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Three Habits Of Successful People I Know
| Guest post by: Dave Ferguson |
Article Overview: Lately, I’ve met and heard from a lot of people that are really excited about rebounding their business and personal lives in 2011. I honestly don’t recall seeing this much enthusiasm in awhile. I think I’ve got goose-bumps!
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Three Habits Of Successful People I Know
Lately, I’ve met and heard from a lot of people that are really
excited about rebounding their business and personal lives in 2011. I honestly don’t recall seeing this much
enthusiasm in awhile. I think I’ve got goose-bumps!
While personally I don’t see our economy making large strides
this year, I do believe we will see some
progress. Regardless, any of you who read my column on a regular basis, know
how I feel about the economy helping us with our business lives. If you wait for the economy to help your
business, chances are your business won’t be around; if and when the economy
rebounds. So what can and should you
do? Adopting and executing on these
three habits, daily, would be a good start:
1.
Having an Attitude of positivity is a critical
first step towards changing where you are in business and life. If you’ve got a bad attitude you can change
it in one second….if you want to. We have
the power to change our “state” that quickly.
All you have to do is get in a positive state of mind as soon as you get
up in the morning. Choose to be positive
and see how quickly things change for you.
Run out the door with passion, positive beliefs, and persistence. Can you do that? Sure you can, but it has to become a
habit. And you can’t let others get in
the way.
2.
Completing Activities
that are effective ones. When I first
begin coaching with many clients, I am amazed about how little time they spend
on activities that are the highest and best use of their time and talents. You know, these are the activities that
usually earn revenue for your company and you.
They are the most important and highest-valued activities, yet so few
spend anywhere close to enough time doing them. What they spend most of their time on is the
other stuff. You know the stuff that
makes you feel like you accomplished a lot during the day, though no sales were
made. These are the activities that are
a waste of your time and talents, yet many people spend in excess of 50% of
their time doing these low-value activities. Simply put, its “clutter” and that’s
exactly what I call it. Just ask any of
the folks that have benefited from my coaching.
We start working on your clutter the first day we’re together. Over time, we chip away at it until you’re
doing nothing but high-valued activities.
If you want to make this change and adopt the habit of being effective,
I can help you develop this habit.
3.
Developing Accountability
is something we all need. The
problem is who do you have in your business or personal life that holds you
accountable? Let me answer that for
you, very few or none. I often ask
prospective clients who they have in their life that is completely objective. Rarely, do I get an answer that could
possibly be accurate. If someone has
“skin in your game” there is no way they can be objective and give you the
follow-up and feedback you need. When I
assist clients in creating goals, building strategies, and developing action
plans, we always have a large accountability piece. If it’s a one-on-one coaching situation, I
hold them accountable. In some of my
workshops, I actually assign an accountability partners.
If you want to make these habits permanent, contact me and
let’s get started. Take advantage of
this opportunity and I guarantee your business and personal life will rebound
in 2011. Don’t wait for 2012!
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About the Author: Dave Ferguson RSS for Dave's articles - Visit Dave's website Dave Ferguson, has over 20 years of corporate experience at the senior level. He has held positions of Senior Vice President and National Sales Manager at companies such as Wells Fargo, HSBC and other financial institutions. Dave's broad range of experience at these prestigious companies where he coached, mentored, trained and developed leaders makes him uniquely qualified to coach you and those in your organization. Dave's clients value his diverse and solid background as they put their trust in him to guide them and their companies through whatever challenge or situation develops. Dave's coaching process provides personal and business management strategies - a balanced solution to help his clients work less, earn more and enjoy richer lives. Dave additionally is a sought after public speaker and also has developed several workshops and bootcamps designed to help people improve. He is also a certified member of the John Maxwell Team, and is proud to be able to offer the internationally recognized leadership expert's programs to his clients. He can be reached at Dave@AskCoachDave.com. Click here to visit Dave's website   A Compass for Your Vision Three Habits Of Successful People I Know Time For Your CheckUp Teach your Sales Team to Qualify and Sales will Increase Three As to Total Success |
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