Purpose

I have an audio CD from Ron Willingham titled The Inside Game of Selling. Having listened to it several times, I get something new from it each time.

Here is an interesting statement by Willingham. People with a strong sense of purpose tend to view obstacles as temporary. That is really something to consider because it is a game changer.

Read, Study, and Learn

There is so much to be learned. Every day is an opportunity to know more. Every day presents a chance to grow in knowledge and understanding.

We have so many influences on what we actually do learn every day. If we are not selective and proactive in choosing what we learn, our ideas, impressions, and understanding will be formed by influences that come at us from many directions.

The only way to counter all of those influences is to read, study, and learn. You will love it.

Working Hard and Working Smart

Hard work is a key to success. But hard work alone is not the answer. We need to work smart.

Time is a precious commodity for any workter. How we spend our time at work is critical to success. As we move through this era of continuous and rapid change, we are presented with many ways to be more efficient. Instant communication, teleconferencing, handheld devices, and other electronic innovations are all designed to make us more efficient.

We can only make ourselves more efficient by constantly looking for ways to work smartly. By focusing on our work processes we can always find efficiencies and that is how we work smart.

Writer's Block

Either I have run short on ideas, had a lapse in enthusiasm, or just a case of writers block. I really do have ideas. I hope to share them soon.

Staying focused on that one main thing

This is often the best way to excel at one thing, focus. If you need to pass a course, make a sale, help a friend, by staying focused, you have the best chance of getting it done.

Sometimes, a temporary focus on one task is the best way to succeed. At work, of course, by staying focused on your main task, you give yourself the best chance of getting ahead.

Stay focused, be successful.

Innovation

No matter what product, service, or process that you work with, plan to make it the very best. Constantly look for the best product or the best way to provide products and services.

It starts with listening to your customer and striving to constantly providing excellent products and service. Look how far mankind has come though innovation and invention. We still have a lot of work to do. We still need to find better ways to do things and provide better service to our customers.

According to the book, Game Changer, innovation is a complicated and carefully managed process. Make sure that your company is including innovation in what you have to offer to your customers. That is true even if your company is just you.

According to Brian Tracy, we really should consider ourselves as a company of one. Our employer just happens to be our biggest, most important client. Look for ways to make your company better and first.

Look for innovation.

Imagine

Imagine if you carried on every day as if everyone was your customer...

What would it be like if you approached every person you encountered during your day as if your income depended on how your treated each and every person. Well, a lot more than your income does depend on it. Your reputation, likability, and perhaps your very happiness depend on it.

Consider and reconsider how your interact with every single person you see and talk with today and every day. If you treated everyone like a customer, you will get great results.

Imagine, deriving happiness from service.