The Main Thing Is To Keep The Main Thing, The Main Thing
"Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they
don't quit" (Conrad Hilton)
"Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite
unaltered through the course of hours" (Mark Twain)
"It is wise to keep in mind that no success or failure is
necessarily final" (Anon.)
"Successful people aren't supermen and women. They fail, but
fail forward. Success is not about perfection, it's about
progression" (Simon Reynolds - advertising wiz.)
When you create or design something new for your future e.g. a
new goal or enterprise, then you can be assured that there will
be ups and downs.
Initially there may be very few, if any "flat times" because of
all the associated novelties and the learning curve. The
excitement and passion may last days, weeks and even months.
If your goal or new enterprise involves a 3 or 5 year plan, then
chances are that you will experience many highs and lows. We do
"know" this, yet when the flat times arrive we behave as though
"it should not be that way" and lose momentum.
Here are some tips for staying on the road if you are crystal
clear that you are using the most effective "vehicle" of your
choice to fulfill specific outcomes.
1. Be very clear and maintain your clarity of purpose for
wanting to accomplish your goal/intended outcome. Have at hand a
minimum of five terrific reasons for why you "have to" and
absolutely "must" accomplish your chosen goal. Continue to
update that list and occasionally rewrite the list. Over time
your initial reasons may lose their spur quality.
2. Create an environment that consistently reminds you of your
original purpose and of your intended, ultimate outcome. The
following are a few basic ideas for this: Surround yourself with
physical displays such as computer screen-savers, wall boards, a
piece of jewellery, markers/images in your diary, a house/garden
plant that you watch grow as your enterprise does. Choose with
whom you spend most time and use regular meetings or calls with
a buddy, coach, mentor or supportive partner. The more people
you tell about your goal, the more often you will be taken back
to that time of your original excitement because of their
questions about how you're coming along. Play pieces of music
while working to inspire you and keep you "in the moment" of
what you are creating. Make it a weekly practice to listen to
motivating teleseminars or CD recordings of other successful and
inspiring people. Spend regular moments of time visualising your
intended future. Really work on getting your "picture" (of the
ultimate point of final accomplishment) more and more clear for
yourself so that you can almost touch, smell, see the colours
and hear the sounds of all that's around you.
3. Set up physical spaces that fully support your designed
future. Have your home office fitted with tools that really work
for you. Have simple and clear filing and storage systems so
there's a place for everything and you don't arrive at a desk
each morning with numerous piles of tasks - putting you in a
'space' of overwhelm before you even begin the day. Begin to
list and start putting together your necessary resources. For
example, there is no sense offering hard-copy information to
others if you do not have sufficient materials at your finger
tips, should many opportunities show up all at once. Create
email or hard-copy templates for standard replies to common
requests.
4. Learn to control and manage the Little Voice in your head.
Thank it for sharing. Create an imaginary buddy for this
'voice', a buddy who tells you something to encourage and
empower. You can also use EFT/TFT tapping on your negative
self-talk to gradually peel away the "onion-layers"!
5. Chart your progress and have your chart(s) on display. Know
that you are moving and that you have made progress. Set
specific milestones at preset dates that you can celebrate along
the way.
A wide angled view of success is: being fulfilled,
self-expressed, authentic and joyful. You cannot experience
these without 100% congruence between you and your environment.
Your environment either calls forth your authentic-self or keeps
you locked in a cycle of frustration.