Sunday, October 02, 2011

"Success Thoughts"

I've been having a great time putting together a few "Success Thoughts" over the past month, and I'd like to share a few of them with you now.  Your comments, additions or contributions that will be helpful to others are welcome! (Feel free to share an example that supports one of the "Success Thoughts" listed here, although you may want to remove personal and business names in order to maintain the privacy and confidentiality of those involved!)

On Making Connections with Others: 
There is a very real difference between making "contact" and making "connection" with someone else. We all have contacts on a daily basis, but most of them are handled as ‘a matter of course’, providing a piece of information, a referral, or something that is similarly efficient. Sadly, real connections seem to be few and far between, so making an effort to build deeper relationships, with stronger connections, has great value and should be cultivated by us - at home, in our communities and in our places of work.

 
On Goal Setting: 
If you think about the importance of having a sense of purpose for your life, then Goal Setting really becomes a natural extension from that. If you know your purpose you will want to know your progress in relation to that purpose. The way to measure progress is by taking stock of the smaller goals that you have reached along the 'path' that is your life.

On Winning:
When we approach situations in life there is a tendency to think of someone Winning and therefore, someone else is going to be losing. Long-term, successful relationships are based upon finding creative ways to establish a "win-win" relationship. A "win-win" relationship will last infinitely longer than the one where the other party discovers that they have come out on the short end of the relationship. Therefore, real Winning needs to be "Win-Win".