Assess your true position
Determine to refocus
Seek agreement or concurrence with yourself/team
Develop new strategies
Take action
Constantly check your performance
Most of us claim that times are hard not knowing that we are the ones that are hard on ourselves. We complain that things are not going the way we anticipate but we really fail to take a hard look on the realities that surround us. We are quick to discover loopholes in our plans or our team’s that is for those of us that work in a structured environment but fail to proffer new solutions to our situations.
There are so many reasons why things don’t work and also there are many reasons why we must make them work. Chief of it is that we must strive to exist at best. Secondly we must make a mark, an impact if we want to continue to exist. Thirdly the future depends on us and the journey to that future starts now.
If things don’t work out the way we envisage in our businesses, relationships and commitments, I strongly believe that things need to be done differently.
A saying that it is a mad man that does the same thing yet expects different results. We cannot continue in ignorance yet desire to be filled with wisdom and knowledge. We must determine to change our attitude as well as our beliefs to get the desired results we earnestly seek. If we do things differently, different things will happen. While change is one of the hardest thing to embrace the truth of the matter is that we can barely do anything about it but to change our strategies, actions,mindsets and purpose. We see in parts , we dream in parts but our little parts can make such a big difference. Now is the time to believe that we need a revival, a renewed commitment and vigour to face the challenges of life. As we face new challenges let us come out of our comfort zones and proffer new ways of arriving at our solutions and stand up, walk and take action.
Here are a few tips on changing your present position to your desired position.
Assess your true position: Where are you now? This is a question that you must keep asking yourself. Always strive to benchmark your outcome with the acceptable standard in your field. This will give you the opportunity to evolve with your contemporaries and even an opportunity to set a trail. If you know where you are now and you know where you expect to be it is a good starting point. If you find out that you need to make an improvement you might consider reassessing your position and highlight the factors that have made it so.
Determine to refocus: Focus is essential if you want to achieve anything. If you place a microscope that is facing the sun close to a paper for a couple of minutes,the intensity of the sun on the paper will produce fire. This is remarkable. Focusing on your priorities will take you closer to your goals. Distractions will always cause you delays. It will undermine your credibility and can affect your self esteem. A simple way to stay focused is to write down your tasks after you have decided what your goals are. Have a to do list now.
Seek agreement and concurrence with yourself/team: It is important to know what you or your team to wants to achieve to before you embark on the journey of success. One of the causes of divorce in our contemporary society is incompatibility. As an individual,you need to make up your mind on what you want to achieve before you embark on any enterprise. This will save you a lot of time doing the wrong things. You can't afford to make a sales call without knowing what to sell. You need to be deliberately in order to move forward. What have you agreed on as a team? Is there an agreement by the team? Is there a buy in from the team. Are your goals measurable,realistic,relevant and timely. Work on that as an individual and as a team.
Develop new strategies: Strategies are coordinated action steps taken to achieve a goal, purpose or outcome. The strategies you have used so far will have produced some results but might be a far cry to where you intend to be. Do you want to be more happy in your relationship, why not consider being more expressive than being quiet or recluse. Being quiet or recluse might keep you out of trouble but it might stifle you of more interaction. Its all a matter of choice. If your strategies are not achieving the desired results, why don’t you consider developing new ones. Maybe it is time you checked out your strategies once again and fine-tune them to work with new realities.
Take action : This is the most important part in achieving whatever it is that you want to achieve. Action speaks louder than talk. You might have the best plans but if you don't take action chances are that you will stay on a spot. It is the start that stops most people. As NIKE would say 'just do it'. You can just start from the simplest task. Write a chapter today. Pick up the phone and make that call now. It is important that you are moving towards your goals by taking deliberate steps towards your goals.
Constantly check your performance: While you are striving to reach your goals, take time off to reappraisal your situation. Whatever gets measured gets achieved. I'm sure you've heard about that. Appraise your self periodically to know if you have met your own expectations or you have made deviations. It is necessary to check your performance so as to be sure you are heading towards the right direction.
In the course of the new year take time to set new goals for yourself if you have not done that already. For those of us that have already set our goals let us take time to devise new ways of getting towards the realization of our goals. See you on top of your riches.
