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You have goals, you have dreams and a lot of special things that you wish to accomplish in life, not only for self-gratification purposes but to also increase your personal real estate value. So you write down your goals and all of the things that you desire to achieve and you even sub-categorize your goals breaking them down into small steps.  Aside from breaking down your goals in to small actionable steps, these goals only apply to your career and navigating the corporate ladder to success.

But what about your personal growth that will help develop you into an enhanced, well rounded, self-educated and cultured person?

Below are a few suggestions to help you incorporate and develop your Personal Growth Strategy.

DEVELOP A SCHEDULE

Making the time to fit in things that will contribute to your overall growth can be hard. The easiest way to set aside time for your self-development activities is to schedule it in on your calendar. Your calendar can be a physical planner where you can pen it in, or a calendar on your phone.

Example Schedule Entry

Monday – Friday              6am – 7am          Workout

Monday-Wednesday     5pm -6pm           Rosetta Stone, Level 1-3, French (1 hour 3 times a week)

Monday – Sunday           7pm-8pm            Read 3-4 chapters of new business book

GIVE YOURSELF A DEADLINE

When it comes to creating your personal growth strategy, attach a deadline to each goal. Attaching a deadline to your goal activates your drive to get it done! Imagine how good it will feel to be fluent in your second or third language in 3 months. Imagine how great it will feel to get through one book after another, and imagine how good it will feel when you love the way you are looking in the mirror!

JOIN A MASTERMIND CIRCLE OR ACCOUNTABILITY GROUP

A Mastermind Circle is a group of like-minded individuals that come together to lean on one another for advice, ways to navigate challenges, share connections  and ideas as well as help each other solve problems. Your group can meet once a week, bi-weekly or monthly.

An Accountability Group works kind of like a mastermind group except your group partners are also aware of your goals and strategies and group members help hold each other accountable for reaching their goals by either checking in daily, weekly, bi-weekly or monthly. Each accountability partner in the group has their own set of goals which doesn't necessarily have to be the same set of goals as yours or anyone else’s.

To make your group successful, at minimum you should have 3-4 partners in the group.

I challenge you to develop or enhance your personal growth strategy starting today. In 2-3 months let me know how everything is working out for you.

Much success,

WHAT IS YOUR DESIRED OUTCOME?

This is the question that you must always remember to ask yourself when facing a tough decision or facing a decision that involves layers. Matter of fact, this is the question that you have to ask yourself in everything from starting a business, creating a campaign, starting a new project, etc. If you ask this question to yourself first, you can create the perfect outcome by working backwards from that plan that you put in place to reach your desired goal! So -

WHAT IS YOUR DESIRED OUTCOME

COMPETITIVE EDGE

How would you rate your level of skills in your industry on a scale from 1-10? Did you rate yourself a ten, if not then what’s the reason why?

There is always room to improve and build upon your skill, in fact you want to make sure that you are always up-to-date with the current trends in your market so that you can remain competitive and have your competitive advantage.

When people are looking to do business with you, they are not looking for the basic service - they are looking at how you set yourself apart from the rest of your competition. Your level of expertise and how you communicate it visually and verbally opens the ears and eyes of who you are seeking to capture. Likeability also plays a part in having a competitive edge, skills can only get you so far but  having the likeability and the ability to build trust and confidence of others will not only get you in the door but it will keep you there.

Once you are in the door, your business colleagues and customers expect you to deliver maximum results by deadlines so deliver the results that will produce a WOW factor. Producing a WOW factor is - delivering unexpected results by using your creativity to not only give them what they want but to give them what they didn’t even know they wanted.

You don’t have to be stuck on the basics. By staying up to date on current trends you are able to deliver what’s new. By attending workshops, seminars and taking classes to improve your levels of expertise and skill, it will transfer into your work and you will always have that COMPETITIVE EDGE!

Make it a great day!

Signed.

Changing the Game

There’s a new set of rules and do you want to know what they are? The ones that you create! We are in a new generation where innovation is now embraced & new ideas and solutions are welcome. We have the power to design our future so why not live out the means with true fulfillment. The key to creating your own rules and designing your future is to create and design with purpose. The key to creating your rules is to also CREATE TO BUILD and not to destroy. When you create to build – you are securing a better future for yourself that will work in your favor. The protocol used to be stay in your lane and work your way up the ladder, now it’s create your own lane and build the ladder. Here are some tips to changing the game and creating your own rules:

-Know the current rules

There it is! I know I said some tips as if I was going to give you multiple but the truth is, it’s really only one. You must know the rules before you can change them just like you must know the game before you play it.

It’s time to be a game changer. See you at the top!

Signed.

I was having a phone conversation with one of my sisters and the subject of "dwelling on the past" came up. The converation with my sister was a good one to where we both got some great lessons out of it.

We all know that dwelling on the past could do more harm than good. I mean how can we ever move forward if we are constantly stuck on the past and talking about it. Yes we must know and learn from the past so that we don't repeat history- and yes you can also use parts and lessons from your past to contribute to the success of your future.

When I spoke on this subject, I wasn't just speaking on bad things that happens in our past, I was speaking of all things. Think about it, once a moment has passed it is now gone, history!

So now that the moment is over what are you going to do? How long are you going to soak in that moment? How far will you go if you sit there and just soak in that moment and never come out of it?

You graduated from college, what's next? Go get a great paying job or enter straight in to grad school. You got a promotion, what's next? Perform your job and make each day better than your last. Your company put on an amazing event, okay now that the event is over plan for the next amazing event. Once too much time has passed in between an accomplishment and there aren't any new ones, then what will that make you or the information? The answer is OUTDATED!

So you did one great thing, then follow up and keep the great things coming! It happened, move on to what's next, what's new - stay fresh, accomplish new goals, achieve new milestones and while it's important to not forget where you came from - you must always remember where you are going and that you can't go far being stuck on the past!

Happy Hump Day!

Signed,

You ever heard the saying "It's not what you say it's how you say it?" Of course you have, who hasn't!

Your approach in getting what you need in any relationship is everything. To have a seamlessly perfect relationship where there is a thin line between any form of miss-communication almost always depends on the way the message is delivered. The tone that you use when working with others determines the tone of the working relationship moving forward. Yes, you don't want to come across as you can be taken advantage of so sometimes an adamant tone is used in cases where you want to make clear that you mean business - but still the delivery of the message and the way it is delivered is always important. Remember to choose your words wisely while standing firm that you mean business and try to always keep a smile while doing so. Make it a great day! Signed,