As the end of January nears, the resolutions that were strong only just a few weeks ago begin to wear off for some and habits from the past return. How will you sustain your personal motivation in 2011? Perhaps some of these quotes can offer an interesting perspective and serve as healthy reminders.
"It is better to follow the Voice inside and be at war with the whole world, than to follow the ways of the world and be at war with your deepest self."
- Michael Pastore
"The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn...and change."
- Carl Rogers
"Man is what he believes."
- Anton Chekhov
I welcome the opportunity to learn how you are using tools and information to sustain your goals for 2011 and can be contacted at 248-740-3231 or through my website - Troy Michigan Business and Personal Coach.
2011 will offer many opportunities for change and challenges for both personal and professional growth. As these opportunities and challenges enter our lives, it is helpful to maintain a balanced perspective towards the positive outcomes that are developed from creating sustainable change. With this in mind, here are some thoughts to consider:
"The secret of man's being is not only to live but to have something to live for."
- Dostoyevsky
"When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bounds: Your mind trancends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction and you find yourself in a new, great and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed of yourself to be."
- Patanjali
"I expect to spend the rest of my life in the future so I want to be reasonably sure what kind of future it's going to be. That is my reason for planning."
- C.F. Kettering
"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within."
- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
"I don't know what your destiny will be but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to server."
- Albert Schweitzer
I welcome the opportunity to learn how you are using tools and information to sustain your goals for 2011 and can be contacted at 248-740-3231 or through my website - Michigan Business and Personal Coach.
The most successful athletes on the planet all have coaches. These athletes know how to run, jump, hit, tackle, throw, think, pursue, react, and much more. With all of the unbelievable skills that they possess it appears that they already know what to do, and, how to do it. Yet they ALL have coaches.
With this in mind, I then asked myself, “If business professionals want to be the best in their industry, why don’t they each have a coach too?”
After thinking about this for a while the answer finally occurred to me. It’s not that business coaching doesn’t work. It does. But business owners frequently avoid hiring a business coach because the coach is viewed as someone who will only bring strict accountability to the tasks that the business owner believes he or she has already mastered.
Prior to engaging our coach Barry Demp, I did not have the same view as other business owners regarding coaching. I saw tremendous value in having a coach, but I had trouble envisioning how I would be coached and what the process would be like.
Now, I am sure Barry would confirm that there were plenty of places to start with me, but here are a few examples of where we began in the coaching process for my business:
-How to communicate with my internal staff to achieve breakthrough results that they would TRULY buy into.
-When and how to revolutionize our client communication process to increase inbound new business requests and lower customer service requests.
-In what ways can I build barriers for competitor entry into our market space?
However, the best improvement that I have experienced as a result of working with Barry has been that he has never once asked me to change our processes, or stop doing what we know how to do in order to service our clients. Instead, he has challenged me and everyone in my organization to perform our tasks better than we ever have before using a methodical process for success.
So if you are the star performer on your business team and you are considering what to do next for your personal or company game plan. Consider asking yourself the following question:
If all top performing athletes have coaches, what could I accomplish if had one to help me execute my game plan?
Barry Demp is a highly-skilled business coach focused on the areas of leadership, management, coaching, team-building, networking, business development, communication skills, relationship building, motivation, time management, life balance, and goal achievement. He specializes in working with business owners, executives, coaches, consultants, and high-potential professionals by helping them significantly increase their productivity, profitability, and life balance.
My Life Vision is a healthy, peaceful, beautiful world of extraordinary relationships, great accomplishments, and integrity; an exciting world of respect, dignity, leadership, courage, and honor, where all people generously and passionately contribute their best to one another.
