Waking up this morning refreshed, powered up and ready for the week! Eyes opened at 4:45 am and as I lay there trying to go back to sleep – this powerful thought was getting bigger – and growing both my excitement and energy levels..
The Power of “I Can!”
There are so many battles that we fight – but none more fierce than the battle of self belief.
Before the world hits us, before the traffic jams and road rage, before the shop opens, the computer is turned on, and WAY before the first Sales call – our own mind turns on – and sometimes turns on us. But what if we could turn it toward working for us and not against us – what if the power of our minds was unleashed towards helping us succeed instead of flooding us with reasons why not, barriers of never happen, and shards of broken, unrealized dreams.
What are the conversations that you have with yourself while you’re getting ready?
Sometimes – we are just running – the day has started without us – we are already behind and facing the tidal wave of a day, a week, a month, and another year – just like the previous… however long….
Today – let me Plant a SEED! A seed of thought in your mind that, “You CAN!”
You have everything in you that you need to succeed.
Let me stop and make you say that again in your mind.
You have everything in you that you need to succeed.
I know it sounds cheesy – but you have the ‘power of potential ‘and the ‘dynamite of determination’!
You have what you need and you can get wherever you want to go – from where you are now – with two steps:
Plant it and Plan it.
- Plant it
- Plan it
Plant it refers to setting the mark of achievement. What is your desire? Goal? Hope? Or Dream? What are you aiming at? Without something specific – you won’t have a tangible item to chase – if you have a sales goal – make it specific – to sell $100,000 of product this month, this week, this year… to make 20 calls this week – or today.. Whatever the goal is – make it a specific number. If it’s weight loss – what do you want to weigh?
We’ve taught about making your goals ‘smart’ for years:
S – Specific
M – Measureable
A – Action oriented
R – Reasonable
T – Time Bound
(I’ve been teaching it for so long – I’m not sure where it came from – or I would give specific credit to them! So if you know it’s origin – please comment and we’ll give them their credit together! )
For each goal – map the process of achievement – what are the steps to get there? Dreams fail and hopes are shattered – right out of the gate – when there is no plan! There has to be steps to achievement – we RARELY take leaps – more than likely – you will take steps toward your dream – and as you can mark your progress (Daily or weekly) you can keep up your momentum!
Not near enough time to talk about all the steps of success for planning – but I’ll give you some thoughts:
Break your planning into: Major Milestones, Main steps, and Mini steps.
Every day – you can do something to get you – even a ‘Mini step’ closer to your goal. Look for incremental success – take one step at a time – ‘I CAN’ take the next step – or ‘I CAN’ find out what that next step is and start to line out a plan to that next step…
Give yourself permission to succeed today!
- Tell yourself, “you can!”
- Plant the flag – plant the stake in the ground of your goal or dream
- Plan it!
Dream, Plan, ACT!