Key Questions for You … and Your Team
HOW TO START SUCCESS FILING:
Set your mind in REWIND … THINK BACK. Go through old pictures and scrapbooks, clippings, letters, report cards, and trophies. Look for major events and turning points, expecteds and unexpecteds. New people and places. What have you accomplished in your life so far? And not accomplished? What stopped you? And what got you to move ahead again? Or have you? When were you hurt or ill? How did you heal? What changes did you make?
Remember, what was impossible then may be possible today … or tomorrow.
Success Filing your life will be exciting because the truth is … you are far more Success-FULL than you realize!
Enjoy My Success File. I built it for me to build and rebuild my Self-Confidence.
And, I’m sharing to help you build and rebuild the Self-Confidence you will need to create the future you want.
And, for you to share Success Filing with others … especially your kids!
Remember …
When YOUR Success File is FULL, you feel Success-FULL.
When it is low you feel dependent and needy ... needing other people to acknowledge you. (And they probably won’t.)
You have a choice! Needy or Self-Confident? It’s up to you.
HINTS FOR SUCCESS FILING:
Think about YOUR SUCCESSES at home, in school, sports, exercise, art, music, acting, dancing, sailing. Earning diplomas and licenses… your driver’s license or diver’s license? Obtaining a lease or mortgage. A real estate license, medical license, marriage license. Or divorce papers. (Success is sometimes DELETION … cutting out something that doesn’t’ work for you or others.) What successes have you had at healing and being healthy? What changes did you make to achieve that?
What Early Career Successes did you have?
What did you do to earn money as a teen? As a young adult? When did you get a job, promotion or bonus? Or find a new one? Start a business? Or invest in one?
Success and leadership have gears.
Success means something different in each gear. (Skill 2.)
Success in First Gear is succeeding at starting. Following directions, learning the basics.
Success in Second Gear is succeeding at producing and competing.
Success in Third Gear is succeeding at creating and innovating.
Keep in mind … Leadership has gears too.
Succeeding at leading new learners. Succeeding at coaching producers and competitors. And succeeding at leading creators, innovators and inventers … leadership needs are different in each gear. Quite different!
Using the wrong gear produces glitches, inefficiencies, upsets … and the loss of potentially successful people.
Heads up leaders … parents, teachers, leaders at work or in our communities ...
You can’t succeed the same way all the time.
And you can’t lead the same way all the time either.
Who have your First Gear Leaders been? Did they meet your leadership needs, or did they fail to?
Who have your Second Gear Leaders been? Were they there for you when you needed them, or weren’t they? DId they clearly spell out tasks and timeframes? Were they available when you needed them? Did they acknowledge and support you? Reward and bonus, and promote you?
Who have your Third Gear Leaders been? The ones who listened to your new ideas? Who gave you the support you asked for and needed? Who helped you get the money and team you needed? Who brainstormed without judgment and celebrated your progress?
Great leaders know your success is their success too … their success as a leader. Their fulfillment.
When were you laughed at? How did you deal with that? Did you stop … or keep going? Did others discover you were right after all? Or did you learn why that particular approach was wrong and make corrections that worked? (These are all important questions as you build your Success File.)
Did your parents agree with the direction you wanted to go … with your goals and dreams? Or did they object, create obstacles and blocks? Did that mean you stopped sharing your dreams with them? Have you been able to close that gap, or is it still there? Who have you found to dream and celebrate your successes with you?
What parenting and family successes have you had? Children, yours and others? Siblings? Who helped you along the way? Who were your guides and mentors? Your teachers and coaches? People who helped you clarify your course, make corrections and connections?
Are you as productive and profitable as you want to be … and need to be now?
Who believes in your dreams? Who are your co-dreamers and collaborators? Your teammates?
What are your Top Three Dreams? Can you pre-experience yourself succeeding at them? What does that look, sound and feel like? Go there to enjoy it in advance to build power!
IMAGINING IS WHERE YOU NEED TO START.
SKILL 3: HOLOGRAMMING
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To make your hologram more powerful, pre-experience it in great detail … see it, hear, feel it, taste it. The more detail your outcome has, the more power it has to attract your attention to opportunities. And Nobel Nominee Dr. Karl Pribram was literally able to measure that power! (Skill 3)
What will it look like, sound like and feel like when you’re in your desired outcome? Go over and over it to make sure your destination is clear.
Does everyone on your team have the same outcome in mind? Or are there differences that could stall you? Work to create alignment.
What have you and your team handled well? What has pushed you off course in the past? Or could in the future?
How have your market and profit margins changed? Your ability to meet current wants and needs?
Has your organization experienced BLUR … supply chain glitches, increased costs, virtual work challenges, loss of energy and confidence? Is your team healthy and satisfied? Are you?
Are your team’s creative ideas being supported and explored? Or are they being ignored and unused? Are employees you’ve trained quitting and taking your company’s knowledge-base to competitors? Or using it to start their own businesses that will become competitors?
Are you able to find the NEW HIRES you need, get them aligned, and up to speed?
Is everyone on your team using THE RIGHT LEADERSHIP GEAR … AT THE RIGHT TIME? Are you?
Is your business model current? Or does it need to be rethought and updated?
