Momentum
How to create it and why it will never come if you wait for it.
“Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action.” – Napoleon Hill
In order to get your “Wheel of Wealth” moving you are going to have to create some momentum in your life. You must get in the habit of doing, instead of talking. You must get in the habit of completing and seeing things through rather than just intending to do things. You are going to have to come to grips with the fact that you are where you are right in life because of the things you have done or have failed to do. Every high school guidance counselor in America tells every kid in America that they have “potential.” They love this word. To me the word “potential” means a list of stuff that I’ve talked about doing, but haven’t done yet.
That might sound harsh, but my friend, the world judges us not based on what we intended to do but based on what we have actually done. Could you imagine the hit show, “The Biggest Loser” giving away the prize to person who intended on losing the most weight? Could you imagine what would happen if the bank allowed us to fill out and deposit the money that we “might make in the future”? Could you imagine how our country would quickly fall apart if we all got paid based on what we intended on doing, rather than what we actually did?
In order for you to be successful you are going to have to become great at QUICKLY turning the ideas the come into your head into tangible to do lists and action steps. You then need to become AWESOME at completing those to-do lists with a sense of urgency.
Successful people think like this:
1. Study successful people and businesses to stimulate new ideas.
2. Think of new ideas.
3. Write down new ideas.
4. Make “to-do list” needed to turn new ideas into realities.
5. Schedule SPECIFIC TIMES to complete “to-do-lists.”
6. Deposit RESULTS into the bank account.
Unsuccessful people think like this.
1. Hang around negative & unsuccessful people & watch successful people on TV.
2. Wish for things and occasionally think of new ideas.
3. Habitually forget to write things down.
4. Occasionally make “to-do lists,” but rarely complete them.
5. Never schedule SPECIFIC TIMES to accomplish anything. Always say, “I don’t have enough time to ______________?”
6. Deposit RESULTS into the bank account.
In order to become a successful person you will need to keep the following items with you at all times:
1. A “To-Do List” – You can’t achieve success, if you don’t know what specific action steps you must take today in order to get there. Typically my “To-Do Lists” are three pages long and they are sorted in order of importance. There is absolutely no way to be successful if you don’t write down ideas, and the action steps needed to achieve them.
2. A “Day-Timer” – You must learn to schedule SPECIFIC times to turn your “To-Do Lists” into reality. We are all busy, and you must become a TIME-MANAGEMENT EXPERT if you are going to achieve success. What time will you start the project? In order to add something (money, etc…) into your life, you must become comfortable with taking something out of your life. Look at your day-timer and make the tough decisions.
Clay Clark
U.S. Small Business Administration Entrepreneur of the Year
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