As Persians say “Nurooz� New day…new beginning……

A few weeks ago I found this article on commitment that I really like. Hopefully it’ll help put some things in order for you in this new season

Commit
By Karel Murray

“Make a decision!� My strident internal voice creates a slice of pain that arches over the crown of my head - a jolting order shrieking loudly enough to cause my heart to pound and my face to burn with frustration. It isn’t as if I am making a choice between life and death. I only have to determine how my business will grow over the next two to five years. Certainly, I can delay mapping out my career until I have a “safe� amount of discretionary cash set aside. Except one thought keeps hounding me… what came first? The chicken or the egg?

Now I understand that it doesn’t make any difference which came first. All I have to do is commit. No excuses, no lop-sided rationalizations that I might not be meant for what I want to do. Just set one foot in front of the other and take the first step. Whether that first step will falter or stride confidently forward is determined by my attitude and strength of belief in my own skills, attributes and character.

COMMIT

C – Calibrate

Now is the time to adjust schedules and projects so that a balance of business and personal time exists.

O – Observe

By making an effort to truly understand the finer aspects of my business, I can avoid professional pitfalls such as overbuilding, under staffing, growing too fast or absorbing a debt load that is unmanageable.

M – Manipulate

As the details are drawn up, the business model and tasks defined, each element that falls into place creates the momentum to surge forward with focus and wide open eyes. I need to move the pieces around until I feel I have a sound path to follow.

M – Memorize

Spending a few moments every morning to review my specific goals and objectives will ensure that my personal engine is finely tuned and ready for high level performance. My unconscious thoughts will automatically help me make decisions that are tied directly to my life goals.

I – Implement

My plan action steps are viable and well thought out. Initiating the business building processes I have designed will give me purpose and reinforcement emotionally. I know I will be able to move forward in my career…much like placing my foot on the gas and shifting into gear.

T – Trust

Sometimes “disobedience is the preamble to responsibility�, according to del Toro. I have developed a thoughtfully laid out plan, spent resources to research options and envision a future which belongs to only me. I’ve learned not to waste a passing glance at those who will try to make me conform to their vision. This dream is mine alone. I have to trust my instincts to allow myself to succeed. And I understand that all of this will not be possible without the support of those who love me and share the same vision.

Living my life with gusto and appreciation is my goal…and grasping the future with both hands in enthusiasm, no matter what it brings. Live my life like Buz Lightyear and yell “to infinity and beyond!�

My eyes are wide open and I’m ready to commit. Are you?

 

The Essence of Survival

Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up.

It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion

or it will be killed.

Every morning a lion wakes up.

It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle

or it will starve to death.

It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle:

When the sun comes up, you'd better be running!

 

Steven Bonacorsi

Lean Six Sigma MBB, VP

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