Have you committed … fully?

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Once you commit, there are no more choices.

No more indecision or uncertainty.

Wavering back and forth dissipates.

Commitment leads to focus and action.

It leads to progress.

When you are committed, you are fully invested.

You are resolved to make things happen.

So, to the dilemma.

You cannot commit to everything.

You have to decide.

Until there are no more choices.

 

“The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment.” – Tony Robbins

“Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes, but no plans.” – Peter F. Drucker

 

Peter F. Drucker is revered as the father of modern management and author of 39 books. Here are just a few of them …

Essential Drucker: The Best of Sixty Years of Peter Drucker’s Essential Writings on Management (2008)

The Daily Drucker: 366 Days of Insight And Motivation For Getting The Right Things (2004)

The Effective Executive (1966)

The Practice of Management (1954)

 

You missed your goal … so now what?

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You set a goal … and missed it.

You can beat yourself up.

Feel you messed up.

Be frustrated and disappointed.

Which is all okay.

It means you aren’t satisfied yet.

Which will fuel the setting of the next goal.

Review what happened.

Take the learnings.

Come up with some new strategies.

Be kind to yourself.

And go again.

 

“Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.” – W. Clement Stone

“Try. Fail. Try. Miss. Try. Fall. Try. Get rejected. Try. Succeed. Repeat.” – Mel Robbins, author of “The Five Second Rule: Transform your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage”

 

Choose your next step

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You have been given an opportunity to stretch yourself.

To rise to a challenge.

To really make a difference.

You could choose to worry about what might go wrong.

How it could all be too much.

To make a false step.

Or you could choose to focus on what will go right.

How you can raise the bar.

To step up.

You get to choose your next step.

 

“Many a false step was made by standing still.” – Chinese proverb

“When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better, too.” – Paulo Coelho, author of the “The Alchemist”

 

Play your own game

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Make sure you know the rules of the game before you start playing.

You will not be able to change the rules if things don’t go your way.

Or you can start a new game.

A variation of the original, or something completely different.

A game where you get to make the rules.

 

“Life is a game, and it’s much more fun if you play it as your own game, so stay light and loose and relaxed.” – Bill Murray

“Treat your life like a game.” – Ray Dalio, billionaire hedge fund manager, philanthropist and author of “Principles: Life & Work”

Fix the communication pipe

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There is a blockage in the pipe.

A kink in the line.

A short in the circuit.

The communication is not getting through.

There are mixed messages.

Vague instructions.

Unclear directions.

Ambiguity.

Contradiction.

Miscommunication.

Or simply none at all.

Go fix the pipe.

 

“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” – George Bernard Shaw

“It’s the most talented, not the least talented, who are continually trying to improve their dialogue skills. As is often the case, the rich get richer.” – Kerry Patterson

 

Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High, by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler

You need enough to start

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Something needs to change.

You’ve just had enough.

Enough of the current situation.

Getting the same result.

Or even inconsistent results.

Are you ready to do what is required?

Do you understand what it will mean?

Good!

Then you’re more likely to realise the change.

You’ll be motivated to keep going when it gets hard.

To push through setbacks.

You’ve had enough.

Enough is all you need to start.

 

“They say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” – Andy Warhol

“If you want something you’ve never had. You must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” – Thomas Jefferson

 

What can you give?

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What have you got that others may need?

There are many things you might give.

It could be time or money.

Depending on what you might have more of.

You could gift a book.

Donate blood if you are able.

Give someone a call.

Provide guidance or advice.

Encouragement or appreciation.

Give way to someone in traffic.

You might lend an ear.

Give a like or a comment.

Provide feedback.

Give somebody a hand.

A compliment.

A thank you note.

Or simply give someone a smile.

Giving is good.

Giving feels good.

What can you give?

 

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill

“Don’t give to get. Give to inspire others to give” – Simon Sinek

 

Simon Sinek is the author of “Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone To Take Action”.

 

Until it becomes all the time

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You start something new.

First time.

A new habit.

Second time.

A new behaviour.

Five times.

Great!

Six times.

Now, keep going.

Ten times.

Keep building competence.

Twenty times.

And confidence.

Thirty times.

Until the new becomes ingrained.

Many times.

It is simply what you do.

All the time.

 

“Quality is not an act, it is a habit.” – Aristotle

“For a habit to stay changed, people must believe change is possible.” – Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change

 

Do you need to do it at all?

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Have you been putting it off?

What has been stopping you?

If it is urgent, you will find a way.

If it is important, you will make time.

If it is neither, then you don’t need to do it.

 

“I have two kinds of problems, the urgent and the important. The urgent are not important, and the important are never urgent.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower

“Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time one what is important.” – Stephen R. Covey, author of “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”

 

Get curious. Be curious. Stay curious.

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Be inquisitive.

Find out how it works.

Keep learning.

Try new things.

Mentally and physically explore.

Stay fresh.

Seek understanding.

Follow the fascination.

Study and absorb.

Pursue the answers.

Obtain new information.

Have new experiences.

Invest in investigation.

Get curious.

Be curious.

Stay curious.

 

“It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.” – Albert Einstein

“Curiosity is the engine of achievement.” – Ken Robinson.

“Curiosity is the most powerful thing you own. Imagination is a force that can actually manifest a reality.” – James Cameron

 

“The Business Case for Curiosity” by Francesca Gino, Harvard Business Review, September – October 2018 Issue