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Let’s take a peek as last year’s Super Bowl Champions report
to training camp for the rigors of preparing to achieve
their goal as repeat champions of the NFL. They are greeted
by their coach proudly stating, “Gentleman, this is a
football”. The basics always work. The basics work in all
areas of undertaking.
The football team, as a group, has established their
definition of success – repeating as Super Bowl Champions.
They have established success-supportive goals to score more
points than their opponent, to field a great defense and to
maintain superb physical fitness. They’ve written out their
achievement plans via their individual game plans and made
the collective commitment to achieve. They are now ready
to ‘hit the field’ and execute their plans.
It’s incredible how we non-football types can become so
consumed with the events of the day that we allow ourselves
to believe that there is some magical wand or short-cut that
will simply transport us to the success we dream of?
“All work is as seed is sown; it grows and spreads, and
sows itself anew.” - Thomas Carlyle.
New sunrises of opportunity present themselves daily, and
what do most folks do? Instead of evaluating how the new
opportunity may fit into their definition of success (game
plan), they begin haphazardly looking for shortcuts and
performing nonessential actions without any serious effort
toward planning the steps that will steer them to their
success.
Shortcuts divert attention from the important activities
necessary to underwrite the consistency and completeness
of your efforts.
If you have defined what success is to be in your life (your
yearly Super Bowl Championship), you must set the specific
goals that support your pre-established success strategy.
Then you must develop and write out your ‘game’ plan.
Remember, you can NOT “do” a goal, but you CAN “do” the
planned actions that will achieve your goal.
Each of your daily opportunities should be evaluated in
terms of its importance and weighted as to how it will or
won’t fit into your definition of success. If it does,
great! If not, disregard it. If you begin working on an
opportunity that does not support your game plan, you could
be, subconsciously, in conflict with yourself and therefore
achieve nothing. If an opportunity at hand appears that it
may satisfy some aspect of your financial desires, yet it
conflicts with your career, family, social, physical,
mental, or spiritual goals, do you really win? Conflict!
Who needs it?
Just like football training camp, writing and developing
your game plan can be difficult, time consuming and at times
frustrating You may even consider throwing in the towel
and continue to merely ‘window-shop’ and fantasize about the
tantalizing, new opportunities that are brought forth with
each sunrise. However, a well-thought out plan, frequently
adjusted to meet exciting and new opportunities that appear
daily cannot be beat.
“You have to steer your own course. You have to do your own
thinking. You must make your own decisions. You have to
solve your own problems. Your character is your own
handiwork. You have to write your own record. You have to
build your own monument – or dig your own pit.” B. C. Forbes
Take the time now, and it does take time, thought and effort
to develop and write your own game plan. Don’t just think
it or fantasize about it – write it! Then, establish the
goals that support your plan and develop the action steps
to achieve those goals. Finally, make the personal
commitment so critical to any real achievement and EXECUTE!
Win your own Super Bowl every day, every week, every month,
every year – for life!
Barry Rice, speaker and consultant, is the author of Moving Forward Out Of The Fog, the self-paced, practical exercise-based course that guides you, step-by-step, to achieving, and living, YOUR definition of success. Subscribe to his challenging and inspiring newsletter at sunriseofopportunity@getresponse.com.
http://www.sunriseofopportunity.com
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