If you're going to be a success at living your life, it won't come as the result of a surprise. Rather, it will be because you focused on what success would look like for you. Using the resulting vision of success you planned for it. With that vision and plan as your driving force you then, achieved it.
The fact is your skill at and your commitment to planning will determine your destiny. Think about it this way...around and around you go and where you are you better know. Otherwise, you get confused and lost. The answer to not getting lost on your road to success in life is planning.
Your planning has to be driven by emotionally meaningful goals. What do I mean by "emotionally meaningful goals?" Well, what else do you want? If you have a big enough emotional reason why you want it, then you will get it. In other words, when it comes to a truly, emotionally meaningful goal; you have to be able to figuratively see it, feel it , taste it, smell it, and hear it before you have it, if you're going to ultimately get it.
A detailed plan that includes well defined, emotionally driven goals and the action steps to provide the road map to those goals, can give you the certainty many of us want in our lives. A bright future of personal success is best defined and assured through a written plan and effective execution of the steps in that plan.
Yes...true success in life doesn't come as a surprise!
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Thursday, August 4, 2011
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
We Learn From Everyone We Meet: By Barry Roberts
As a speaker, my topics all have to do with how we can use our sense of humor to improve our lives I had just finished an engagement in San Francisco, a city I really enjoy, so I stayed for an extra day. I spent most of that day on my own walking tour of the city. Sad to say, there are many homeless in San Francisco and while I have great empathy for all of them, I cannot offer money to each one that approaches me on the street.
It had been a long day and I was headed back to my hotel with an arm full of gifts and my camera, when I saw her heading straight towards me. She was fairly young, with few teeth, looking very much like the rest fo the street people I had encountered that day. As she came to me, I must admit I was not listening to what she said and I had my reply all ready. “Sorry, I can’t help you today”, I said and kept walking.
After I passed I realized what she had said to me; “I’m not asking for any money, just your credit card and pin number for about an hour.” This with a big smile on her face.
Hey! She had a sense of humor and was attempting to use it to help herself.
I spend my days trying to teach this to business people who, for the most part, have everything they need and many of them just don’t get it. This woman lives on the street, in rags and a cardboard box and SHE GETS IT!! How could I not help her out?
I turned quickly and spotted her making a bee line for her next mark. I picked up the pace, caught up to her and said, “Look, you’re not getting my credit card or pin number, but I hope this helps and wish you good luck.”
She tucked the $5 in her blouse and replied, again with a huge smile, “Thanks…when you live on the street and have nothing else, you gotta have a sense of humor. God bless you, sir.”
Wow! For me that was so powerful. You can learn a valuable lesson from everyone you meet.
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It had been a long day and I was headed back to my hotel with an arm full of gifts and my camera, when I saw her heading straight towards me. She was fairly young, with few teeth, looking very much like the rest fo the street people I had encountered that day. As she came to me, I must admit I was not listening to what she said and I had my reply all ready. “Sorry, I can’t help you today”, I said and kept walking.
After I passed I realized what she had said to me; “I’m not asking for any money, just your credit card and pin number for about an hour.” This with a big smile on her face.
Hey! She had a sense of humor and was attempting to use it to help herself.
I spend my days trying to teach this to business people who, for the most part, have everything they need and many of them just don’t get it. This woman lives on the street, in rags and a cardboard box and SHE GETS IT!! How could I not help her out?
I turned quickly and spotted her making a bee line for her next mark. I picked up the pace, caught up to her and said, “Look, you’re not getting my credit card or pin number, but I hope this helps and wish you good luck.”
She tucked the $5 in her blouse and replied, again with a huge smile, “Thanks…when you live on the street and have nothing else, you gotta have a sense of humor. God bless you, sir.”
Wow! For me that was so powerful. You can learn a valuable lesson from everyone you meet.
Enjoy more of my blog posts at http://tinyurl.com/246w4d5. http://www.barryroberts.com/
How NOT to be rebooked by Connie Gordon
> Mispronounce your introducer's name
> Apologize for being late
> Keep looking around instead of AT your audience
> Don't summarize your speech's value points
> Don't mingle
Note: These "ConniTips" are NOT in her book: Oops and Ahas! http://connigordon.org/ /
conni@connigordon.org
> Apologize for being late
> Keep looking around instead of AT your audience
> Don't summarize your speech's value points
> Don't mingle
Note: These "ConniTips" are NOT in her book: Oops and Ahas! http://connigordon.org/ /
conni@connigordon.org
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