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Ever wake up and immediately have a negative thought or image in your head? Have you ever been sitting at work or in your car and start thinking about all of the things that are going wrong with your life?
When a negative thought or image comes into your mind you start to dwell on it. Then it’s a downward spiral of negative thoughts.
These things prevent us from accomplishing what we need to do. The goal is to keep moving forward to better ourselves.
Personal Life Coach, Lou Delorca, suggests swapping these negative images with positive ones. Think about someone who you enjoyed being friends with or a positive occurrence in your life. This positive thought will lead to other positive thoughts, and ultimately, positive action.
In our business and personal lives it’s important to get our message across. Susan Scott explains in her book Fierce Conversations what makes our conversations either a success or failure.
Some of the important take-aways from the book:
Click here to learn more about Susan Scott’s book Fierce Conversations.
“No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to flee and fly high. No government, no legislature, has a right to limit your dreams. You should never agree to surrender your dreams.”
– Jessie Jackson
Today look at yourself in the mirror and say out loud the dream for your life. It’s not silly. It’s real.
Make it happen for your life.
Jim Cathcart’s “Empowerment Checklist.”
TARGET - Does he or she understand and accept the purpose or goal?
TOOLS - Does he or she have the tools, or information needed to do the job?
TRAINING - Has there been enough training in how to use the tools well?
TIME - Have they had enough time for the training to take effect?
TRUTH - Does he or she know how all of this fits together?
TRACKING - Am I providing the feedback needed for them to stay on track?
TOUCH - Is there enough support and encouragement? (the human touch)
TRUST - Do I trust them appropriately for their skill and mastery level?
“Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.”
– Samuel Beckett
