It’s conference time once again with many firms hosting their large summer meetings. Do the meetings typically present you with ideas to improve your business, increase revenue, or create efficiencies?
Most meetings actually do bring many ideas that will help improve your business. The key is having a plan to get those ideas home with you and get them implemented. Oftentimes, we return to the office with good intentions to get new initiatives started,
There are definitive correlations between doing something different and taking potential risks, and finding more success. Have you counted the number of times you have gone outside of your comfort zone…each day or week? Once…twice…more?
If you go outside of your comfort zone and challenge yourself to take even a small risk just one time per day, would you be wasting time or making opportunities? What is the cost/benefit of doing something different?
Predicting success is incredibly difficult. Think about the NFL. The top draft picks often don’t turn into the stars of the league. How is it possible that a majority of those who follow football and are considered “smart” choose a group of players they believe will be stars and get it almost dead wrong. How do these experts miss it on Dak Prescott, Tom Brady or even Aaron Rodgers? Were there really better players?
This dilemma happens in business too.
As football fans know, one of the main tenets of football is the game plan. Every team has a very defined plan for the plays they will run designed to score and not to be scored on.
The focus of the game plan is on getting into the red zone (the final 20 yards before the end zone) and scoring. Every offensive play is designed to move in that direction. Nothing is done offensively that differs from the main goal.
We all have days when we think that we are not going to succeed in our goals in life and business. While it may be difficult to shift this mindset into something more productive, TEDx speaker, executive coach and sponsored triathlete Elizabeth McCourt shows you how an endurance athlete’s perspective can provide you the right mental training that is guaranteed to have maximum impact on your success.
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