| As we Rocket careers to be Great in 2008, I | | | | you really were not as prepared as you could |
| would like to review some important | | | | be for the appointment. Your best client |
| principles: | | | | fired you to make room for two new clients |
| | | | that will challenge you and make you better. |
| #1. You Control the Outcome! | | | | You tore your favorite shirt because, |
| | | | frankly, it needed to be replaced two years |
| Events will occur and the "best laid plans" | | | | ago! |
| will, for sure, come to pass differently than | | | | |
| you imagined, its how you react to the | | | | So, you don't have to write a TV movie of the |
| events, its how you adapt to those last | | | | week to learn something from the good, the |
| minute distractions, disruptions, | | | | bad and the ugly of your experiences. Ask |
| disappointments and obstacles, that will | | | | the questions, then get quiet and listen for |
| determine how great your success will be in | | | | the answers from within. |
| 2008. FOCUS is the word of the Year! Keep | | | | |
| your mind open to new thoughts and ideas, but | | | | #4. When is NOW soon enough to make 2008 |
| don't get seduced away from your goals. | | | | Great? |
| FOCUS turns fear into fuel, motion into | | | | |
| concentrated action for results sake instead | | | | A very old expression - Don't put off till |
| of just action's sake. FOCUS reduces the | | | | tomorrow what you can accomplish today - |
| frustration of wasted efforts. FOCUS will | | | | |
| help you determine if you are on the right | | | | Like an old comfortable paid of slippers, |
| path. Steven Covey once said "You can spend | | | | your routine, job, attitude and actions are |
| your life climbing the ladder to success only | | | | so easy to wear, accomplish, complain about |
| to find that your ladder is leaning against | | | | and live with. The well worn path is so easy |
| the wrong tree!" FOCUS will help you prevent | | | | to walk. NOW, what would happen if you |
| that from happening. Once you FOCUS, it | | | | allowed yourself to stop talking about what |
| becomes fun, exciting and the passion for | | | | could have been if? What would happen if you |
| your vision creates energy. If your FOCUS | | | | stopped making excuses as to why you are |
| creates more anxiety, frustration and misery, | | | | still: Overweight, underpaid, in debt, out of |
| then you will know you have the wrong focus, | | | | work, in a bad relationship, struggling with |
| the wrong vision, or the wrong approach to | | | | depression or just downright unhappy? When |
| obtain your vision. | | | | is NOW soon enough to create the life you are |
| | | | truly meant to have: Healthy, Financially |
| #2. Gratitude for Today Creates Possibilities | | | | Free, Professionally Fulfilled, Totally in |
| for Tomorrow! | | | | Love, Happy for no Reason and Happy for all |
| | | | the Right Reasons? Getting psyched up from |
| All the best authors and researchers of the | | | | reading this is just Step #1. |
| Laws of the Universe will tell you that your | | | | |
| level of gratitude for what you have today | | | | Step #2 is actually getting up from your |
| plays a significant role in your ability to | | | | computer, looking in the mirror and telling |
| improve your present and your future. With | | | | yourself NOW is the time for me to celebrate |
| "An Attitude of Gratitude"; , you | | | | me! Start the moment you say that with a |
| effectively change your internal paradigm of | | | | piece of paper and write down 5 small steps |
| "POOR ME" to "Happy for what I have" and | | | | you can take today to change your life. 5 |
| "Happier for what I am creating". | | | | small things: A 5 minute walk, 5 ideas for |
| | | | making money outside your job, 5 places to |
| #3. There are Always 2 Sides to Every Story! | | | | put your resume to get a better job, 5 ways |
| | | | to move from spending to saving and paying |
| Remember reading mystery novels? Remember | | | | down debt, 5 ways to be nice to your spouse, |
| watching "mystery" made for TV movies? They | | | | maybe with a nice hand written note showing |
| all had the plot twist; there were always 2 | | | | love and gratitude. |
| sides to every story. | | | | |
| | | | I'm talking about 5 small items. It's not |
| Every event has 2 sides; the side you see as | | | | jumping off the cliff. It's not a radical |
| good or bad and its opposite. So next time | | | | change, outwardly seen by most. It's just 5 |
| that important appointment gets postponed or | | | | small steps. If you take and build on those |
| your best client fires you or you get a tear | | | | steps you can make life altering changes, |
| in your favorite shirt, you should stop and | | | | NOW. |
| ask yourself these questions: * Why did this | | | | |
| happen? * What can I learn from this | | | | START NOW, TODAY, DON'T WAIT! Remember, if |
| experience? * How can I apply what I have | | | | you don't take care of yourself, who will? |
| learned to create opportunity in my future? | | | | |
| That appointment might have postponed because | | | | It's a leap of faith to make 2008 Great! |