Are you tired of starting on a new goal but never seeming to finish it? Studies from the University of Scranton show 92% of us never finish our goals. Today, I’m going to show you one thing you can do to join the 8% that do.
When I run, I might set a goal to run a couple of miles and what I notice a lot is during that last half a mile, it takes everything I have to finish my run, but I always finish. It hadn’t always been that way for me. There were many times I didn’t finish the run. But what I found that works consistently is taking my focus away from the outcome, finishing the race, and instead focusing on the process.
I choose to focus on becoming the person who’s able to set a goal and finish it, who’s able to look adversity in the face and keep pushing forward, who’s able to persevere through the challenges and not give up. And by focusing on the process, instead of the outcome, the outcome becomes a foregone conclusion. So, the next time you’re having challenges finishing your goals, do like the Philadelphia 76’rs star, Joel Embid says to do and Trust The Process.
Do you want to know how some people pull off the impression of being a networking ninja and easily get people to help them reach their goals?
If you’re like most people at a networking event, you’re typically there with a WIIFM approach, trying to figure out what’s in it for me, which contact can I make today to make a sale. Take it from a guy who’s failed miserably with that tactic, that’s the absolute wrong approach. If you want to win friends and influence people as a Networking Ninja, you’ll have to draw upon some biblical wisdom that says it’s better to give than it is to receive. Think of it this way, no one tries to make a withdrawal from a bank account they haven’t made a deposit in right?
So, when you show genuine interest in helping others reach their goals and you make a deposit of value first in the relationships you drum up at networking events, you then earn the right to ask for a referral, an introduction or even new business. The good book says a gift opens the way for the giver and ushers them into the presence of influential people. So, to win friends and influence people as a networking ninja, give a gift of value first.
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