The correct question to ask if you “need a promotion” is, “Are You Qualified for a Promotion?”
- Diligence in your workplace brings added responsibility.
- Added responsibility brings promotion.
- Promotion brings more cash flow to you.
- Cash flow to you brings more responsibility.
- Responsibility requires diligence & accountability.
If you truly deserve the “promotion” in your workplace, consider this:
- Don’t seek the title. Be great at what you do and the title will seek you.
- Make your position great. Your position won’t make you great.
- Let your title come as a result of your work.
So, why is it so easy to find reasons to gripe, complain and moan 364 days a year? Then Thanksgiving Day rolls around and we muster up our best attempt to spend a few hours thinking of things we are thankful for.
Thanksgiving Day is barely over and we’re standing in line at 3:00am on black Friday griping, complaining and moaning about the 87 people who pitched tents to be in line before you.
Instead of one day a year for Thanksgiving, I propose we turn one day a year into Gripe, Complain and Moan Day. That would give us 364 days to talk about everything we are thankful for, including what Thanksgiving Day actually symbolizes. Sounds like a good idea for a Facebook group.
How exactly do you spend your “one day of thanks?”
Everywhere you turn (especially those closest to you), you will hear how impossible your dream is to achieve, and to, “just wait” and see what happens with the economy.
You’ll find the people who are succeeding, achieving higher goals, pursuing their dreams…Â aren’t listening to either of these pieces of advice.
Don’t choose dreams based on what you’ll know is going to happen. Choose dreams that are improbable, then take one step at a time to begin making the changes you want to occur around you.
Here are some motivational sayings and inspirational quips I have collected over the years. I apologize ahead of time for not being able to credit the authors. If you know who said it, leave me a comment and I’ll give the appropriate credit.
How you start is how you finish.
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Every day I get up and look at the Forbes list of the world’s richest people. If my name is not on the list, I go to work.
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The will to win is important. The will to prepare is vital.
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Rich people have money. Wealthy people have time.
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The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
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There’s no easier money to make than the money money makes.
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Goal begins with GO.
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It’s easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn’t.
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I hope one or more of these inspirational sayings helps motivate you in the right direction today. Have a successful day!
As a business owner, the most important place to spend time and money is in marketing. It’s not in doing all the daily grind and functions of working “in” your business.
STOP seeing yourself as a provider or salesperson of your category of products or services. Begin to recognize that you are a “marketer of” your business that offers and sells your category of products/services.
“MARKETER OF” – The person (you) who fully understands and sees the importance and benefits of marketing is THE ONE who will ultimately achieve financial stability as a business owner.
ACTION:
In the next 57 minutes, write down and act upon what you CAN DO and what you WILL DO to begin working “on” your business. Schedule a designated block of time each day or each week that you will focus on working “on” your business.
Leadership is scarce because few people are willing to go through the discomfort required to lead. It’s discomfort that creates the leverage that makes leadership worthwhile and valuable.
In other words, if everyone could do it, they would, and it wouldn’t be worth much.
It’s uncomfortable to stand up in front of strangers.
It’s uncomfortable to propose an idea that might fail.
It’s uncomfortable to challenge the status quo.
It’s uncomfortable to resist the urge to settle.
When you identify the discomfort, you’ve found the place where a leader is needed.
If you’re not uncomfortable in your work as a leader, it’s almost certain you’re not reaching your potential as a leader.
When you’ve had enough, can’t tolerate your job any longer and are ready to quit, perhaps you could try one last thing.
Quilt instead.
You’ve got nothing to lose, right? I mean, you’re going to quit anyway, so what’s the worst that could happen to you?
So quilt. Spend hours every day integrating the people you work with into a cohesive group. Weave in your customers as well. Take every scrap, even the people you don’t like, and sew them together. Spend far less time than you should on the ‘real’ work and instead focus on creating genuine connections with the people you work with. Including your boss. After all, once you quit, you’re never going to see them again anyway, right? Might as well give it a try.
The onset of great ideas can often be described as an “aha moment”! And, it is oftentimes this moment, along with the creative and witty forces behind it, that sparks the launch of a new business endeavor. However, it is critical to remember that it takes much more than this initial “ah-ha moment” to fan into flame a successful, growing business.
When we consider the unheralded companies of old who broke out of mediocrity to achieve dramatic, remarkable, good-to-great corporate transformations, we clearly see that there was no miracle moment. Instead, a down-to-earth, pragmatic, committed-to-excellence process — a framework — that kept each company, its leaders, and its people on track for the long haul.
In addition to this framework, a well-designed, clearly-thought-out marketing strategy to brand each of the companies and to communicate their value to consumers was an essential component to their long-term success.
Just a few profound quotes to get you thinking about your productivity…..
How will you choose to spend your life?
“Most time is wasted, not in hours, but in minutes.
A bucket with a small hole in the bottom gets just
as empty as a bucket that is deliberately kicked over.” -Paul J. Meyer
How we spend our days is how we spend our lives.
~ Annie Dillard
It’s not enough to be busy, so are the ants. The question is, what are we busy about? ~ Henry David Thoreau
Until you value yourself, you will not value your time. Until you value your time,
you will not do anything with it. ~ M. Scott Peck
In truth, people can generally make time for what they choose to do; it is not really the time but the will that is lacking. ~Sir John Lubbock
One way to make the most of your time is by outsourcing your company’s advertising needs.
