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