I used to have this problem. It’s going to sound crazy, but it’s true.
I had road direction anxiety. Not road rage — more like road haze.
Here’s how this worked: whenever I had to drive somewhere I hadn’t been to before, I would get so anxious I would completely freeze up. (This was in the pre-GPS days.) Road map? Great directions? Didn’t matter. I would become a basket case.
When you were growing up, how often did you hear the words, “It’s better to be safe than sorry”?” Probably too often, especially when you became aware that most people who played it safe ended up sorry. It is the risk takers who generally end up winners!
How many people do you know who have passed up a magnificent opportunity because they might have had to mortgage their house or quit the job they had held for a number of years. Rather than step out boldly, they stepped back into safety.
I am extremely leery of any quick fix solution or overnight formula for success. In my opinion, they don’t exist. With that said, the following formula is one that I have recently shared with 2 members of my family to encourage them to break through the rut they are in and experience success. Therefore, if I would share it with my family, I must believe in the principles. I suggested that they begin to regularly do these three things:
It is a peculiar truth of life that we often do not appropriately value the things we don’t directly pay for. One of the problems with credit is that it enables us to have something that we want now even though we might not really need it. And had we been forced to earn the money for it first then we might have decided later that it’s not worth the money because it’s not worth the work we had to put in to get it.
If I had to make a composite question that gets at the heart of the question that I am asked most frequently, it would be this:
How can I manage my time more effectively and bring balance to my life in regard to work, family, friends, and social obligations?
With this in mind, I want to give us some thoughts to focus us in on the answer to that question.
The tasks we repeat are the tasks we master. The thoughts we review are the thoughts we remember. Practice doesn’t make perfect. Practice makes consistent. Only perfect practice will make a perfect performance.
I have spoken in many arena events with thousands of people in attendance. It is interesting to observe when the event organizers conduct a brief experiment. An announcer will get onstage and quote the first half of an advertising slogan that hasn’t been used in decades. Without hesitation, thousands of people in unison will recite the second half of that obsolete and outdated slogan.
I love the sport of basketball and if you are a basketball fan like me you have probably been swept away by Linsanity!
For those of you going “Huh?” – let me explain.
Jeremy Lin who, at the time of my writing this has now started 5 games for the New York Knicks has taken the basketball world by storm. His output has been amazing. The New York Knicks have won all five games. But Jeremy Lin’s story has inspired me and so many others to not give up on our dreams.
Your Real Goal…
Your goal is to become a transformational leader, the kind of person that motivates and inspires people to perform at levels far beyond anything that they had previously thought possible.
Keep People In the Know…
Transformational leaders empower others by keeping them “in the know,” by keeping them fully informed on everything that effects their jobs. People want and need to feel that they are “insiders,” that they are aware of everything that is going on. There is nothing so demoralizing to a staff member than to be kept in the dark about their work and what is going on in the company.
Do you want to get more done, reach more of your goals, and make a bigger difference?
If so, the morning is when that can all begin!
However you came to read these words, I`m confident you are interested in greater productivity, achievement and success. Perhaps you want that for yourself, or perhaps you want that because you lead others and you owe it to both yourself and them. Either way, this article will help you when you take action on what follows. Before We Start
Before I share the ten ideas, a couple of caveats.
There are several ways we can learn lasting and significant lessons. Some people learn as an ongoing enjoyable part of life, while others have to learn everything the hard way.
If you find a painted wall somewhere around your home or office and put up a sign that says “Wet Paint,” without realizing it, you’ve created a perfect laboratory for observing human behavior. If you simply stand by and watch, you will see human nature and the learning process take several forms.