Sometimes we just need to hit the reset button on our dreams. When you need to take your results to the next level, try these 6 Urgent Success Secrets…
1) Find your true purpose
First off, reconnect with your purpose. If you’re not clear on your true purpose, this whole process of getting results gets really, really challenging. In fact, the true purpose for why you’re doing what you’re doing is so important, if you don’t have it clear, you are radically decreasing your chances for success. As I learned in boy scouts, if you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll get lost. The #1 thing to do when you’re lost is to stop wandering around! All that does is help you to get more lost. Stop, get clear on where you are, where you’re going, and WHY.
**Coach’s Note**
Clarifying your true purpose is the absolute best and biggest breakthrough you will have, and with good coaching you can do this quickly and immediately begin producing bigger results faster!!!
Q: How do you know if you have found your true purpose?
A: If you’re asking the question, you haven’t found it. J
2) Play big
Most of us are simply playing too small and we get bored. We need to raise the bar and challenge ourselves to play a game that scares us. Think back to the first time you jumped off the high dive board. Remember that feeling you had while you were standing at the top preparing to leap? A cloud of uncertainty, fear, and anxiety rushed over you. Your brain began making up scenarios of peril, even to the point that you started thinking about climbing back down the ladder. But then you pushed past it, took the leap, and felt that exhilaration. What happened next? You couldn’t wait to do it again. You realized all the fear and apprehension were for nothing. The worst part about the whole thing wasn’t the jump or the landing; it was the anxiety that you faced while anticipating the jump. The jump was nothing. It was fun. It was exhilarating. It was even easy.
We play too small because of that anxiety, fear, and anticipation of what is going to happen. We need to push ourselves to the top of the high dive, to the point where we’re a little scared and nervous. Play a game big enough to frighten yourself a bit. The worst part about playing big is what we make up in our mind, but that’s a good thing; the fear tells us we’re on the right track. We need to get to that feeling and then jump. Realizing big dreams requires making big leaps. Play big to win big!!
**Coach’s Note**
Zig Zigler said, “You can have anything you want if you help others get what they want.” If you push yourself to a new level by playing big, you will gain knowledge that can help another. Help enough people and you will gain access to whatever it is you want in life. You can help others by helping yourself!
Q: What happens after we’ve made the leap off the high dive?
A: We become the teacher, the cheerleader, and the encourager of all others about to take the leap.
3) Create a millionaire mindset
It’s time to adopt the thinking of a millionaire. The success gurus talk about making decisions based on where we want to be versus where we are. “Begin with the end in mind” is one of Stephen Covey’s famous habits for highly effective people. We have to ensure that we’re making decisions and setting up strategies that are consistent with where we want to go and not where we are.
**Coach’s Note**
There’s a distinction between scarcity thinking and the millionaire mindset of abundance.
Poor people with scarcity mindset:
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Like having big TVs and “things”
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Always ask about payments
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Worry about today
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Talk about someday
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Say, “Yeah, but…”
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Tend to make decisions slowly
Rich people with millionaire thinking:
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Never buy anything; they invest
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Ask about return on investment
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Make decisions based on where they want to be, not where they are
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Surround themselves with people who will help them grow
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Learn constantly
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Have confidence and believe in themselves
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Make decisions quickly and take action today
4) Invest in yourself
Jim Rohn, motivation and success guru, gave me the absolute best advice I’ve ever heard: “Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.” Being successful is not about making money. It’s about your knowledge and your ability level. Whatever you have today is 100% consistent with your knowledge and ability. To experience a greater level of success, we have to expand our ability and our knowledge. We have to stretch ourselves to the level that is consistent with what we want.
This is the same reason people who win the lottery tend to end up broke. They have not gained the knowledge and ability to maintain that level of wealth. Being wealthy and successful takes investing in yourself and learning how to play the game of success at a bigger level.
**Coach’s Note**
Success is not something you have, it’s something you become. Success doesn’t happen to you. You must grow and expand through constant and continuous coaching, learning, and experiencing.
Q: Would you love to make money like a professional athlete?
A: By the time they have been retired for two years, 78% of former NFL players have gone bankrupt or are under financial stress because of joblessness or divorce. Within five years of retirement, an estimated 60% of former NBA players are broke. The average world-class athlete retires from his sport at the age of 33.
5) Develop your team
This is the second-best place to invest your time, energy, and money. First is in yourself, second is in the team that will support your success. I’m adamant about making sure a good coach is on your list of team members. Get your coach and get him today!! The sooner the better! Remember the high dive? A coach will help you to get through the points of greatest fear and anxiety so you can experience the thrill and rush of a whole new level of success—FAST! Nobody likes stepping out of their comfort zone, but it is absolutely necessary and it is so much easier to do with someone who knows how to guide you over the hurdles, around the pitfalls, and through the inevitable challenges.
When my first sales coach gave me the script to use to get my first client, I asked, “So, why do we do it this way?” He said, “Who cares? It works. Just do it.” Coaching in its simplest form gives you speed. If you’re content going at a slow pace and you have time to waste, then forget about everything I’m saying. Keep doing what you’re doing, and the good point is that you will get there eventually—hopefully.
The second and third elements that you need on your team ASAP are your mentors and peer support. Mentors are great as they have the experience doing what you want to do. The downside to mentors is that they’re generally not committed to your success like a coach is. They’re willing to help, but you have to go after them, they’re not going to chase you around, and often your access to them is limited. The peer support is valuable as it brings you some camaraderie, some friendly competition, and people to share in the growth experience together. You can learn from the experiences of the peer support team, which will allow you to make wiser choices in the future. The downside to peer support, though, is that there’s a lack of true accountability. As peers, if I let you slide, you can let me slide, and we’ll be better buds.
**Coach’s Note**
One of the best things you can invest in is speed (no, not the drug). Invest in what gets stuff done fast like team members, systems development, and technology. Why? Who cares! It works. Get stuff done fast! Have a book to write. Figure out how to do it in a week. Get it done ASAP. A good team increases your speed and expands your capacity.
Q: What’s the one thing you cannot afford to lose in the race to success?
A: Momentum. Anything that slows your momentum dramatically reduces your confidence and your capacity.
6) Fire, aim, ready
Pull the trigger and get your momentum rolling. You are already ready. Just identify the next step and take it—NOW. Start with identifying or reconnecting with your true passion then invest in yourself, get a coach, build your team, and get some speed (and some crack while you’re at it J).
**Coach’s Note**
I recently had a friend come to me for some coaching to jumpstart his business. He said, “I’m feeling a little overwhelmed and unfocused.”
I said, “What is overwhelming?”
He said, “I have this and that to do, and it’s keeping me from getting to what I really want and need to grow my business.”
“Okay,” I replied. “I’m hearing you say that if you get this and that done, then you can move on to doing the next projects and you will feel less overwhelmed and be focused on what you need to be doing to help you take your business to the next level.”
“Yes, absolutely, I just can’t get to it,” he said.
“Okay, then here’s what you’re going to do. First off, you’re going to write me a check for $1,000. Then you’re going to go to your office and start working on your project. If you’re not done by Friday at 5 pm, I’m cashing the check. Thank you and good-bye.” Friday he called. Project done!
Sometimes we just need to stop making it so dang complicated. Create an accountability structure and get to work.
