“True nobility is not about being better than anyone else, it’s about being better than you used to be.”
The halfway point of the 2011, was at noon on July 1st, exactly 182 1/2 days left before we ring in 2012.
So how are you doing on your New Year resolutions?
Personally, did you lose the weight you were trying to lose?
Professionally, are you hitting your sales goals?
Have you taken a hard look at your results to date and put a plan in place to finish what you started or are your goals out of whack, meaningless and unimportant?
It’s never too late to late, to improve, to succeed.
You have plenty of time, it’s just that you’re not using it properly and majoring in minor things.
Think (and do) about setting clearer goals for the rest of your year and think about (and do) easier ways to achieve them.
For example, if you’re like me and don’t always have time to go to a gym to workout, do you just give up?
Or, do you find an easier way to accomplish your fitness goals by working out at home using your own body weight, doing pushups, situps, skipping rope etc.?
If you’re not hitting your sales goals, do you know why? Do you know your sales ratios (e.g., how many calls/communiques lead to appointments to contracts)? Is it a simple matter of just making more contacts?
My goals are quite simple and they’re based on improving my own situation and being better than I used to be, not better than someone else.
“IT” should always be about you!
In short, my overarching simple goal is to improve my states of peace, love and happiness and I look at making plans for each many roles as a small business owner, marketing professional, husband, son, brother, uncle, friend, community member and most important ME (spirit, soul, being) and craft simple strategies, objectives and tactics to follow to improve my states of peace, love and happiness.
And, how to I get there?
I work on ‘getting there’ via several ways such as:
- Being in the moment and focusing on being fully engaged
- Delegating to great people
- Working in process improvement (checklists – group similar activities together)
- Waking up early (not watching much TV etc.)
- Saying ‘no’ to things that don’t help me achieve my goals (like lots of meetings when a phone call would do)
And lots more, because this is a journey!
And, hey I don’t always get there, but my batting average has increased over time with practice.
Focus on your being better than YOU used to be and your happiness because when you’re happy you’ll find that it’s contagious.
Don’t waste your time.
Learn to let go of – and don’t sweat – the minor things and focus on what’s really important to you, to your business etc., and see your happiness soar!
How high is up? As high as YOU want to make it! It’s always been about YOU and no one else.
