Are You Ready for Your Success?
It’s that time of year when thoughts turn to setting goals and doing things differently and you may have already done a year’s review.
Energy levels are often low and it can seem a natural reaction to focus on what you have not done in the last year rather than what you did do.
With the constant reporting of impending doom and gloom in the media it is easy to get bogged down in the problems you are facing, either in your business or your personal life. This is enough to prevent some people from even attempting anything new.
But it is the ideal time to begin The Success Book with your Success Review.
What is The Success Book ?
This is something that was taught to me by a coach I was working with several years ago now and I use it and encourage all of my clients to as well.
The Success Book is simply that – a record of all of your successes.
And you kick start it with your Success Review – write a list of all (and I mean all) of the good things that you have accomplished in the last month.
They may be the sorts of things outlined in this adaptation of a poem published in 1905 by Bessie Stanley.
Success
To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.
It may be as simple as having an “Action List” that you use each day and doing everything on it. It can be spending time with someone who is lonely, or smiling at a shop assistant. This doesn’t exclude the big things too, but it’s often too easy to lose sight of the little things that make a big difference to someone else.
You’ll be surprised how helpful it can be when you are having a day when things seem to be out of kilter and the days are dark.
To get started with your Success Book :
- Buy yourself a really nice looking notebook that you will want to keep. Spend some time choosing it because this is going to contain all of your successes and so it needs to be really special.
- Set aside an hour or two when you won’t be disturbed.
- Begin by writing down all of the great things you have achieved in the last month. Include everything, no matter how big or how small.
- Decide what you will do to reward yourself for all that you have accomplished. This may be something big or something small. It doesn’t matter as long as it makes a difference to you.
- Enjoy your reward and celebrate your successes!
To continue with your Success Book :
- Make the commitment to yourself to spend just 10 mins each night to complete it.
- At the end of each day write down at least 3 successes you have had that day.
- At the end of each week celebrate and reward yourself for all that you have accomplished.
When you make this commitment and take action to record and celebrate your ongoing successes you will be surprised at the effect and the positive mindset that will develop and your results will change accordingly!
With best wishes for your ongoing successes!
Cath