What gets in your way? Is it your stinking thinking?
Have you ever wondered why you are not achieving your goals?

There are many factors why you are not reaching your Champion potential, but if you are aware of them, you can overcome them. Often a lack of self confidence, gossip, fighting and selfish ego of others, your team spirit gone, team support system gone can make it difficult to build your career or small business, so for every obstacle, here is how to overcome it!

With these problems, take the initiative to create an environment of open communication. Create a team that encourages each other, have the attitude, YOU CAN AND YOU WILL!

With isolation, fears, insecurity and sabotage, recognise the symptoms, discuss with your support team and staff, and most importantly listen to the natural born Champion within as you stand up and shine!

The thing about bad news is that it travels outwards to your customers as well as within your team members, but with good news, it seems to not travel within or outwardly. Lets open up the lines of communication with good news, and with the bad news, lets work together to solve the problem instead of stagnating on the problem.

 Got a fear of change? Of the unknown? Stuck in your comfort zone, because your old life is known entity.

 Do you have stinking thinking like: “Will people still like me if I succeed?” It sounds silly but its a very real problem for some people.

 Do you have a fear of disappointment or failure? If I dream, I may get my hopes up or do you have a fear of commitment?

Focus on abundance, not scarcity; focus on freedom, not fear. Make a choice and decide to act! Get rid of the excuses and show up!

1. Are you lacking a clear direction? Have you lost focus? Consider coaching, go back to your goals that you set for yourself for 2009 and review your whys!

2. GOT NO TIME? Consider a family contract agreement, use the chess game principle, or the 80/20 rule.

PEOPLE FIND TIME & PEOPLE FIND MONEY FOR WHATS IMPORTANT TO THEM!
1. Are your TEAM MEMBERS, STATE MANAGERS or STAFF stuck? Don’t focus on the outcome, guide and encourage them, let go of control issues, when you ask them questions listen for their obstacles and consider a coaching session.

2. Are YOU stuck? Take an honest assessment of your activities and review weekly and monthly tasks, your 12 month analysis or daily method of operation. Take an honest assessment of YOU, the leader sets the pace.

3. Are you a leader that others will follow? Are you the best member on your team? Or are you just a BOSS to them? Your team is watching what you DO!

THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY DON’T KNOW
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YOU DONT HAVE TO BE PERFECT!
To get in the driver’s seat of your life
To become a doer
To overcome your fears
To follow through on what you say
To complete what you start
To make a huge difference in world
To touch future generations
Or be a perfect health specimen!
Or be a doctor or nurse to
Help people with their health
Knowing you made a difference
Touch future generations

Because:
You can’t say the right thing to the wrong person; Or the wrong thing to the right person.
The people/customers/clients who need your services will be there;
The words that need to be said will be said
It’s not all about you or me get your EGO out of the way!
As a matter of fact, there aren’t any perfect people!
And nobody would particularly like a perfect person if there was one!

Get over you! Because there are a lot of people out there who need your help!

and remember: YOU ARE THE CHAMPION RESOURCE FOR YOUR TEAM!
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Need help daring to succeed in 2009…. then join the Champion Get Tough 3month coaching program; guaranteeing you will dare to dream and succeed. Call Shelley now on 1300 78 41 70.

If you’ve been thinking about coaching, or about changing your business or career and your life, then why not try a coach who offers you guaranteed results? Design your own Goal Planning that will guarantee you stay on track achieving the results you both need and deserve!

Cheers to your continued success
Shelley Taylor-Smith

About Shelley Taylor-Smith
Shelley Taylor-Smith is Australia’s No.1 Mental Toughness Coach: by looking at how they spend their time and energy – and where they focus their attention – Shelley helps people transform their Champion potential into performance. An energetic and inspirational speaker, international bestselling author and corporate educator, Shelley demonstrates how harnessing the power of your mind and boosting your self belief can help you achieve your goals. With her passionate commitment to being relatable, Shelley delivers a powerful lesson in mental toughness. Find out more subscribe to Shelley’s fortnightly Champion Motivations newsletters go to:

Attitude of Gratitude
How’s your Work-Attitude Motivation?

When people feel that the work they put in doesn’t make a difference to anyone - they stop trying to give their best and do just enough to get through.

You probably know people who clock in and simply ‘do their job’ and then clock out.

When a person feels that no-one really cares about what they do or who they are, they begin to not care either. Perceived indifference is not just a reason why customers change where they shop, but also why people don’t try as hard or change jobs.

The reality is that the energy you feel is the energy you give out. If your energy is flat, then that’s the energy you work with and what people perceive you to be. Ultimately, you decide what your energy will be - not anyone else.

However, when people are acknowledged for their significance and contribution to success, they fully apply themselves, take initiative, and build a positive attitude into their work culture.

Think about it, if you were regularly acknowledged for the efforts you put in and acknowledged for the impact that you create, do you think that would accelerate how driven and committed you become to your work goals, projects and deadlines?

Absolutely! Although the practice of gratitude is used in many personal development circles, its impact is seen in business, client relationships and professional alliances. People like to do business with people who genuinely care about us and who make us feel good.

There are endless studies that point out the self confidence one receives from positive reinforcement and genuine display of gratitude.

3 ways to spread the attitude of gratitude in your workplace:

PS: they work fabulously at home too!

a. Direct Gratitude
Communicate directly with the person. Don’t use email, text or voice-mail for this one. Pick up the phone and call them. Let them hear the genuine tone in your voice. Better still, go and see them face to face to acknowledge their contribution. Make eye contact. Don’t write what you can say. Take clients out for lunch for no other reason (and for no other agenda) except to say thank you for your business.

b. Regular Gratitude
Each week (or day) find something positive to tell your team, colleagues, clients, partner and kids. Make a habit of seeing the good in people reinforces that they have been noticed and their efforts are adding to the success of the company goals.

c. Random Gratitude
Don’t wait for a reason, the right moment or the right person. Practice random acts of acknowledging people just for doing what they do. The energy you give out is the energy you work with - so infect as many people as you can. Send random thank you cards to your clients, colleagues and staff.

Learn how to create your Goal Planning System (GPS) that will guarantee you get to the finish line in 2009. Get the detailed information on 1on1 coaching click here now

Have a great attitude day!

Cheers Shelley Taylor-Smith

About Shelley Taylor-Smith 7-time World Marathon Swimming Champion, Self-Motivation Teacher & Mental Toughness Coach. Need inspiration? Subscribe to the fortnightly Champion Motivations e-Newsletter for tips on motivation to inspire and energise you for success!