What exactly are you going to do to separate yourself in the marketplace today?
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Make it magnificent and marvelous!
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Friday, October 30, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Activities vs Achievement
Activities vs Achievement
Huge Difference!
A great exercise: Look over your calendar for the last couple weeks and audit your time. What did you see? More activities and noise or actual steps forward and achievements?
I think in today's world there is a wrong test for success. It seems like the gauge for success in today's world is how busy you are rather than how much you achieve. I see it all over.
Busy here and Busy there. Running around a million miles per hour with hair on fire; But short on achievements.
I am just the opposite. I want to slow down and take my time (especially with my decisions because most of them stay with me a long, long time.) I want to do less busyness and more business. I want to get rid of all noise and focus on taking steps forward. I hate distractions and busy bee non-sense that keeps me from getting the most impacting rewards accomplished.
But to get this done, I have to audit my performance and know exactly where my time goes. Why? I am where my time goes. Period.
Huge Difference!
A great exercise: Look over your calendar for the last couple weeks and audit your time. What did you see? More activities and noise or actual steps forward and achievements?
I think in today's world there is a wrong test for success. It seems like the gauge for success in today's world is how busy you are rather than how much you achieve. I see it all over.
Busy here and Busy there. Running around a million miles per hour with hair on fire; But short on achievements.
I am just the opposite. I want to slow down and take my time (especially with my decisions because most of them stay with me a long, long time.) I want to do less busyness and more business. I want to get rid of all noise and focus on taking steps forward. I hate distractions and busy bee non-sense that keeps me from getting the most impacting rewards accomplished.
But to get this done, I have to audit my performance and know exactly where my time goes. Why? I am where my time goes. Period.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
What if....part II
What would our businesses look like if we:
- Found our passion and big aha difference maker
- Cast a clear and motivating vision
- Get great people on board
- Execute the BASICS better than our competition (especially focusing on relationships!)
- Take little steps forward each day with passion and enthusiasm
- Have a bunch o FUN!
Today, we are making business/life much harder than it needs to be.
Let's just take a time-out and really think on this.
If any of this hits home, you need to sign up for IGNITE Seminar we are hosting. Email kelly@christapken.com for details (limited space and seats are filling up fast). You don't want to miss out on this day long seminar where we are building a plan of action for an amazing 2010! Enough mediocrity...there's a better way and it will start with you being at IGNITE course!
Thursday, October 15, 2009
KISS...Part III
KISSKeep it Simple Silly!
We all are making business too difficult today! The top producers keep things very simple and focus on the BASICS!
It's all about the execution of the Basics:
- Do Basics Daily!
- Add a sprinkle of Passion!
Execute the basics every single day with a dose of passion and you have a formula that your competition can't match!
Apple, Google, and YOU! Keep things simple! (just like Apple and Google!)
Monday, October 12, 2009
Courage and some thoughts
Courage!...What does it mean? Something I have really been thinking about and working on.
It takes courage to live the life you want to live. This is for sure.
Another point about courage: Embrace adversity and tough times all the while understanding there will be ultimate victory. That's easy to say but hard work.
Really, I should look forward to adversity? Yes. Because it's in these tough times that we really grow. We dramatically improve when the weather is not so fair. We absolutely learn when the road is rough. We advance when the footing is not so sure. Now, please also understand that it's not fun and easy in these turbulent times. Nobody enjoys getting beat up. But it's needed and good for us.
Lastly, we need to keep our eyes on the prize which is in the end, WE WIN! We all will get through these tough times and come out even better. Defeat ..never. Victory is ours.
I think that's courage.
It takes courage to live the life you want to live. This is for sure.
Another point about courage: Embrace adversity and tough times all the while understanding there will be ultimate victory. That's easy to say but hard work.
Really, I should look forward to adversity? Yes. Because it's in these tough times that we really grow. We dramatically improve when the weather is not so fair. We absolutely learn when the road is rough. We advance when the footing is not so sure. Now, please also understand that it's not fun and easy in these turbulent times. Nobody enjoys getting beat up. But it's needed and good for us.
Lastly, we need to keep our eyes on the prize which is in the end, WE WIN! We all will get through these tough times and come out even better. Defeat ..never. Victory is ours.
I think that's courage.
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Very Cool!
We have been running some very awesome marketing campaigns.
Very different...very unique!
**** Tremendous success when you can separate yourself in the marketplace!
Love Creative!
Q: What are you doing to seperate yourself in the markeplace?
Boring is out!
Very different...very unique!
**** Tremendous success when you can separate yourself in the marketplace!
Love Creative!
Q: What are you doing to seperate yourself in the markeplace?
Boring is out!
Something to Think about...
Crisis! = Disaster
*** You can't run a business or a life in crisis mode. ****
Solution to Crisis is Clarity!
^^ Get Clarity to today.
Clarity! = Calmness
Amazing results come from a sense of calmness. But it starts with clarity.
Clarity:
*** You can't run a business or a life in crisis mode. ****
Solution to Crisis is Clarity!
^^ Get Clarity to today.
Clarity! = Calmness
Amazing results come from a sense of calmness. But it starts with clarity.
Clarity:
- Clarity to Time Management
- Clarity to Vision
- Clarity to Purpose
- Clarity to Priorities
- Clarity to Roles and Responsibility
- Clarity to Having Fun
- Clarity to Being Creative
- Clarity to Selling
- Clarity to Marketing
- Clarity to Cash
- Clarity to Management
- Clarity to Leadership
Just to name a few...
Friday, October 02, 2009
Question submitted
Question from our website: What is one of the biggest factors in today's marketplace that you are seeing?
And please feel free to post questions to our website and we will answer them.
Answer: The company's and top producers that are able to SEPARATE themselves in the marketplace is the biggest issue we are seeing today. There is so much Same ol' Same ol' out there with everyone running around a million miles per hour with their hair on fire....but can't separate themselves in the market.
And then there are the very few that Slow Down and Intentionality master the Vision and the message. Those that make themselves Different...not only different but DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT (DD) are the ones that even in today's chaos, go out and set records.
VISION...and communicating that vision in a clear and motivating manner is the BIGGEST separator in the marketplace.
And please feel free to post questions to our website and we will answer them.
Answer: The company's and top producers that are able to SEPARATE themselves in the marketplace is the biggest issue we are seeing today. There is so much Same ol' Same ol' out there with everyone running around a million miles per hour with their hair on fire....but can't separate themselves in the market.
And then there are the very few that Slow Down and Intentionality master the Vision and the message. Those that make themselves Different...not only different but DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT (DD) are the ones that even in today's chaos, go out and set records.
VISION...and communicating that vision in a clear and motivating manner is the BIGGEST separator in the marketplace.
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