This is a topic is really gets under my skin.
Its like putting a team together to play a basketball game and everyone comes to try outs, and then first game; and then some come to the game but don't play. And before you know it your stuck playing the game alone.
The problem is that games are not won alone. Teams win games; not individuals. And as cliche as it is, yet logical, its the wanna-bes who just don't get it. You don't join a team and give up. Doers understand the importance of commitment and know their role within their team. They know that games are won by a balanced attack.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Mr and Mrs. Mediocrity
This is a concept that I learned selling books door-to-door with The Southwestern Company. Current President Dan Moore used to speak about the concept of Mr. Mediocrity and how it effects success.
I am using Mr and Mrs. Mediocrity :)
So who are these creatures? These are the little voices that say "I'll do it tomorrow" or "I've already had a good week in sales, let me just take the rest of the week off; I deserve it", or “it’s too cold/hot outside, I’ll go to the gym another day”. Etc etc etc.
The thing is that we are all familiar with Mr and Mrs. Mediocrity, yet so many of us are unaware of the impact that they have on our lives.
I believe that successful people, top sales people, for example are able to ignore Mr and Mrs. Mediocrity and even excel when they are pushing their hardest. People like Michael Jordan and Joe Montana are well known for their 4th quarter production and last minute heroics. Do you think it’s because they were tired or their body ached any less than the rest? They are just as human as the next player, yet there are 3 key components that I believe defined their greatness: first they prepared and worked harder and longer off the court/field, both mentally and physically, so that they were better during the game; secondly they knew to push their hardest when things were the most challenging.
I believe, that the first step of your advancement is being aware that Mr and Mrs Mediocrity exist, and are not impossible to defeat. I believe the next steps are mentally training yourself to anticipated scenarios in which laziness, procrastination, doubt, etc, all of Mr and Mrs Mediocrity’s methods, will strike. Once you are able to anticipate these attacks you can simply ignore them. Get it? If you are ready for them, then they become non-factors.
Think about this and try it out yourself…
I am using Mr and Mrs. Mediocrity :)
So who are these creatures? These are the little voices that say "I'll do it tomorrow" or "I've already had a good week in sales, let me just take the rest of the week off; I deserve it", or “it’s too cold/hot outside, I’ll go to the gym another day”. Etc etc etc.
The thing is that we are all familiar with Mr and Mrs. Mediocrity, yet so many of us are unaware of the impact that they have on our lives.
I believe that successful people, top sales people, for example are able to ignore Mr and Mrs. Mediocrity and even excel when they are pushing their hardest. People like Michael Jordan and Joe Montana are well known for their 4th quarter production and last minute heroics. Do you think it’s because they were tired or their body ached any less than the rest? They are just as human as the next player, yet there are 3 key components that I believe defined their greatness: first they prepared and worked harder and longer off the court/field, both mentally and physically, so that they were better during the game; secondly they knew to push their hardest when things were the most challenging.
I believe, that the first step of your advancement is being aware that Mr and Mrs Mediocrity exist, and are not impossible to defeat. I believe the next steps are mentally training yourself to anticipated scenarios in which laziness, procrastination, doubt, etc, all of Mr and Mrs Mediocrity’s methods, will strike. Once you are able to anticipate these attacks you can simply ignore them. Get it? If you are ready for them, then they become non-factors.
Think about this and try it out yourself…
Monday, January 11, 2010
Visualization of the Plan
I have been speaking a great deal about this lately. The idea that if you are able to visualize achieving a goal, then you are 100% capable to manifesting it in real life. Here’s the analogy that I use. We all know the steps of getting to work in the morning. We get up brush our teeth, take a shower etc etc. Many of us take the subway to work, some drive, others use alternative forms of transportation. My point is that we all can close our eyes and visualize this commute. And well, I believe that achieving success and building businesses are the same way. If you are able to visualize this you are able to achieve it .
So what does this mean exactly? Does this mean if I close my eyes and picture stacks of cash sitting on my bed that it will magically happen? Of course not! What it means is that if you take the time to plan and visualize the logical steps, many of these steps you may have already physical walked through, achieving this goal is now simply a matter of execution.
Take a moment to think through this concept and test it out for yourself. I believe that you will be surprised.
So what does this mean exactly? Does this mean if I close my eyes and picture stacks of cash sitting on my bed that it will magically happen? Of course not! What it means is that if you take the time to plan and visualize the logical steps, many of these steps you may have already physical walked through, achieving this goal is now simply a matter of execution.
Take a moment to think through this concept and test it out for yourself. I believe that you will be surprised.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Popfossa.com - Health Professionals Get Together
Popfossa was developed to provide health professionals with an efficient service that will make their lives easier. How? Simply by giving them the chance to make use of a learning portal where they can find the information they need to get in touch with other colleagues and boost their professional development.
In this way you will have the chance to join professional meetings as well as conferences and events where to improve the way you learn about different subject matters. In essence this site was created to make e-learning easy and possible for everyone.
In case you want to grow as a professional, this service will be highly beneficial for you due to the fact that you will have the opportunity to get in touch with professionals from other cultures to share your knowledge and expertise.
Keep this service in mind if you want to find both global and local online conferences, and if you want to submit and promote any educational event. You will be also able to organize your knowledge by keeping track any event you have attended. In case you want to be highly benefited with this service you just need to navigate through the site and keep learning about it at Popfossa.com.
Koda.us - Useful Solution For Job Seekers & Companies
Many of us tend to be attracted to this kind of services because they are friendly and give both, professionals and the company the chance to improve. Koda is a service that gives users the interesting possibility of being benefited with all the advantages of social recruiting. Yes, clear and simple this service aims to be a good way for changing how new talent and smart companies get in touch in order to be mutually benefited.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Google Puts Lid on New Products
Google Puts Lid on New Products
Realizing that its myriad services are confusing users, it will focus on refining what it has.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — In another sign of Google Inc.'s growth from start-up to corporate behemoth, the company's top executives said Thursday that they had begun telling engineers to stop launching so many new services and instead focus on making existing ones work together better.
The shift is a major departure from Google's previous strategy of launching new services rapid-fire and highlights the 8-year-old company's struggle to stay focused during swift growth.
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