“How Do We Stop Thinking?” – I think the question we should be asking ourselves is not “how do we stop thinking” but “why would we want to stop thinking?”. Are we trying to train ourselves to become ‘nothing’? What is the purpose of an empty space? I believe we should be striving not to stop thinking but to learn how to channel our thoughts to enrich our lives.
Success strategies: Leadership. Our whole life, in all the various roles in which we find ourselves, we expect, and demand, leadership in others. But what of the leadership we expect in ourselves? If we expect those around us to be in leadership for us, shouldn’t we be expecting leadership in ourselves also? Shouldn’t we be demanding that we are the role model and thus paving the way for others to follow? Allow me here to define what I mean by leadership, and why I believe it is the leadership that we expect in ourselves that is most critical to our success in life and in business.
We are all familiar with the concept: ‘What we think about we bring about’. And at a broad, brush-strokes level, that is certainly true. However, if this were all there was to it, we would all have everything we had ever desired in our life right here, right now, plus a bucket load more besides. To more accurately understand this statement, I believe that we need to drill down a little deeper and to look at what we mean by the word ‘think’ in more detail. And then apply this knowledge to create 3 simple Success Strategies that we can follow to effect permanent change in our lives.
One habit separates the top 5% of competitors who win in life from the other 95% who just play: Goal setting. No surprises there. That is common knowledge. But what about the 5% of us who DO set goals? The 5% of us who DO understand the importance of setting ‘proper’ SMART goals, goals that are properly written down, with a deadline, all neatly in accordance with the SMARTER principles of goal setting? The goals we have that are Specific, we can Measure them, we truly believe they are Realistic and we have given ourselves a realistic Time Frame for their achievement. Yet still, no matter what our level of passion, desire or committment, these goals continue to allude us. They remain just that. Goals. Goals written down in our diaries, pinned up on our vision boards but very definitely goals not yet present in our lives. What about those goals? Have you had any of those?? Are you at a loss as to WHY these goals do not seem to be working for you at the moment, or, more specifically, what else it is that you need to do in order to achieve those goals?
Success strategies: How well have your success strategies served you over the last year? Have you even got any: Take a look back at your life over the past 12 months and tally up the scores. How many times did you ‘Win’ at something, and how many times did you ‘lose’? There is a famous quote ...
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It’s fast approaching THAT time of the year again. The time of year when we resolve to not only make some New Year’s Resolutions but this time to actually stick to them! There are 3 main types of New Year’s resolution: The resolutions that we make in a moment of bonhomie, buoyed up by a few bubbles ...
There are many different success strategies. So many in fact that you could probably waste several lifetimes just studying the theory behind all the different success strategies out there, and never actually get round to getting the job done! For me, there are just two words that count, and once you understand fully the implied meaning behind ...
“You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.” Henry Ford (1863-1947) American industrialist, inventor Henry Ford, a man who certainly knew a thing or two about success strategies, once said: “You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.” How true is that. If all the ‘coulda’, ...
Have a plan, Visualise the plan, Stick to the plan. Feel the energy of the fire. Take the energy, and then Walk with the energy. Wise words, and the advice we were given as part of our mindset training in preparation for the Breakthrough Firewalk, probably the ultimate mind over matter challenge that we faced as ...
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