Taking Charge Of Your Life For Excellent Results
Hello, Mr.
President!
In a study
done in New York some years ago, researchers found that the top 3% of people in
every field had a special attitude that set them apart from average performers
in their industries. It was this: they viewed themselves as self-employed
throughout their careers, no matter who signed their paychecks. They saw
themselves as responsible for their companies, exactly as if they owned the
companies personally. You should do the same.
From this
moment forward, see yourself as the President of your own personal services
corporation. View yourself as self-employed. See yourself as in complete charge
of every part of your life and career. Remind yourself that you are where you
are and what you are because of what you have done or failed to do. You are
very much the architect of your own destiny.
You Choose,
You Decide
You have
determined your entire life up to now by the choices and decisions you have
made, or failed to make. If there is anything in your life that you don’t like,
you are responsible. If there is anything that you are unhappy about, it is up
to you to take the necessary steps to change and improve it so that it is more
to your liking.
As the
president of your own personal services corporation, you are completely
responsible for everything you do, and for the results of what you do. You are
responsible for the consequences of your actions and your behaviors. You are
where you are and what you are today because you have decided to be there.
In a large
sense, you are earning today exactly what you have decided to earn, no more and
no less. If you are not happy with your current income, decide to earn more.
Set it as a goal, make a plan and get busy doing what you need to do to earn
what you want to earn.
As the
president of your own career and your own life, as the architect of your own
destiny, you are free to make your own decisions. You are the boss. You are in
charge.
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Develop Your
Own Strategy
Just as the
president of a corporation is responsible for the strategy and activities of
that corporation, you are also responsible for the personal strategic planning
of your own life and career. You are responsible for overall management
strategy, setting goals, making plans, establishing measures and performing to
get results.
You are
responsible for achieving certain outputs, for the quality and quantity of the
work that you produce, and the results you are expected to get.
As
president, you are responsible for marketing strategy, for self promotion and
advancement, for creating your image and packaging yourself to be able to sell
yourself for the very highest price in a competitive market. You are responsible for financial strategy,
for deciding exactly how much of your services you want to sell, how much you
want to earn, how rapidly you want to grow your income year by year, how much
you want to save and invest, and how much you want to be worth when you retire.
These numbers are entirely up to you. You are responsible.
You are
responsible for your people strategy and your relationships, both at home and at
work. One piece of advice I give my students is to “choose your boss with
care.” Your choice of a boss is going to have a major impact on how much you
earn, how fast you get ahead, and how happy you will be at your job.
Make New
Choices, New Decisions
By the same
token, your choice of a mate and friends will have as much or more to do with
your success and happiness than any other decisions you make. If you are not
happy with any of your current choices, it is up to you to begin taking steps
to improve or change them.
Finally, as
president, you are in complete charge of personal research and development,
personal training and learning. It is up to you to determine the talents,
skills, abilities and core competencies you will need to earn the kind of money
you want to earn in the months and years ahead. It is then your responsibility
to make the investment and take the time to learn and develop these skills. No
one is going to do it for you. The unavoidable truth is that no one really
cares as much as you do.
Become A
“Growth Stock”
To take this
analogy a little further, see yourself as a company with a stock that trades on
the market. Is your stock the kind of stock that people could invest in,
confident that it will continue to grow in value and profitability in the
months and years ahead? Are you a “growth stock” or has your value leveled off
in the marketplace?
If you have
decided to be a “growth stock,” what is your strategy for increasing your
income 25% - 30% every year, year after year? As the president of your own
life, as the spouse or parent in your own family, you owe it to the important
people in your life, to be on a growth curve, to be continually increasing in
value, income and profitability as the years progress.
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Take The
Wheel of Your Own Life
From this
point forward, see and think about yourself as the master of your own fate. See
yourself as completely in charge of your own life. See yourself as the
president of your own personal services corporation. See yourself as a powerful
person, completely self-determined and self-directed.
Refuse to
whine and complain about things that happened in the past, which cannot be
changed. Instead, orient yourself toward the future and think of what you want
and where you are going. Above all, think about your goals. The very act of
thinking about your goals makes you positive and purposeful again.
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Determine
Your Locus of Control
There is a
large body of psychological literature that revolves around the concept of
“Locus of Control Theory.” In more than 50 years of research, psychologists
have determined that your “Locus of Control” is the determining factor of your
happiness or unhappiness in life. Here is why.
A person
with an internal locus of control is a person who feels that he or she is in
complete control of his or her life. This person feels strong, confident and
powerful. He or she is generally optimistic and positive. He or she feels
terrific about him or herself and feels very much in charge of his or her
destiny.
On the other
hand, a person with an external locus of control is a person who feels
controlled by external factors, by their boss, their bills, their marriage,
their childhood problems and their current situation. They feel “out of
control” and as a result, they feel weak, angry, fearful, negative, hostile and
disempowered.
The good
news is that there is a direct relationship between the amount of
responsibility you accept and the amount of control you feel. The more you say,
“I am responsible!” the more of an internal locus of control you develop within
yourself, and the more powerful and confident you feel.
It Is In
Your Hands
The starting
point of goal setting is for you to realize that you have virtually unlimited
potential to be, have or do anything you really want in life, if you simply want
it badly enough, and are willing to work long enough and hard enough to achieve
it.
The second
part of goal setting is for you to accept complete responsibility for your
life, and for everything that happens to you, with no blaming and no excuses.
With these
two concepts clearly in mind, that you have unlimited potential and that you
are completely responsible, you are now ready to move to the next step, which
is to begin designing your ideal future.
Take Charge
of Your Life:
1. Identify
your biggest problem or source of negativity in life today. In what ways are
you responsible for this situation?
2. See yourself as the President of your own
company. How would you act differently if you owned 100% of the shares?
3. Resolve today to stop blaming anyone else
for anything and instead accept complete responsibility in every area of your
life. What actions should you be taking?
4. Stop making excuses and start making
progress. Imagine that your favorite excuses have no basis in fact, and act
accordingly.
5. See yourself as the primary creative force
in your own life. You are where you are and what you are because of your own
choices and decisions. What should you change?
6. Resolve today to forgive anyone who has
ever hurt you in any way. Let it go. Refuse to discuss it again. Instead, get
so busy working on something that is important to you that you don’t have time
to think about it again.
GOALS!
SOURCE: GOALS BY BRAIN TRACY
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