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Eight Ways to Great Days
Eight Ways to Great Days
by Joe Marino
This essay courtesy of LifeCanBeGood.com.
Email Joe: Joe@LifeCanBeGood.com
If you need a little help on the way to Peak Performance, start with these eight steps...
Although there is no such thing as instant success, research in peak performance has uncovered working techniques common
to any high-achiever. Success is predictable. I'm committed to the belief that you can have more than what you have, because
you can be more than what you are. You can be better.
The time-honored principles you are about to read might seem over simplified because they've been assembled in a rhyming
and memorable form. But don't under estimate their power. If you choose to use them, you'll reap a harvest of achievement that
will far outweigh your effort.
- In a hole? Set a goal.
Everything you've heard about setting goals is true. Goals equal success. Success equals goals. If you are not
satisfied with where you are, don't run off in just any direction wishing things will work out for you. Decide what you
want. (Create "clear and simple intention") Be specific and write it down. It's easier to get anywhere when
you have a map.
- Who you see is who you'll be.
Losers live life from the outside in, while winners live life from the inside out. Everything ever achieved was
first seen in someone's mind. Get a clear vision or image of what you will be like when you have achieved your goal. See
the colors and the surroundings. It has to become vivid on the inside of you before it becomes reality.
- At the start, play the part.
As the old adage says, "Play the part and you shall become." Once you see yourself as having already achieved
what you want, it should be easy to act like you already have it. This is not being phony or lying. We're not talking
about acting as if you are someone you aren't. We're talking about performing at maximum levels. Be what you can be -- and
you will be.
- Take choice over the inner-voice.
Something in all of us wants to do what's convenient rather than what's necessary... to be negative rather than
positive. The voice inside you will tell you why you can't achieve your goal and why you don't deserve it. You must choose
to believe in what you really want. Have the courage to embrace the greatness for which you were born.
- Don't debate, find what's great.
Don't bother arguing or trying to defend yourself when things don't go just right. Look for the silver lining in
every cloud. Every adversity contains the seed of at least an equal blessing. This can be tough to remember in the middle
of a storm. But if you waste energy trying to stop the rain, you'll completely miss the rainbow, and maybe not even be
around to enjoy the flowers.
- After falling down, go one more round.
Resilience -- the ability to bounce back -- is a good quality to cultivate. Successful people don't talk about failure.
They use words like "setback" or "challenge." If you're not falling down from time to time, you'd
better take another look at your goals. You might be living too far within your comfort zone. You might need to reach
higher. One definition for success is, "Fall seven times, get up eight!"
- For super style, live in the NOW.
You are working toward your future. But true success is the progressive realization of a worthwhile goal or dream.
Don't overlook the joys of today. And remember, guilt is the gift that keeps on giving. The past is past. Never allow your
future to become a prisoner to the tyranny of the past. Wherever you are... be there!
- Going all out will give you clout.
Enthusiasm is a powerful force. Be sure you are moving toward something you really want, love, and can be excited
about. Whatever you do, do it with all your heart. Let your goal put a fire in your belly and a lion in your heart. Live
your life with passion.
Joe Marino is a business owner, speaker, and consultant in the professional sales and software industries. He is also a
personal coach to high-achievers who want to reach for more in their lives without being consumed in the process. You can view
his Web Site at www.LifeCanBeGood.com. He can be reached by telephone at
(904) 247-4065 or by Email - Joe@LifeCanBeGood.com. (Tell Joe you heard about him
from Randy's Homestead!)
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