2+1=3 Things to move you toward your goals today

As promised, I would continue to share some of my notes from the classes I recently took with some of foremost thought leaders of today.

This is really cool, as reviewing notes and sharing is really helping me (and I hope you) really solidify these concepts into my consciousness.

Eric Loftholm's class had 2 particular things that really spoke to me:

#1 When you wing it, you get wing it results.
Ooof, that one hurt! LOL! Why? Because how many times I have gotten caught with winging it, and had crappy results. The results don't lie. This would mean consider the concept of planning.

#2 You cannot fake preparedness.
Another great one! For me as an athlete, I totally get this one. When on the start line of any event, either you have done the work, or you haven't. Period. It is that simple.
What I am starting to do is apply some of my athletic concepts into my other compartments of life. This concept is so true for business. I cannot show up to a buyers meeting, tradeshow, investor presentation without being prepared. The funny part is you are NOT fooling anyone, just like in school growing up, you think the teacher knew which students were prepared and which were not, oh yes they did!
I finally figured out in college how painful it was to procrastinate and not be prepared, and even in my adult life, whether it be athletics, business, classes, relationships...that when I am putting myself out there with the right preparation, I feel better about me. This ultimately builds my own self confidence, and that for all of us is a good thing. There is nothing wrong with being confident, in fact, with humility, it is attractive.
Being prepared will attract exactly what you seek.

Last note of the day is my own, and not from class:
#3 ACTION: take daily ACTION
It is GREAT to have "big hairy audacious goals" but, what is it that you can do today to get closer to them? I must admit, I have gotten caught up in overwhelm after setting a "big hairy audacious goal" and then I got paralyzed....eh? Yup, paralyzed-not knowing what to do next.
I can now see focus needs to be simple, and DAILY.
Now I ask myself, what is it I can do today to get me one step closer to that goal?
And guess what? There is always something, a phone call, an email, research....etc.

The best part about action, is after you take it, it feels good! Cause you stepped up to move toward your goal, instead of just dreaming about it.

2 life concepts to apply 2day

Today I wanted to reiterate some of the notes I took in Les Brown's class a week ago.

Yesterday I wrote about a philosophy or two I live by....and here I would like to share some of the gems I got from someone I feel is an "Olympian in Business", or should I also note, "Olympian in life" (meaning he lives life to the fullest, top notch!)

As I review my notes from class, these are just two of my favorites that really hit home for me:

#1 LEAP! and spread your wings on the way down
Oh this one just screams at me! In other words why wait til all is perfect before you take your risk? FAITH is not about safety, FAITH is living BIG, seeing BIG, and then believing so BIG that you just go for it....leaping, and figuring it out as you go.
IF I had waited until I knew how to perfectly create a business, make a swimsuit, make a website...I would never would have had the lessons of growth within myself if I had not stretched myself and gotten uncomfortable. Yes, it is uncomfortable to LEAP, but the journey of the spreading the wings is AWESOME! The lessons of humility, gratitude, grace, dignity, laughter, uncoditional support, faith and love would never have come about they way they had had I not LEAPED. I am happy to come across this today as the start of the NEW YEAR is upon us...so...I deem 2010 as the LEAP year for me....you in?

#2 COINCIDENCE is GOD's way of staying anonymous! I laughed when I heard Les Brown say this quote. I am big on FAITH, trusting that all is good, and all is going to work out...but I also know that my end of the deal is to take action. Some think the Law of Attraction is just to sit, think, and it will show up....hello! THE ACTION PART IS WHEN IT WORKS....after the meditating on what you want to attract the action of moving towards it, the making of CONSISTENT choices and decisions to move towards what you want is KEY. There is no genie....but there is a GOD (that is my belief, I am not sure what you may call your Higher Power, Universe, Buddah etc, we are essentially talking about your spiritual creator).
So back to my original point....coincidence is God's way of staying anonymous really is about you and your God working together, you staying focused on the good, and taking action on the results you want...and when it shows up by coincidence you know that God's hand was in it...your reward (if you will) for staying on track "to live an inspired life"-Les Brown

More notes tomorrow from other teachers I got schooled by:
Lisa Nichols
Les Brown
Alex Mendossian
Berny Dohrman
Jack Canfield
Bob Proctor

These are the top thought leaders of our time....this is so cool!

GETTIN' SCHOOLED

The fun part (depends on how you look at it) of being an entrepreneur is to continually keep yourself open to gettin' schooled.

As an athlete we have a saying, "if you want to be an Olympian, then go hang out with the Olympians, if you hang on the street corners you are going to get the wrong information, and just by osmosis take on street corner attitudes which is far from the winning attitude of an Olympian".

In other words, "go where the best are, and learn from them". I just spent some time with the Olympians of Business, and WOW...how enlightening!

It amazes me that this saying is also true, "your friends who are not doing well are not necessarily the ones who want to see you do well, because you changing and doing well makes them uncomfortable, they want you to be there with them in their misery....your biz peers who have done well, truly want you to do well, in fact they are not only your cheerleaders, but they are the ones who will connect you with who and what you may need next to excel" ....cool!

I live by both of these philosophies, and as hard as it is, I have to weed out the "street corner" influences and "those who are miserable and looking for commiserates to hang with". I can be there as a friend and help when I can, but I do not have to let my energy be taken down by someone elses choices, yes, I said CHOICES to be miserable.

It has been proven scientific fact that it takes just as much energy to be miserable as it does to be happy...so why not spend your energy on the happy stuff, heck, we only live once!

Setting Goals, and then surpassing them!

I heard this concept recently, and was excited!

To not only set a goal...but surpass it.

A philosophy that I thoroughly have embraced, only at different times of my life. In sports, no problem, set a goal, surpass it was the norm.

Truth be told, I did not immediately cross that philosophy over to my biz life. After a few failures and falling short of goals....time and time again, I got discouraged. I did, and in a big way. I am smart, and aware that failure is good. It means you stretched outside your comfort zone, and there was a lesson involved....BUT....I got tired of the feeling I fell short again. BLEK! I went through the highs of success and low lows of failure.

I now know I was only operating on what I knew, and I only knew what I knew at the time....so the willingness to appreciate the lessons and learn had to happen.

For this week, it is back to embracing into my life set a goal, a big audacious goal, and don't stop there...keep going until you get it, and then surge forward and surpass it.