When you’re studying the subject of success (which I have been doing for years), you will know that there are big differences in the topics that successful and average people discuss.
Usually, the most successful people speak about the decisions of today and the future. Conversely, the average person focuses on the present situation and the past, ("when it used to be better").
Successful people talk about visions and goals, mediocre people talk about other people and events.
Successful people see opportunities and control risks. The less successful people see the risks and avoid opportunities.
Of course, this view is not black and white, but I hope you can see the pattern.
Welcome to the New Year! I hope you have survived the celebrations well and are ready for an extraordinary year in 2019.
Right at the beginning, an important tip so we can get on the right track and pick up speed quickly: Choose the right focus!
What do I mean by that? Well, we all have a consciousness that can only focus on one thing at a time (which is why multi-tasking doesn't work, but that's another story).
Welcome to the New Year! Here's a reminder of how a very simple method can make 2019 an outstanding year for you and the people around you. Watch the video and tell me what you think.
Here is a suggestion for the New Year, inspired by the Picture Gallery in Berlin: how do you leave a positive and lasting impression? What will you be remembered for?
Happy New Year!
Especially at this time of year, many thoughts revolve around how we can do good for others. That is good but should not be limited to specific periods and events.
What do I mean by that? Well, for example, I travel a lot by train and sometimes wonder how each one of us has made the life of some other person, the environment or the planet better in the hour we spend here together. Most, unfortunately, not at all.
This is my message: Instead of actions from time to time, you simply work on doing something valuable for others or yourself every hour. Ask yourself every hour, every day the question: "How have I made the lives of others a bit better today?"
When I work with my clients, we start with exactly one thing that makes a big difference in their later successes:
We set extremely ambitious goals (or exactly one). It has been shown over and over again that this is precisely the essential basis for achieving results that would otherwise hardly have been imaginable. More about this in the video.
The true quality of a person can be measured by his or her behavior in these two situations: under extreme stress and when no one is looking.
In the first case, (to put it simply), our cerebellum takes control, and in the second case we have to "prove ourselves to no one." The problem: a strong and positive character only works in the presence of consistency. This means that you cannot be an outstanding person when you are in the limelight and an average person when you are stressed or alone.
Your character is constant and is only reinforced by situations. Why is this important? Well, if you want to achieve more (whatever that means for you), you need to consistently want it (and not just from time to time). And you also have to want it even when nobody is watching.
This is exactly why so many teams and people remain to be mediocre and often even frustrated and stagnate.
Sometimes, everything seems to go against us. Even the most successful people sometimes have hard times (usually even more than average).
The main difference is how quickly we get out of a crisis. I had written about this some time ago.
For your daily productivity, there is hardly anything as important as your first thoughts and actions in the morning. How you start your morning determines, to a large extent, your performance throughout the day.
And not only that: Your own condition in the morning has an enormous effect on your environment. How you are first perceived by your environment (including your colleagues) sets the tone for the day. Every day sets the tone for the week, the month, and ultimately the whole of life.
One of the greatest hurdles that will prevent us from achieving more and resulting in us being more fulfilled by lies with the conviction is that we are "the way we are." Like someone's gonna tell us to be just like that.
I have news for you: We can turn into almost anything we want. Even then, we still remain “the ones we are.”
The problem is not only that people limit their own success, but they are also unhappier. This is like a tight cage that we build around ourselves to protect us against "dangers" from the outside. Not only that it also prevents us from growing.
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