Most things in life are simple. Unfortunately, so much so that many of us fail to take advantage of our opportunities. New ones come our way everyday.  What do we do? Turn our heads and get back on the same old track.

If you keep doing the same old things over and over again…what do you get?  The very same results as before. Nothing will change UNTIL you decide to change.  You have to change the habit to change the result.

People go to “hip/hip” hooray seminars and get all excited. Speakers get folks all pumped up with enthusiasm. You can do it! In a crowd, with lots of others around us, it just seems so easy.  We tell ourselves…I’m going to make a real change in my life.

We leave the arena ready to change the world. A week later, someone asks … what happened? I thought you were going to make some real changes in your life.  Get a positive attitude.  Work smarter, not harder.  Do more business.

Your INTENTIONS were right on track. It’s just that NOTHING has changed in the way you do things. You are in the 95% group. Your old ways are just too comfortable. We easily fall back into the same old rut as before.

If you honestly expect to see a difference…then you will have to make some adjustments to your daily routine. It’s really not so difficult after you have taken the first step toward your goal.

An IMPERATIVE!! WRITE IT DOWN!

Do you have goals? Things you want to achieve? Next week? Month? Year? 5 years from now? Think about the process as a road map to your destination. The journey. The trip. Steps to reach next and next and next…..until you arrive at “the place” you want to reach. Those who write it all down get to the destination sooner.

All of us need a guide.  A roadmap. Where are you trying to go? Is your goal to make a lot of money?  Own a business? Take a vacation?  Raise a family? Get married? Be President of your club? Buy a boat? A new car? On and on the list can stretch with our wants and desires.

WRITE IT DOWN WITH EXPECTATION . . . .

A Personal Experience ….. if you will bear with me. It really does work!  I decided one year that it was time for me to be President of my National (independent) staffing organization (approx. 100 firms) and I threw in my local Rotary Club (65 members) at the same time. I wrote it down!  Be President!! BOTH groups came and asked me to be President the SAME year. Wow! It certainly made a believer out of me. YES!  I accepted both and lived to enjoy the challenge.

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Would you try to take a trip to California from the East Coast by car without a roadmap? Obviously not…unless you have made the trip before. Even then, most of us need a guide. How far would you get before the road map was an imperative for you to reach your destination? 50 miles?  Maybe a 100 miles?  However, somewhere along the way you will be LOST unless you have a roadmap.

Do you get my drift? If you have a destination to reach, then you need a WRITTEN DOWN map to arrive safely. A study was done many years ago on a group of college graduates from an Ivy League school. In a nutshell, the 3 students who wrote down their goals made more money than the 26 other students (combined) in the class. Not a bad result for such a simple ACTION.

My point ….. it is very important to spend the necessary amount of time THINKING about the direction that you wish to go. Next, transfer your thoughts to paper. Review the plan daily. Distraction is a waster. Focus is the key.

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BUSINESS  TIP:   Write down your GOALS!  It may seem a waste of time, but history has proven its VALUE.  From the brain … down the arm … out the fingers onto paper.  Review it regularly.  Think about your destination.  It gets the adrenaline pumping toward success.