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After a weekend of reading books, blogs and newsletters, I realized it is now time for decisiveness and action. No more excuses! Too many people are just talking about doing things – change, opportunities, ideas are everywhere. Yet, action seems to take a back seat.

Clearly if we are to change our future – personally or business – action is the key to getting us to the goal. And, making a decision is the starting point. Once you make a decision to do something your energy level and emotional commitment increase. Yet, many people fail at this simple step.

Indecision is the killer of progress. Confusion and doubt lead the fight against progress. These emotions are based upon the fear of failure. If your fear of failure is higher than the drive to accomplish and achieve goals or solve your major problems – then life is a scary thing.

I believe that life was designed by the master designer to come with challenges and obstacles in our path. It is our responsibility to learn from these challenges, design our lives to deal with challenges and become accountable for our accomplishments in life. Again, the starting point is learning how to become decisive.

The ability to make decisions is the starting point – not the end point. In fact, just making any decision can have negative consequences if no thought is applied to the decision. So, let me clarify my starting position:

“The Best Decisions are based on thoughtfulness of action, which ultimately becomes the right decisions due to the outcomes and results gained.”

The only time to go slow is the thoughtfulness part of the equation. Think about the possible outcomes before you commit to a series of action steps. Identify a minimum of three alternative paths to get to the outcomes you target. Pick the best alternative relative to the effect or impact of the outcome. By the way, this process can be done in nanoseconds for the more experienced or a couple of hours if necessary for exploring alternatives. However, days, months and years of delay are not part of the options.

Delay is a nice word for procrastination – the great killer of initiative. Make a decision and take immediate action to launch. Your energy levels will increase, your ideas will flow and your probability of success increases with each step toward your goal.

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Posted by Voss Graham on February 2, 2009 at 4:56 am under Personal Development.
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Yes, Confidence is based upon your Beliefs. So what beliefs are you carrying with you? Do your beliefs help or hinder your performance? How much confidence do you show through your personal actions? The important thing for everyone to remember is that your beliefs heavily influence your actions and the actions of others.

Why are beliefs so important? Well, it is beliefs that create our attitudes which in turn impact our behaviors thereby creating our results or performance. We then have the results validate our beliefs and the “beat goes on!” Using this information it becomes clear that our actions and results are directly related to our inner beliefs. The question then becomes – “Are Your Beliefs Helping You or Hurting You?”

This past weekend I saw two things that stood out as strong belief issues. First, a football game whereby a freshman quarterback was having all kinds of problems during the first half. Yet, his coach never panicked or attacked the young quarterback about his mistakes. In fact, the coach remained calm and told the young player that he still believed in him and expected him to do well in the second half. In fact, he told the team that the young player would lead the team to victory. A very strong statement based upon the four touchdown lead by the opposition!

Well, the young quarterback did lead the team to victory with a record comeback in the second half. After the game he told reporters that he was impressed that his coach remained calm and told him that he would help him win the game. He then stated – it was important that he believed in me. I really want to play and win for my coach.” WOW! The coach was a real leader and expected the young player to turn around his performance AND HE DID.

The second time I heard the validation of beliefs impacting results was a TV show that had a “Biggest Loser” discussing his personal results concerning weight loss. He had lost a hugh amount of weight and looked outstanding. Then he gained about 50 lbs back and was not happy about it. He realized that his belief structure was impacting his success at health. He still believed that he was a fat man! His subconscious beliefs lead him down the wrong path to increased weight. For him to succeed regarding his health, he will need to change these deep seated beliefs.

The thing you need to know is that you can take back control of your live. You can learn methods to control and re-program those old beliefs. Then you can create the new results THAT YOU WANT. No longer do you have to feel bad or be frustrated with your results. We are in a new world of change so lead the pack and make it happen for you.

If you want to learn how to take back control of your life today. Contact Robin at our offices – 901.757.4434. She can assist you in taking control of your life.

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Posted by Voss Graham on November 17, 2008 at 6:08 am under Managing Beliefs, Personal Development.
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