“To delay is to make the right decision harder.” This simple statement holds a powerful truth: indecision itself is a decision—a decision to let circumstances dictate the outcome. Think about it: not making a choice is still a choice. It’s a choice to remain stagnant, to miss opportunities, and to potentially face more difficult consequences […]
Category: Mindset
Don’t Let Your Conference Inspiration Fade Away: A 4-Step Post-Conference Guide
Just attended a real estate conference like Inman Connect? Feeling inspired and loaded with new ideas? Conferences offer incredible opportunities to boost your knowledge, network with peers, and get pumped up for your business. Here’s the key: Turning That Inspiration Into Action. So many attendees return home overwhelmed and never implement what they learned. Don’t […]
It’s Not Necessarily How Hard You Try; Ask Avis
It’s not necessarily how hard you try; ask Avis. The top 1% know you can spend an inordinate amount of effort inefficiently and gain nothing, and sometimes you can invest less effort more efficiently and gain plenty. Choose more often what’s important over what’s urgent. The best entrepreneurial drug: momentum. And the hardest part of […]
You’ll Get Knocked Down And Then Get Up Again
“You’ll get knocked down and then get up again” is more than the lyrics of Tubthumping by Chumbawamba. The top 1% know that there are so many outcomes we can’t control. Even Epictetus (55 – 135 AD) wrote, “control what you can and let go of what you can’t control.” Every high-performing individual I’ve worked […]
Successful Thinking
Successful thinking. David Schwartz said it well: “Where success is concerned, people are not measured in inches or pounds, or college degrees, or family background; they are measured by the size of their thinking.” From Maxwell: When Jack Welch would tell A GE employee that an ongoing relationship was more important than the sale of […]
Fear vs. Focus
The top 1% understand this: Fear causes you to lose your focus Greed causes you to lose your focus The remedy? Do the opposite: Hope creates focus Generosity creates focus Alignment with your purpose creates focus From 1957 till his assassination in 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. traveled over six million miles. He spoke over twenty-five […]
Goal Setting vs. Goal Getting
The top 1% are not impressed with goal setting; they are impressed with goal getting. Reaching new goals – being a goal-getter – and moving to a higher level of performance always requires change, and change feels awkward. Yet the top 1% understand that change is situational, yet transition is psychological. All transitions have an […]
Your Goals Must Be Activated!
Insights from the top 1% … “Your goals must engage and activate you!” Having concrete goals increases confidence only if they inspire and stir you to consistent action. Said another way, the difference is getting clarity on what you really want and why. So what is it you really want? Ask 5 times until […]
Only You Can Say If This Is A World You Can Succeed In
Only you can say if this is a world you can succeed in. “Whether You Think You Can Or Think You Can’t, You’re Right.” ~Henry Ford Research – Franklin & Mizell – showed the more optimistic people viewed their surroundings, the greater they were satisfied with their jobs and their outlook for future success. #100DaysOfSuccess […]
What Story Are You Telling Yourself?
Have you ever thought that the person you have the most conversations with is YOU? And if that is the case for you and me, then the next natural question is, “what story are you telling yourself?” Various studies suggest we have anywhere from 6,200 up to 60,000 thoughts a day! Not sure who counted […]