Value and Time

What is value?  What influence does value have on your attitudes and behavior?  Does your organization have strongly held beliefs that influence the day to day operations?  How do your customers perceive the value you provide them? What can you do to bring value to the situation? How much time does it take to add value?

"You are responsible for .....creating value that didn't exist before you arrived on the scene."
-Todd Henry-

Trust and Time

How is trust developed?  Why is trust essential in progressing forward in business?  Is there a situation where you would trust a complete stranger? Do you do and say the things you actually believe?  Can you look around and identify individuals that you would likely trust?  Do you have a common set of values or beliefs?  What do trust, generosity and fulfillment have in common?  Are you willing to spend your time in helping someone with out the expectation of receiving something in return? 

"If people like you, they'll listen to you, but if they trust you, they'll do business with you."
-Zig Ziglar-

Daily Priming and Time

Do you take the time to prime your brain everyday?  How could developing a daily ritual of clarity of purpose make life easier each day? What deliberate action can you take to use your brain better? 
Meditation?  Review goals?  Visualize yourself in that new situation?  Will you commit to two minutes per day to mentally rehearse where you want to go?  

"Good thinkers always prime the pump of ideas.  They always look for things to get the thinking process started, because what you put in always impacts what comes out."
-John Maxwell-

Mom & Pop and Time

Are you one of 28 million small business owners in the America?Maybe you are one of 56 million employees working to delight the customers of small business owners?  What is your business strategy?  Can you identify the things that have kept you in business all these years?  Does your approach to customer service stand above the rest?  Do your employees and customers know you have their best interests at heart? What is your best marketing method? Do they love you so much they are constantly spreading the good word? 

"If you work just for money, you'll never make it, but if you love what you're doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours."
-Ray Kroc-

Rogophobia and Time

Do you suffer from Rogophobia?  Have you ever been told you ask too many questions?  How would it impact your business if you could put this problem aside? Would you be better able to lead your company effectively if you weren't afraid you would phrase the next important question wrong?  Could you be a better salesperson by learning to ask great questions?  Is it time to practice asking better questions?

"Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers."

-Tony Robbins-

Reasonable Risk and Time

Are you heading off in uncharted territory?  Leaving the certain and predictable behind? Do you have this vision...and it takes your commitment to move from where you are to where you want to be? Can you be willing to feel the fear and do it anyway? What will the costs be for success?  Are you ready to feel in charge, powerful and take massive action?  Is it time to weigh out the cost of staying where you are versus the cost of where you want to be? 

"In some ways, risk-taking is the ultimate act of self-indulgence, an obscene insult to the preciousness of life.  And yet, how can one dismiss something that persists despite every reasonable theory that it shouldn't?
-Sebastian Junger-

Leaders and Time

Are you treating your employees like family?  Would they be happy to fight right along side with you?  Are your people starving for acceptance and appreciation?  Do you have the character qualities of a leader?  Humble?  Servant?  Passionate?  Could leading more than 8 people be difficult?  Why is 5 the ideal ratio?  Are you a great leader?  If not, it's time to change!!

"Leaders are not born...it's a choice.  Change...you get to decide."
-Dave Ramsey-

Why and Time

Why do you get up in the morning? What inspires you to do what you do?  Why is it important that you take action?  What lights your fire?  Why are you excited to read that book? What's your purpose? Do others know the causes you are most passionate about?  Why does your organization exist?  Do you communicate from the inside out? 

"People don't buy what you do, they buy why you do it."
-Simon Sinek-

Postive Constructive Daydreaming and Time

Have you ever caught yourself daydreaming?  Did you chastise yourself for not staying focused on the task at hand?  Could taking a break to daydream actually help you accomplish more?  How would wishful, playful imagination rejuvenate you?  Would this be a good way to spend 15 minutes of your time?  What if you combined that positive constructive daydreaming with a low key activity such as knitting or riding your bike? Can you feel an increase in energy just thinking about it?  

"Daydreaming allows you to play out scenarios where you miraculously save the day.  You play out scenarios in your head that are kind of crazy, and then you personally, heroically resolve them."
-Mark Waters-

Self Talk and Time

Who's in your corner?  What is that voice inside saying?  Is it encouraging?  Helping you achieve more than you think is possible?  Are you the talker or the listener?  Could improved self talk help?  How would you fill in these blanks?  I used to believe _______________ but now I am becoming_______________.  Would it take any extra time to take charge of that voice inside and teach it to speak properly?  Will improved self talk improve your behavior?

"Be very careful what you say to yourself because someone very important is listening.....YOU!"
-John Assaraf-