2007 Motivation and Success

Jim Meisenheimer wrote for a blog called Earth Science and recently posted his 15 tips for getting motivated and being successful in 2007. They included:

• Analyze what worked for you and what didn't during 2006.
  
• Establish personal and professional goals in writing and put them on a white board in your office
• Create action plans for all goals with specific completion dates
• Call your biggest and best customers and thank them
• Ask yourself, "What is holding you back?"

You can see the full list here.

Coming in at # 12 was Getting involved in a Mastermind Group:

Get involved with a mastermind group which means starting one if you have to. My group, Masters Speakers International, of course we had to give it a sexy name, has been meeting four times a year for 10 years. My time with this group of talented people has made a huge difference in my life and in my business.

It's great to see a group that has been successful for over 10 years! If you're looking for motivation and success in 2007 why not try out a Mastermind Group?

Who Do You Surround Yourself With?

Taye Adamo writes a blog called "WinnersGarden." The post she most recently put up dealt with The Importance of People In Your Journey To Success.

Your achievement or success this year 2007 would be determined by the kind of people you hang out with. What do they do? What do they belief in? What do they confess with their mouths? Are they negative or positive thinkers? Is their belief ingrained in impossibilities? Are they a bunch of mediocre? Are they inconsistently consistent in their thinking and actions? Who are their friends? What goals do they set for themselves? Do they belief in their own abilities? What are their philosophies of life? what do they wear? And so on.

Brian Tracy once said that: "you cannot scratch with turkey and fly with eagles"; you cannot relate with mediocre, uninspired and unfocused people and expect yourself to be different from them. It is either you associate with people that can lift you up or you go out with those that would drag you into mud.

This has important implications for your Mastermind Group. You can have the best system and structure in the world but if you don't have the right people in the group, it won't be a success. You need to surround yourself with people who empower you, compliment your areas of expertise and fill in the gaps you are missing, can help you step outside your comfort zone to accomplish the goals you set out, and can keep you accountable for actually doing what you say you are going to do.

Who are you surrounding yourself with?