Distracted?

Sure, we all have been distracted before.

But, occasionally our focus stays on the distraction long after the
distraction is gone.

Someone cuts you off in traffic, or is rude in the grocery store...each
scenario is short, and they are in and out of our lives in less than 5 minutes.

So why do they stay in our head for the rest of the day, coloring our
every thought and action?

Answer that question correctly and you've solved the puzzle.

Yours in "Thought" - Coach

Muddy Waters...

Said it all, back in the day..."You can't spend what you ain't got, and
you can't lose what you never had".

So maybe we need to focus on spending what we got...and get it out in
the world, because we all have a lot...a massive heap of contributions to offer.

And if we can't lose what we never had, we must not be preoccupied with
losing or loss of any kind.

So let's spend what we've got, and don't even think about what we never had.

Yours in "Thought" - Coach

How can it be...

Sooner than I think, when it is already later than I thought?

You know the deal...someone promising you something and when you have
already thought it should be there, you ask them about it, and they say
it will be there sooner than you think?

It's not only the deal with people, it's a Big Deal with companies.

Especially when someone, or some company has already got your dough.

Shouldn't be that way, but it is, and we can help change it...by
continuing to under-promise and over- deliver...WOW - What a concept!

Yours in "Service" - 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

Whatever you're selling...

I'm buying!

Wouldn't that be nice, in our personal lives or in business? Absolutely, people lining up and buying what we got!

People will buy anything...as long as we give them what they want....so what are we selling?

Selling a bad attitude, or poor service? Selling others, for a one sided gain, or to make us look good?

Remember, if they are buying, it needs to be about what they want, not
what we want...we all know that, but some of us need a reminder.

Yours in "Thought" - Coach

We can't live forever...

And on first thought, it would be nice to.

But what happens if we did live forever?

Our family would die off and our friends would pass on too, leaving us all
alone.

So on second thought, maybe it's not the best that we live forever,
just do all we can with the one life we have.

That may make more sense.

Yours in "Living Life" - Coach

Happy 10 Year Anniversary...

Zappos!!!

Today is the day, 10 years to the day, as a matter of fact!

A great example of what can happen in 10 years...which all started with one thought.

But 10 years old? Heck, we're still a kid, with a lot of growing, creating and learning to do...which is the beauty of it.

Thank you Zappos and it's Team for the inspiration of what can be
created by just one thought, followed by one decision and one action at
a time...yes, anything is possible.

Yours in "Happy 10 Year Anniversary Zappos" - Coach

If we had a Car Worth...

A Billion dollars, we would probably wax it and take care of it with
great pride..

On the front on the30 Day Goal piece that I give out is a Billion
Dollar bill. It represents that we are ALL worth at least a Billion
Dollars.

It may sound strange, but I ask the ones that are making the goals "If there were a place that
they could go to and cut both their arms and legs off and trade them in
for a Billion Dollars, would they do it"?

They all say they wouldn't - goes to show...just our arms and legs are worth a
Billion Dollars!

So are we taking care of ourselves, and the folks around us like we are
all worth at least a Billion dollars, or a $10 dollar bill?

Your in Thought - 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

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