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By pl 12 Comments

Predicting your own future…

Alan Kay, the REAL inventor of the mouse and the graphical user interface, famously said in 1971, “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” A few years ago, I rewrote this idea in my book, Be Unreasonable.

“The best way to invent the future is to predict it.”

How would you like to change the direction of your life?

Or maybe just the direction of your business?

Or keeping it real simple, how would you like to get to “the next level?”

Yesterday we completed a rather drawn out move into a new home overlooking San Diego Bay, with a view 30 miles up the Southern California coastline. Hard work (I hate moving even if I don’t do the heavy lifting) but well worth it.

Now one of the things I love best about my work is that I was able to do everything on my own timetable. I didn’t have to check in with anyone. My schedule is my own.

Nobody was trying to track me down… Nobody was in a panic because they couldn’t reach me when they wanted to…
I set my hours, work when I want, can travel for weeks or even months at a time with no loss of income, and pretty much make the rules. And I can’t remember the last time I had to deal with somebody else’s emergency.

And even despite the fact that I’m not “on call 24/7,” my clients are consistently and repeatedly delighted with the work we do together and the results they get in working with me.

I like it this way – so much so, I baked it right into my business from the very beginning. It was one of the key “design criteria” that guided and shaped the business I’ve enjoyed for the past 18 years.

You see, the last job I had was a wonderful job as far as these things go. Great pay, interesting people to work with, intellectually challenging, lots of autonomy…

But it was still a job. You know: being paid a relatively fixed amount of money, by someone else, who had a long-term lease on my time, to produce results for them, inside of their framework.

Not necessarily bad – in fact, not bad at all…

Just not that good for me.

So I set about changing things by predicting the life I wanted, first creating in my mind what was going to happen to give me that life, and then creating my business out in the world to deliver on that life.

To have the business you want and live the life you want, you have to “predict” it.
And just to be clear: what I mean by predict is create it in your mind and then declare that this is the way it’s going to be. Both of these components are required. Once you do them, and then commit to settling for nothing less, then (and only then) figure out how to make it happen.

Lastly, of course, get busy…

So, I ask you:

What future do you want to predict for yourself?

How do you want the next phase of your life to go?

What feelings or experiences or situations do you want to make part of your every day?

Or, maybe you don’t want to change your whole business or life…

Just to keep it simple, are you willing to “predict” your next level? Imagine it, tell people about it, and then make it happen?

By the way, for many people this is an underused muscle. Most just go about their business and whatever happens, happens. Then there are those among us who see things more deliberately…

And one thing I’ve noticed is the difference that makes a difference for those who consistently get what they want is they quickly act on information that will improve their lives. (Get the hint?)

If you’ve got a sec, please share your predictions about what’s next for you. Hop over to the blog and – or if you’re here already – leave your thoughts and comments below this post.

Don’t be shy. The kind of prediction I’m talking about here is the stuff that will shift your life. As they say, “be proud and be loud.” Let everyone know…

Filed Under: Business Coaching, Business Strategy, Goal Setting, leadership, Time management Tagged With: business coaching, Getting things done, goal setting, leadership, transformation

By pl 4 Comments

Radical Income Growth Strategy

Do you worry about how to make more money?

How much more?

What are you actually thinking about?

How much would make you happy?

Fulfilled…

Satisfied even…

 

Have you ever considered what would cause a breakthrough in how much you earn?

Watch this video…

Filed Under: Business Coaching, Business Strategy, Goal Setting, strategic planning, Time management Tagged With: business coaching, business growth, business strategy, strategic planning, Time management

By pl 28 Comments

Replace Yourself

What’s the one truly scarce resource in your business?

What’s the one thing…

Totally irreplaceable…

That no matter what you do you can’t get more of?

You, of course.

And you knew that already…

You didn’t need some business guru to tell you.

But what you may need to know is what to do about it.

You might have figured this out already and forgotten.  Or you may have thought you figured it out but still aren’t getting the results you want.

Watch the video. It’s under five minutes….

And if you have something to share, put your comments below.  Okay?

 

Filed Under: Business Coaching, Mindset, Time management Tagged With: business coaching, delegation, Mindset, outsourcing, strategy, Time management

By pl 28 Comments

Time Used Well

Time well used, time well spent?

I’ve been thinking recently about the kind of choices we can make about time.

Do you go with the default…

The pre-programmed…

The accidental non-decision…

Do you yield to inertia?

Of course, you have to earn a living, you have to pay your bills.

But can you make a conscious, deliberate decision to spend your days in a way that lights up your life.

Watch the video…

And put your thoughts and comments below.  This conversation is worthwhile…

If you’re in your 20s or your 30s, you may not want to listen to this. As you get a bit older and you’re in your 40s or maybe you’re in your 50s maybe you’re even in your 60s, you may really want to pay attention to what I’m about to say.

About 4 years ago my mom had a stroke and suddenly in a blink of an eye, in about 30 seconds’ time, she stopped being able to do all the things that she loved doing. She stopped being able to do the things that gave her purpose. That lasted for four years, four really long years for her. A few weeks ago, she died, she passed on. If you lost either of your parents, you know that this really gets you thinking about your own life. It got me thinking about the notion of time and about how much time that there really is.

So here’s what I came to and this is not a new idea. But this is it, this here, right here, right now. This is it. Whatever your beliefs are about the afterlife or whether there is an afterlife or not, on earth in the 3D world, this is your time and you can use it well or you can use it now as well. Let’s talk about work. If you work only 8 hours a day and only 5 days a week, that’s about 40 hours a week and after 50 weeks it’s about 2000 hours a year. So ask yourself this, do you want to spend that time doing something that just doesn’t matter for you? Sure, you’ve got to earn a living, you’ve got bills to pay.

If you have a family and you want to feed them, and maybe you want to provide for your future, you don’t want to let anything get in the way of that. But there are hundreds of ways to do it. There are lots and lots of ways that you can do that. But passion, purpose, the point of your existence, this is what really matters. Whatever it is that you do, you’ve got to make it worthwhile to get up in the morning. It’s got to matter however it is that you define what matters. Now don’t lie to yourself on this one. If you’re not sure whether something does or doesn’t matter to you, I can tell you right now without giving another seconds thought. That means it does not qualify, that it does not matter.

I want you to start thinking about this, today, right now. Ask yourself the question and answer it. What really matters to you? What would have been worth spending your time on if suddenly you didn’t have any more time to spend? Because it’s just as easy to pay your bills, it’s just as easy to build your fortune doing something that lights up your life as something that doesn’t. So look, this is isn’t one of those do what you love and the money will follow things. I can’t promise that. But I can promise you that if you invest your passion into your purpose and then you do all the other strategies and tactics that I’ve been teaching you and telling you to use. This will be a worthwhile journey for you. I am pretty sure at this point that the journey is far more important than when you reach the destination.

This, by the way, is one of the great reasons to have someone in your corner with you. Someone will ask you the tough questions about your life, your business, your focus. So check in with yourself right now. Make sure that you’re on the right path. Make you’re on that path you want to be on. Not some default that you got on by accident or because it was easy. Make sure you are on the path that matters.

If you have any thoughts or comments, please share them on the blog. I’d love to talk to you about this.

Paul

Filed Under: Beliefs, Business Strategy, leadership, Time management

By pl 22 Comments

Really Simple Mindfulness

I want to talk to you about something people call Mindfulness. An ancient idea that was given a 20th-century name, Mindfulness is a super simple and easy to implement idea which can have a huge impact on your health, well-being, clarity, energy, and just about every other aspect of your daily life.

I’m going to share it with you in the simplest way possible. Mindfulness is paying attention to what is going on at this very moment. That’s it. So try this during your day today. Whenever your mind goes somewhere – and you’re typically deep into something – and you’re almost unconscious, but at some point your mind pops back into awareness. At that moment, ask yourself, “Where am I?,” or “What am I doing?” In that moment, your experience is transformed…

 

 

Filed Under: Beliefs, Business Strategy, Mindset, Time management Tagged With: health, mediation, mindfullness, Mindset, well-being

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