How many truly successful business owners have you met with a Negative ATTITUDE??? My guess is very few! In fact during my 17 years of senior management positions and business improvement consulting and coaching, I haven’t met any! Not a single one!… Big statement? Maybe but totally true. In fact almost without exception, the most successful people I have ever had the privilege to meet have also been the most positive about their business. They expect great things and great things happen with amazingly regular frequency. Now for those of you who have seen “The Secret” you will understand what I am talking about, and for those who haven’t, here is a link: www.thesecret.tv and I strongly suggest you DO!
Generally in life you get what you think about most, and the same is true in business. I dont know about you but I personally cant think of too many time when I have woken up in the morning expecting to have a totally crap day, and end up having a cracker! It just doesn’t happen too often does it??
So here are a few basic tips that I think will make a big difference not only in your business, but also your life.
- Decide on your top 3 to 5 most important goals for the short, medium and long term and write them down in a positive tone. NEVER write down what you don’t want, always what you DO want!.
- Once you have your goals documented read them EVERY DAY and review them monthly or quarterly, changing them as necessary. As you read them, visualise them as being real, while becoming emotionally attached to them as if they are with you here and now. This is a very powerful part of attracting what you want in your life, and a common habit in one form or another, with every truly successful person I know.
- When you wake up in the morning, visualise your goals and all the GREAT THINGS you would like to happen in the day. Again disregard any worries you may have about things you don’t want to happen, just focus on the positive and almost EXPECT it all to become reality.
- When negative tings do pop into your day, remind yourself that there is ALWAYS a POSITIVE side to everything… The problem is that most people get so consumed by their problems that come up through the day that they dont even try to look for the positive side of the situation… So from now on whenever you find yoursef in this situation try to break the cycle by taking a breath, looking at the situation from an external perspective, and asking yourself “What could be GOOD about this situation”? How can I work it to my advantage, and what do I need to DO to make it happen…
- At the end of the day, review your goals, think about all the good things that happened during the day with appreciation, and again take the time to visualise how you would like tomorrow to unfold for you.
- Make some rules in your business to pass on a positive mindset to those around you. Its rather hard to stay positive if your whole team are bitching about each other and focusing on all the things that might go wrong in the day, so build a culture in your business to make that sort of thing “Not OK”
I hope these points inspire you to make some POSITIVE changes in your business and even your life in general. Often my clients tell me how much they value the “POSITIVE REALIGNMENT VALUE” and “ENTHUSIASTIC FOCUS” they get from my regular coaching sessions with them, and what a difference it makes in their business. I would like to think that this article is at least a starting point for you to enjoy the same.
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Kind Regards,
Andrew Pride.