The Accountability Minute:Business Acceleration|Productivity

Today, we are talking about Tip #5 for becoming even more confident, which is to Visualize the End Result.   In everything you invest your valuable time you want to visualize the end result of what you ideally would like to have happen. So, when you enter into a meeting, a phone conference, or whatever it is, you want to know the outcome you would like to have happen for the investment of your val...

Today, we are talking about Tip #4 for becoming even more confident, which is to Work Out and Get Some Exercise.   While this might seem like a very ‘healthy’ or ‘physical’ tip, it can be a very helpful one! Getting a healthy dose of exercise during the day is sometimes all that we need to push us over the positive edge. Taking up a sport, running around the block, doing a 10-minute exercise routi...

Today, we are talking about Tip #3 for becoming even more confident, which is to Compliment Others.   Positivity is positivity… no matter what form it comes in. Believe it or not, complimenting others and making them feel better about themselves will actually HELP you to be more confident! When you focus on the negative aspects of life, you will often focus on the negatives within YOU as well. But...

Today, we are talking about Tip #2 for becoming even more confident, which is to  Create and Periodically Review and Add to Your “Me” File.   Keeping a ‘me’ file on hand filled with emails, letters, cards, and other positive communications or comments from clients and friends is one of the best ways to help give your confidence level a boost, especially on those days when you don’t feel as good ab...

Today, we are talking about Tip #1 for becoming even more confident, which is to Walk Faster.   Do you ever notice how confident people seem to walk faster than people who are not as sure of themselves? This is because confident people are usually busy, full of purpose, and have a ‘method’ to their madness! Next time you go out, try to think about all of the important things that you will be neede...

Confidence is absolutely essential if you want to make friends, influence people, and wake up energized day after day. A lack of confidence can be a pretty serious problem in a lot of different ways. It can affect your goals, your daily work, how you interact with people, and how you perceive yourself. If you don’t have enough confidence to believe in yourself, then you are going to have trouble e...

Principle #4 of the 4 Principles to help you reshape the way you think and help prepare you to achieve your goals is: Quit Talking the Talk – and Start Walking the Walk.   Talking about taking action and actually taking action are not the same things. You have to get busy if you want to get where you ultimately want to be. Your path to goal achievement is like a journey - the sooner you start walk...

Principle #3 to help you reshape the way you think, and help prepare you to achieve your goals is: Taking Action Creates Support.   The minute you start taking action to achieve your goals, the universe will rush to support you. The trick is to let the universe know you mean business. The support of friends and associates, and other unlikely saviors will all come to your rescue as soon as you show...

Principle #2 to help you reshape the way you think, and help prepare you to achieve your goals is: Fear is Not an Excuse.   Fear is never an excuse for not taking action. Maybe you are exactly where you are right now because you have been too fearful to step outside your comfort zone. To get where you want to be you have to feel the fear and move forward anyway.  After you take action, you will wo...

Over the next 4 days we are exploring 4 principles that will help you reshape the way you think, and help prepare you to achieve your goals.  Principle #1 is to: Remove the Words “Try” and “Can’t” From Your Vocabulary. Despite what you may have learned in elementary school, there is no such thing as “try.” Either you DO or you DON’T. You will either commit to achieving your goals or you won’t – it...

Working Toward Your Goals is NOT that Complicated In theory, working toward your goals is not that complicated.  Most days, most of the activities you do should move you toward your goals. Perfection isn’t a requirement. Rather, consider what would happen if most of what you said and did every day moved you toward your goals.   I tell people, “Do the activities that move you toward your goals, and...

If you’re serious about achieving your goals, but not ready to take the first step yet, ask yourself, “What am I waiting for?”  Do you really want to wait for the results ?   Tell me how delaying that good feeling could possibly benefit you. You deserve everything you are imagining. Quit postponing your inevitable success and start working toward your goals today!     Remember, it’s not about work...

As I see it, at any given moment, you have three choices: 1.      Give up on ever achieving your goals 2.      Procrastinate taking action in hopes that you’ll get serious about your goals in the future 3.      Achieve your goals now and realize your dreams! Whoohooo! If you find yourself leaning toward the first option (of giving up), understand that sometimes it’s easier not to work hard to achi...

As we all know, the road to goal achievement is not free of challenges. Working toward your goals is rarely simple, but if you ask someone who has reached their goals if the hard work was worth the reward, I’ll bet they would say “YES”. The costs of taking action far outweigh the pain of living a life that is using only a fraction of your potential.   You can make the leap from living a life that...

Over the past 5 days we have discussed 5 tips for doing your best, so you can get on top and stay on top.   So, you might be wondering How Can You Get Started? The best way to get started is to implement these 5 tips into your life, that we have explored over the past 5 days, or a few of them that you haven’t yet implemented.    Start going to bed at a reasonable time, eating even better, and make...

Today we are talking about Tip #5 of the 5 tips for doing your best, so you can get on top and stay on top, which is to Allow Yourself to Make Mistakes.   When you give your very best in every situation, then you are going to cut down the number of mistakes that you make drastically… but you are never going to eliminate them altogether. Try to remember not to get discouraged when you do have hard...

Tip #4 for Getting On Top and Staying On Top    Today we are talking about Tip #4 for doing your best, so you can get on top and stay on top, which is to Focus on Individual Tasks.   Doing your very best can be extremely overwhelming if you look at everything at once, which is why breaking your day down into smaller tasks can really help you. Instead of looking at your entire day, first just think...

Today we are talking about Tip #3 for doing your best, so you can get on top and stay on top, which is to Get Enough Exercise.   By now, you might feel as though you have heard more ‘health’ tips than you care to… but that is actually a good thing! Staying healthy is the most important thing that you can do to get on top and stay on top at work, and exercising is absolutely no exception. Work to g...

Tip #2 for Getting On Top and Staying On Top    Today we are talking about Tip #2 for doing your best, so you can get on top and stay on top, which is to Maintain a Healthy Diet.   Eating right is actually essential to doing your best. Some people have a huge problem with this. Their diet consists of soda, chips, cookies, and anything else they can get out of a vending machine or at the fast-food...

Today we are talking about Tip #1 for doing your best, so you can get on top and stay on top, which is to Get Enough Sleep.   This might seem like a no-brainer, but sleep is essential to doing your very best. Having enough sleep is actually so vital that you could find that not getting enough of it can actually physically keep you from performing tasks at the height of your ability. A lack of slee...

5 Tips for Always Doing Your Best to Get On Top and Stay On Top    Operating at the top of your game and being the very best you can be is essential to being successful. When you can find a way to always give 100%, no matter what you are doing, then you will most likely find yourself in a successful position if you keep at it long enough. But how do you continue to do your best, every single day –...

As a business owner, you know that success comes from having the right mindset and tools. Visualization is one of the most powerful tools you can use to achieve your goals and overcome obstacles. By imagining your ideal life and business, you can create a roadmap for success that will help you stay focused and motivated.   Visualization is more than just daydreaming. It's a scientifically pro...

Today we are talking about another type of accountability that you can use in your life, which is Relationship Accountability.   Sometimes it is good to be reminded of what is most important. It can be easy to lose sight of what matters most when everything else is screaming louder for our attention. Your relationships are what ground you, and what make up a huge component of your personal value a...

Today we are talking about another type of accountability that you can use in your life, which is Strategic, Goal-Based Accountability.   Entrepreneurs, business owners, freelancers, CEOs – they all have something specific in common: the need to hit achievement-based milestones in order to be considered successful in their jobs or careers. This is why goal setting is an incredibly powerful tool, b...

Today we are talking about another type of accountability that you can use in your life, which is Time Management Accountability.   How we choose to spend our time can make or break our success. From spending too much time getting lost in social media, to occupying our workdays with excessive meetings instead of focusing on what brings in revenue and makes the most of our skills, time management i...