Are You in Good Company?

Stop and take a look around.

Who are you choosing as your friends, colleagues, and employees?

Those who continue to bring out your best self…

or those who put you in touch with your lesser self?

Studies show that if you want to lose weight, hang out with people who eat well and exercise. If you want to stay out of jail, hang out with people who live by strong moral and ethical values. If you want to be successful, surround yourself with people who are already successful.

It’s not rocket science…unless that’s what you’re into...in which case go ahead and surround yourself with rocket scientists.

In order to achieve the goals that are important to you, you must be in control of your choices. In order to be in control of your choices, you must first be aware of them.

Make a list of the 5 people in your life that you invest the most time with. As you look at each name on your list, dare to ask yourself one simple question:

“Does this person bring out my best self or put me in touch with my lesser self?”

If the answer is ‘my lesser self’, maybe it’s time to invest some lesser time with them and invest more time with people who bring out what is best in you.

I Think I Can

“As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.” -Henry David Thoreau

Whether you like the sophistication of Henry David Thoreau or the simplicity of The Little Engine that could,

One thing is certain:

Thoughts are powerful.

The key is to remember that we have a choice over what thoughts we give power to.

Sadly, many of us are more comfortable believing that we are going to fail than we are believing that we are going to succeed. It is because of this, that the trodden trails of our mindsets are often the ones that lead nowhere.

Stepping off a familiar path can be scary… but it's the only way to give power to new possibilities.

Do What You Can

“It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little – do what you can.” ―Sydney Smith

We all have dreams. We also all have lives. Lives full of interruptions, distractions, obligations, and responsibilities.

How are we expected to make time for growth when some days it’s all we can do to keep our heads above water?

When it comes to investing in professional development, it’s easy to fall into the trap of doing nothing because we don’t have time to do it all.

128 Tips to Make You a More Effective Leader is all about - practical application. So what if “a little” is all you can do? Maybe “a little” is all that you need. Sixty seconds is all it takes to make changes that matter. It’s rarely the big broad sweeping changes we make that create the most profound difference.

It’s the baby steps we take, shifting our behavior and putting sustainable habits in place that create the most profound

changes. Do what you can, a little today, a little tomorrow…and eventually you will find yourself doing things you couldn’t before.

The only way to move a mountain...is one spoonful at a time.

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