PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE

I will be spending a considerable amount of my time this week, preparing for the several workshops that I am conducting over the next few weeks. As with most of us, in order to perform impressively in our chosen fields, there is a tremendous amount of background effort that goes into making ourselves ‘look good’. And so it is with standing up and speaking, or delivering a presentation. Practice Practice Practice and PLENTY of preparation…………….THIS is what makes you stand out! Its so easy to throw something together and

The results YOU achieve…….

I have grown to firmly believe that the more you put into something, the more you get out. That has not always worked for me when it comes to relationships, as I have learned to my detriment, however, when practising a new skill or habit, the saying has proven true! Another quote that I have found to be fairly accurate is;’The results I achieve will be in direct proportion to the EFFORT I apply’! EFFORT………………..big word, powerful word……………when people can see that you’re putting in some kind of an effort, it usually does not go

YOU LEARN….YOU GROW

I had a ‘one on one’ workshop this morning with a sales person who was suffering from call resistance, which turned out to be a temporary bout of ‘low self esteem’! It happens….when you experience a lot of rejections and don’t manage to ‘wipe it off’ as you go, then the pain of being turned down when offering a service or product can be taken personally. After working with Brad(not his real name) for a while, and going through the motions of how to present professionally, he developed a new ‘take’ on things and found

LIKE EXERCISE, SELF-IMPROVEMENT IS AN ONGOING PROCESS!

Just like it is necessary to exercise or gym regularly in order to produce desired results, so it is with self improvement! Why should it be any different? If you want to make strides in your personal growth, and change in various ways…..develop new and effective skills, this takes work on your part….but the effort you apply WILL be worth it IF you persevere! Life requires a bit of effort, and a QUALITY life requires QUALITY effort! We were discussing the importance of our appearance in a meeting this morning, and reflecting on how important first appearances are. The main speaker mentioned the importance of three particular points of view, being:

CONSTANT AND NEVER ENDING LEARNING

I read an article earlier on that I found while cruising around my Linked In Page, written by a business guru by the name of Professor Colin Turner! This author advocates some really interesting stuff. I have always believed that the importance of self should be a priority to any self respecting individual!(although at times I have succeeded in failing dismally at this), but I have picked myself up, dusted myself off and simply (no, not started again.) continued on the correct path off which I had temporarily fallen! It really does