Did you know that there is one critical difference between average businesses and super-successful businesses?
Many of the success experts who are quoted time and time again refer to this one common characteristic as the big differentiator between being mediocre and actually unlocking your true potential.
Take a look at the following popular quotes and see if you can identify the common thread that ties them all together.
"I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."
--Henry David Thoreau
"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."
--Thomas Edison
"The secret of success is constancy to purpose."
--Benjamin Disraeli
"Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal: my strength lies solely in my tenacity."
--Louis Pasteur
All these quotes reference one magic principle...
Consistency!
Consistency is the key. It's up to you to be consistent with your actions every week to realize your true potential. You have so much talent and purpose inside you, just waiting to be unleashed. But the world can't benefit from your gifts until you share them consistently.
As my friend Mike Litman says, "You're either consistent or you're non-existent!"
That's so true, especially in the world of business. Over time, the consistent doers always win out over those who have a "stop and go" approach to their work.
Mike Litman is the bestselling author of Conversations With Millionaires, and he has spent a great deal of time interviewing the most successful entrepreneurs on the planet. If you've heard of Tony Robbins, Brian Tracy, or Jim Rohn, then you can appreciate the level of credibility from which Mike says the above quote.
So what can you do to be more consistent week after week? Well, here is a list of a few suggestions to get you started:
1) You want to develop the habit of writing down your daily "big rocks" on a piece of paper everyday. You can do this either first thing in the morning or as the last activity before you go to bed at night.
Note: This concept was reviewed in last week's newsletter as part of Step Four. Take another look there if you want a quick refresher.
2) Commit to wisely use the "Power 15" to your advantage every morning. The "Power 15" is the first 15 minutes after you wake up in the morning. To get your day started right, you want to feed your mind with positive, uplifting material during this time. This information can be in the form of books, audios, videos, or whatever works best for you.
If your mind is telling you right now that you don't have time in your busy schedule for this, then here is a simple solution for you:
Wake up 15 minutes earlier.
Seriously, this is a very important success habit that can help you gain true consistency and unstoppable forward momentum toward your goals. This habit could just be the extra building block you need to unlock your true potential and take your business to the next level.
As an example, the other morning I watched a Les Brown video called "You Gotta Be Hungry!" while I exercised on the treadmill in my basement. And do you think that had a positive impact on my day?
You bet it did!
3) Pick one thing you want to do differently this week and do it! This can be one of the first two suggestions above or it can be something completely different. Ask yourself this question:
What is the one new habit that you can start doing this week to improve your business and/or your life in general?
After you have written down a few answers to this question, pick the one thing that will most empower you and make you feel much stronger next week at this time. Then put this item in your day planner or scheduler and plan ahead to make it happen this week. Not only will this build your business momentum and your consistency, but it will also build your overall confidence and belief in yourself.
"Deliberately training yourself into good habits requires stern self-discipline at first. But once those habits become second nature, the payoff is considerable:
Good habits save effort, ease routine, increase efficiency, and release power." (taken from the Executive Exellence newsletter and Supervision magazine, Vol. 59)
The habit-builders listed above will help you to gain consistent momentum and head toward your goals at a much faster pace. Do something new this week and commit to start trying out just one of these success habits.
You'll be glad you did!
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Matt_Zembruski
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Inspirational Quotes - Do Your Best
“Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson
“God makes three requests of his children: Do the best you can, where you are, with what you have, now” - African-American Proverb
“Successful people aren't born that way. They become successful by establishing the habit of doing things unsuccessful people don't like to do. The successful people don't always like these things themselves; they just get on and do them.” – Unknown Author
“What you want to do, and what you can do, is limited only by what you can dream.” - Mike Melville
“Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.” - Oprah Winfrey
“You are doing your best only when you are trying to improve what you are doing” – Unknown Author
“I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the end” - Abraham Lincoln
“I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.” - Abraham Lincoln
“Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.” - Dale Carnegie
“The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.” - H. Jackson Brown, Jr
“We have to do the best we can. This is our sacred human responsibility.” - Albert Einstein
“Advancement only comes with habitually doing more than you are asked.” - Gary Ryan Blair
“My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you I the best place for the next moment.” - Oprah Winfrey
“Just go out there and do what you have to do.” - Martina Navratilova
“When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.” - Helen Keller
“Doing your best means never stop trying.” – Unknown Author
“Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile.” - Gary Ryan Blair
“You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.” – Og Mandino
"Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can." - Lowell Thomas
“God makes three requests of his children: Do the best you can, where you are, with what you have, now” - African-American Proverb
“Successful people aren't born that way. They become successful by establishing the habit of doing things unsuccessful people don't like to do. The successful people don't always like these things themselves; they just get on and do them.” – Unknown Author
“What you want to do, and what you can do, is limited only by what you can dream.” - Mike Melville
“Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.” - Oprah Winfrey
“You are doing your best only when you are trying to improve what you are doing” – Unknown Author
“I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the end” - Abraham Lincoln
“I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.” - Abraham Lincoln
“Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.” - Dale Carnegie
“The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.” - H. Jackson Brown, Jr
“We have to do the best we can. This is our sacred human responsibility.” - Albert Einstein
“Advancement only comes with habitually doing more than you are asked.” - Gary Ryan Blair
“My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you I the best place for the next moment.” - Oprah Winfrey
“Just go out there and do what you have to do.” - Martina Navratilova
“When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.” - Helen Keller
“Doing your best means never stop trying.” – Unknown Author
“Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile.” - Gary Ryan Blair
“You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.” – Og Mandino
"Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can." - Lowell Thomas
Inspirational Video - Facing The Giants
I found this great inspirational video to share with you. This video proves that you have the amazing ability to achieve the seemingly impossible if you just do your best.
We sometimes quit even before we start. We don't think we are strong enough sometimes or it is just simply impossible. But we have to endure it for in the end it is worth it. We need to give our best all the time, in everything we do. God is there beside us telling us we can finish this race!
We sometimes quit even before we start. We don't think we are strong enough sometimes or it is just simply impossible. But we have to endure it for in the end it is worth it. We need to give our best all the time, in everything we do. God is there beside us telling us we can finish this race!
Inspirational Stories - Irrelevance
All questions at the public meeting that day were about life beyond the grave.
The Master only laughed and did not give a single answer.
To his disciples, who demanded to know the reason for his evasiveness, he later said, "Have you observed that it is precisely those who do not know what to do with this life who want another that will last forever?"
"But is there life after death or is there not?" persisted a disciple.
"Is there life before death?-that is the question!" said the Master enigmatically.
Author: Anthony de Mello ; Source: www.inspirationalstories.com
The Master only laughed and did not give a single answer.
To his disciples, who demanded to know the reason for his evasiveness, he later said, "Have you observed that it is precisely those who do not know what to do with this life who want another that will last forever?"
"But is there life after death or is there not?" persisted a disciple.
"Is there life before death?-that is the question!" said the Master enigmatically.
Author: Anthony de Mello ; Source: www.inspirationalstories.com
Free Ebook - Shine At Work
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However, shining at work is easy if you bring the right attitude, enthusiasm and action. Nothing beats a focused mind, a determined attitude and resolve for acting upon that conviction.
If you have all these ingredients, then your answer to that question - “how to shine at work?” would be easy to answer. There are attitudes and guidelines you can follow in order for you to shine at work.
Reading these though, would not help you shine at work. For some of you, some of the tips included in this FREE Career eBook would act as a reminder. Yet, others may pick up a gem or two. But remember that to shine at work, you need to DO. Do not just read and expect to shine at work. Read and put some of it into action consistently.
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