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Getting Results Persistence, Planning, Focus Jay Elkes, DTM District 40 2012 Fall Conference
Getting Results
Persistence, Planning, FocusJay Elkes, DTM
District 40 2012 Fall Conference
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Persistence Decide and Commit
Planning Why and How
Focus What ONE THING can I do?
How We Get Results
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DECIDE what you really want Decide and Commit
Take MASSIVE, IMMEDIATE Action Do it NOW!
Is it Working? Check Your Results
Try Something Else!
Persistence
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Get Disturbed Use pressure to your advantage.
Decide your Result and Purpose Be clear and specific!
Develop a Massive Action Plan Decimate your problem
Change Your Limiting Beliefs
Planning (Steps 1 to 4)
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Planning (Steps 5 to 9)
Set the Game Up to Win Take Massive, Immediate Action
Massive: Take no prisoners Immediate: Do it now
Use / Create Your Peer Group Monitor Results Modify Your Actions
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Get Disturbed!
Nothing gets better until you admit
something is wrong Don’t Soften! Don’t Rationalize Don’t Lie Use pressure to turn what you should do into
what you must do
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You haven’t made a decision until something has changed.
Result: the outcome you want Purpose: Why you want it
Benefits of Achieving the Result Consequences of Failure
Put it in writing Be specific
Decide Result and Purpose
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Believe you can, or believe you can’t – either way, you’re right. ~ Henry Ford
What did you believe that was holding you back?
What do you believe now?
The only thing keeping you from what you want is the story you tell yourself about why you can’t have it. ~ Anthony Robbins
Change Your Limiting Beliefs
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Enjoy the process, not just the outcome. What can you add to make it fun?
Reward yourself for being approximately correct at first
Keep score your way
Set the Game Up to Win!
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Mindstorm: Consider everything you can do Who can help? What do you need to learn? What resources do you need to acquire?
Identify everything you must do Include both simple and challenging tasks What can you do immediately?
Call or email someone? Put the task on a schedule?
Take Massive Immediate Action
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Love your family, pick your peer group. Pick a group that raises your standards. Create a virtual group online. Hire a coach
Most people’s lives are a direct reflection of the expectations of their peer group.
Use / Create Your Peer Group
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Monitor your results. Are you headed in the right direction?
If not, look for new actions
Feedback is the key to success.
Use Feedback
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Get disturbed: use pressure to get yourself moving.
Write it down. Make real decisions. Take massive action. Never leave the scene of setting a goal
without taking some action to put it into effect.
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Planning: Key Ideas
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Some things don’t need a big plan What ONE THING would make the most
difference? Ignore everything else – make it a habit What’s Your Next Habit?
Focus
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Ultimate Power by Anthony Robbins Getting Things Done The Art of Stress-Free
Productivity by David Allen 18 Minutes Find Your Focus, Master
Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done by Peter Bregman
Contact Me Jay Elkes www.extremecommonsense.net [email protected]
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