Two primary challenges for many entrepreneurs, particularly people just getting started, is staying focused on the things that matter and maintaining a high level of action on those things. Setting goals is helpful as it gets you thinking in the “right” direction. But because of all the distractions, all the opportunities, all the commitments in modern life, GOAL SETTING IS NOT ENOUGH. What really makes a difference is 1) setting goals, and 2) keeping them in the forefront of your consciousness.
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Friday, June 17th, 2011Belief Change
For Beliefs That Need Changing
Friday, June 3rd, 2011
It might be time for you to face the facts…
Roughly half of whatever is rolling around in your head got there by accident and probably isn’t doing you much good.
But when you try to figure out what’s what, it tuns out the situation is a much like something David Ogilvy said while talking about advertising…
Half of it worked, half didn’t.
He just wasn’t ever sure which half was which.
Beliefs are scarily like that…
Until you take a closer look it’s tough to figure out which are “true” and which are garbage.
7 Beliefs You Shouldn’t Believe…
Thursday, May 26th, 2011
Suppose you knew exactly what to do to reach your goals, whatever they were.
Maybe grow your profits 27%, maybe lose 36 pounds, maybe change your life… Whatever.
You had a plan and you worked out the steps, but you weren’t taking the actions necessary to get anywhere.
What do you think would happen?
Duh… Nothing.
Of course, nothing would happen, because you weren’t doing anything. How could it possibly be any different?
But that doesn’t make any sense…
You knew what to do but weren’t doing it? Why not? That’s never happened, has it?
