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June 29, 2008
Success Tips Newsletter
In this issue: Wasted days and wasted nights
by Eric Albertson
Word count: 660
Time to read: 1-2 minutes
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Wasted days and wasted nights
Forget the headlines, the war, Africa, and all the other woes in this world we
live in. The real battle, in practical terms, could be somewhere else.
Many of us are wasting our days and nights on distractions from the critical
issues at hand: our success in business and life.
Put on your oxygen mask
Don’t get me wrong, all of those things are very important and they deserve
attention. The question is, how much of your attention do they deserve? If you
don’t take care of your own situation first, you’re not likely to be
much real help beyond the hoping and praying you’re already doing (and those
are, as I believe, very important). As they say on the airlines, “Put your own
oxygen mask on first, before trying to help others. If you don’t, you might pass
out before you can help them or yourself.
Keeping your eye on the ball
People who land airplanes on the surface of aircraft carriers, follow “the ball”
to enable them to land safely on the flight deck. Kids trying to catch or hit a
baseball “keep their eye on the ball.” Getting distracted, however justified,
often means we drop the ball in our own lives.
The battle is tough
This battle is tough. Maybe the toughest, because it is so persistent and
subtle. You just gradually drift into getting little of consequence done and
pretty soon it shows up in your career and your bank account. At least that’s
what happens to me, on occasion.
Simple fix
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Visualize the goals as already being accomplished, and feel them in
your heart.
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Don’t compare yourself with others. Yours is a unique and precious life.
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Celebrate when you achieve.
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Forgive yourself instantly when you miss the mark.
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Love yourself, without kidding yourself.
Succeeding in business and in personal life
Succeeding in business is about setting and achieving worthwhile goals.
Self-confidence and self-esteem come when you know you can count on yourself
to do what it takes to execute the plan and get the desired results. Each
success makes the next so much easier to achieve.
Small steps
My recent knee injury showed me the power of small steps. At first, it was
simply getting out of bed in the morning without too much searing pain. Next it
was getting to the bathroom on my own. Today I am almost fully mobile, and I’ve
returned the crutches to the rental shop. After all, “life is a cinch by the
inch, and a trial by the mile,” as my wife likes to say. Each day is a victory
of many, many, small steps.
Going to the Moon in the sixties
Walking on the Moon was just a series of small steps, too. (But a great leap for
mankind, of course.)
Your life is important to this world
We are all counting on you to be you. It won’t be all that hard. You’ve had a
lot of practice. We just need you to focus on an outcome that is worthwhile to
you and yours. That outcome could be goofing off with your kids. The point is to
choose and achieve, instead of drifting off in distraction.
A challenge for today
Skip the newspaper, the Internet, and the TV. Focus, instead, on you and your
goals. What future do you want to bring about that breaks the pattern of your
life so far? You can do many things if you make the decision and get started
today.
Finally: “Caught in the thick of the thin”
I’m not sure who said that, but I liked it. Sometimes the “thin” is just what
the doctor ordered. However, if your life has had too much thin, consider adding
the “thick” of real goals that make your heart stir. Your life is happening
today. We are all counting on your value to keep the world spinning.
All the best,
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