Have you ever lost your temper toward your spouse, kids, parents, significant others, or co-workers? How did you feel afterward? Why do we lash out at those closest to us? Does it give you the feeling that you could do better? For us who work in commissioned sales with quotas/objectives/goals we are trying to achieve, this is a 24/7/365 fact […]
Your attitude is not determined by your situation. It’s determined by you. This is a lesson none of us can learn too young. Many people go through life never learning it. And their attitude shows it. As I was driving down a two-way road talking with my daughter, she commented on how narrow the road was. Then we got distracted […]
Whenever you’ve gotten to a place in your career where you may not have as much mental structure, where the rejections and every day uphill battles can get to you, you have to look at how you can improve. What you can add, remove, or change about your everyday life will make a positive difference for you professionally and personally. If you […]
I recently heard a great talk by John Bumpus, the CAO of LifePoint. He walked us through his philosophy of building a great organization. #1 was mission. #2 was vision. #3 was individual goals. #4 was INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENT! Incremental Improvement is a cornerstone philosophy of all great organizations. These organizations strive daily to build this muscle with their teams. They […]
Your squad is your small group of people. They are the ones you trust and choose to hang with. They are the people in your inner circle who are loyal to you despite your failings. However, there needs to be some kind of quality control within the squad. Who you pick for your squad should have some bare minimums. Remember: […]
Have you ever noticed when someone is completely present how attractive, engaging, and enjoyable it makes the interaction? When one has the ability to be present in every moment, it does good things. Concentration is sharpened, and rapport is built much faster. Connections with others is stronger. Being present and engaged with yourself and others reduces stress. It is assumed […]
God made us all capable, but are we really available? We were made to be ambassadors though service to His Kingdom and communication of His message. As such, we are all capable. I wonder though… where are the many who are called but do not answer? To be capable is the ability to achieve. It’s the competency and proficiency […]
Want to learn how to conquer self-doubt? You have to get to know entrepreneur Lewis Howes if you don’t yet. He’s a New York Times best-selling author of a couple of books, The School of Greatness and The Mask of Masculinity, as well as the host of The School Greatness podcast series. All of us struggle at some point in […]
Can you guess how many years of commercials you will watch in your lifetime? Benjamin Hardy states in his book; Willpower Doesn’t Work, that we spend 4 YEARS of our lives watching commercials! This is VERY disheartening, but also eye-opening. Are you willing to give up the same amount of time it takes to graduate with a degree from college […]
How many times a day do you check your phone? You might be shocked to learn that Benjamin Hardy sites in his book, Willpower Doesn’t Work, that the average person checks their phone 85 times DAILY. This may be why you feel that you do not have enough time in the day. I’ve been reading Benjamin’s book, and it has […]
Most high achievers realize that there’s a connection between their professional performance and physical performance. We know that when we feel healthier and more fit because we exercise, we tend to perform better. We feel more balanced spiritually. That means we have better relationships at work, and with our family and friends. There’s just this interesting connectivity between our physicality and how […]
Fuel comes in many forms. Externally, it can come from reading positive material, visiting with a mentor or coach, meditating on your goals, or many other different forms. Internally, it can come from visualizing how joyful it will feel to reach a goal you’re aiming for or how painful it will feel to not reach it. Fuel can also come […]
Neen James is the author of Folding Time™ and Attention Pays™. In 2017, she was named one of the top 30 Leadership Speakers by Global Guru because of her work with companies like Viacom, Comcast, and Abbot Pharmaceuticals among others. Neen has boundless energy, is quick-witted and always offers powerful strategies for paying attention to what matters so you can […]
There’s something surprising about confidence that I wanted to share with you. Believe it or not, but I struggled with confidence in my life in different ways. I didn’t really understand confidence, so because of that misunderstanding, there were times in my life when I was under-confident. There are other times when I might have had too much confidence, again […]
How do you make self-discipline easier? Imagine if it was easy. You could get yourself to do all the things you should be doing, even when you don’t feel like doing them. You could accomplish anything in your life. The challenge is that to get to where we want to go usually requires us to do things we don’t like […]
How do you create exponential growth in your business? How do you accomplish massive things in a short period of time? People always want to know if they should work harder or smarter. The ultra-successful people I talk to say they do both. If you want to create exponential results in your life, you can’t put in an average […]
“My family will never be the reason why I can’t succeed. Rather, they’re the reason I must succeed.” Wow, what a powerful idea and a powerful thought, courtesy of Tracy Christman, one of our Southwestern Consulting clients, and one of the multipliers profiled in Procrastinate on Purpose. I’m back home, after traveling, and was thinking about what Tracy shared. We’ve […]
This is an important question: What should you do on your very first day in sales? It’s a question we hear at Southwestern Consulting a lot, because we’re growing very fast. Every single day, we’re bringing on new sales and leadership clients who’ve hired new salespeople. And they’re all asking this question. Let’s just pretend for a second you’ve started […]
We all want happiness. We want that secure feeling of real, sustainable joy. All of us – me, our family and friends, our coaching clients – are trying to find happiness. And we all ask, “Where do you find happiness? Where does it come from?” When you look online, you see memes with quotes like, “Don’t worry, be happy” or […]
Struggles, struggles, struggles – that’s what life is all about, right? We all experience pain, setbacks and hard times. We all have goals we want to achieve, but haven’t yet. We have big dreams we hope will become real, but aren’t sure if they will. Sometimes, you have to ask, “Why do we struggle?” Right? We all ask these questions: […]
Highlights: A person who is confident in who they are is never compelled to attack other people. Those who are confident and secure are not concerned with fighting others. We only attack when we are trying to feel better about ourselves. If you are angry at someone, maybe it has more to do with you then them. Extend grace to […]
