Great Intentions...

Need to be coupled with great execution.

Otherwise, it doesn't become reality.

It's like a great idea, without a plan...it just stays an idea.

So let's make it our point to have our great ideas and great intentions
to have a solid game plan with excellent execution.

That way, what is started, can be finished.

Yours in "Completion" - Coach

What's your "ripple effect"?

And we're no talking the ripple effect on water...but it contains the
same concept.

The "ripple effect" is a term used in Sociology, and can be observed
how social interactions can affect situations not directly related to
the initial interaction.

The "ripple effect" is basically the spread of behavior within a group.
Whether the behavior is positive, negative, loud or quite...the
behavior spreads throughout the rest of the group.

So in understanding this concept, we can also understand that
maintaining a Great Culture must not rely on the group as a whole, but
the individuals and their positive and caring behavior which causes the
"ripple effect" to result in the Great Culture.

Yours in "Thought" - Coach

Need to get it going?

Well then, there is a reason that the word "motion" is part of the word "emotion", so maybe it's time to put a
little emotion in...it's a great way to spark some motion, and get the ball rolling.

Because most things that get our emotions flowing, in turn, gets some motion flowing in our lives.

And one of the most powerful emotions is passion.

So if you are at a stand still, putting some emotion of passion into
it, should do the trick.

Yours in "Proper Emotion" - Coach

Funny thing happened yesterday.

A good friend Rex, let me know how much he liked the blogs, and he said
that yesterdays blog "seemed as much about great advice for the
audience as it does for a message to myself, (and what is going through
my thought processes now)". And Steve has also mentioned this in the past.

Then a great employee here, Mike, came in and said "Man, you wrote
todays blog just for me, I have some decisions to make and the blog
really hit home. It seems like 70% to 80% of the blogs seems to be
directed straight at me".

2 different perspectives, from one blog?

As we have talked about before, it's all about perspective.

And who's to say who they are written for, as long as they hit home for all of us, when the timing is right.

Yours in "Perspective" - Coach

A great Offense wins games...

And a poor Defense, will lose Championships.

Not to say, we don't want to create our own best offense for success.

We just need to make sure that as we compile our offense, of what we
are great at, while creating a great defense that keeps our points on
the board and the others at bay.

We can have the best offense in the world, but if we are bleeding on the other side...it doesn't matter at all.

Yours in "A Winning Game" - Coach

I'm so excited...

I have goose bumps all over just thinking about all the great things
and possibilities that await each and everyone of us in the future!

I couldn't have more chills and goose bumps with an ice bath!

I know you feel the same way, when you really, I mean really take the
time to think about YOUR future and what awaits YOU.

Yours in "Getting Pretty Excited" - Coach

Can we spread...

Our abilities to other areas?

You bet we can.

When we are very good at something, there is almost a 100% chance we
can use our talent or skill in other areas and be just as successful.

We never need to keep what we are great at, only to what we are great
at...so when the timing is right, we need to spread our wings, and fly
to unchartered territory.

Then, and only then, can we be really be put to the test..

Yours in "Soaring in a New Direction" - Coach

What can we tell others...

About ourselves, that would "dazzle them", without making stuff up.

We can always make stuff up to make us bigger or more amazing than we
really are, that's easy, we can even tell things about our past that
can put us in the hero category that wasn't all that true. Maybe we've
even used the old saying, "The older I get, the better I was".

But what's the real truth? What is it that you do or have done that can
be worthy of re-telling?

If we have something that is or was "dazzling" - great! And If not, we
can always start today to have our future filled with the great things
we have done.

Yours in "Dazzle" - Coach

Peoples decisions are based on...

Their beliefs.

Since what we believe, is a base for our decisions, we can
understand that our decisions create our actions, and our actions
create our future.

So what are our beliefs about our lives and our future?

Our we believing our lives and future is not that good, or great?

Do we believe we are not in control, or in control?

Do we believe we are worthy of a great life or not worthy?

These question may seem silly, but it all starts with our beliefs and
ends with our future.

Yours in "Believe in You" - Coach

Usually, nothing comes today...

But today.

And that's the very reason we need to keep at it - for the things we
want.

We like to call it - "Focus - Time - Repetition".

"Focus" on what we want, give it "Time", and with "Repetition" - we can
achieve anything.

Want a better body? Great - "Focus" on what will make it better, give it
'Time" and then "Repeat".

The same is true for anything in our lives, business or personal.

Yours in "Focus - Time - Repetition" - Coach

Our energies...

Go where are thoughts are, and have been.

So, just look around at your life and you can see where your thoughts
have been, because those are the areas that have been receiving your
energies and thusly, your attention.

If you see good things around you and in your life, keep up
the great thoughts, it's what has been the starting point of what you
see.

And conversely, if you see chaos and a mess when you look around at
your life, and the things in it, it started with your thoughts as well.

So Simple...whatever you see, started from your thoughts, and whatever you don't
see, has faded away for the same reason.

Yours in "Choice" - Coach

I thought I had...

A great future...but I still have the same routine?

That's the sticking point to making your future better than today.

"Do what you've always done and you'll get what you've always gotten".

By understanding the above phrase, we also must understand that we
sometimes need to change our routines, otherwise our future and our
results will be the same.

Yours in "Choice" Coach

I thought it would be...

Just an ordinary day.

But then I start thinking about, what great things are going to happen
today?

Every great day has to start somewhere, and you might as well prepare
for it.

Some great days may not be as as great as others, but looking forward
to them will keep our senses heightened to be on the "look out" for all
signs...which we maybe wouldn't see, if we thought otherwise.

Yours in "Thought" - Coach

Trademark of great Leaders?

They make Decisions.

Much thought is put in the process before decisions are made, and they sift through
their choices to see what best fits, and is in alignment with the
desired results.

Once well thought out...there is little second guessing, and a commitment
follows.

This allows them to move forward - not standing still or going
backwards.

Yours in "Trademark of Great Leaders" - Coach

Are you an Originator...

Or an Imitator?

It's OK - either way...

Imitating is a great form of practice, as you hone your talent and
skills towards your passion. Let's face it, we have to practice the
basics before we can make things our own - and following someone or
something else as a guide, is a great way to go.

But there always comes a time when the Imitator has had enough practice
and can evolve into an Originator...personalizing what they do, with
their own "flair".

So keep up the practice and when you're ready - make it your own.

After all, you're not a copy, you're an original - so you need to
eventually roll that way.

Yours in "Being an Originator" - Coach