Monday, February 25, 2013

Success and Short Term Thinking don’t mix



We will skip the definition of success.  Success could be described in many ways, financial success, business success, relationship success, whatever your definition of success is, let’s use it.  Business success for example, that isn’t short term.  You don’t hear people say, well they were successful for a year but then closed. Or, my marriage was a success, but now we are divorced.

If you want to be successful, start to plan for the long term.  Weight loss, business, relationship, if you focus on now, next year, five years from now, etc, you will be able to mentally build a path and still enjoy the NOW moment all the time. Planning and charting your way is positive and fun, and it should be consistent and constant.

Always think about what you are doing now, where you are going, then chart how to get there.  If it is business, you know today you need to do things in your business, but you also need to do things to grow your business.  Things like read business books,  blogs related to your industry, network with others, and anything else that will grow your business.  Tomorrow you have things you need to get accomplished, but you also need to grow your business, so you work on scripts, documents and other items for the event you have this weekend.  The event this weekend, you need to talk to 25 people, and get 10 booked for the seminar you are hosting next week, and so on and so on.  

For your business to be successful, you must always be thinking about growth and what’s next on the agenda.  This doesn’t mean you have to wake up at 5:30 everyday and get going, find a pattern that is good for you, short term patterns don’t work and don’t lead to success.

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