After years of beating myself down, I learned it wasn’t so much WHAT I did, but WHAT I thought about myself when doing it. MY BELIEFS about myself! They are the CORE essence of who we are, the actions we take, and if we’re not careful, who we’ll end up being. Don’t get me wrong, not all beliefs are bad. Just the ones that hold us back from truly living our lives. The secret is HOW do you change them? Well, what I’ve found is the easiest way to make that happen. It’s to use writing as a powerful tool for change.
In large organizations, this is even worse. Each product line manager is motivated to do well. They try to capture the hearts and minds of the sales people, providing ever new things to get sales people to focus on their product line. Even with a half dozen product managers trying to get the mind-share of sales people, it becomes a real challenge, but think of those very large organization where there may be dozens of product lines, each with a product manager trying to do his or her job, creating the greatest sales programs and initiatives. From the sales person’s point of view, this becomes overwhelming!
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New Every time you turn around your brain is churning out even more people to add to your “100 people” list. You’re spreading the word about your products and services like crazy.
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So, from that day forward, every time the phone would ring, when I met someone new, received a referral or an email request I began to feel the anticipation as if I had just earned another one thousand dollars. Some days I would make cold calls or go to places out of the blue with the intention of meeting just one person.
Take a chance to do something good for YOU and change your life. Incredible! The idea now is to keep yourself fueled and Never Stop Movin’! Always changing. Always taking New chances while reaching for New levels. Slipping back into that familiar rotation of “manual” gear may also keep us from getting anywhere. Never climbing or making that left hand turn.
If you feel you’re struggling with a new skill, the very first thing to do is simply relax. Take a few moments to mentally release what you’re trying to do. Recall that this is not the first time you’ve learnt a new skill. Think of a time that you felt this way in the past. And then reassure yourself that any fleeting frustration will soon pass once you recognize the progress that you’re making.
