Morning Motivator – Getting What You Want

"To get what we've never had, we must do what we've never done."
- Anonymous

First, I must say to any of my NAJCC Board members that read this – THANK YOU.  Your efforts this weekend at our retreat were excellent and I am fully CONFIDENT we will achieve the SUCCESS we have laid out.

This quote was sent to me last week and upon reading, I knew I MUST revisit this issue.  One of the most COMMON frustrations people have is "running up against the brick wall" with a client, project or significant other.  You often hear from them, "I have tried everything I KNOW how to do and just can't get through."  The reason you are not YET able to break through is often because you FAILED to understand WHAT that other person or project requires to move.

By design, we are IGNORANT creatures.  We have not been provided with highly refined INSTINCTS that focus our minds and actions toward BEST efforts of execution.  We must LEARN to be CREATIVE, STRATEGIC and RESILIENT in our efforts to overcome challenges.  We are limited by our EXPERIENCES and LEARNING EXPOSURE.  By that fact, we only KNOW how to do some things in some ways and its HIGHLY LIKELY that when you "hit the wall" with someone or something – it is really nothing more than your INABILITY to adapt to the challenge.

2 DEGREE SUCCESS STEP:

In order to ADAPT and OVERCOME these challenges in communications, activity and understanding – you MUST try NEW and DIFFERENT ways of approaching the resolution.  If you have always sat down with your boss to talk in long detail about the problems of the organization and see NOTHING is being done; Next time – detail a list of the CONCERN AREAS with an ACTION PLAN including the members to task projects and the resources needed. 

By providing a PLAN for change and NEXT STEPS… you have eliminated one of the MAJOR barriers to change – PLANNING.  Give ACTION ITEMS and COMPLETION DATES – now you have removed the LACK OF DIRECTION. 

By providing all the answers with your complaint – you prove you are interested in making REAL CHANGE and have thought through the ways to get there!

Cheers,
Zach

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