Everyone has heard the phrase, "First things first!" In some ways, it has become a cliché, but notice that highly successful people are always asking themselves key questions and taking action based on the answers. What are my "first things"?
What are my most important projects? What one thing more than all the others, will actually make a difference? What can and SHOULD I focus on? Where can I start? What can I do right NOW to move forward?
Most of us ask really dumb questions. Now, I don't mean to be insulting, and I certainly include myself as someone who frequently asks silly or flat-out dumb questions. This week, I've caught myself asking, "Do I have to?"
I've asked, "Why me?" (REALLY dumb!)
To a huge degree, the quality of our results equals the quality of our questions, and there is no escape. If I want to achieve more, have more, be and do more, the quickest, easiest and surest route
to success is to ask better, bigger questions!
Practice asking yourself empowering questions. Write them down on cards, or partner with a friend and insist that everyday you will focus on asking the BEST questions you can think of! Questions like:
What am I most grateful for in this situation?
What can I learn from this?
What one thing, more than all the others, will move me forward today?
What's the most life-enhancing thing I can do today?
What's my number one priority to achieve my most important goal?
And, of course, once you have asked and answered your key questions, you MUST take action! Once they have asked and answered highly effective questions, successful people assemble the tools, people, time, energy and other resources to create precisely the outcomes they truly want!
They leave nothing to chance. If there are projects they wish to accomplish, they organize around those outcomes. They delegate everything else. They cancel appointments, send apologies and skip meetings, they move money into the right accounts, and adjust their schedules so their most important projects get their best energy of the day.
Is that how you do it? Often it appears that people do exactly the reverse.
The errands, tasks, and "stuff" of the day get their best energy. Money goes to bills and "necessities". Time goes to work and friends and "resting up", and what's left over is available for their goals. No wonder they spend their lives caught in "the thick of thin things"!
How about you? Too many of us are pursuing our most important goals with the "left-overs" of life!
This month, I suggest three key steps:
1. Affirm the most important projects on our dream or wish list. What's on your list of most important things?
2. Ask yourself empowering questions about what's possible? What will move you forward? Who will help you? Where can you start? What's next?
3. Would you like help asking better questions? Do you need time, space and opportunity to define your values, clarify your priorities and plan your outcomes? Do you need better strategies for success?
Allocate resources so your most important projects get your best efforts. Do the most important things when you are awake, rested, focused and eager. Arrange you budget so there is enough
money, enough time, and enough "space". First things deserve the very best of your key resources!
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Rodger Blaker
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Rodger Blaker Coaching LLC
Phone: 214-485-2238
www.rodgerbla
ker.com
Rodg
er@rodgerblaker.com
Rodger is a Professional Certified Coach
who is an expert at creating positive
change in business behavior, working with
solopreneurs and small business owners.
Through a proven coaching process, Rodger
helps very busy, successful leaders to
slow down, reflect, and map out critical
changes they need to make to significantly
grow their business and improve
personally.
Before opening his coaching business,
Rodger spent 25 years working for fortune
500 companies where he gained valuable
leadership experience by working with
senior and executive management as a
senior project manager.
Rodger is a graduate of the CoachU
Certified Graduate Coaching Program and he
is a member of the International Coaching
Federation where he earned his certificate
as a Professional Certified Coach. He is a
member of the ICF North Texas chapter
where he holds the position of Treasurer.
Rodger also holds a certification as a
Project Management Professional or PMP.
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