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2016 Countdown To Your Successful New Year...5, 4, 3...


We missed a day yesterday so we will hit two today.  Day 5 started with Assessing.  Day 4 is Reading, and Day 3 is Watching.

Day 4 – The Habit Of Reading

As we discussed earlier, if you are not willing to make changes in your mindset and your actions, your lives will not change.  Your success will be dependent on your ability to make changes daily.

We all know that success doesn’t come just by one event or making a decision one time.  Success and failure are both a result of daily choices made over time.  Change is a process.

Every day we are preparing for something.  Are you preparing for the success you want, or for failure?

John Maxwell’s father would tell him, “You can pay now and play later, or you can play now and pay later.  But either way, you are going to pay.”

The principle of sowing and reaping is the law that we all must live by.  Our future is a direct result to what we sow daily in our lives and into the lives of others.

Successful people make a habit of reading.  It helps them continue to grow and gives them food to reflect upon.  Reading challenges and inspires, if you pick the right books.


Three things successful people look for in a book

1.    It teaches you something new.

2.    It is written by someone who is wiser or more knowledgeable than you on that particular subject.

3.    It challenges you!


"I’ve often said that experience alone isn’t a good teacher. But evaluated experience is."

- John C. Maxwell



Day 3 – The Habit Of Watching

We all need vision.  Without vision you are like a ship at sea with no rudder.

Vision creates energy.  When you have a vision, you know you are doing something of value and you become passionate about it.

As we know, a dream is just a dream unless we make a plan to make it a reality.  When we do this it becomes a goal.  You need that plan, a sound strategy, in order to take action and to share the dream with others.

You must be willing to be accountable for you actions, or lack of them.  Evaluate often along the way.  This will help you stay laser focused and you won’t get far off course.  Evaluating is watching

Watch what you are doing and where you are going and make sure you celebrate the small victories along the way!   

Pay attention and watch!


“Great vision preceded great achievement.”  
-  John Maxwell

  
If this has given you any benefit or you would like to share what you are reading, please comment below or on www.facebook.com/absorb360.

If you want some suggestion on what to be reading for success in 2016, contact me at: tracy@absorb360.com.