August 23, 2006
Issue 67

 

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In This Issue.....

1. This Week's Jumpstart
2. Champion Within Article
3. Seeds of Greatness
4. Winner's Edge Coaching Tips
5. Featured Product of the Week
6. Customer Feedback
7. More Information

 

1. This Week's Jumpstart

One of the best escapes from the prison of procrastination is to take even the smallest steps toward your goals. People usually procrastinate because of fear and lack of confidence and, ironically, become even more afraid when under the gun.

Experience has shown that when people go after one big goal at once, they invariably fail. If you had to swallow a twelve-ounce steak all at once, you'd choke. You have to cut the steak into small pieces, eating one bite at a time. So it is with prioritizing. Proactive goal achievement means taking every project and cutting it into bite-sized pieces. Each small task on the way to the ultimate goal becomes a mini-goal in itself. Using this method, the goal becomes manageable. When mini-mistakes are made, they are easy to correct. And with the achievement of each mini-goal, you receive reinforcement and motivation in the form of positive feedback. As basic as this sounds, much frustration and failure is caused when people try to "bite off more than they can chew," by taking on assignments with limited resources and impossible timeline expectations.


This week make your mantra: "By the inch it's a cinch, by the yard it's hard!"
-- Denis Waitley

 

2.  The Champion Within Article

How to Stay Motivated by Dr. Denis Waitley

Be willing to say to yourself, "I'm on the right road. I'm doing OK. I'm succeeding." We too frequently become adept at pointing out our flaws and identifying failures. Become equally adept at citing your achievements. Identify things you are doing now that you weren't doing one month ago… six months ago… a year ago. What habits have changed? Chart your progress.

Doing well once or twice is relatively easy. Continuously moving ahead is tough, in part, because we so easily revert to old habits and former lifestyles. Over the long run, you need to give yourself regular feedback to monitor your performance and reinforce yourself positively. Don’t wait for an award ceremony, promotion, friend or mentor to show appreciation for your work. Take pride in your own efforts on a daily basis.

Keep the end result in sight. Always see the big picture of the ultimate goal you're working for and the benefits that come with it. During World War II, parachutes were being constructed by the thousands. From the workers point of view, the job was tedious and repetitive. (Like making "cold calls" on the phone or in person.) It involved crouching over a sewing machine eight to ten hours a day, stitching endless lengths of colorless fabric. The result was a seamless heap of cloth. But every morning the workers were reminded that each stitch was part of a life-saving operation. As they sewed, they were asked to think that this might be the parachute worn by their husband, brother or son. Although the work was hard and the hours long, the women and men on the assembly line understood their contribution to the larger picture. The same should be true with your work. Each thing you do benefits the health and well being of adults and children throughout the world, not just generally, but specifically. These are the visions that drive us through tedious details to the top.

Set up a dynamic daily routine. Getting into a positive routine or groove, instead of a negative rut, will help you become more effective. Why is the subway the most energy efficient means of transportation? Because it runs on a track.

Think of the order in your day, instead of the routine. Order is not sameness, neatness or everything exactly in its place. Order is not taking on more than you can manage, without still being able to do what you really choose. Order is the opposite of complication; it's simplification. Order is not wasting a lot of time trying to find things. Order is avoiding a lot of recriminations because you didn't do something you promised. Order is setting an effective agenda with others, so neither of you is disappointed. Order is doing in a day what you set out to do.

Order frees you up. Get into the swing of a healthy, daily routine and discover how much more control you’ll gain in your life.

-- Denis Waitley

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3. Seeds of Greatness by Denis Waitley

Seeds of Motivation: Winning from Within by Dr. Denis Waitley

Put up the dream. Put in the knowledge. Put out the effort.

The two greatest fear busters are knowledge and action.

You can't concentrate on the reverse of an idea. A fear is a goal moving in the opposite direction from your desire.

We can change if we want to.

Think of your imagination as a skill rather than a talent and learn to use it.

Motivation is an inner force that compels behavior. Your inner drives will propel you further and faster than external perks.

It's not the experience of today that causes us the most stress, it's the regret for something we didn't do yesterday.

Motivation is motive in action.

The most important opinion you'll ever have is the one you hold of yourself.




4. The Winner's Edge Coaching Tips

I believe in learning all you can from as many sources and people, so in keeping with that belief here's something I came across from Zig Ziglar on Losing Weight that I felt would be valuable to share. I love Zig's simple, "bite-sized" approach to losing weight. He set a goal to loose one to two ounces a day -- anyone can do that -- and because he consistently worked on achieving that seemingly small goal each day, he lost 37 pounds in 10 months! Simple yet powerful. Take a look at Zig's thoughts and see how you can apply them to your life in multiple areas! -- DW


Losing Weight by Zig Ziglar

It seems that after 20 years of diet, exercise, miracle potions, and a host of gimmicks, the American people have concluded that losing weight is a lost cause for them. They take it off and put it back on. They are unhappy losing the weight, depriving themselves of their favorite foods, and then feeling guilty because they regain the weight.

There's a major trend among millions of Americans who are saying, "To heck with it! I'm going to eat what I want and just suffer the consequences, but I'm not going to be miserable about it."

That's an unfortunate approach. But I understand why they feel that way because for many years I was on that roller coaster. A quarter of a century ago I decided to lose weight on a gradual basis, and in a 10-month period of eating sensibly and eating regularly, I lost 37 pounds. I averaged losing one and nine-tenths ounces per day. . .

Most attempts at weight loss are undermined by unrealistic promises made about a "revolutionary" new approach or product that "will take all the weight off permanently and you won't even feel hungry." The real answer is a change of lifestyle, a combination of eating sensibly and exercising regularly. Benefits are enormous. On Nov. 24, 1999, at age 73, I stayed on the treadmill at the Aerobics Center more than two minutes longer than I was able to stay at age 45 when I weighed over 200 pounds and was terribly out of shape. I have a resting heart rate of 47, my cholesterol level was described by my examining physician as "perfect" at 156, and my blood pressure is 110/60. Those are the readings typical of a much younger man. And my enthusiasm for life grows every day.


 

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