To whom are you accountable?

If you work on your own, who is to know if nothing on your ‘to do’ list gets done? You can procrastinate for as long as you like and no-one but you will be any the wiser.

Most business owners who talk about time management don’t really need help in managing their time. They need someone to hold them to account for the results (or lack of) that they say they want to achieve in a certain time.

The thing that makes the biggest impact in our Inspired MasterMind Groups is that members are accountable to
each other for their actions.

If you are not a member of an Inspired MasterMind Group, appoint yourself an official ‘nag’.  Make it someone who has no axe to grind, no hidden agenda and just wants to see you succeed. Ask them to accept no excuses and make sure you keep on track with what you say you will do.

Find like minded folk at our Inspirational Speakers events http://theinspiredgroup.com/inspired-events/events-general/

I’ve been verbed! At a recent meeting, Nigel Wathen of
www.sjpp.co.uk told the assembled gathering that he’d been
“Anned” (thank goodnes my name isn’t Roger ).  Becoming
a  verb isn’t something I set out to do but I’m not
complaining!

If the first action in achieving success is deciding what you want (your  major definite purpose and all consuming goal) and creating a plan to get it, this also involves ‘starting with the end in mind’.

Victoria Beckham famously said that she wanted to be “more famous than Persil” and she got her desire. Lots of people have become more famous than Persil but that was a side product of what they really wanted.

If you can’t decide on your major definite purpose or all consuming goal then starting with the end in mind may help.

I recently spoke to Richard McCormack of www.rjmltd.com who told me that when he started his business it was with the idea of selling it. He has a definite end in mind and is working towards it. Do you?

What comes after that is your belief that you can get it. The old saying “whether you think you can or you think you can’t – you’ll prove yourself right” is absolutely true. Our thoughts are so powerful that they influence everything we do.

You can read below (March 17th) about the number of people who achieved success against all the odds, just because they believed they could do it.

Do you believe you can get what you want? If not, what are the thoughts that are holding you back? The first step to working on a lack of self belief or self confidence is to acknowledge that you have them. The good news is that self-confidence really can be learned and built on. All other things being equal, self-confidence is often the single ingredient that distinguishes a successful person from someone less successful.

Action Plans:
1. Decide on your definite major purpose or all consuming goal. What is the end result going to be?

2. Write down your goal and read it aloud twice a day. Imagine that you have already achieved it. (See post below from March 16th)

3. Do you believe you can get what you want? If not, find out what is stopping you and work on it.

Come to our event on 22nd April to do some practical work towards achieving success.