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By Roger Crawford. This was originally published on Roger's blog.
While a winning mindset along with motivation is undoubtedly the key to success, one important factor individuals and organizations sometimes overlook is consistency! When people learn I became a division 1 college athlete despite having four impaired limbs, they often ask, “How did you do that.” Certainly, the element of surprise worked in my favor. When my opponent realized they were competing against someone with a “disability,” the pressure for them to win increased significantly. I remember playing a match in college, and since it was chilly, I was wearing warmup pants. The person I was playing was clearly frustrated and thought losing to a guy with three fingers was unbearable. After the competition was over, I removed my warmup pants, my opponent said, “What, you have a fake leg?” Once he realized besides having three fingers, I also had an artificial leg; he took the loss a lot harder. On the tennis court, I wasn’t the most powerful or the fastest so I focused on what I believe can be your superpower, and that’s consistency. Here’s why, “If you hit the ball over the net one more time than your opponent, you win the point and if you remain consistent, you’ll likely win the match! Isn’t this true in life as well? To build a consistent mindset, it’s important to prioritize progress over perfection. While a winning mindset along with motivation is undoubtedly the key to success, one important factor individuals and organizations sometimes overlook is consistency. I’ve found that consistency can overcome obstacles and is more important than ability. Many people with immense talent fall short of reaching their potential because they are inconsistent with their efforts. Your skillset alone does not determine success; what you do with your skillset consistently determines success. No matter how much natural ability you have, your true potential won’t be realized without consistent action and consistent discipline. If you apply the principle of consistency, it will beat the inconsistency of others and become your competitive advantage. It’s what we do repeatedly that will shape our lives and determine our future. Consistency is what separates those who succeed from those who don’t. Your ability to stay consistent is greater when you are crystal clear on your goals. If you only have a vague idea of what you want to achieve and the action it takes to get there, you will struggle to maintain persistence over time. Establish clarity on what you want to achieve, scale up on your efforts, and most importantly, stay consistent. Being persistent will give you the courage to never give up, and being consistent will elevate your level of success. As we begin a New Year, commit to being the person who consistently hits the ball over the net one more time every day! Planning your next event? Get in touch with us at the Capitol City Speakers Bureau today to schedule your ideal speaker and make your event a success!
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By Roger Crawford. This was originally published on Roger's blog.
How do you define winning? Typically, we think of winning as being victorious over another person, about being #1, the best of the best, a world champion. I want to encourage you to rethink what it means to win. Here’s why: I’ve accepted that regardless of how hard I train or how often I practice, I will never be the best Roger in tennis! No matter what, he will be superior to me on the tennis court, and I have a better chance of surviving the Hunger Games than beating Roger Federer. Granted, very few of us can compete with the great Federer, but we can compete with ourselves to be better today than we were yesterday. You can’t control another person’s excellence, but you can control yours. Consider this: Winning is not just about beating your opponent or finishing first in a race, but if only one person can achieve the ultimate victory, how can you also be a winner? Ironically, the best way to win is by consistently beating yourself. When your entire focus is on what others are doing, you won’t be doing everything you can to become your best self. You win by beating your anxieties, limitations, and self-doubt. It’s about beating self-imposed obstacles and rising above your current level of performance. Your self-confidence is increased when you consistently better your best. The more you improve, the more you trust yourself and the more you realize what you are truly capable of. External wins begin with internal wins. By looking at winning from this perspective, you can finish second and still have a huge win. In the same respect, someone might be victorious but still lose if they don’t realize their full potential. Think about it, if winning is about beating yourself, it isn’t necessary to have an opponent. The only real competition is you. Planning your next event? Get in touch with us at the Capitol City Speakers Bureau today to schedule your ideal speaker and make your event a success! By Roger Crawford. This was originally published on Roger's blog.
While a winning mindset along with motivation is undoubtedly the key to success, one important factor individuals and organizations sometimes overlook is consistency! When people learn I became a division 1 college athlete despite having four impaired limbs, they often ask, “How did you do that?” Certainly, the element of surprise worked in my favor. When my opponent realized they were competing against someone with a “disability,” the pressure for them to win increased significantly. I remember playing a match in college, and since it was chilly, I was wearing warmup pants. The person I was playing was clearly frustrated and thought losing to a guy with three fingers was unbearable. After the competition was over, I removed my warmup pants, my opponent said, “What, you have a fake leg?” Once he realized besides having three fingers, I also had an artificial leg; he took the loss a lot harder. On the tennis court, I wasn’t the most powerful or the fastest so I focused on what I believe can be your superpower, and that’s consistency. Here’s why, “If you hit the ball over the net one more time than your opponent, you win the point and if you remain consistent, you’ll likely win the match! Isn’t this true in life as well? To build a consistent mindset, it’s important to prioritize progress over perfection. While a winning mindset along with motivation is undoubtedly the key to success, one important factor individuals and organizations sometimes overlook is consistency. I’ve found that consistency can overcome obstacles and is more important than ability. Many people with immense talent fall short of reaching their potential because they are inconsistent with their efforts. Your skillset alone does not determine success; what you do with your skillset consistently determines success. No matter how much natural ability you have, your true potential won’t be realized without consistent action and consistent discipline. If you apply the principle of consistency, it will beat the inconsistency of others and become your competitive advantage. It’s what we do repeatedly that will shape our lives and determine our future. Consistency is what separates those who succeed from those who don’t. Your ability to stay consistent is greater when you are crystal clear on your goals. If you only have a vague idea of what you want to achieve and the action it takes to get there, you will struggle to maintain persistence over time. Establish clarity on what you want to achieve, scale up on your efforts, and most importantly, stay consistent. Being persistent will give you the courage to never give up, and being consistent will elevate your level of success. As we begin a New Year, commit to being the person who consistently hits the ball over the net one more time every day! Planning your next event? Get in touch with us at the Capitol City Speakers Bureau today to schedule your ideal speaker and make your event a success! By Roger Crawford. This was originally published on Roger's blog.
Strengthening your resilience is like strengthening your muscles. Both can be accomplished with a program of regular stretching and exercises. Attitude stretching requires no special clothing or expensive equipment, just awareness. Here are nine keys to improving your resilience: 1. Believe Success is Possible. Resilient thinking is the foundation of resilience. Even if you weren’t “born resilient,” you can learn to reframe negative events into positive challenges, giving yourself extra energy and endurance. Start by paying attention to how you talk to yourself each day. 2. Flex Your Humor Muscles. Flexibility is essential for controlling stress, increasing business opportunities, improving personal relationships, and dealing with change. How can you limber up? Let go of the immobilizing perfectionism and give yourself permission to notice the genuine humor that is all around you, and you will automatically increase your flexibility and vitality. 3. Bank on Your Past. Draw strength and inspiration from what you’ve done and what has happened to you. We’re often told, “Don’t look back” and “Don’t dwell on the past,” but when you know what to recall and use the information positively, you can tap some of your most valuable assets. 4. Stay Hungry. The most basic human instinct is a powerful tool for maintaining resilience. Learn the difference between money and true wealth, and where and how to direct your hunger for knowledge, adventure, and positive personal relationships. 5. Use All Your Resources. Make a realistic inventory of your assets. As you compile your catalog, you’ll discover some surprising and important skills and resources that you never realized you had. 6. Seize Responsibility. Decide what you can control. Then take responsibility for it. What an important life skill, yet unresilient people fail to grasp it, and feel overwhelmed much of the time. When you learn how to these two decisive steps, you put yourself in control, no matter what life throws at you. 7. Harness the Power of Purpose. Having clear goals and an action plan to reach them is absolutely mandatory for success. “The Five E’s of Goal Setting” in chapter 7 of my book How High Can You Bounce, will show you an efficient new way to plan and achieve. 8. Develop Your Inborn Leadership. Everything you say and do affects the resilience of others. No matter who you are or what position you hold at the moment, you become a powerful leader at work, at home, and in your community when you learn to share your resilience. 9. Embrace Challenges. Learn the difference between planning and preparation, and how the resilient prepare for life’s many challenges. Even when fate delivers an unexpected blow, you’ll be able to draw on your storehouse of resilience to identify the new and exciting opportunities that await you. Each of the nine chapters of my book show strategies for acquiring one of these nine skills. You’ll learn how to stay in optimal mental shape by nourishing and exercising these resilient qualities each day, the same way you nourish and exercise your body. As you strengthen your skills, you are building an invincible core of resilience that will always be there for you to draw on. Too often, when people suffer a major loss, they also lose their sense of identity and purpose in life. But with a resilient core, you keep a clear inner vision of your strength and flexibility in the face of challenges. Planning your next event? Get in touch with us at the Capitol City Speakers Bureau today to schedule your ideal speaker and make your event a success! By Roger Crawford. This was originally published on Roger's blog.
Do you remember a time when you had a challenge to overcome, an important project to complete, or a situation that you had never faced before? Were you unsure where to start? Was it a positive or negative experience for you? How did you feel about the results? What I’ve found after thirty years of speaking to over 4,000 audiences and coaching hundreds of highly-successful executives and industry experts is…the more positive you think, the better results you get. Take a look at the lives of successful people and you will find a common denominator. They have a positive mindset that allows them to break through obstacles and maintain momentum. Instead of retreating, they lean into their challenges and discover new opportunities less-successful people missed. Those opportunities create a path through obstacles that leads to achievement. A positive mindset that results in success doesn’t mean you overlook challenges. Instead, you lean in and say, “Yes I can” which helps you see circumstances in the most favorable positive light possible. If you choose a negative mindset, you will look for and magnify what is negative around you. You immediately anticipate the worst and start blaming yourself or others for a bad outcome, whether it occurs or not. There’s no opportunity to create a positive result and success. My priceless years of experience show that a positive mindset is essential to perform your best and realize your awesome potential. Here are four key ideas to develop and maintain a positive mindset. If you think with a negative mindset, you will look for and magnify what is negative around you. You immediately anticipate the worst and start blaming yourself for a bad outcome, whether it occurs or not. Your Mindset Matters! A positive mindset is essential to perform at your best and realize your awesome potential. Here are four ideas to help you develop and maintain a positive mindset. #1 Manage Your Mouth The language you use has a tremendous influence over your mindset. What you say affects how you feel; how you feel determines how you act; and how you act either increases or decreases results. Choose your words carefully because what you say impacts whether you’re crushed by, or conquer your circumstances. Positive words make you strong; and negative words make you weak. It’s important to make a habit of using words that accurately reflect your reality. This way you won’t turn a molehill into a mountain. In other words, don’t exaggerate the situation. How many times have you heard someone say something like this? “It’s a disaster!” Think again. Maybe it’s actually an inconvenience. “It’s impossible!” Is that a fact or an opinion? The important point is that using language that mistakenly depicts our circumstances is a clear path to excuse making. Failure to take responsibility leads to an inability to find solutions. When you have negative thoughts, strive to reframe your thinking in a more positive way. Instead of saying, “I am a failure,” try a more positive and accurate representation. “I failed this time, but what I learned will help me succeed in the future.” #2 You Have the Control People that have a consistently negative mindset have likely forgotten that they have control over their thoughts. They let challenges, other people, or even the weather determine how they think. Would you agree that we live life from the inside out? The thoughts and beliefs you have inside shape what you see on the outside, not the other way around. One of the most important principles of maintaining a positive mindset is understanding that while you may not control your circumstances, you do control how you respond to your circumstances. Remember, you are the boss of your brain! #3 Have a Grateful Mindset People with a positive mindset resist dwelling on their disadvantages and appreciate what they do have. A grateful mindset is not automatic… it’s intentional. So, instead of waiting for something to make you feel grateful, deliberately look for the blessings you already possess. Being grateful doesn’t eliminate problems. However, by focusing on what’s good about your life helps remove bitterness and negativity. New York Times best-selling author Lewis Howes says, “If you concentrate on what you have, you’ll always have more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you’ll never have enough.” #4 Release Setbacks – Rehearse Success The next time you experience a loss, turn it into a lesson, and then let it go. Someone with a negative mindset spends time living in the past, dwelling on previous problems, and continually asks “why.” They ask themselves, “Why did it happen?” “Why me?” or “Why not someone else?” On the other hand, someone with a positive mindset is present focused, learns from their past circumstances, and then asks “how.” They ask, “How can I learn from this?” and “How do I move forward?” A positive mindset can take you from where you are to where you want to be. A negative mindset will stop you from even trying. The ability to develop and maintain a positive mindset is always within your reach, and I’ve given you four keys to help you. Lean into the opportunity to discover the tremendous potential you have and experience the great things you are capable of. Believe that success is possible, develop a winning mindset, achieve more, and become more of who you are meant to be! Planning your next event? Get in touch with us at the Capitol City Speakers Bureau today to schedule your ideal speaker and make your event a success! By Roger Crawford. This was originally published on Roger's blog.
We have all used a hands-free, automatic faucet. It has a proximity sensor, and once hand motion is detected, water starts flowing. Those faucets are typically found in airports and hotels. Now I’m a dude with only three fingers. Let me tell you something: Automatic faucets are, well, not so automatic. When I’m ready to wash my hands, I stand in front of the sink, do a few finger waves, and get nothing. Since the finger wave doesn’t work, I begin doing the “Backpack Dance,” trying to trigger the infrared. (If you’re over 30, Google “Backpack Dance.”) The rapid arm and hip movements cause me to sweat more liquid than the faucet! At this point, I have a decision to make: Leave without washing my hands (yikes!) or ask for help. When I was younger, I often felt embarrassed to ask for assistance because of my hands. Today it’s just a humbling experience and a reminder that we all need one another. I find someone in the men’s room and ask, “Will you please wave your hand in my sink and turn on the faucet?” You don’t hear that request in a men’s room very often, and the looks I get are priceless. On a few occasions, a person has asked if they were on Candid Camera or being punk’d. Despite the unusual request, no one has ever been unwilling to help. In fact, through this experience, I’ve made new friends and even booked a speech as a result of someone helping me. The most common response I receive from people is, “Thrilled to give you a hand” or “Blessed to help you.” Here’s what it has taught me: Don’t underestimate another person’s willingness to help. I share this story with you for two reasons: During the difficult times we’re living in, I want to encourage you not to be afraid or embarrassed to ask another person for a hand. We’re living through a period of unprecedented challenges that are out of our control. It’s reasonable to need help and encouragement from others to manage the uncertainties of our world today. It is not a sign of weakness; it is a sign of strength and wisdom to ask for help when you need it. Also, let’s all commit to looking for ways to reach out and give people a hand. You’re at your very best when you support and connect with others. We’ve all heard, “It’s better to give than to receive.” Think about the last time you helped another person. How did it make you feel? It’s a gift and a treasure to be a positive influence in another person’s life. You can inspire others to focus their energy not only on what is but also on what can be. All of you have something significant to share and contribute. You have unique insight and inspiration to give others that no one else has. Being a hero doesn’t necessarily mean you have to do something heroic. It means showing up and being willing to make a difference. One message I share with audiences is this: “All of us have handicaps. Some you can see; most you cannot.”As human beings, we’re all imperfect, and that is why we need each other. Today we need each other more than ever! Planning your next event? Get in touch with us at the Capitol City Speakers Bureau today to schedule your ideal speaker and make your event a success! By Roger Crawford. This was originally published on Roger's blog.
As a keynote speaker, I have had the pleasure of working with many world-class individuals and organizations. Although they were from diverse backgrounds and businesses, they all had something in common – a winning mindset! The word mindset is defined as a mental attitude that predetermines a personal response and interpretation of situations. Another way of saying that is “Winning is more about how we choose to think versus the circumstances we face!” Here are four characteristics that can help you and your team develop and maintain a winning mindset: 1. Play to Learn All of us have heard the motivational phrase “Playing to Win.” While I believe in approaching our lives and work with this philosophy, what happens when you don’t win? How do we stay encouraged and engaged? It seems to me that as we “Play to Win” we can also “Play to Learn.” “Playing to win” goals are usually defined as success, victory, or mastery. While it is vitally important to measure our ability to achieve, we also need to identify methods to stay motivated when our results fall short. There are occasions when we have planned effectively and performed with excellence, but did not succeed. “Playing to learn” goals are based upon your performance, regardless of the results. You evaluate these particular goals by asking questions such as, have I bettered my best? Since you are comparing your current performance to past performance and measuring improvement, this type of mindset goal is entirely within your control. Even when you don’t achieve an outcome goal, you can maintain motivation by achieving a “playing to learn” goal related to the same area. Look at times in your life where you have failed. Would you take that experience back in exchange for the lessons you learned? Likely, the future success you have had can be partially attributed to the wisdom you gained from your previous setback. You win every time when you play to learn! It is important to set goals over which you have as much control as possible. Goals based solely on outcomes can leave us vulnerable to discouragement, because of circumstances beyond our control, such as:
The point is this: No one wins every time, however, we can learn every time! 2. Risk = Opportunity An integral part of a winning mindset is seeing opportunity and risk as partners. In other words, you can’t have one without the other. I always wondered how some people found the courage to take risks continually. It’s because they understand that being risk-averse also means being opportunity-averse. Once I understood that, it became must easier to try something new and step out of my comfort zone. Here is why: I realized that risk can produce butterflies, but passing up a great opportunity will make you sick! It is all about how you interpret risk and opportunity. 3. Winning happens during practice The will to win begins with preparing to win. My tennis coach Tony Fisher used to say, “Practice like you compete, so you can compete like you practice.” Peak performers are always looking to better their best, and they understand that practice is the difference between mediocre and magnificent! They continually improve because they practice not only when they feel motivated, but also when they don’t feel motivated. 4. Quit! People with a winning mindset make a habit of quitting! Now, I realize this seems a bit counterintuitive from what we believe about success. However, winners quit any attitude or action that is not moving them closer to their goals. They say, “DO” to whatever is contributing to their success and “NO” to whatever is delaying their success. Tim Ferris, author of Tools For Titans, calls this creating your “Not-to-Do” list. We are all busy, so it’s important that we separate what we could do from what we should do. This can only be accomplished when you have absolute clarity of your goals. Once you establish exactly where you want to go, you create a clear divide between what you could do and what you should do. When an individual wins, we tend to look first at their external skills. However, the difference-maker is what you can’t see — their inner character. These inner qualities are something we can all develop, nurture, and benefit from. Think about it: You are the only one who decides how you respond and interpret your situation. Only you determine the quality and content of your thoughts! You have everything you need right now to embrace a winning mindset, so Game On! Planning your next event? Get in touch with us at the Capitol City Speakers Bureau today to schedule your ideal speaker and make your event a success! By Roger Crawford. This was originally published on Roger's blog.
Do you remember as a child being so swept up in a thought that time practically stood still? To this day, I can almost recall how wonderful that kind of daydreaming used to feel. It was a peaceful and harmonious state. What about when you would find yourself so focused on something, like a balloon or a bug, that everything else around you simply disappeared? I remember watching my own daughter drift off into such a trance-like state. I would often catch myself saying something like, “Earth to Alexa…” or “Anybody home?” Children have such a tremendous capacity for this kind of focused concentration and dreamlike state. Give yourself permission to dream. Why does daydreaming often stop as we get older? Why do we lose the ability to be totally captivated by the moment? Why do we stop cultivating our imagination? I believe it is because we become “terminally adult.” We have been taught that if we spend too much time dreaming and engaging in imaginary ventures or simply become still for any length of time, we are somehow neglecting our responsibilities. We can even find ourselves feeling guilty as a result. Over time, our minds become so cluttered with practical things that there is very little room left for anything else. Steven Pressfield, author of Do the Work says: “A child has no trouble believing the unbelievable. It’s only you and I, with our big brains and our tiny hearts, who doubt and overthink and hesitate.” One of the valuable lessons I have learned as an inspirational speaker is that people who achieve great possibilities are all great dreamers. Too often we buy into the myth that our possibilities and success require constant activity with little time for creative reflection and dreaming. Our busy-ness erodes our wonder about what is truly possible. High achievers do not let everyday tasks get in the way of thinking about future possibilities and success. They intentionally take time to have childlike dreams about “What if?” What do you dream to achieve in your life? Have you noticed that children rarely believe something is impossible? Ask them, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Their answers are often ambitious and limitless. How about you? What do you want your life to look like in the future? This question is important because anything you desire to change externally must first be changed internally. Therefore, when you create a clear mental picture of where you are going in life and set clear goals, you will become more positive, more motivated, and more determined to make it a reality. I believe that people experience discouragement because they don’t have an inspiring long-term vision that leads them, step-by-step, into the future of their dreams. Here is a clip from one of my presentations talking about clarity of vision. Make your dreams come true. Have you ever thought, “I could make my dreams come true if only I had more time, opportunity, or talent?” Dreams come true for those who are not discouraged by what they don’t have. They are inspired by what they already have! Your dreams are not only worth your time and energy; they are worth your LIFE! Here are some tips to help make your dreams a reality. Planning your next event? Get in touch with us at the Capitol City Speakers Bureau today to schedule your ideal speaker and make your event a success! By Roger Crawford. This was originally published on Roger's blog.
Strengthening your resilience is like strengthening your muscles. Both can be accomplished with a program of regular stretching and exercises. Attitude stretching requires no special clothing or expensive equipment, just awareness. Here are nine keys to improving your resilience: 1. Believe Success is Possible. Resilient thinking is the foundation of resilience. Even if you weren’t “born resilient,” you can learn to reframe negative events into positive challenges, giving yourself extra energy and endurance. Start by paying attention to how you talk to yourself each day. 2. Flex Your Humor Muscles. Flexibility is essential for controlling stress, increasing business opportunities, improving personal relationships, and dealing with change. How can you limber up? Let go of the immobilizing perfectionism and give yourself permission to notice the genuine humor that is all around you, and you will automatically increase your flexibility and vitality. 3. Bank on Your Past. Draw strength and inspiration from what you’ve done and what has happened to you. We’re often told, “Don’t look back” and “Don’t dwell on the past,” but when you know what to recall and use the information positively, you can tap some of your most valuable assets. 4. Stay Hungry. The most basic human instinct is a powerful tool for maintaining resilience. Learn the difference between money and true wealth, and where and how to direct your hunger for knowledge, adventure, and positive personal relationships. 5. Use All Your Resources. Make a realistic inventory of your assets. As you compile your catalog, you’ll discover some surprising and important skills and resources that you never realized you had. 6. Seize Responsibility. Decide what you can control. Then take responsibility for it. What an important life skill, yet unresilient people fail to grasp it, and feel overwhelmed much of the time. When you learn how to these two decisive steps, you put yourself in control, no matter what life throws at you. 7. Harness the Power of Purpose. Having clear goals and an action plan to reach them is absolutely mandatory for success. “The Five E’s of Goal Setting” in chapter 7 of my book How High Can You Bounce, will show you an efficient new way to plan and achieve. 8. Develop Your Inborn Leadership. Everything you say and do affects the resilience of others. No matter who you are or what position you hold at the moment, you become a powerful leader at work, at home, and in your community when you learn to share your resilience. 9. Embrace Challenges. Learn the difference between planning and preparation, and how the resilient prepare for life’s many challenges. Even when fate delivers an unexpected blow, you’ll be able to draw on your storehouse of resilience to identify the new and exciting opportunities that await you. Each of the nine chapters of my book show strategies for acquiring one of these nine skills. You’ll learn how to stay in optimal mental shape by nourishing and exercising these resilient qualities each day, the same way you nourish and exercise your body. As you strengthen your skills, you are building an invincible core of resilience that will always be there for you to draw on. Too often, when people suffer a major loss, they also lose their sense of identity and purpose in life. But with a resilient core, you keep a clear inner vision of your strength and flexibility in the face of challenges. Planning your virtual event? Get in touch with us at the Capitol City Speakers Bureau today to book your healthcare speaker! By Roger Crawford. This was originally published on Roger's blog.
Have you noticed how many times a day you open your briefcase or handbag to retrieve items? Most people hardly think about this task, but for me it is an actual challenge. With limited dexterity of my hands and a total of only three fingers, the repeated opening and closing of my briefcase causes significant discomfort. In fact, it can be so painful that I often resort to other methods; let’s just say I have very tough teeth! In a recent discussion with my wife, she suggested there might be an alternative to the traditional zippered case. Within days, she presented me with a surprise: a handsome new briefcase with magnetic closures rather than zippers! Until that time I had never considered another option. This has literally changed my daily life. No more sore hands or delivering a speech with missing front teeth! All of us encounter challenges that need solutions. Developing the ability to navigate problems successfully and discover solutions first requires awareness, discipline, commitment, and an effective strategy. Here are some useful suggestions. Solve a Problem Early Problems most often start small and become much larger if you do not acknowledge them or take appropriate action. Here is a great analogy: Life will sometimes throw you a pebble. If that doesn’t get your attention, a small rock, and finally a boulder. In other words, ignoring small problems does not make them disappear. In fact, they will continue to grow until you are eventually forced to deal with them. Ignoring a small health issue or financial difficulty can allow it to become a much larger problem, seemingly overnight. Successful people look to solve small problems before they get bigger. Focus on Best Solutions Simply worrying about a particular problem does not solve it. Worry creates unnecessary stress and can cause paralyzing anxiety. It can also erode your energy and waste valuable time. It is vitally important not to catastrophize our circumstances. Your success in solving problems is determined by what you dwell on. Rather than dwelling on the problem, clearly define it, and then turn your attention toward possible solutions. The better clarity you have, the better the solutions you will find. Don’t wait for the perfect solution; it may not exist. The perfect solution for my briefcase problem would have been my getting seven more fingers, while the best solution was simply a new briefcase. One Plus One Equals Three My good friend, author and speaker Brian Tracy, shared this principle of 1+1=3 with me many years ago. He explained that the talent, wisdom, and experience of two or more people working together on a solution will create powerful synergy. In other words, the sum of the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. I had dealt with blisters and bite marks for many years with my briefcase. When I shared my frustration in just one discussion, the solution appeared. Whenever you are dealing with a problem you’ve never faced, seek out someone who has. Their experience can help you find the solution you’ve been looking for. What are some challenges that you are currently facing? Is there a way you can approach the problem differently that might serve you better and perhaps offer a solution? I hope this article has given you some valuable options. Planning your virtual event? Get in touch with us at the Capitol City Speakers Bureau today to book your healthcare speaker! |
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