THE POWER OF FOCUS

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THE POWER OF FOCUS

• Your habits will determine your future.
• It takes focused action, personal discipline and
  lots of energy every day to make things happen.

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• How long does it take to change a habit? 21
  Days.
• Deeply entrenched habits have long roots.
• With too much routine, complacency sets in and
  life becomes boring.

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• Successful people have developed successful
  habits.
• If you read one book every month about your
  profession, in ten years youll have read 120
  books. That puts you in the top 1 of your
  field.

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The Successful HABITS Formula

• Clearly identify your bad or unproductive habits.
• Define your new successful habit.
• Create a three-part action plan.

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• You must invest most of your time every week
  doing what you do best, and let others do what
  they do best.
• Focus on those activities you do brilliantly, and
  from which you produce extraordinary results.

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• Top performers spend very little time on their
  weaknesses.
• If you spend too much time on your weaknesses,
  youll end up with a lot of strong weaknesses.

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Are You A Starter or Finisher?

• If you are a starter, find a brilliant finisher
  to handle the details or vice versa.
• Is what I am doing right now helping me to
  achieve my goals?
• Say No a lot more.

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• If you gotta a frog to swaller, dont look at it
  too long.
• If youve got more than one to swaller, swaller
  the biggest one first.
• Tacle your most important priorities first.

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• Beware of old habits that may be pulling you away
  from your focus.
• Excessive TV watching.
• On average, people watch 6.5 hours of TV per day.

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• Einstein did his thinking in his special chair.
  Whats yours.
• Create exciting pictures of the future.
• Most people spend more time planning a two week
  vacation than they do planning their life.

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TOP 10 GOALS CHECKLIST

• Your most important goals must be yours. What
  do you really want?
• Your goals must be meaningful. If Only
  syndrome.
• Your goals must be specific and measurable.

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• Your goals must be flexible.
• Your goals must be challenging and exciting.
• Your goals must be in alignment with your values.
• Your goals must be well balanced.

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• Your goals must be realistic.
• Your goals must include contribution.
• Your goals need to be supported.
• When you have big dreams you attract other big
  dreamers.

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• Lou Holtz- 100 Goals.
• I X V R Imagination mixed with Vividness
  becomes Reality.
• Minds think in pictures, not in words.

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• Use an ideas book.
• If you copy the techniques of champions you too
  can become a champion.
• Develop mentors or Mastermind groups.

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• Remember, if you want a different result, do
  something different.
• Everything in life is a choice.

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The B-Alert System

• B Blueprint
• A Action- Most important things for the day.
• L Learning
• E Exercise
• R Relaxation
• T Think

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• Build excellent RELATIONSHIPS. It produces
  wonderful rewards.
• Avoid toxic people. Weaned on a pickle.
• Remember, for things to change, youve got to
  change.

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• Identify your MENTORS. Contact them.
• You are never more than six people away from
  anyone you want to meet.
• Your life can change by make ONE PHONE CALL.

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• MASTERMIND Groups. Usually made up of 5-6
  people.
• Long-term support system.
• Step into your fear.
• Everything you want is on the other side of fear.
• To overcome fear, you must have faith in the
  outcome.

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6 Confidence Building Strategies

• Every day remind yourself that you did some
  things well. Success Jar.
• Read inspiring biographies and autobiographies.
• Be thankful. There is someone worse off than you
  are.

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• Build excellent support around you.
• Push yourself to accomplish short-term goals.
  See yourself getting things done.
• Do something for yourself every week.

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What To Do If You HIT A SLUMP

• Recognize you are in one. Re-energize and
  re-focus.
• Remind yourself of a major accomplishment.
• Get back to basics. Step back to get ahead.

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3 Reasons people wont ASK for what they want

• They have a belief system that says its not
  right to ask.
• They lack confidence
• They fear rejection.
• Take the leap of faith.

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The Integrity FACTOR

• When you always tell the truth, people trust you.
• When you do what you say, as promised, people
  respect you.
• When you make others feel special, people like
  you.

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• Are you in the habit of putting things off?
• Procrastination is a thief, waiting in disguise
  to rob you of your hopes and dreams.
• Someday Syndrome. Written for procrastinators.

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• Someday when I grow up, finish school and get a
  job, Ill start living my life the way I want..
  Someday after the mortgage is paid off, the
  finances are on track and the kids are grown up,
  Ill drive that new car and take exciting trips
  abroad.. Someday, now that Im about to retire,
  Ill buy that beautiful motor home and travel
  across this great country, and see all there is
  to seeSomeday.

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REASONS YOU MAY BE PROCRASTINATING

• Youre bored. You need a new challenge.
• You are overwhelmed with work.
• Youre confidence has slipped.
• You have a low self-worth.k
• You are doing work you dont really enjoy.

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• You are easily distracted, or just downright
  lazy!
• W. Clement Stone Stand in front of mirror. Clap
  Hands DO IT NOW.

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STRATEGIES TO THINK ABOUT

• Do what you love with passion and excellence and
  the money will follow.
• Read all you can, listen to tapes, and put them
  into action.
• Carry a 3 X 5 card that says, Im so happy
  that Im on schedule to become a superintendent,
  etc.. It will become reality for you.

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• Create a dream team of like-minded colleagues who
  will help make your hopes come true now.
• Focus on what you do best. Strive to be a leader
  in your field.
• Surround yourself with brilliant mentors.

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• Why Hesitate?
• Upon the plains of hesitation are the bleached
  bones of countless millions, who on the threshold
  of victory sat down to wait, and in waiting they
  died.

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THE CHALLENGE.

• Let others lead small lives, but not you.
• Let others argue over small things, but not you.
• Let others cry over small hurts, but not you.
• Let others leave their future in someone elses
  hands, but not you.

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