There is a saying, "If your best thinking got you to where you are, maybe you need to change your thinking.
This morning Mike Hosking talked about a company that has made recession a swear word and you have to put money in a swear jar if you say it. Their thinking is, if you're talking about the recession you are not being productive or moving forward.
That to me is a great example of changing your thinking because until they put that in place everyone probably thought it was ok to talk about the recession. It was their best thinking at the time until it was pointed out that it wasn't getting them anywhere.
Your thoughts do have an effect on you. I was woken up at 4.30am by a dream/nightmare I was in a coffin being buried alive. I couldn't close my eyes without thinking about being buried. However, I also kept coming up with ways to get out, lots of ways. For me, apart from scaring the hell out of me, this opened my eyes to how I could grow my business. Amazing what a good scare will do to your mind.
Have a terrific week and maybe put a recession swear jar in your office.
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How agile are you?
Not long ago in an email exchange Mike Shaw from Omnigraphics said to me, "... in todays market you need to be proactive and agile."
I liked that because agile is an action word and proactive + agile = getting things moving. The word I want to focus on though is agile.
Agile: quick and well-coordinated movement; lithe: an agile leap.
Isn't that a great meaning? Are the decisions you are making right now quick and well-coordinated movement in the direction you want to go?
As I have said before - words are powerful. Choose words like agile for yourself and your work and your business. Put them on the wall so they are the first thing you and your staff see when you come in in the morning. Seeing things like this when you first walk in reminds you are at work and it's time to be agile and make things happen.
Have a terrific week and I look forward to hearing the powerful words you will use. Let me know what they are by commenting on my blog http://mondaymotivator.blogspot.com or you can follow me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/glennedley.
Are you using it?
What is it?
It, as described by Seth Godin in a recent blog post is; the luck you've been handed, the place you were born, the education you were given, the job you've got, your tribe, your customer base and your brand.
All of that added up gives you opportunities your parents dreamed of and your grandparents couldn't have conceived would be possible.
So friend, are you using it?
Are you using the luck, the place you were born, the education you've got and everything else you have to grow both yourself and your country (that's a stretch I know).
Over the weekend I realised I am not using everything I have and I plan to from now on. I feel positive this is the way to stay ahead of the negativity around the recession and forge ahead. Because when the world realises it's been given a fantastic chance to change I plan to be ready and I trust you will be too.
Have a terrific week.
It, as described by Seth Godin in a recent blog post is; the luck you've been handed, the place you were born, the education you were given, the job you've got, your tribe, your customer base and your brand.
All of that added up gives you opportunities your parents dreamed of and your grandparents couldn't have conceived would be possible.
So friend, are you using it?
Are you using the luck, the place you were born, the education you've got and everything else you have to grow both yourself and your country (that's a stretch I know).
Over the weekend I realised I am not using everything I have and I plan to from now on. I feel positive this is the way to stay ahead of the negativity around the recession and forge ahead. Because when the world realises it's been given a fantastic chance to change I plan to be ready and I trust you will be too.
Have a terrific week.
Are you serious??
Recently I have been doing some research into what I do most days of the week - email marketing - and I discovered something quite amazing.
I discovered I wasn't being that serious about email marketing.
Email marketing is something I thought I took very seriously and I am very enthusiastic about. However, during my research I discovered a whole new level of email marketing I didn't know I didn't know about.
This was HUGE to me and I realised I could get more serious about what I do, and I thought, I wonder if other people know there could be a whole new level to what they do that might make it even more exciting. That could turn something that has become so so into something you can't stop talking about.
This week Google what you do, sign up for some newsletters and start researching your industry. The "recession" is bringing out the creativity in the world. Join in, get serious, get creative and you will enjoy what you do and be more successful.
I discovered I wasn't being that serious about email marketing.
Email marketing is something I thought I took very seriously and I am very enthusiastic about. However, during my research I discovered a whole new level of email marketing I didn't know I didn't know about.
This was HUGE to me and I realised I could get more serious about what I do, and I thought, I wonder if other people know there could be a whole new level to what they do that might make it even more exciting. That could turn something that has become so so into something you can't stop talking about.
This week Google what you do, sign up for some newsletters and start researching your industry. The "recession" is bringing out the creativity in the world. Join in, get serious, get creative and you will enjoy what you do and be more successful.
