Goal Setting

Taking Stock

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Thanksgiving1 Taking Stock

Thanksgiving is always a great time for pausing and taking stock, then acknowledging what HAS been successful this past year. I spent a lot of time in hopsital waiting rooms, ICUs and funeral activities for my step-dad. Each of those hours stirred up thoughts of appreciation AND of priority.

I’ve found, from way too many personal encounters in this life time, that when shocking events strike our lives we snap into a closer focus on what is important and what is the fluff and chaff that’s clouding our view and our focus.

So Thanksgiving seemed an opportune time, as I took a deep slow breath before heading back into the business world, to reset my focus and priorities for business. I put the next article together for all of us – there’s no reason we need to wait for miserable events to refocus!

I look forward to your thoughts about all of this.

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© 2008 Linda Feinholz.

DriverLost1  Law Of Attraction Is The THIRD Step For BusinessesOne of my clients, Don, kept waffling back and forth over which sized firms he wanted as his clients. For the lack of that focus, his efforts were scattered and outright conflicting with each other.

If you’ve been aware of hearing about the Law of Attraction recently, you’re in step with the latest message about inspiration. For nearly 25 years, I’ve seen it taught in various forms, from ‘mindfulness retreats’ to est to various Human Potential and Self-Actualization programs. Each program teaches their own frameworks, or those borrowed from the ages, to give us tools to use on a daily basis.

As with anything in life, all the techniques and frameworks are only moderately effective if you don’t KNOW where you’re going. Without a clear Vision and destination in mind you’ll either eventually get lost or it’ll take you a long time to get there, much longer than necessary.

If you’re heading out to drive into new territory and choose to do it without a roadmap, you may spend a lot of your time recognizing you’re lost and looking for road-side assistance, over and over again. It may not make sense to even head out in the first place.

Over the years, it’s been proven out that if you don’t consciously declare what you want, you’ll continually attract what your unconscious mind wants to attract rather than what you say you want.

In business, I see this play out over and over again with participants in my Productivity and Time Mastery Kick Start Program. People learn a technique or two that has the potential to double and even triple how much they accomplish in less time. They take on a commitment to using the new practices, and then come back asking for personal tune-ups.

When we take a closer look at what’s going on, they’ve go the technique down pat. They’re often missing the content – what they’re spending their time on has not been prioritized or selected to get them to a specific destination. Continue Reading

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© 2008 Linda Feinholz.

Jackolantern1 Break The Fright Cycle, Out Smart The Business GhoulsIf I were to make a guess, it would be that you’re hearing an average of 6,294 messages a day about how bad a disaster the economy is, how everyone is going to loose their jobs, the roof over their heads, and even the ability to put clothes on their backs.

Even if I’m overestimating your exposure by a factor of 100… that’s 62 times a day when the despairing ghosts are moaning at you from behind the curtains and the goblins are haunting you from your radio and TV.

Well, all I know is I don’t need to hear whispers sixty-two times to put me off my dinner. Once, twice, three times is enough to give me the creeps. So my survival technique for surviving the ghouls is to remember the walk in the woods when I was growing up.

I remember creeping through the woods by our house after dusk. Every snap of a twig or brush of a leaf made me jump. I had that reaction even when I’d walked the same path easily in daylight a mere few hours before.

And of course it was even creepier when I was walking with other kids, as we all stirred each other with mutterings of fright – building a sense of helplessness and impending doom.

In the same way as that path was just fine during daylight, things are just fine when you shut off the radio and TV, put down the magazines and newspapers and focus on what you DO have control over. Continue Reading

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Diversify The Ideas That Build Your Business

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© 2008 Linda Feinholz I’m a voracious reader. There have been some years when I read nearly 400 books… and worked full time and slept fewer than 4 hours a night. I love reading. That was then… And now my body wants more sleep, and my reading has dropped off. So I use my reading [...]

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I got a lot of comments on my note last week – people applauding me for the great results on the financial goal I set for myself this year. Several folks asked me what I did differently this year. As I thought about it, I realized that it was a mix of old familiar activities [...]

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Let’s get practical shall we? 8 months ago I set new financial targets for myself for the year. They included boosting my earnings by 60%. (I love stretch goals, don’t you?) I have to admit that I gulped as I put those goals down on paper. I made that commitment very publicly, to 12 other [...]

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Change 1 COMMITMENT And You Can Change It All!

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Have you ever tried working out alone. How did it compare to having a workout partner? With a partner you’ll find yourself exercising even when you might have slipped because you can’t let your buddy down. Having someone who is relying on you in business can produce the same results. For example, if you want [...]

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Change 1 Reminder And You Can Change It All!

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Have you found yourself caught by ‘bright shiny objects’ lately? You know – those great ideas that are too good to pass up… So you take on one after another until you’ve completely lost focus on your key objectives. Let’s get you back on track! Ask yourself: “What single key objective do I want to [...]

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3 KEYS TO HIGH PAYOFF OBJECTIVES TO GROW YOUR BUSINESS

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© 2008 Linda Feinholz. The world is full of fabulous ideas. Some of them are extensions of your current products and services and would add materially to your bottom line profits. Others are outright innovations that could dramatically launch your business to new heights. And sometimes those ideas pull you ‘off focus.’ My client’s management [...]

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Change 1 To Do And You Can Change It All!

January 28, 2008

OK – You’ve got a list. We ALL have a List. Now’s the time to take control of those To Do’s and turn them into Ta Da’s!Ask yourself. What single thing will I absolutely get “DONE” today?” Write it down. Now write down 3 items you’ll take off today’s calendar so you can keep your [...]

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