Tag Archives: Success

Constant motion

We can be static in our learning or we can progress. If the choice is made to progress, great things happen. It opens up new doors and paths you never saw in the first place.

Our society likes things to be neat. You should be in this job for X amount of years and then retire. Well, that isn’t for everyone. Even if you are currently in that position and not loving it, then why not change?

You can create any reality that you envision. Yes, it will take some work, but the reward is more than worth it. Financial freedom, scheduling freedom, peace of mind and a work life balance. All of that is possible and closer than you think.

Be in motion, learn things that excite you. Seek out challenges. Overcome them and see where it takes you. Chances are you didn’t see that path or door just 2 days ago.

Make it the best day!

-K

What takes more effort?

Running with a quick tempo or going slower because you are tired?

The answer is going slower. Your hamstrings act as springs and the less time you’re on the ground the more effective your running stride is.

That is bio mechanics in motion. You can still apply that to your day and tasks to get done. Know what you want to get done and the best path to get there.  Be effective, be quick and don’t slow down. It will only come back to make your job that much harder.

Make it the best day!

-K

Listen

To your body

To your family and friends

To co-workers

To strangers

To nature

To new stories

To old stories

Don’t talk. Listen. Ask a question, then listen for the whole answer without interjecting. Hone this skill and just like having patience or gratitude you will be rewarded.

Make it the best day!

-K

Foundation

We all start with a foundation. A base on which to build and become who we are. We also have foundations in our learning and in our health. These foundations help us get further in our career and improve our health and strength.

We must revisit our foundations to make sure they are stable. This can be with continuing education courses, reading the newest research, challenging our pre-existing ideas and evaluating to see if there should be a new route taken.

Our foundation started some time ago. However, it should always be revisited to see if it can be improved upon.

Life is about adaptation and challenging yourself to grow.

Make it the best day!

-K

Re-ignite your fire

Has there been motivation lacking in your daily routine? Has your inner fire subsided?

Re-ignite that fire. Find your passion again. What is something you do every week that makes you excited? What makes you jump up and down and get giddy?

Sit down and think about this. What puts the smile on your face?

Find that and create around it. Re-ignite your fire in the area that you desire. Even if it only starts once per week, build on that. Make your life exciting again. Create the life you want to live and live it everyday to the fullest.

Make it the best day!

-K

Highs and lows

When we look at any chart or our lives we see ups and downs. Very rarely, if ever, are people or businesses on a straight trajectory up. Constant gains, always acquiring clients, never experiencing downtowns or hitting your numbers every month is hard to sustain over a two to five-year time frame.

How we deal with the lows, determines how quickly we get back to our even or back to our upward movement. Some lows are harder to come out than others. No matter how long the lull may be, it is important to start back up with a plan.

A plan that can start small and increase over the coming months. Make sure your short-term and intermediate goals are achievable, knowing that you would prefer a longer term, upward moving positive trend. That will be more beneficial over the sharp upturns, which ultimately lead to the same speed of down turns.

There are always highs and always low. Celebrate them all, but always have a plan when the lows come. It will make the journey back to positive that much more enjoyable.

Make it the best day!

-K

The sun is up

If you’re reading this, you woke up…YES!!

Now it’s time to get to work. The sun is up and we have a checklist of things to accomplish, personally and professionally.

This may not be the ideal situation you wanted to be in at the beginning of the week, or the beginning of the month. However, here we are.

Let’s lock it down and be the change we want to see in the world. Follow you passion. Make your voice heard in the most productive way possible. Encourage a movement to make progress. As a citizen of this great country we can make a difference. Social media makes it easier to mobilize and make headway in your cause.

Take our individual fires and create greatness for today, tomorrow and permanently moving forward.

Make it the best day!

-K

Live with love

No matter what happens, we need to live with love and gratitude. The only way we can see change in the world is to treat everyone better.

If we are divided, then we can not move forward.

Treat everyone with respect, love and gratitude. That will go farther than hate, name calling and grandiose verbiage ever will.

Live with love.

Make it the best day!

-K

Crowd funding

1 Comment

A band that I enjoy listening to recently decided to put out another album. However, they did not want to go through the record labels and all the shenanigans that come along with that.  They decided to do a crowd funding campaign to pay for their studio time and it’s really neat.

This is the second band I follow to do this. They started this movement yesterday and they are already at 75% of their goal. That is the power of fans and a unique marketing angle.

What makes crowd funding an interesting concept?

It’s not the fact that people donate money and get a cd. Anyone can do that, it is about the cool features that you get if you help fund the artist.

A quick example, is you can get a signed guitar from the band or you can get up on stage and play a song with them. If you are so inclined you can buy a package and they will name a song after you!

Those packages just scratch the service, but it hits at a larger point.

They create unique experiences and price them as such. Create a limited supply and post them on their crowd funding website.

Unique experience – check

Limited supply – check

Reward fans for loyalty – check

Maintain artistic freedom when creating a new record – check

Thinking outside the box to drive loyal customers to your product – check

They didn’t take the usual, trampled, crowded and beaten road to “success.”  Maybe we shouldn’t either.

Make it the best day!

-K

Nail in your tire

A nail in your tire. Something you normally can’t fix yourself and leaves you in momentary lurch for between 20 minutes and 3 hours. (Depending on what kind of assistance service you have or when this nail decided to strike)

The tire is running flat and you need a repair. You can’t drive on it, so now, all your days plans take a backseat. This is a frustrating time. Chances are when the alarm went off you didn’t think..”How will I deal with the flat tire today?!”

This scenario plays across our daily lives more than we think. It might not be a nail in your tire to change your day, it can be a meeting cancellation, lost wallet, sudden complaint from a high priority client.

All of the above situations are curveballs we didn’t see coming when we greeted the day. How we deal with these moments will define the rest of the day and the way you feel. Find gratitude in the event that just took place. In most cases, it can always be worse. Find the positive and reflect on that. Make plans to overcome the disturbance with minimal day interruption and adjust your day the best you can. It won’t be the “perfect” day we had imagined, but how you overcome and move on will determine how you feel and act for the rest of the day.

Remain focused on gratitude and positives that you are currently experiencing. That will help make that nail in your tire just a small bump in an otherwise successful day in your great life.

Make it the best day!

-K