To sustain your growth you must create time to invest in yourself. You will be amazed how much you can take in while riding in your car or while traveling. Henry Ford said, “It’s been my observation that most successful people get ahead during the time that others waste.” Always have a book, a magazine or a Walkman cassette player handy. Keep taking in information. Output answers to input. You can’t get out of yourself more than you have gotten into yourself.It is also important that you focus on a few major goal. You can’t grow in every direction. You just can’t become an expert in every field. Focus on your most important roles and goals in life and keep learning in those areas. John Maxwell once said, “Self- development draws you toward your destiny.”No business will outgrow its Chief Executive. To grow outside, you must first grow inside. And to experience continuous growth, we must have a definite plan for growth. We cannot leave our personal development to chance or to extra time. We hardly have surplus time anyway. Growth must be deliberate. So, schedule time for your personal growth daily. Schedule time to plan your day or your week. Schedule time to read books or listen to tapes. Schedule time to attend seminars and conferences. Schedule time with your mentors.Remember consistency is important. If plants are soaked in large amounts of water only once a week or once a month, they will soon die. They take in water consistently. Just make sure you are learning something new everyday. Be willing to pay the price for growth. It requires discipline. It is easier to watch comedy on the T.V than to read or polish your skills. It costs money to buy books and tapes. However remember that in life pain is inevitable. It is either the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The pain of regret is worse. Through discipline you can make investments in your life today. Investment is the key to achievement. Theodore Roosevelt Former President of the United States once said, “There has not yet been a person in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.”You must rise to a new level, so you can take your business to a new level. Pay the price for growth today; you will win the prize of success tomorrow.
January 9, 2010
December 12, 2009
Do You Have a âPersonal Growth Planâ to Develop Your Business Leadership Skills?
So you hate your boss and feel that your potential is being wasted staring at a computer all day in a cubicle? You want to get out and start your own business so that you can be the boss and start building wealth for you and your family? But in order to be the boss or a leader in network marketing, you need to learn to lead first!
Whether you’ve already started your own business, or you are looking into the possibilities, now is the time to create a personal growth plan that will lay the foundation for reaching your goals.
We adults often forget to do the most elementary things, like making a plan to reach our goals. But a personal growth plan that includes room for self-assessment is absolutely necessary if you want to be successful in business.
Start off and write down what you want to achieve. What sort of boss and leader do you want to be? Think about great leaders and bosses in your own life to help you create realistic goals. Then write where you are now. Follow that up with a list of your strengths and weaknesses that will help or impede your progress towards your goal.
Then it’s time for the hard work. You need to sit down and think about what things you can do to increase your chances of success. How can you amplify your current strengths and turn your weaknesses into strengths as well? That means change, and most change requires some sort of activity or practice. So you will need to devote a lot of time and energy to make your personal growth plan a reality.
Your personal growth plan should include passive and active elements. You will need to think of books you can read and seminars you can go to that will help you build your leadership and business skills. And make sure to include books about general personal development and psychology as well. Then you need to find ways to put your knowledge to the test through actions. Find outlets to practice the leadership skills you’re seeking to cultivate. These can be fun things: become a coach, start a blog, organize a trip with friends. Do anything that will get you actively honing yourself to be the leader you wish others were.
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