Indecision – the thief of opportunity

Some people say they are never given opportunities.  But the truth is we are all presented with opportunities every day – we just don’t take them.  And since one opportunity well seized leads to another, the chain of interesting and promising events lost is unknowable.

Just say yes and see what happens! Go there! Meet them! Talk to those people! Try it out! Get in the game! 

Doing what others won't

You can have what others don’t, if you do what others won’t.

If few others are doing what you know you should, it’s one indication you’re on the right track.

We live where our attention is.

What do you think about every day? Really. What do you put your attention on? It may not even be a person who is around you or place that your in – but if you put your mind there, that’s where you live.

You get to decide where you live. And where you live in your mind, will steer, drive and affect, sooner or later, where you are living in reality.

You are your own freedom factory

Feeling trapped? Captive? Controlled? Out of control?

(It’s not because of them. It’s you.)

You have the keys in your hand.

Use them.

Getting Hacked

I don’t mean your computer – I mean YOU.

We have five senses.  Which one do we take the most information in with?  Our eyes, right?  Which one is next? Our ears.  

So when we tune into the radio or TV (video or audio), and it is someone else’s choice to show us what they want (literally their “program”), we have opened up our firewall and allowed ourselves to be hacked.

We then are influenced by this program.  We think about it and talk about it to others and feel that this is the way the (our) world is.  

Don’t get hacked.  Control your own programming.

Narrow Samples, Wide Decisions

We get a bad piece of fish at a store.  

We can decide – 

We can’t buy fish on Tuesday.

We can’t buy fish at that store.

Fish is bad, I’ll never eat it again.

That store is bad, I’ll never go there again.

The world sucks.

Why me?

But what does it really mean?  You got a bad piece of fish is all we know. We do want to learn from our experiences, but that’s a small sample to be making wide decisions on.

You swing the bat and miss. You made the call but nobody answered.  You took the test and failed.

What does it mean? You get to say.

Choose carefully. 

"Personal Velocity"

Personal Velocity – the intensity of drive with which you naturally operate.

How fast and deliberately do you move toward your small and large goals?

Victor or Victim?

A Victim blames, makes excuses and denies.

A Victor takes ownership, is accountable and responsible.

When something happens, it’s your choice.

Your Vision for Your Life

Where do you see yourself in 10 years? 20 years?

Will the trajectory you are on get you there?

Deadlines vs. Timelines

Some people work on deadlines – cramming to get their work done before it’s due.  At the final hour, quality will take a back seat to getting something done.

High performers however will work on timelines.  They plan their work.  In order to meet the deadline, they break up the work into chunks on their calendar, with room to spare.  In this way, they can get a better result as they have time for quality and innovation.

Deadlines are when the work is due.  Timelines are when it gets done.

What’s your big project right now?  What is the next step or chunk you need to get done?  When?