their needs and wants.
Remember, you can steer yourself in any direction YOU CHOOSE!
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.”
YOU get to choose! We've always known it. We read these books when we were kids and we read them now to our children. Why have we forgotten that it IS OUR CHOICE??? Why do we allow others and their issues get in the way of OUR choices?
What choices have you ceded to someone else? Why? Was it just easier to let them choose? Or did you do it so there would be no tension? Guess what? When you give your choices away, there will always be tension until you make the choice to make the choices...(think about that one for a while)
Choices will be made, with or without you but know that when they are made without you, you have no recourse other than to change that choice or go along with it. In fact, not choosing is making a choice. When those choices are made on your behalf, realize that no one cares about you or your needs. They will make the choice for the stand point of their needs and wants.
Remember, you can steer yourself in any direction YOU CHOOSE!
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.”
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