Think about this...part II

2 more questions to ask yourself:

1. What is the most important thing I did last year?

2. What is the most important thing I am going to do this year?

MiH (Make it Happen!) Have a good weekend...

Chris

Think about this...

Please ask yourself:

1. I am going to stop ________________?

2. I am going to start ________________?

When? Today!

Be Organized

TOO MUCH WASTE!

The Data? The average person wastes about 2 hours per day because lack of organization. That is entirely too much waste! What does it look like?

• Lost items
• Misplaced items
• Keys and phones searching
• Helping kids find stuff
• Paperwork issues

When we look at the waste, we can't afford it. We all have way too much to accomplish in this world and wasting time to this degree can't happen. I will never be a SUPER organized person...not in my DNA...but I can improve. And when I look at the data and consider the waste of time, I have to improve. I absolutely hate time wasting. So this just my attention and I need improvement.

You?

Hot Sauce!

Even pre-IVF, we had a name picked out for a boy. If we were going to be blessed with a son, his name was going to be Teddy. From the second we found out one of the invetro worked, I was calling our baby TT; short for Teddy Tapken. Then we found out the baby was going to actually be a boy, Teddy was it.

So we have been called Teddy...TT... by his initials even when he was In-Utero all the way up until a couple weeks ago.

TT and I were watching a basketball game (imagine that!) and a player made a fancy shot and the announcer called him "Hot Sauce" for his athletic ability to make acrobatic shots. The next day, I came home and greeted TT, as I do everyday. But this day, he told me:

"Dad, don't call me TT anymore....only call me HOT SAUCE!"

So I guess it's HOT SAUCE from now on...maybe Tate will be the next TT??

M i H

Make It Happen!

Our new positioning statement is: Make it Happen! Not only true for my company but the marketplace in the entirety.

I see so many plans and great strategies. I see so much great rhetoric. I see so many wish full thinking's. I see so many people wanting and talking about change. I see so many wish-ers. I see so many people benchmarking. I see so much imitation. I see so much bragging. I see so much fluff!

Bottom line: I see so much blah blah blah...and also I see ALMOST NO ACTION!

For me, it's MAKE IT HAPPEN! We only have one shot at this life so I have to make it happen. The alternative is simply not an option.

I love this picture!

Today...and Why in the World???

Two critical points about today:

1. Today is the first day of the rest of your life!

2. Today is the youngest you will ever be. Act like it!

Now I ask you this:

• Why in the world are you not taking advantage of every second?
• Why in the world are you not doing what you want to do?
• Why in the world are you missing golden opportunities?
• Why in the world are you being lazy?
• Why in the world are you not living your dream life?
• Why in the world are you sleeping through life?
• Why in the world are you not living exactly where you want to live?
• Why in the world are you not spending time with those that mean most?
• Why in the world are you not working on your relationships?
• Why in the world are you stressed over things that don't matter?
• Why in the world are you concerned about your "stuff" or lack of "stuff"?
• Why in the world are you not working on YOU and YOUR MIND?
• Why in the world are you concerned about what others think?
• Why in the world are you not following your dreams?
• Why in the world are you not dreaming anymore?

Please think about it....

Happy Fathers Day

Dad's Wisdom!

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand tohave the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished athow much he had learned in seven years. --Mark Twain

Creative genius of gaining more wisdom with the grace of time!

Dallas

In Dallas speaking to a great group tomorrow. I am excited!

It is so awesome when you love what you do! I got to tell ya!

How about you? Do you absolutely love what you do? If not, you are missing out....you should try it! Sounds like so much common sense to do what you love to do; but why are the vast majority in careers they really don't enjoy or working for company's they don't like.

It amazes me!

Hard to believe? Not really

I recently heard that 50% of people will not read another book cover to cover once they graduate from high school or college (whichever is last).

Surprising? Not really to me.

But then again, I am in the business of developing people and talent so I see daily, the lack of vision and narrow thinking on personal development.

The first question: When is the last time you read a book cover to cover?

If the answer is: Been a long time...then why? Seriously think about it...just simply ask...why?

The second question: What is more important than developing yourself?

Just something to think about. Are you one of those 50% that give up on learning? And if yes, does that make any sense?

Progress and not Pefection

Focus on Progress and not Perfection...

It took my years to learn this powerful rule. I have the tendency to focus on getting things just exactly the way I want them and get all caught up on details....all the while forgetting to focus on the big picture progress. This is a mistake.

For example, I will play around with my speeches for hours while ignoring the bigger picture progress of making an event successful. In my events, there is more than just the speech. I need to remember that and focus on the event as a whole and not just one aspect. I also tend to think about how far I have to go to become the presenter I want to be; rather than the progress I have already made as a speaker. Another mistake.

We need to focus on steady improvements and moving the ball forward each day and pay less attention to how far we have to go. By daily focus on progress, we will get those big perfect perfections. But daily focus on perfections will not get us any daily progress. (say that 3 times..)

A lesson I am still learning...but getting much better. See my focus on the progress!

Daily Question I ask myself

Sunset in Austin TX...

When the sun goes down I ask myself this question...(it's on my calendar daily)

What Good did you do today?

I have a ton to get done in my life...given that, I cannot waste time. I need to accomplish meaningful things each day. My check and balance to make sure excellent progress is happening; I ask myself this simple but yet profound question each night. If I can't answer this with solid and concrete answers, then I did not do my job that day.

But if I can answer this question and list out great efforts and great results, then that day was a win. Bottom line: I want to win each day. I want to do so much good with each day! Time is right on the top of my most precious gifts! I have to be a good steward of this undeserved favor and grace called TIME!

Tonight, I will ask myself: Chris, What good did you do today?