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If you don't know where you're going, you will never get there. That's a truism we've all heard, but how many of us remember it when we're head-down in the weeds of getting from day to day? Hard as it is, we have to lift our heads and step back from that patch of busyness from time to time, or we will always be weed bound.

Ben Stein said it well: "The indispensable first step to getting what you want in life…is to decide what you want.” How do you get from weeds to winning? With this winning formula:

 An attitude of abundance
+ An expanding self-image
+ A strategy
+ A plan
+ Focus
+ Consistency
= SUCCESS

"Success" is that goal you have set for yourself, that life that you envision and are committed to creating in your future. Refining your own winning formula is crucial to achieving that success. That begins with not comparing yourself to others, not trying to copy what they do in the hopes that it will lead to your success. As Vince Lombardi, legendary coach of the Green Bay Packers said, "In all my years of coaching, I have never been successful in using someone else’s plays." Comparing drains your energy; focus instead on connecting with your own strengths and gifts.

First on the list is an attitude of abundance; you need to get rid of scarcity thinking and replace it with the belief that there is abundance available to you. Scarcity thinking says, "I don't have enough (money, time, whatever the resource) to be successful, so I'm stuck in this rut." The abundance attitude replies, "I have everything I need to be successful; there is always a way to leverage my resources to move toward my goals."

With your improving self-image, you're ready to create a strategy, a vision of what your success will look like. Make it as emotionally tangible as possible – really feel your future. With your strategy firmly in place, add details on how you will reach that future through networking, marketing, and prospecting. Will you network through business groups, civic groups, hobbies, sports?  Will you market with advertising, blogging, online articles, radio interviews? What form will your prospecting take?  These all feed in to your planning for success.

There you are – you have a plan. Now what?  Work it!  Do the things you planned. Go to the places you will network. Do one or three or five or more things a day to move your plan ahead, whether it's calling a former client, or writing and posting an article online, or talking with other parents at your kid's soccer game. Match your plan to your personality, and work your plan all the time.

How do you know if you're doing this all the "right" way? How can you be sure to get the most from your investment in that future you see for yourself? You'll want to check back occasionally to see that you're still in sync with your plan. This is one place where a coach can help you to create the plan, focus, and create the consistency that will move you more quickly toward that success.

The future will be here whether you plan or not. Wouldn't you rather have the future you design for yourself, than one that will just happen to you? Put that winning formula into action in your business and life to create your success.
 

Coach Patti

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