Eliminate the No Longer Acceptables in Your Life
Once you examine your motivation and desire, you may discover that self-control—even discipline—may be needed to improve your productivity. Whether you are seeking improvement in your professional or personal life, you may have to make sacrifices in order to accomplish a greater good. How do you begin? The first step is to analyze what needs to be done. Analyze your long-term objectives as well as your short-term goals. Next, you have to focus in on what is preventing or slowing down your journey to success. At this point, certain activities, attitudes and maybe even people will be labeled “No Longer Acceptables” (NLA). The No Longer Acceptables are distractions to achieving your goals; they are things that you want to get rid of. You don’t merely want to get rid of these no longer acceptables—you want to make sure they stay out of your life.
The problem is, so many people merely say they want to make changes in life, but don’t actually have the desire or self-control to see the operation through. It’s too bad, because deciding to make these positive changes is a step in the right direction. Adjusting your perspective and formulating a strategic plan could improve the quality of your life and those of others. Why the hesitance to completely do away with the No Longer Acceptables? You might think of these NLAs as addictive substances, even if they are not tangible properties. Make a choice to get rid of the no longer acceptable and then take action on the things that produce the results you want.
Helping Others to Progress Creates Business Success
In creating an efficient machine, there would be no reason to deliberately hinder employee advancement as this would directly affect productivity and eventually profit. Personally speaking, it makes sense to train new staff members according to the same criteria that you would live by. When you teach by example and are helpful to new workers, they will remember this training in future years, considering you more of a personal mentor than just a boss.
The Most Important Factor in Overseeing Progress
The single most important factor in overseeing progress is that of individuality. You cannot assume that delegation or training can be lazily standardized and yet simultaneously help an entire staff progress rapidly. Some people will progress faster than others, others slower, and still others will require special training because their perceptions are totally different from most of the other workers. Some staff will be particularly hard working, convergent thinkers. Others will be very good at “thinking outside the box.” The key is to identify the skills of each particular team member and then individually hone those skills until every worker progresses at a comfortable pace. It may also involve you identifying the weaknesses of some workers and coming up with ways to train them into becoming more efficient performers, or give those tasks to someone else who can be or is efficient at those tasks. Leverage people inherent skills.
Employee training and delegating authority are part of overseeing a company’s progress. It is a golden opportunity to advance your interests while helping others grow into their professional roles. It is a great feeling to see others make progress with your training and mentoring and it makes everyone more effective and efficient which means people are more productive overall and that leads to goal achievement.
Can I Succeed Telling the Truth?
Not only can you succeed by telling the truth, you can thrive telling the truth. The reason is that you will attract clients with lots of money who can handle the truth, and prefer the truth.
The question on the table is whether you really can succeed if you tell the truth. The answer is yes, absolutely you can. It can actually give you a competitive advantage in a market glutted by people full of hot air. Most people fear nobody wants to hear the truth, but of course they do! And the ones who want to hear the truth will be your best and most lucrative clients. Most successful people respond to bare-bald-buck-naked facts, because most successful people got that way by remaining grounded in reality.
Jack Welch, arguably the greatest CEO of our times, held the philosophy, “Tell me the truth, and tell me early.” If something happened and you knew and didn’t tell him about it, you were fired. But if you came to him early and told him, “You know what? This whole project is screwed up, and I don’t know what to do about it,” you’d go a long way with Jack Welch.
The truth isn’t always easy to say. The truth isn’t always easy to hear. However, I believe the truth is better for everyone. Plain and simple.
Truthfulness and believability always have appeal. If your claims aren’t inflated, if you trust your clients and sincerely believe they deserve the truth and can handle reality, they will trust you in return. As Emerson said, “Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.” The truth has power. If you tell the truth, you begin to play in a new league; you walk away from the games of salesmanship and into the realm of reality being known as a Trusted Professional.
Maintain positive energy and balance – don't let negativity in
I was visiting my mother this weekend and she shared with me something a friend sent her that I think is so valuable and important to be aware of every day – especially right now. Here is what she wrote to my mother: “Some people are carriers of negativity. They are storehouses of pent up anger and volatile emotions. Some remain trapped in the victim role and act in ways that further their victimization. And others are still caught in the cycle of addictive or compulsive patterns.
Negative energy can have a powerful pull on us, especially if we’re struggling to maintain positive energy and balance. It may seem that others who exude negative energy would like to pull us into the darkness with them. We do not have to go!! Without judgment, we can decide it’s okay to walk away, okay to protect ourselves.
We cannot change other people. It does not help others for us to get off balance. We do not lead others into the light by stepping into the darkness with them.
Today, help me to know that I don’t have to allow myself to be pulled into negativity, even around those I love. Help me set boundaries. Help me know it’s okay to take care of myself.”
You might use this short and powerful thought every day for a period of time to help you stay positive and focused on what you know you need to do so you can achieve your goals. Bring extra confidence with you each day as your shield of armor to help fight off those who are negative and want to bring you down with them – not necessarily intentionally.
Enlist Your Self Control and Achieve Even More
Self-control is defined as “control of oneself” or the “ability to master one’s desires and impulses. Interestingly, self-control is actually perceived in a number of ways. Psychologically, self-control usually refers to a person’s self-perception, belief system, as well as the ability to set boundaries on their own behavior.
First understand that everyone has a system of belief. Nobody truly believes in nothing. Before you analyze what self-control means to you, you must first analyze what you believe. You are your own community and you set the guidelines as to what is right or wrong, productive or unproductive.
Let’s say that you have a plan to become successful in your career. This is the mission of your self-contained community. Therefore, any thoughts or actions that run contrary to your mission must be extinguished. However, when you are a self-starter, then you are in charge of all your faculties and must have them work for you, not independently of you. Sometimes people do require rigid structure in their life in order to get things done. If you are naturally inclined to take it easy, if you tend to procrastinate, or if you are easily distracted from completing a simple goal, then these are disruptive factors in your community. You must work to maintain self-control to meet the standard that you have set for yourself.
Self-control doesn’t necessarily mean resisting something that is “wrong”; rather, it refers to taking steps to control one’s own tendencies if they are observed to be counterproductive. If you want to learn the quality of self-control, first decide what your mission is and what would be the best way to learn positive qualities. Don’t underestimate the value of enlisting others to help you. When you are accountable to someone else, it helps. Celebrate your successes, no matter how small. It is about making progress in life that brings us the success we want and deserve.
Live Life with NO Regrets
The other day, I met a lady (Susie) while here on vacation in Mazatlan Mexico. She is working for a timeshare. Susie didn´t appear to be originally from Mexico so I asked her where she is from. She said she is from Canada and has been here in Mazatlan for 13 years now. She told me how much she loves living here. I asked her what brought her to Mazatlan and why she moved. She said she came to visit over 13 years ago and went back to Canada before deciding to move to Mazatlan. She said she thinks that for many people it is the things they don´t do that they regret in life and not the things we actually do that we regret. She didn´t want to not move to Mazatlan and regret that decision for the rest of her life. She has never looked back on her decision or regretted it for a second. I think she has a great attitude and that more of us should apply this approach to our life.
Have you ever not done something that you wish you had done? How can you apply Susie´s philosophy to your life and not have any regrets for things you don´t do going forward? Let´s try to live our life with no regrets from here on out.
Being accountable to your agreements
There have been two recent situations where agreements were made with people who then changed the agreement after everything was agreed to. In one situation, the agreement changed due to unknown situations that arose on their part. It still is important, I think, to be a person of your word and to keep your end of the agreement. It isn’t always easy to do this and sometimes the agreement may totally fall apart because it isn’t possible to keep your side of the agreement due to the changes that occurred.
In the second situation, I felt like it was a ‘bait and switch.’ I felt as though I agreed to something that they knew was going to change once they got to a certain point in the agreement. In this case, we couldn’t continue with what we agreed to do because they totally changed what they originally agreed to do and when we didn’t agree to the new terms, they cancelled the agreement. It makes you wonder if enough people agree to new terms and continue with less than what they originally agreed to because of the current economic times or if people are more like me and not willing to let others take advantage of us during these times. There is no excuse for cheating and lying, no matter what the current economic times are.
There are times though when things do change due to unforeseen situations. If at all possible, I like to think we do our best and are accountable for our actions when enter into any agreement, even though it may be difficult at times. I want to feel like I did what I felt was right and I think most people are honest and don’t go into any agreement thinking that they will change things once all is agreed to.
Eliminate No Longer Acceptable Things from Your Life
Many of us say we’re going to make changes to eliminate the things we don‘t like about our life, but few us actually commit to improving the quality of our life. We stay in a job we don’t like and in a relationship that does not serve us, and blame our circumstances on the “hand” we’ve been dealt in life. If you have ever felt like this – it’s time to get a does of reality. Whether you’re sick of your financial situation, your health or destructive relationships, you have the power to eliminate the “no longer acceptables” in your life and create the life you want and deserve.
Give up the excuses because they are just plain cop-outs. Creating the life you want simply begins with a choice – you choose to eliminate the “no longer acceptables” in your life. Changing your life circumstances is that easy. You choose your desired reality instead of your current reality, and commit to doing whatever it takes in order to create it.
Your life can change the very instant you change your thoughts – right here, right now.
Grab a pen and a piece of paper. Make a list of 10 things you want to change in your life. Your list can consist of anything you are unhappy with or downright sick of.
Eliminating those things you find yourself being most unhappy with will allow so much more peace and emotional space. You will feel like a new person when you finally eliminate the things that have been holding you back from what you really want.
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The Power of Your Belief – How Strongly Do You Believe?
Belief simply comes down to the ability of having a high level of belief in yourself and your potential, regardless of any circumstance you encounter. When you have a high level of belief in yourself, it leaves no room for doubt, allowing you to develop a keen awareness that you are made of infinite potential and can achieve anything you believe you can. In contrast, lack of a solid belief in yourself results in habitual self-doubt that renders you unaware of your infinite potential and your ability to achieve a higher level of success. Do what you belief is right and what you were put on this earth to achieve. Don’t let others direct you to what they think you should do as they don’t know what is in your heart and in you feel passionate about. When you really believe in yourself and you believe it with every ounce of your being, you will know what to do and get it done. The power is in your belief.
If you have a book inside of you and you want to share it with the world, you can always ceate an e-book, as I have done. You may not initially be able to print a book in paperback form so share your experience and ideas with others by putting it on your website and allowing people to download it. Sometimes there are ways to achieve what we want, we just have to think outside the box a little. Ask others for their ideas and help. The more brain power with ideas the better.
Podcast 2 – Wheel of Life
The Wheel of Life: Today we are going to talk about The Wheel of Life and how it can help you put into perspective how balanced your life is now, and how using The Wheel of Life periodically will help you make progress and keep on track to continuing your journey for total life balance. The Wheel of Life is what I use as a starting point for the goal-setting process. The Wheel of Life helps you focus on the activities required to achieve your goals and ultimately obtain what is truly important to you in life.
To complete your Wheel of Life and determine how round your wheel is today, go to www.AccountabilityCoach.com. This is complimentary resource available to everyone. Feel free to share this exercise with others and update it as often as you like.
