The Answer is Found in Your Passion

How to Create More Time!

Great Leaders

Focus On The Results In Your Life!

Developing A Vision For Your Life

Change Agent, Perfection, and Good Enough

 

The Answer is Found in Your Passion

Have you ever wondered how to increase your productivity or performance on a daily basis? Have you ever considered what drives your mood or attitude? Have you ever discovered the one thing that leads to your success and fulfillment? The answer lies in finding your passion in everything you do! Whether you are trying to increase personal success or motivate your employees to produce better results, the answer is always found in finding an individual's passion. When a person finds their passion in their personal or professional life, in essence, they have found their true joy in life.

Once a person's passion is identified, a cause soon follows. As with all passionate people of the past, action always pursues passion. People often believe that a person's job, leadership/manager role, parenting style, or relationship is a responsibility, but this should not be the case as this is where passions are born. Think of a time when you spoke with a person who was passionate about something. How do you remember feeling? 2 Do you remember feeling a certain energy that exuded out of this person? It is this energy that drives people to passionate individuals. Many people seek this energy or passion and wonder how to acquire it. When people find this passion, families, occupations, organizations, and communities are transformed. In my opinion, passion is the beginning of extraordinary leadership. Whether you are a parent, employee, friend, community volunteer, manager, or own a business, all success and fulfillment begins with passion.

Passion = Cause = Action = Leadership

A person becomes passionate by embracing their day-to-day events with 100% commitment and energy. I will guarantee you that you will always be more satisfied when you enter a visit, a meeting, a presentation, a trip to the grocery store, with 100% commitment and focus. We have become accustomed to govern our days on autopilot and live for the end of the week rather than thriving in life and living in the present. We drive to work functioning in a "tunnel vision" not realizing the beauty that surrounds us. Furthermore, we overlook opportunities to empower ourselves through conversations each and every day. Become a passionate driven individual and you will see an immediate change in your emotional state. When we are present in the moment and passionate about what we are presently doing, we exude powerful positive emotions. This may seem difficult to do, but like everything, it is a matter of practice and habit. As a result of living with passion, you will begin to see your productivity and performance increase exponentially.

Most people in society tend to focus on the negative rather than positive in most situations. This is why many people struggle with sustaining a specific change in behavior. For instance, I know many people who chose to join a gym. At first, they were experiencing success because they had enough willpower to get up, go to the gym, and get on with their day. However, willpower does not change behavior because it does not last. These people started to focus on the negative aspects of working out, such as concentrating on their aching muscles, or focusing on how tired they felt after work, or how early they had to get up in the morning to get to the gym (Negative), rather than focusing on the positive long-term effects, such as increased self-esteem and confidence, a personal sense of accomplishment, obtaining their ideal body weight, an increase in energy and vitality (Positive). We are conditioned to focus on the negatives because of our external world. Here's something you can do to help you live with passion on a daily basis.

 

How to Create More Time!

When people reflect on their life, a common statement that arises is, "I wish I had more time." In fact, when people are asked what they would like most in their life, "time" is ranked in the top 3 of all responses. Why do we struggle with this problem? The answer is found in our lifestyle. We are living in a culture of rapid change, largely due to technology. As a result, we are feeling overwhelmed with trying to accommodate for this rapid change while balancing our work, family, commitments, relationships, health, etc. After gathering many hours of research in this area, I have concluded that 90% of all people who claim they have no time indeed have more than enough time to manage their life. They fail due to inadequately allocating their time. I have studied this area in-depth and would like to offer you one strategy that will exponentially increase your productivity.

The 1-2-3-4-5 Method.

If you are a person who enjoys creating lists, then you will really find this strategy useful. This method is based on creating a list of tasks you need to complete.

CLARITY IS POWER! When you complete this exercise, not only will you experience clarity and awareness, but you will feel AMAZING! If I can equate it to anything, it would be the same feeling a person experiences 2 after organizing or cleaning their office, house, desk, etc. They feel liberated and in control of your life!

Here it is! Every night, create a list (write it down on paper) of all the things you need or would like to get done the next day (I recommend you do this weekly or monthly as well). Once you have your list, create the following headings.

1. Must Do's: These are all the things you must get done tomorrow. If you do not complete these tasks, you will suffer an unfortunate consequence. Behaviours that may fall into this category are completing an important assignment at work, preparing for a meeting, working on a major project, spending time with a loved one, visiting a friend who is ill, etc.

2. May Do's: These are the tasks that are important, but you will not suffer an immediate consequence if you do not accomplish them. Behaviours which may fall into this category are planning for a meeting later in the week, working on a project or an assignment that is weeks away, organizing your office or house, etc.

3. Want to Do's: These are tasks that you would like to do, but there is no consequence if you do not complete them. Behaviours that fall in this category are checking unimportant emails, talking on the phone, spending time on FaceBook, shopping, surfing the internet, reading a book/magazine, visiting a friend, etc.

4. Delegate: When you look at your list, you may see a number of tasks that can be accomplished by someone else. Often we complete tasks that can be achieved by another person (spouse, co-worker, colleague, friend, children, etc.). Delegate whatever you can on your list.

5. Eliminate:When you read your tasks, ask yourself, "Is this really necessary?" "Is this something I should be spending my time on?" I guarantee you there will be items on your list that you can eliminate.

 

Great Leaders

The most important quality of leadership, the one quality for which you want to be known, is extraordinary performance with the goal of achieving extraordinary results. These results then serve as an inspiration to others to perform at equally exceptional levels. Many people believe that effective leadership involves men and women who can most empower and enable others to achieve important goals or initiatives.

Respect

We develop great perceptions of those men and women we can count on to help us achieve what is important to us. They are men and women who make great sales, who establish admirable sales records, or develop influence in the minds and hearts of their coworkers and superiors. They are spoken about in the most positive way.

The Halo Effect

Men and women who are responsible for businesses/companies, managers, or leaders of organizations that achieve high levels of profitability also develop charisma. They develop what is called the "halo effect." They are perceived by others to be extraordinary men and women who are capable of great things. Although their many shortcomings are often overlooked, they are regarded as extraordinary leaders because their 2 strong points are overemphasized. They become charismatic and often become a magnet for others.

How Do I Get Charisma?

Charisma actually comes from working on yourself. It comes from liking and accepting yourself unconditionally as you do and say the specific things that develop within you a powerful, charismatic personality. Once you become grounded in your specific purpose, vision, and A.C.T.I.O.N., your strong sense of who you are permeates throughout your environment. Live the Change Agent System When you set clear goals and become determined and purposeful, and back those goals with unshakable self-confidence, you develop charisma. When you are enthusiastic and excited about what you are doing, when you are totally committed to achieving something worthwhile, you radiate charisma. When you take the time to study and become an expert at what you do, and then prepare thoroughly for any opportunity to use your knowledge, skill or experience, the perception that others have of you goes straight up.

BE Responsible

When you take complete responsibility and accept ownership, without making excuses or blaming others, you experience a sense of control that leads to the personal power that is the foundation of charisma. When you look like a winner in every respect, when you have the kind of external image that others admire, you build your charisma. When you develop your character by setting high standards and then disciplining yourself to live consistently with the highest principles you know, you become the kind of person who is admired and respected everywhere. You become the kind of person who radiates charisma to others.

Keep the End In Mind

Finally, when you concentrate your energies on achieving the results that you have been hired to accomplish, the results that others expect of you, you develop the reputation for performance and achievement that inevitably leads to the perception of charisma. You can develop the kind of charisma that opens doors for you by going to work on yourself, consistently and persistently, and becoming the kind of person everyone can admire and look up to. That';s what charisma is all about. 3

"You Cannot Change What You Do Not Acknowledge"

I often hear people informing me that they would like to change a specific behaviour in their life (lose weight, improve relations, increase performance productivity, empower their employees, etc.). Many of these individuals are very eager to make this change work, but rarely put on a different set of glasses. Often we are looking through our own subjective lenses rather than the lenses that reveal truth and understanding. It is hard to identify areas of weakness and easy to focus on our strengths. However, we cannot change any behaviors unless we are ready to acknowledge our current reality. I have discovered that until an individual is ready to acknowledge the truth in their life, change will never happen. Often we need to change our behavior because of a specific reason, which is allowing us to under perform. Often this reason is negative and difficult to address. We must acknowledge the Brutal Facts in our life, make the decision to no longer accept them, and create a plan of action that will redirect our course. 4