I ran across a website that has a test for people to take in 15 – 20 minutes and it gives you immediate results on your main role and supporting role. It asks what you would do in certain circumstances – how you relate to people, etc. The author of the website was on Dave Ramsey recently. The site is http://www.stronglifetest.com/. Check it out.
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What is your role in life?
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009Rule Number 1: Assume Failing Is Impossible
Monday, January 5th, 2009What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail? Think about that for a minute in regards to your personal, family and business life.
If you assume that failing is impossible and let those thoughts govern you life, you will be more innovative, willing to take on risks and push to create what’s next. It doesn’t matter in the end whether what you do turns out good or bad. What matters is that you experience it as if you could not fail. Dream big, innovate, challenge yourself, push to create what’s next. Own the choices you make. You are accountable for everything you do. Accept things that scare you as you have the most to learn from those things. You will learn more mastering something new to you than you will from doing the things that you already know.
Top 10 New Years Resolutions
Monday, January 5th, 2009The following are the Top 10 New Year’s Resolution categories… those items most likely to show up on ‘the list’. Have you ever thought about the idea behind setting resolutions… a new year thus a time for new direction in your personal life? Do you make resolutions… do you keep them… do you get a bit depressed when you don’t?
- Be Healthy: Welcome this never experienced New Year with a resolution of getting in shape and being healthy and fit. A dieting plan, teamed with regular exercise, is the key to shed those extra calories and get to be in perfect health throughout the year. Make a resolution to be healthy and then feel the difference of glowing health.
- Spend More Time with Family: Make that little difference with your presence amidst your family and dear ones. Make a resolution to spend more time with your family and bring back the joy of bonding to your life.
- Quit Smoking: Shake off the bad habit of smoking and say goodbye to the costs and negative impact on your health. Make a resolution to quit smoking and feel the pleasure of a smoke-free world.
- Quit Drinking: Why not greet the New Year with a resolution to quit drinking and lead a healthy life. Leading a sober life can be very fulfilling
- Enjoy Life More: Get out of the stress of daily chores and enjoy the spirit of living an easy life. Make a resolution to enjoy life more to get the maximum pleasure out of the New Year.
- Get Out of Debt: Make this year the start to a debt-free year. Repay all your debts and start saving beginning this year. Take the pledge of getting out of debt to mark this New Year with financial security.
- Learn Something New: Have you vowed to learn something new this year? It will help you in every way, be it to improve your career or your personal life. Make a pledge to learn something new this year and enjoy the difference new knowledge makes.
- Go on a Vacation: Get out of the drab chores of routine life. Make a resolution to plan a vacation that makes this year significantly diverse from past years.
- Help Others: Lets’ make a popular and non-selfish resolution of helping others. There are lots of others who can use your help.
- Get Organized: Let’s take this New Year seriously and make a vow of getting more organized… it simplifies your life.
Anything above stimulate something specific that you’d like to act on? In the potentially tough year to come, some of them have added economic value. In business, we’d consider these as annual objectives, so I challenge you to think of resolutions more like goals… something to move towards, with a plan, knowing that plans do not always become accomplished 100%. This removes the stigma of “failing” to keep a resolution, but showing progress towards the objective. And remember what gets measured gets inproved – track you progress.
What Gets Measured Gets Improved
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008My career has always been in the quality management field. One of the sayings in quality management that I have liked is “what gets measured gets improved.” At this time of the year, that thought can be applied to New Year’s resolutions. Whether you have resolutions pertaining to weight loss, smoking, finances or something else – you can come up with a way to measure your progress. And if you measure your progress you will have a greater likelihood of success.
If you have weight loss goals, you can document your starting weight and measurements (pounds, chest, arms, waist, hips, thighs, etc) and then log them on a periodic (weekly, maybe even daily) to see how you are doing. The best way is then to also plot them on a chart so you can visually see your progress. If you have financial resolutions, you can start by determining your current situation – total debts, net worth, total investments, whatever your goal pertains to. You can plot those also on a chart or in an Excel spreadsheet. Date your entries and update monthly, quarterly and you can also see your progress. For net worth there is a website www.networthiq.com where you can document your net worth progress and create your “badge.”
Do you have any other ideas for measuring your progess?
Create a Plan For Your Life
Friday, November 7th, 2008In order to reach what you want in life (whether it is in terms of personal development, business, wellness, self-help, spirituality, financial management, etc) you have to develop a plan and set goals. Here are some valuable rules for setting life goals:
Until its written down, it is not a goal – it is a slogan. Write your goals down. Make a list. I love lists. Make sure your goals are specific, measurable and provable. List the details. What will you do. By when will you accomplish it? How will you know you made it?
Take immediate action on your goals so that you start movings towards them. Get started within 48 hours.
Once you have written down your goals, put them someplace where you can see them everyday. Put them on your bathroom mirror, your refrigerator, your automobile steering wheel.
Share your goals with someone that you love and trust. Verbalizing your goals to another person makes them more entrenched in your mind and the other person can may be able to help keep you on track. Develop goals that fit in with your values. What is important to you? Is it security, independence, freedom, helping others, helping family, happiness….. Review your goals at least every twelve months. Are you on track? Do you need to adjust, redefine?
Remember, if you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got! Reach for the stars.
