Business Motivation – November 27, 2009
Success Starts When You Begin Your opportunity for success is where you are right now. Everyone who got where they are had to begin where they were. To attain success or to reach your goal, don’t worry about having all the answers in advance. You just need to have a clear idea of your goal. Don’t procrastinate when faced with a difficult problem. Break those problems into parts, and handle one part at a time. Develop a bias toward action. You can make something happen, today. Break your big plan for success into small steps and take the first step right away. The highest mountain is climbed one step at a time. Take your first step today. (Reprinted with permission, Sam Maitz, Director of Marketing Technology, Leadership Management® International, Inc.)
Business Motivation – November 25, 2009
Starting Is The Key To Success If you want to be successful you can start anytime. Your only true failure lies in the failure to start. The reason why so little is ever done, is generally because so little is attempted. The great thing is the start. To see an opportunity and to pursue it. Even though in the beginning, you’re not totally sure of all the answers to your questions. Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. Don’t wait to overcome all your possible objections before you start, or nothing will ever be attempted. If you can get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed. (Reprinted with permission, Sam Maitz, Director of Marketing Technology, Leadership Management® International, Inc.)
Business Motivation – November 23, 2009
You Can Achieve Anything You Imagine Your imagination is your mental workshop where all your plans are fashioned. Visualize your goals and you’ll get your subconscious to work toward making your mental pictures come true. Picture yourself in your minds eye as having already achieved your goal. See yourself doing the things you’ll be doing when you’ve reached your destination. Olympic medalists use the art of mental rehearsal or visualization. They mentally run through important events before they happen. Decide what you want out of your life. Sense it before you have it. See it, feel it, taste it, smell it and imagine the emotions associated with the attainment of your goal. Pre-live it in your mind before you have it. Your vision will become a powerful driving force in your life. See the things you want as already yours, and one day, they will be yours. (Reprinted with permission, Sam Maitz, Director of Marketing Technology, Leadership Management® International, Inc.)
Business Motivation – November 20, 2009
You Climb A Mountain One Step At A Time Everyone who got where they are had to begin where they were. Your opportunity for success is right in front of you. To attain success or to reach your goal, don’t worry about having all the answers in advance. You just need to have a clear idea of your goal and move toward it. Don’t procrastinate when faced with a difficult problem. Break your problems into parts and handle one part at a time. Develop a tendency toward action. You can make something happen today. Break your big plan for success into small steps and take the first step right away. Success starts with beginning. (Reprinted with permission, Sam Maitz, Director of Marketing Technology, Leadership Management® International, Inc.)
Realizing the Personal Aspect of All Productivity
Recently in one of my business coaching workshops, a client hit the nail right on the head when it comes to company productivity. “Let me see if I’ve got this right,” he said, “What you’re saying is that company productivity is really all about personal productivity. It’s all about us.” You can imagine my response: “Excellent,” I said. “Gold Stars.” All productivity, whether your company is a small firm or a global corporation, derives from the personal. And what does that mean to you, the leader or owner of a company? It means that your company’s productivity begins (or ends) with your personal leadership and productivity. You get your team to be more productive by setting an example of personal productivity. Leadership Matters in Productivity Productivity starts at the top, in your office. Think of who has the most invested in your company or department. I’d wager that that person is you. If you own the business, it’s your money on the line. If you’re the managing executive of a department, it’s your career and reputation on the line. Your investment in productivity is huge. Now, consider the essential nature of productivity. If I’m on your sales force, I can bring in all the work in the world, but if it can’t be done within budget and without cost overruns or rework or, at worst, orders cannot even be filled, then we do not get the net result we’re looking for. In fact, we do our business more harm than good when we over-sell and under-deliver; i.e., when productivity cannot meet needs. This is no small order, either, and is especially challenging now that many workforces have been reduced and everyone has to be more productive without having a nervous breakdown. Productivity can mean the difference between survival or not…
Business Motivation – November 18, 2009
Opportunity Lies In The Midst Of Difficulty Every problem has hidden in it an opportunity so powerful that it literally dwarfs the problem. The greatest success stories were created by people who recognized a problem and turned it into an opportunity. You’ll find that every situation, properly perceived, offers opportunity. As fast as each opportunity presents itself, use it. No matter how tiny an opportunity it may be, use it. You’ll find new directions when you have an open mind and a willing hand. Successful people didn’t achieve their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity presented to them. They developed an opportunity that was at hand. You must make your own opportunities if you want success. Opportunities are all around you. Open your eyes and take action. (Reprinted with permission, Sam Maitz, Director of Marketing Technology, Leadership Management® International, Inc.)
Business Motivation – November 16, 2009
You Can Be Whoever You Want To Be There are no real barriers to your success. You must overcome any doubts you have about your ability. Your self image prescribes the limits for your accomplishments. It prescribes the area of what is possible for you. Don’t be afraid of living. Your belief that life is worth living will help you create the fact around you. If you see yourself as prosperous, you will be. If you see yourself as continually hard up, that’s precisely what you will be. You can never succeed until you believe you can succeed. Everything is possible if you believe. (Reprinted with permission, Sam Maitz, Director of Marketing Technology, Leadership Management® International, Inc.)
Business Motivation – November 13, 2009
You Are Responsible For Your Life If you don’t run your own life, somebody else will. If you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things in your own hands. To affect the outcome of anything, you must control the action at the point of decision making. You’re in control of your life to the degree that you make the decisions. If you let others make decisions for you, you have no control. When you control your decisions, you control the actions. (Reprinted with permission, Sam Maitz, Director of Marketing Technology, Leadership Management® International, Inc.)
Business Motivation – November 11, 2009
Change Influences Your Personal Growth Personal growth is the process of responding positively to change. It involves risk as you step from the known to the unknown. All your growth will depend on your activity. Your strength and growth will come only through continuous effort and struggle. There will be no development without effort. Trouble is the common denominator of living. It’s the great equalizer of life. Your trials and your sorrows will develop you. When good or bad fortune comes your way, you must give it meaning and transform it into something of value. What happens to you is not as important as your reaction to what is happening. (Reprinted with permission, Sam Maitz, Director of Marketing Technology, Leadership Management® International, Inc.)
Business Motivation – November 9, 2009
Happiness Lies In The Joy Of Achievement You were built to conquer your environment, solve problems, and achieve goals. You’ll find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve True happiness lies in activity. It’s a running river not a stagnant pond. Happiness is not in having or being, it’s in doing something you love. The secret of happiness is in having something to do. Happiness is a byproduct. You cannot pursue it by itself. (Reprinted with permission, Sam Maitz, Director of Marketing Technology, Leadership Management® International, Inc.)
