Morning Motivator - What Are We?

"We are not just our behavior... We are the person managing our behavior."
- Spencer Johnson, MD

As I speak with people about their ability to ACHIEVE their goals and dreams - I commonly find the people who are FRUSTRATED, are the ones that are NOT executing the correct, productive behaviors they need to in order to be successful. Let me explain...

Each morning you wake up and you get dressed. Why? If you DON'T get dressed then you are not PREPARED to be successful the rest of the day. Then you drive to the office. Why? If you don't SHOW UP, then you are not able to complete your tasks. Finally, you turn on your computer and begin typing away. Why? In order to ENGAGE the required information to execute on actionable items. SO, why is it when people get to work - they don't do the things they need to do to PREPARE and SHOW UP?

Most people KNOW what success steps/actions are required to do their job well. If you are in MANAGEMENT, you need to engage your people and develop them in a way to best equip them to be successful. If you are AVOIDING confrontation, how well are you doing your job? If you are in sales, you know that you must contact a given number of people to make your sales GOALS. If you are not making calls nor going to networking meetings... How do you expect to ACHIEVE?

2 DEGREE SUCCESS STEP:
Our ability to ACHIEVE is purely a DECISION to be successful. You know the BEHAVIORS that are required to meet your goals. You are in TOTAL control of your ability to MANAGE those behaviors. If you are failing to EXECUTE the correct behaviors, then it is YOUR responsibility to change!

Your managers, executives, board members, colleagues, etc CANNOT make you do what is best for you. You MUST take personal responsibility for your BEHAVIORS and thus your success. In the event you are not aware of what BEST behaviors are needed - seek assistance from your managers, executives, etc... that IS their job!

You KNOW what to do - You KNOW how to do it - Now go make it HAPPEN and start REAPING the rewards!

Cheers,
Zach

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