I recently traveled to Poland to put on a Born To Win seminar with our Ziglar Legacy Certified Trainer Jarek Wojcieszek. What an experience!
First, the people in Poland are amazing. Everyone was so helpful and eager to assist.
Second – THE FOOD. I was treated to several different traditional Polish meals.
Have you ever asked yourself any of these questions?
How do I get myself motivated?
How do I keep myself motivated?
How do I get out of discouragement and despair?
How and where do I find hope?
It seems that no matter where I travel in the world, these are common questions.
Each of us has been left a lot by preceding generations. Dr. Thomas Gibbs, Jr., says, “Every man has leaned upon the past. Every liberty we enjoy has been bought at incredible cost. There is not a privilege nor an opportunity that is not the product of other men’s labors. We drink every day from wells we have not dug; we warm ourselves by fires we have not kindled; we live by liberties we have not won; we are protected by institutions we have not set up. No man lives unto himself alone. All the past is invested in him. A new day is a good time to say, ‘I am under obligation to accept my share of the world’s grief, my share of its opportunities.”
The subject of this Zignificance email is 7 X Why?
What is your Why?
Is your Why written down?
Are you working towards your Why every day?
My Why is Legacy.
My personal mission is to help you become significant by equipping you to help others become significant.
Growing up, we went to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, for our family vacations. My favorite thing to do at the beach was to hunt for sharks’ teeth. I loved finding those little shiny teeth!
The challenge was finding the first one! Dozens and dozens of times, I would bend over to pick one up only to discover it was a broken seashell.
Did you know the the fastest way to success is to replace bad habits with good habits?
Yes!
Success requires good habits, and those good habits are only possible with persistent consistency.
What are you doing today to form and master those good habits?
Are you avoiding stinkin' thinkin'?
Remember the old acronym GIGO, Garbage In Garbage Out.
Who or what is to blame? People and things DO happen to us. We are victims. As Tom Ziglar states in this show, feeling blame is often justified and makes all the sense in the world. We’ve often got every right to feel that way! But do we use the blame as an excuse to confine us? Or do we do the illogical thing and…let it go? And succeed…anyway?! Thanks to NerdWallet and ZipRecruiter for supporting this episode.
Zig asks us if we respond to life, or if we react to life. He explains the difference. Then he asks who or what we allow to control our attitude and, therefore, our actions. Who do we bequeath power to, or do we retain it for ourselves? Zig cites, “You cannot tailor make the situations in life, but you can tailor make the attitudes in advance to fit that situation in life. But at the core of your ability is your own…self-image.” We’re going to listen to about 11 minutes of Zig, then drill in on a few of those topics. Thank you to Wealthfront and Autodesk for their support of this episode!
In his newsletter, Potential, Mr. Glenn Van Ekeren of Sheldon, Iowa, emphasizes that each one of us needs to understand that we are self-employed, and once we take ownership for our performance we become more effective. He states that although someone else might sign our paycheck, we fill in the amount and are responsible for our productivity.
Today is feed your brain day!
I am hosting two live webinars today.
The first one is Live To Win at 10:00 a.m., CST.
Here are a few things I will cover – along with answering your questions.
What is the fastest way to success?
Why the Why is where you start
Success requires a sequence
How to have more of the good things life has to offer
The most important thing you can do in your life
Register here (its free!)
The second one is Building a Profitable Business at 2:00 p.m., CST. Author, and Ziglar’s exclusive small business owner coach, Howard Partridge will be leading this webinar.
There's nothing new about the observation that laughter is good medicine. It goes back hundreds, even thousands of years when the court jester had the task of entertaining royalty and the heads of state. If he was good at his job and performed well, his rewards would be considerable, and if he put on a lousy performance there was a reasonably good chance that he would lose his head - I mean like REALLY lose his head! Over a period of time, however, these court jesters learned that being humorous did much more than just entertain.
Successful people always have a plan.
They know what they want.
They work out a plan that will get them where they want to go.
Then they are intentional about working their plan.
Plan — Prepare — Expect
It is the foundation for success.
