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Personal Success: Set Aside Time
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As you already know, life moves pretty fast. Before you know it, the months begin to pass like days.
Too many people let time pass them by without ever stepping out of their comfort zone and attempting to achieve what they really want in life. In my observation, there are a few different reasons why.
The first is fear of failure. Most people give up before they ever begin. Successful people still have fear, they have just chosen not to give in to it and to press on inspite of their fear. To be successful, so must you!
The second reason is that they have never actually taken the time to determine what it is that they actually want.
Look, if you don’t know what it is that you want, how do you ever expect to actually get what you want? If you don’t determine what it is that you want, and delineate it in crystal clear details, then life is going to just randomly “happen” to you.
With this approach, you lose all control over the direction of your life. The ultra-successful are no better than anyone else, they just have just taken the time to determine what they want out of life, what they will have to give in order to achieve it and focused on giving everything they have until they made it a reality.
The key is that you must set aside the time to think. Think about what you want to achieve. Think about the kind of person you want to be. Think of the kind of person you will need to be in order to achieve your goals. Think about how you can tie your success to helping others. Think about what you want for your family, your future, your friends, your coworkers, your employer or your employees. Think about why God has created you. Think about how you can utilize your unique talents and gifts.
Just set aside time to think. No tv, no phone, no computer… just you and your thoughts until you have decided what you want. And remember, you can always change your mind as time goes on, but you must have a plan and you must set aside the time to develop your plan.
Don’t let time pass you by. There is more than enough time in the day for you to sit quietly in a room to determine what you want in life. Once you know what you want, your life will start moving in that direction.
Set aside the time for success today. Lock yourself in a room by yourself if you have to, but don’t come out until you know what you want. Even if your plan is only temporary, any plan is better than no plan.
You were put here for a purpose, you are greater than you realize and your future will be filled with unlimited opportunities when you decide to become unstoppable.
Be Unstoppable!
Mike
Mike Mason, author of Unstoppable Success, is the Founder of Unstoppable Business Consulting, The Elite Training Center and the Clinic Director of The Chiropractic Care Center. He is considered one of the nation’s premier experts on business and motivation and lectures on success to sports and business groups. He is reported to be the future of business consulting.
Personal Success: Baby Steps
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Reach for the stars!
Everyone has heard this statement at some point in their lives, yet few ever dare to attempt it.
Why?
Because most people see the distance between where they are currently at and where they want to be and give up before they ever even try.
Every big dream can be broken down into smaller pieces. And conquering the smaller pieces individually will result in big results when done consistently.
In my book, I use losing weight as an example.
Most people that have a goals of losing weight will focus too much on the big picture and lose track of the smaller steps. For instance, if a person wants to lose 20 lbs., then instead of focusing on the full amount, focus on losing 2 lbs. per week. And if you fall short on losing 2 lbs. in one week, then just change your goal completion date to one week later to make up the difference.
However, what most people do is say “I want to lose 20 lbs. and I’m going to do it in 2 weeks.” They begin to ponder a start date, but focus so much on the enormity of the task of losing 20 lbs. that they fail to begin. The end result is that nearly everyone wants to weigh less than they currently do, but never accomplish their goals.
If people would realize that they don’t have to lose 20 lbs. all at once, and instead could break that number into smaller chunks, they would easily be able to reach their goal weight. They would never feel overwhelmed by what they were trying to accomplish.
Whatever it is that you are looking to achieve, break the larger goal into smaller pieces. Then, just take daily baby steps towards the completion of the the smaller pieces until the goal is completed in its entirety. The key is to make a consistent effort each and every day to complete the smaller goals.
That’s how the ultra-successful do it, and that’s how you should do it.
You were put here for a purpose, you are greater than you realize and your future will be filled with unlimited opportunities when you decide to become unstoppable.
Be Unstoppable!
Mike
Mike Mason, author of Unstoppable Success, is the Founder of Unstoppable Business Consulting, The Elite Training Center and the Clinic Director of The Chiropractic Care Center. He is considered one of the nation’s premier experts on business and motivation and lectures on success to sports and business groups. He is reported to be the future of business consulting.
Personal Success: Passion
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My Passionate Little Guy
Have you ever seen a kid with their parents in the grocery store? If you have, then you undoubtedly have seen them throwing fits, usually in the cereal isle.
Here’s what happens: The child sees their favorite cereal box and the toys that are supposed to be inside. They then tell their parents that they must have the cereal in order to survive. Their parents then inevitably say “no” the first time the child asks for the cereal.
The child then raises their request to more of a demand. The parent, holding their ground, says “no” again. The child consequently screams at the top of their lungs and throws their bodies on the ground or cart acting as if their parents are horrible people if they don’t buy them the cereal they want.
Trying to calm them down, the parent attempts to reason with the child and explain why they shouldn’t have the cereal. However, the child is inconsolable. Finally, the parent picks up the box of cereal and places it in the cart.
The child wins!
Whatever it is that you want to accomplish, you must approach it with the same level of passion that children have in the cereal isle. As adults, we often run into a single stumbling block and immediately give up. Greatness as never been, and never will be, achieved without passion.
I’m not saying that you have to throw a fit every time something doesn’t go your way, but I am saying that you can’t give up as easily as the parent in the grocery store. Right this very minute, there are people with limited talent and skills that are living the life of their dreams because they have more passion than other people.
Ideally, a successful person would have talent, skill and passion. But in a battle between talent, skill and passion, passion will always prevail.
Decide today to go after your dreams with passion… as if your life depended on you accomplishing your goals. You’ll be amazed at how quickly the problems get resolved and how quickly others will get out of your way and stop holding your back.
You were put here for a purpose, you are greater than you realize and your future will be filled with unlimited opportunities when you decide to become unstoppable.
Be Unstoppable!
Mike
Mike Mason, author of Unstoppable Success, is the Founder of Unstoppable Business Consulting, The Elite Training Center and the Clinic Director of The Chiropractic Care Center. He is considered one of the nation’s premier experts on business and motivation and lectures on success to sports and business groups. He is reported to be the future of business consulting.
Business Success: Elevate Your Standards
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My little princess already sets some high standards
If you want to become unstoppable, you need to elevate your standards.
What I mean is that you need to do your best at all times regardless of what everyone else is doing. If you decide to take it easy most of the time because your friends, your family or you coworkers do, you will never reach your potential.
Look at what your friends, family and coworkers have. Look at what they do. If they don’t have what you want, then don’t do what they do. If you don’t want to become the kind of person that they are, then don’t allow yourself to slip into their routine.
Much of the world is broke, unmotivated and wasting their time on Earth. Don’t be like them.
Instead, choose to elevate your expectations and hold yourself to a higher standard. Choose to do what successful people do. If you have a friend, family member, boss or coworker that is ultra-successful, you will undoubtedly find that they don’t do what everyone else does. They know what they want, they know what they have to do to get it and they do what’s necessary to pay the price for achieving their dreams each and every day.
Elevate your standards today and you will be on your way to getting more out of life by giving all you have to it.
You were put here for a purpose, you are greater than you realize and your future will be filled with unlimited opportunities when you decide to become unstoppable.
Be Unstoppable!
Mike
Mike Mason, author of Unstoppable Success, is the Founder of Unstoppable Business Consulting, The Elite Training Center and the Clinic Director of The Chiropractic Care Center. He is considered one of the nation’s premier experts on business and motivation and lectures on success to sports and business groups. He is reported to be the future of business consulting.
Personal Success: Goal Reset
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Mike accomplishing his goal of surfing
If you don’t already have your goals written down, then right now would be a great time to start.
If your goals are written down, then right now would be a great time to evaluate them.
Where are you in respect to reaching your goals?
Are on track? If so, then leave your goals alone and continue to strategize and work hard to achieve them.
Are you ahead of schedule? If you are going to easily reach the goals that you have set, then right now would be a great time to raise your expectations and set new goals. Don’t settle for being good when you could be great.
And finally, are you behind or off track? If so, then now would be a great time to adjust your goals to make them attainable. Now, if it would still be possible to reach your goals in the timeframe that you have written and would just be extremely difficult to do, then don’t change your goals.
However, if you have set the bar too high and will not be able to reach your goals under any circumstance, then don’t be afraid to lower it slightly to make them achievable. Or, you could always change your timeframe and push back the completion date for your goals.
Remember, the first and primary key is to actually write down what you want to achieve and by when you plan to achieve it.
You were put here for a purpose, you are greater than you realize and your future will be filled with unlimited opportunities when you decide to become unstoppable.
Be Unstoppable!
Mike
Mike Mason, author of Unstoppable Success, is the Founder of Unstoppable Business Consulting, The Elite Training Center and the Clinic Director of The Chiropractic Care Center. He is considered one of the nation’s premier experts on business and motivation and lectures on success to sports and business groups. He is reported to be the future of business consulting.
Business Success: Hustle To Your Best
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“Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.” – Thomas Edison
I hope this message finds you hustling towards your goals. When I started my first business, this one quote got me through the first several months. As with most businesses, mine was slow to get started. I had huge goals in mind and a monster vision of what I wanted the business to become.
But for the first several months, we were not even close to where I wanted to be. I came in every morning and read this quote to my one employee before we started the day. I knew that if we could just focus on the right projects and work hard enough while we were waiting for the business to get moving, that we would be able to reach our goals.
Years later, we are still hustling towards bigger achievements, but the original goals that I had when I first began in business have been surpassed many times over.
Looking back on how the business has gotten to where it’s at today, I give much of the credit to following the advice of this quote. We hustled while we waited.
Whether you are an employee looking for a better position or a better job, or a business owner looking to grow your company, make sure that you are hustling towards your goals while you wait for the results you are wanting.
Unstoppable Success occurs when people take advantage of every moment in their lives to help reach their potential. It’s true in life and is true in business.
You were put here for a purpose, you are greater than you realize and your future will be filled with unlimited opportunities when you decide to become unstoppable.
Be Unstoppable!
Mike
Mike Mason, author of Unstoppable Success, is the Founder of Unstoppable Business Consulting, The Elite Training Center and the Clinic Director of The Chiropractic Care Center. He is considered one of the nation’s premier experts on business and motivation and lectures on success to sports and business groups. He is reported to be the future of business consulting.