Out, Out Damn Procrastination

Use this "Round Tuit" to GET READY TO make 2012 the best ever. 

Print out the 10 Ideas and work on each one as listed!

10 ideas to put into practice.

1. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time! Break larger projects into manageable "bites" and create a timeline for you to accomplish these smaller tasks.

2. Remember that each project expands to the time allotted to it, so set a limit for yourself: "I am going to return all my phone calls in one hour." "I will file papers for 30minutes." "I will spend 15 minutes picking up around the house." Set a timer. You will be amazed how much you can get done when you focus your time.

3. Check your self-talk. Do you frequently say, "I gotta...," "I should...," or "I have to..."? Replace this self-talk with "I choose to..." and recognize that you are at choice about what you do. If you don't choose to do it, don't do it!

4. Eat a live toad first thing in the morning, and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day. Worth a look at Brian Tracey's ideas --http://eatthatfrogmovie.com/
Tackle that "toad"-the task you have been putting off, the one that is hanging over your head-because it will lift an immense load and you will feel much more productive.

5.Train yourself to trim the F.A.T. When papers come into your office or home, give yourself these three choices: File, Act, Toss. (Note that "I'll just put it here for now "is not one of the choices.)

6. Relieve yourself of the stress caused by all of the clutter in your home and office by setting up some systems to manage the paper in your life. A good filing system and a tickler file system are essential elements.

7. Make a weekly appointment with yourself to plan your coming week. During your planning session, schedule important activities and tasks so you have a concrete plan for following through with your intentions.

8. When planning your time, include both urgent (time-sensitive) and non-urgent but important activities in your plan. An example of an urgent activity might be a meeting or a project with an upcoming deadline. A non-urgent activity might be exercise or relationship-building-something important but not time-sensitive or deadline-driven.

9. Make appointments with yourself to get administrative work done, such as paying bills or catching up with your reading. Treat this time as you would an appointment with someone else.

10. Take 15 minutes at the end of each day to put things away and look at the calendar for the next day. Gather what you need ahead of time so you will be prepared for tomorrow.

Go for the gold.

Make lots of great days in 2012.

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Coach Sez -
Make 2012 the best year ever.
Let me help you get to the next level.
Meet me at a Panera Bread in Richmond.
I'll buy you a cup of coffee and we can talk.
about how I can help you get more of what you
want out of life.

Check out http://www.wilsonmotivational.com/
E-mail - JimWilson@WilsonMotivational.com

The Power of Discipline

Motivation gets the job going, but, it’s discipline that gets the job done!

**THINK ABOUT IT! No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated and disciplined. ~Harry E. Fosdick Self-discipline and self-motivation are joined at the hip. Why is that? When you practice self-discipline you feel like you are in control of your life. You feel content and motivated because you're moving toward your goals.

Brian Tracey in his book - The Power of Discipline writes...

“Why are some people more successful than others? Why do some people make more money, live happier lives and accomplish much more in the same number of years than the great majority? I started out in life with few advantages. I did not graduate from high school. I worked at menial jobs. I had limited education, limited skills and a limited future. And then I began asking, "Why are some people more successful than others?" This question changed my life. Over the years, I have read thousands of books and articles on the subjects of success and achievement. It seems that the reasons for these accomplishments have been discussed and written about for more than two thousand years, in every conceivable way. One quality that most philosophers, teachers and experts agree on is the importance of self-discipline. As Al Tomsik summarized it years ago, Success is tons of discipline."

**GET WITH IT!

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

Jim Rohn

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Coach Sez - 
Make 2011 the best year ever.

Let me help you get to the next level with

Self Discipline.
Meet me at a Panera Bread in Richmond.
I'll buy you a cup of coffee and we can talk 
about how I can help you get more of what you 
want out of life.

Check out http://www.wilsonmotivational.com
E-mail - JimWilson@WilsonMotivational.com

Success comes in a "Can".



"Can"

"Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there. ~ Norman Vincent Peale

If you could bottle the positivity of Dr. Peale or Robert Schuller, the Number 1 Possibilitarian in the world, you would see life in an entirely different light.
Possibility thinking is better than impossibility thinking for one simple reason: When you think something is impossible, you tend to STOP.

Thus, a lack of ACTION becomes the self-fulfilling prophecy of FAILURE.
This is not PHILOSOPHY. It's PHYSICS: A body at rest tends to remain at rest.

But when you believe something is POSSIBLE, you will pursue it with PASSION and zeal... taking ACTION in spite of fear, uncertainty and doubt. Which becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy of SUCCESS!

Because a body in motion tends to remain in motion.

It is your ATTITUDE that keeps your BODY in MOTION!

No question, consistently maintaining a positive, potential-driven attitude (while difficult for many) is a major element of long-term success.

Without it, you are defeated before you even get started.
With it, you will persist with passion and enthusiasm until you succeed or find a better way.
Do you have the self-confidence and inner-drive to put your performance into over-drive?
A positive, powerful and uplifting attitude not only makes it easier to achieve your goals—it makes it fun!

Without a POSITIVE and PROACTIVE ATTITUDE, you are just spinning your wheels, confusing effort with results.

Believe it!  Success does come in a "can" do!
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Coach Sez -
Make 2011 the best year ever.
Let me help you get to the next level.
Meet me at a Panera Bread in Richmond.
I'll buy you a cup of coffee and we can talk.
about how I can help you get more of what you
want out of life.

Check out http://www.wilsonmotivational.com/
E-mail - JimWilson@WilsonMotivational.com

Coaching for the Coach-able

Are you Coach-able?

To be Coach-able means to be...

Approachable
Attentive
Receptive
Curious
Objective
Trusting
Shapeable
Confident

To be Coach-able means to lack arrogance and defensiveness… to minimize pride and ego. The best professionals at all levels (and in most fields) use coaching to help improve their success factor.


Think about it.

Here are "THE FIVE THINGS WE CANNOT CHANGE...

1. Everything changes and ends.
2. Life is not always fair.
3. Things do not always go according to plan.
4. Pain is a part of life.
5. People are not loving and loyal all the time.

Are you ready to meet me at one of my Panera Bread offices in Richmond and talk about how I can help you get more of what you want out of life?

I’m available for a “get to know” each other session. It won’t cost you anything but time. I’ll buy the coffee. It will be fun!

A recommendation...
“I can not say enough about Jim.
Jim helped me get on the right track when the business of the day seemed overwhelming at times. If you are having those deer in the head light moments, and are not sure which way to turn... Give Jim a call”

Top qualities: Great Results, Personable, High Integrity

Tim Hipp,
hired Jim as a Business Consultant.

E-mail - JimWilson@WilsonMotivational.com

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Coach Sez -
Make 2011 the best year ever.
Let me help you get to the next level.
Meet me at a Panera Bread in Richmond.
I'll buy you a cup of coffee and we can talk.
about how I can help you get more of what you
want out of life.

Check out http://www.wilsonmotivational.com/
E-mail - JimWilson@WilsonMotivational.com

A 212° commitment!

Answer these questions.

Are you ready to be more successful?
Are you ready to have more fun and love in your life?
Are you ready to be all you can be?
If you said yes to any of those questions you will need to make a 212° commitment to the things you are doing with your life?
Okay Jim you say, so what is a 212° commitment?
Well, it’s related to a law of science…
At 211 degrees, water is hot.
At 212 degrees, it boils.
And with boiling water comes steam.
And steam can power a locomotive.
The one extra degree makes all the difference.
You got it - Right? Many times in business and in life, it's that one extra degree of effort that separates the good from the great.
You cannot get what you've never had unless you're willing to do what you've never done.
Check out this 3 minute movie - http://www.212movie.com/

Watch it you will like it!

The 100/0 Principle

What is the most effective way to create and sustain great relationships with others? It's The 100/0 Principle: You take full responsibility (the 100) for the relationship, expecting nothing (the 0) in return.

Implementing The 100/0 Principle is not natural for most of us. It takes real commitment to the relationship and a good dose of self-discipline to think, act and give 100 percent.

The 100/0 Principle applies to those people in your life where the relationships are too important to react automatically or judgmentally. Each of us must determine the relationships to which this principle should apply. For most of us, it applies to work associates, customers, suppliers, family and friends.

• STEP 1 - Determine what you can do to make the relationship work...then do it. Demonstrate respect and kindness to the other person, whether he/she deserves it or not.
• STEP 2 - Do not expect anything in return. Zero, zip, nada.
• STEP 3 - Do not allow anything the other person says or does (no matter how annoying!) to affect you. In other words, don't take the bait.
• STEP 4 - Be persistent with your graciousness and kindness. Often we give up too soon, especially when others don't respond in kind. Remember to expect nothing in return.

At times (usually few), the relationship can remain challenging, even toxic, despite your 100 percent commitment and self-discipline. When this occurs, you need to avoid being the "Knower" and shift to being the "Learner." Avoid Knower statements/ thoughts like "that won't work," "I'm right, you are wrong," "I know it and you don't," "I'll teach you," "that's just the way it is," "I need to tell you what I know," etc.

Instead use Learner statements/thoughts like "Let me find out what is going on and try to understand the situation," "I could be wrong," "I wonder if there is anything of value here," "I wonder if..." etc. In other words, as a Learner, be curious!

Principle Paradox

This may strike you as strange, but here's the paradox: When you take authentic responsibility for a relationship, more often than not the other person quickly chooses to take responsibility as well. Consequently, the 100/0 relationship quickly transforms into something approaching 100/100. When that occurs, true breakthroughs happen for the individuals involved, their teams, their organizations and their families.

An Excerpt from
The 100/0 Principle
by Al Ritter

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Coach Sez -
Make 2011 the best year ever.
Let me help you get to the next level.
Meet me at a Panera Bread in Richmond.
I'll buy you a cup of coffee and we can talk
about how I can help you get more of what you
want out of life.

Check out  http://www.wilsonmotivational.com/
E-mail - JimWilson@WilsonMotivational.com

Believe it and you will see it!!!

Napoleon Hill

Being a better you in the New Year!

Here we go again with Napoleon Hill.
17 Principles of Success
by Anonymous on September 27, 2009

In 1908, Napoleon Hill was commissioned by billionaire industrialist Andrew Carnegie to interview over 500 of the world’s most powerful men in order construct a “success philosophy.” Over a span of 20 years, he assembled the data from these interviews into 15 principles that could be used by anyone in the general population to make progress in their lives.

He checked 15 of these principles with Andrew Carnegie time and time again until he had enough readiness to write his first book featuring these principles. This book was called “The Law of Success” and it was published in 1928. After the first edition, he added two additional principles to the list which were already vicariously described in the first and last chapter of the book.

 These 17 principles of success are important because they can be used by anyone to achieve any goal that they aspire to. This has been proven because millions of people have put these principles into action and benefited from them even in cases when they weren’t aware of the principles themselves.

 The best way to benefit from these principles is to make them a part of your daily routine. You won’t gain much if you try a few of them once or twice and then revert back to the opposing habits that cancel them out. This is the reason why all of them are presented as habits that are to be mastered gradually over time.

 The 17 Principles of Success by Napoleon Hill

1. Definiteness of Purpose – The habit of focusing your actions and thoughts on one high and desirable goal in life  
2. Mastermind Alliance – The habit of working in complete harmony with others for the attainment of a specific objective  
3. Going the Extra Mile – The habit of doing more than is required of you with the expectation of receiving greater compensation from direct or vicarious sources  
4. Applied Faith – The habit of acting as if you already have what you want in life  
5. Pleasing Personality – The habit of being generally agreeable and friendly with people  
6. Personal Initiative – The habit of starting tasks that are important to you and seeing them through to completion  
7. Positive Mental Attitude – The habit of looking for the positive side of every situation in life—especially during times of turmoil and adversity  
8. Enthusiasm – The habit of keeping yourself energized by focusing your life on what you love most  
9. Self-Discipline – The habit of choosing not to make negative choices that will cost you more than you gain  
10. Accurate Thinking – The habit of making decisions and forming opinions that are based on factual information and tangible evidence  
11. Controlled Attention – The habit of prioritizing your time and energy to stay focused on what is most important and beneficial
12. Teamwork – [Basically the same as the Mastermind Alliance principle]
13. Learning from Adversity and Defeat – The habit of learning from adversity and defeat and making gradual improvements because of those experiences
14. Creative Vision – The habit of visualizing the things that you want most and the actions that will help you to acquire them
15. Maintenance of Sound Health – The habit of keeping your energy level up by eating healthy food and participating in physical exercise
16. Budgeting of Time and Money – The habit of taking time everyday to move closer to your definite major purpose and saving money to ensure steady financial growth
17. Cosmic Habit force – The habit of repeating desirable thought patterns and behaviors until they become effortless and self-moving

 3 Tips for Using the 17 Principles of Success  

1. Keep in the mind that the first four principles are said to be the most prominent and will likely give you the fastest results.
2. It is also helpful to know that you can easily ingrain each of these principles into your personality by mastering one principle in your daily life per week in a sequential fashion.  
3. Most interesting of all, you can mix any of these principles together to create a concept that is even more powerful. Look through these principles again and use your imagination to figure out what two principles would change your life the fastest if you combined them and put them into action today. To start you off, you could combine the “Going the Extra Mile” principle with the “Definite Major Purpose” principle.

Take action...
Print this article and put it next to your goals for 2011. Are your goals congruent with Hill's 17 principles.

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Coach Sez -
Make 2011 the best year ever.
Let me help you get to the next level.
Meet me at a Panera Bread in Richmond.
I'll buy you a cup of coffee and we can talk
about how I can help you get more of what you
want out of life.

Check out  http://www.wilsonmotivational.com/
E-mail - JimWilson@WilsonMotivational.com

Achieving success with Goals

If you were to ask the experts to select the #1 key to success, most would say...clearly defined goals. Because, without goals your dreams have no chance to become a reality.

The 10 Rules for Achieving Success with Goals.

According to Gary Ryan Blair who is one of the nation's top authors on the topic of goals. Gary teaches that your life will not go according to plan if you don't have a plan.

He says achieving a goal is like opening a combination lock. You need the correct numbers in the correct right, left, right sequence. There are thousands of possible combinations; and if you are aware of the settings but not the sequence, your efforts will prove futile.

The Ten Rules of Goal Setting is the combination that opens the lock of success. Each rule is one piece of the combination; each seamlessly integrates with the other nine; each one counts!

Here are the 10 Rules of Goal Setting.

Rule #1 BE DECISIVE
Rule #2 STAY FOCUSED
Rule #3 WRITE YOUR GOALS
Rule #4 PLAN THOROUGHLY
Rule #5 INVOLVE OTHERS
Rule #6 WELCOME FAILURE
Rule #7 TAKE PURPOSEFUL ACTION
Rule #8 INSPECT WHAT YOU EXPECT
Rule #9 REWARD YOURSELF
Rule #10 MAINTAIN PERSONAL INTEGRITY

A question for you -

Have you looked at your goals lately? Maybe it’s time to take some time to review, adjust, revise or rewrite some or all of them. The year is flying by.

It’s OK to do this, so

Just do it!

Finish Strong

Go for it!!

There is one thing that we all have in common. That is...at some point in our life, we will face adversity. It's not a matter of if but...when.

My BS (Belief System) is that the difference in our success or failure is not change, but choice. Because when adversity strikes, it's not what happens that will determine our destiny; it's how we react to what happens.

Click on this 3 minute inspirational movie. So just sit back, turn up your speakers and enjoy.

http://www.finishstrongmovie.com/index.html

Go for the gold. Make lots of gr8 days.

"The reality of life is that your perceptions -- right or wrong -- influence everything else you do. When you get a proper perspective of your perceptions, you may be surprised how many other things fall into place."~ Roger Birkman"

GTD Methodology

The task we all have in today’s world is finding better ways to work and live. David Allen’s GTD (Getting Things Done) methodology will help do just that.

Don’t believe me. Check him out. It’s as easy as 1,2,3.

Step 1.
Listening to his promo alone will deliver you at least one tip you will be able to use in getting things done.

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Step 2.
Plan 45 minutes to listen and look at this seminar on YouTube.

http://ow.ly/3UKF

Step 3.
Go to Amazon and buy his book for just $9.12.

http://ow.ly/3UIN

I know! You just don’t have time.

Wrong, you just don’t want to make time to change the way you do things to make you more efficient, effective and productive.

Plan your work to include David Allen in a time spot this week and then work your plan.

Make every day a gr8 day.

The voice in your head.

Do you talk to yourself?

Did you know the human brain averages 65,000 thoughts a day.

And most people have the same 65,000 thoughts the next day. Here's something else to chew on. Brain scientists determined there is a portion of our brain called the "Reticular Activating System". It's a fancy term for software in our head which focuses our attention on what you ask it to.

Example: Quickly look around you and count how many blue objects you can see. Without looking again tell me...how many red objects did you see? My guess is you counted the blue...and you drew a blank with the reds.

This is an experiment that helps prove if someone is focused on failure...the brain starts showing them more failure. So if people aren't changing their thoughts...their brain is pulling them towards the same thing day in and day out. A big success secret is learning how to control your thoughts.

Manage the little voice in your head with positives.

Highly Successful People

ON HABITS

This is a great list created by LifeHack, of qualities that successful people have, which have been noted in many books on the subject:

They look for and find opportunities where others see nothing.

They find lessons while others only see problems.

They are solution focused.

They don't blame, & take complete responsibility for their actions and outcomes.

They always find a way to maximize their potential & use what they have effectively.

They are busy, productive and proactive.

They align themselves with like-minded people.

They are ambitious.

They have clarity and certainty about what they want.

They innovate instead of imitate.

They don't procrastinate.

They are life-long learners.

Their career is not their identity, it's their job.

They are more interested in what is effective than in what is easy.

They finish what they start.

They know how to relax, enjoy what they have in their life & to have fun.

How do your habits match up with these habits?

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