The goal posts will be moved.

The plan will be set and then change.

The boss will reverse a decision.

Your submission will be rejected.

The price will be fixed, but not just yet.

The date will be pushed out.

The strategy will be modified.

The client will want a different colour.

The scope will creep.

These things will happen.

You will think you’re done…and then you’re not.

There will be things you are not good at.

There will be others better at things than you will ever be.

Let them help you.

They’ve got their strengths, you’ve got yours.

Offset your weakness with their strength.

It will enable you to play longer at the things you do best.

Improving an area of your life can flow onto other areas.

The morning walk impacts positively on diet.

The diet is the domino for more energy.

More energy, increased productivity.

Increased productivity, less overtime.

Less time at work, more time at home.

More time at home, better relationships.

Better relationships, less stress.

For a domino effect, you need to push over your first domino.

What would you like to improve?

Are you measuring it?

Measure what you can control.

Measurement can mean motivation.

Even if it goes the wrong way.

Tracking progress provides feedback on the process.

Reinforces the approach.

Or triggers a different tack.

If you are not measuring, how will you know?

So, what would you like to improve?

Pick the measure.

Start measuring!

Have you been taking care of yourself lately?

You might be pulled in all directions.

Juggling family, work, relationships…stuff.

There is so much to do.

You often give the best of yourself to others.

To be at your best though, you need the best you.

Make sure you have some “me” time.

Look after yourself before looking after others.

Be ruthless with dedicating time for yourself.

No one else will do it for you.

After all, there is only one you.

You have made a plan.

It involves doing something different and new.

You are clear on what you need to do.

You have started to do it.

There are new skills to develop.

Then there is a realisation.

This is harder than you thought.

Expected progress is not happening.

Or is not happening quickly enough.

Then there is another realisation.

You are going to need help.

But it’s okay.

Others have done it before you.

There are those with the expertise, to build your expertise.

You just need to find them.

Who can help you progress?

How long is your “to do” list?

There can be so much to do.

Across many areas of life.

At work.

At home.

For family.

For colleagues.

Personally.

The list can be overwhelming.

What about creating a “not to do” list?

It’s likely to be shorter.

If there is nothing left in the tank.

If you have given your all.

If you are totally spent.

If you have put in the hard yards.

If you are done and dusted.

Shattered.

Exhausted.

Spent.

When you have no more to give.

Then you have done all you can.

Have you found yourself in a circumstance?

A victim of circumstance.

Under no circumstance.

In a reduced circumstance.

A suspicious circumstance.

A force of circumstance.

A chance circumstance.

What is your circumstance?

Is it a favourable circumstance?

The discussion is often more important than the outcome.

Differing views are aired.

Pros and cons are weighed.

There are aha moments.

Knowledge is shared.

The crux of the matter is revealed.

Things get tweaked.

Awareness is raised.

Concepts are grasped.

People are understood.

The outcome, or decision, or agreement is better for the discussion.

Sure, no discussion gets an outcome too.

Have you discussed that outcome?