Building anything on a...

Strong foundation is the key to a strong structure.

Learning to build a strong foundation is not one of our inherent
talents.

As kids, we all start building what we want, and a lot of things end up
tumbling down. We may have started with building blocks, legos or
tinker toys...wanting them to be piled high, but the higher they got,
the more likely they were to come crashing down.

I made a "fort" when I was 10 and wanted it to be off the ground, so I
built it on four, 4 foot, 2" by 4"s nailed to the corners, and as soon
as
I climbed up and in, it collapsed like a cheap card table...I built
what I wanted, but forgot about the solid foundation.

So we can create and build what we want in our lives, but we must not
forget to build it on top of a solid foundation.

Yours in "Long lasting Strength" - Coach

In setting up our...

Deal, we want the best, so we usually set up our structure to reap the
best outcome, whether it be in our personal lives or business.

"The best last year, was last years best".

In understanding this important concept, we must take some time out to
re-structure what needs to be re-structured within our lives and
business.

After all, if we want the best outcome for our future, we must not rely
on what worked in the past.

Yours in "Re-invent" - Coach

Impossible?

Some don't listen.

In 1954, doctors and scientist said no one can run a mile under 4
minutes. Our bone structure was wrong, wind resistance was too great,
our hearts could not take the strain and our lungs were inadequate.

Roger Bannister wasn't listening. He trained his 25 year old body and
mind with thousands of laps of training.

On May 6th, 1954, he reached the finish line and the stop watch told a
different story - 3 minutes 59.4 seconds.

46 days later, his record was broken by another runner - by the end of
1957, 16 runners ran the mile in under 4 minutes, and 4700 times since.

In the few short years when the record was repeatedly broken, the
runners didn't suddenly "get better" - they simply began to believe.

Yours in "Believe" - Coach

In business...

A common mistake that is made, is that they advertise when things are
down, in an attempt to bring in more business.

But in reality, when business is down, working on the structure and
function of the business is what is called for, not advertising.

Advertising is to be done when the business is doing great, that way
they are advertising greatness and it will feed on greatness.

Look at it this way - Would you advertise yourself, when things aren't
going so well? Or would you work on yourself to get better, and then
advertise the better you?

Yours in Thought - Coach

Compartmentalize?

You betcha...it can help keep us sane.

We are talking about the "Flow" of what we all do, day to day.

We can get overwhelmed and even "frazzled" by the constant onslaught
of things we are doing or attempting to get handled - we do one thing
after another, many times, without a lot of structure to what we do.

And since Structure Dictates Function, why not put a little structure
into the process to add a little more efficiency to what we do - it
usually gives us more free time in the long run.

So instead of working on this and then that, group the same tasks that
we do on an ongoing basis, and handle them once an hour, once a day or even once a
week...because by the time we get our heads around a new task and
complete it and go on to another, we could have done the same task that
was saved and "compartmentalized" in a much more efficient, and time
saving manner.

Yours in "Compartmentalize" - Coach