Staying on task in our busy environments can be a challenge, for sure. But, leaders who are on purpose and leading intentionally (instead of merely because they have a title) follow a few simple steps to stay on task and keep those they have the privilige of leading on task as well.
Recently, I finished "The Secrets of VITO - Think and sell like a CEO" and on page 179 there are a few action steps that CEO's take to lead with purpose on purpose. They are:
1. Write an Easy to Understand Mission Statement - this is a statement that simply answers the question "what are we all about?"
2. Constantly Ask Yourself "What can I learn from this situation that will help me move forward in my goals"
3. Stay Flexible Forget about attaining perfection; move past setbacks. (easier said than done for certain!)
4. Move Past Fear During tough times, successful CEOs push past the rest of the crowd.Everyone feels fear. The trick is to control it, recognize it, and put it in its place. (As my friend Jack Canfield is fond of saying "Feel the fear and do it anyway")
5. Be Persistant Every CEO interviewed for this book (see above) developed a knack for coming back, again, and again, and again, to the tasks necessary to attain their goals. (AND SO CAN YOU!)
Lead with purpose!
Thursday, January 4, 2007
Monday, January 1, 2007
Leadership and Success... go together!
"Success and the ability to lead others - that is, getting them to do things they wouldn't do if they were not led - go hand in hand. "
Dr. David Schwartz - The Magic of Thinking Big
This is why we focus our efforts on helping people with Success...Intentionally and Leadership...Intentionally, our two new courses for 2007. Success, both personal and professional, does go hand in hand with leadership, both professional and personal. In order to be a success at the office or in your career you have to lead yourself and others effectively and to greater achievement. In order to be a success personally, you have to do a good job of leading those voices in your head. We all have them and yes, we talk about and to them!
I just finished reading The Magic of Thinking Big and if you have not taken the opportunity to read this book, now is the time. Amidst your goals and dreams and cleaning out of closets (physical and metaphorical) that happens this time of year, take the time to invoke new ideas, new skills, and new knowledge into your world. A training of the brain, if you will. Learn how to be a Success...Intentionally! Want to know more... check out http://www.monicawofford.com/LearningPrograms.html.
Happy New Year!
Dr. David Schwartz - The Magic of Thinking Big
This is why we focus our efforts on helping people with Success...Intentionally and Leadership...Intentionally, our two new courses for 2007. Success, both personal and professional, does go hand in hand with leadership, both professional and personal. In order to be a success at the office or in your career you have to lead yourself and others effectively and to greater achievement. In order to be a success personally, you have to do a good job of leading those voices in your head. We all have them and yes, we talk about and to them!
I just finished reading The Magic of Thinking Big and if you have not taken the opportunity to read this book, now is the time. Amidst your goals and dreams and cleaning out of closets (physical and metaphorical) that happens this time of year, take the time to invoke new ideas, new skills, and new knowledge into your world. A training of the brain, if you will. Learn how to be a Success...Intentionally! Want to know more... check out http://www.monicawofford.com/LearningPrograms.html.
Happy New Year!
Friday, December 29, 2006
Goals are for Sissies
It's that same pattern we expereince each year and I am just as guilty. The holiday for December has come and gone and we are cleaning up the home and the life to fulfill the promise that next year will be different, better, even the best one yet. We make the goals (resolutions for some) and we make promises to ourselves, even to others, yet somehow we always forget that making the goals is the easy part. It is taking the action, having the drive, and being persistant that gets most people caught in a snare before Valentine's Day.
Goals in and of themselves are for sissies. It doens't take any courage to think of what one wants or to even take the next step, which is to write it down. Even those who draft on a cocktail napkin on New Year's Eve what their next year will look like, have taken some action, but again it takes more. Those who make the goals and then think that is all it takes have it all wrong. It is action that makes the difference. This year, do more, be more, believe more and take more action. We created a manual to write your goals down, but I venture to say, this is still the first step. Can you make a difference this year? You bet! Can you lose that weight, quit that habit, be a better parent, make that higher income? You bet! In the words of Tim McGraw - "How Bad Do You Want It?" This year, don't just come up with what you want, come up with what you are willing to do to make it happen.
Goals in and of themselves are for sissies. It doens't take any courage to think of what one wants or to even take the next step, which is to write it down. Even those who draft on a cocktail napkin on New Year's Eve what their next year will look like, have taken some action, but again it takes more. Those who make the goals and then think that is all it takes have it all wrong. It is action that makes the difference. This year, do more, be more, believe more and take more action. We created a manual to write your goals down, but I venture to say, this is still the first step. Can you make a difference this year? You bet! Can you lose that weight, quit that habit, be a better parent, make that higher income? You bet! In the words of Tim McGraw - "How Bad Do You Want It?" This year, don't just come up with what you want, come up with what you are willing to do to make it happen.
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