Few
events produce such impactful learning as the World Leaders Conference that is
held in West Palm Beach every year in early March. One of the outstanding
speakers this year was Dr. John Maxwell. During his talk John stated that may
people have “uphill goals but downhill habits”! This got me thinking out
loud about why we do not always reach the goals that are important to us. One
of the reasons is that big dreams often fall prey to small or inadequate
disciplines.
As
someone who is immersed in the leadership development and personal
effectiveness arena, a common theme that emerges from both the success stories
and their story tellers is just how disciplined these men and women are. For
example, John Maxwell reads, files, writes, and reflects every day. Tony
Robbins is known for his incredible workout routine. Grant Cardone constantly blows
up my twitter feed at strategic times (i.e. ALL THE TIME!). Further, stories of
the most successful entrepreneurs, world class athletes, and noted surgeons
will reveal that they are not time wasters and have disciplined their work, leisure,
family, and personal time with fine precision.
I know
for myself that my most productive times are when I am incredibly busy! Why?
Because it requires me to discipline both my time and efforts. I bet the same
is true for you! So how can we live more disciplined lives? Consultant Tony
Jeary recommends the following:
- Define – what is of most important to you. What is you audacious goal?
- Focus – on those activities that are most beneficial or leveraged to achieving your goals. As John Maxwell stresses, organize your activities as those that are REQUIRED of you, the most REWARDING, and provides biggest RETURN on investment
- Delegate – as much as you can to high impact staff
- Automate – as many of the mundane activities you can (i.e. paying bills, ordering supplies, etc.)
- Eliminate – time wasters and energy suckers. This can include people, social media, and my nemesis, Amazon TV!
I have heard it said that we hope things work out but
we expend little effort to create a successful outcome. That is unfortunate
because it is important for you to have BIG DREAMS! It is there that lives are
changed, causes are created, businesses thrive, and organizations flourish! So
go ahead and DREAM BIG, your organizations need you to, your family and friends need you
to, and our communities need you to. It is YOU they are waiting for!
For
more information about next year’s World Leaders Conference, keep checking:
As
always if I can help you and
the people you associate with Get Better, Be Ready and LEAD OUT LOUD, I would
invite you to email me or to visit my website below and see if any of the
training or coaching experiences I offer can provide an impact! Also, as a
bonus, if you go to my Out Loud Strategies website (www.outloudinc.com) and enter your
contact information, I will send you a FREE guide to establishing a mentoring
initiative program in your organization! Such an initiative would be critical
in order to add value to your organization!
Yours in Leadership,
Bill Faulkner
Principal Consultant –
Out Loud Strategies
Independent Coach,
Speaker, and Trainer with the John Maxwell Team TM
Email = bill@outloudinc.com
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