What’s Your Philosophy

What’s your philosophy? It’s an important question.

Why? What you think, your philosophy determines what you will do.

Your personal philosophy can be summed up in a few words. As each day goes by you choose do whatever you think is valuable.

What do you think is valuable? And where has that taken you?

If you don’t like where you are at and want to have things be better, then change your personal philosophy. And if you think your problems or challenges are out there, then that’s the problem A good personal philosophy for progress to move your toward the business and life you desire is “if it is to be it is up to me.”

You must be proactive. You are the creator. Start thinking on what can be instead of what is. Your personal philosophy absolutely has the power to change your life. All you have to do is change your thinking.

Even animals, insects and other living organisms have a personal philosophy that guides them. According to Jim Rohn, ants have the “all I can possibly do philosophy.”

That’s a good place to start. Do all that you can possibly do.

Unlike animals, you as a human being, have been given the dignity of choice. You can choose to be all or you can choose to be less.

Why not be like the ants and have a personal philosophy that says I will strive to achieve the maximum to see what all I can be?

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Keys To Success: Passion

Throughout my business experience I have found that passion is a key ingredient to small business success.  After all, if you don’t have passion about your product, service, company, and most importantly, yourself, it makes it that much harder to achieve personal and small business success.
In my personal business coaching practice I have observed that the clients who have the most passion also have the greatest degree of success.

Keys To Success:  Passion About Yourself

You have probably heard that true success is an “inside” job.  To succeed you must have passion about:

1. “Who” you are.
2. “What” you do.
3. “How” you do it.
4. “Why” you do it.

Lack of excitement in any of these areas will hold you back much more than you may realize. The most important area to be passionate about is YOU.  If you feel stuck or overwhelmed look at yourself and find something to change that will make you more excited about you.
After all, in business and life, we, so to speak, leak who we are.  What are you leaking about you?  How do you think?  How do you speak?  How do you dress?  Do you act with respect, kindness and consideration?

The answers to these questions and your passion about them are important keys to success.

Passion Is Your Value Proposition

In answering Who you are, What you do, How you do it and Why you do it you are establishing your value proposition to prospects, customers and client.  Too often this is forgotten.
I have collaborated with self-employed business owners, entrepreneurs and solo professionals who had the best technology and efficient systems but who fell short of where they wanted to be.
Once they understood that small business growth was not just about a great product or service and its delivery, but the passion with which it was delivered, their businesses and lives started to move forward and up.

Passion:  Look At Your Priorities

In running a small business or starting your own business I see self-employed business owners with passion but lacking clear priorities.  This is a recipe for disaster.

Be a person with passion but also priorities.  Without the right priorities and taking action on them personal and small business success is more likely to elude you.  Make sure that your daily priorities are in alignment with where you want to take your business and life.

With your priorities in alignment your passion will grow and help take you to the personal and small business success you desire.  Your success will be in your passion.

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The Truth And Confusion About Can’t And Won’t

Can't and Won’t  are two words we use quite often. They let someone know, or if we are talking to ourselves, that something is not going to happen.

Yet, how we use Can’t and Won’t will either accelerate our relationships or it can take them backwards.

For example, if you asked me to cut down a tree I can answer you with the following.

“No, I won’t cut down that tree.”

“No, I can’t cut down that tree.”

Without reading anything into either statement:

“No, I won’t cut down that tree.” That is a statement of attitude and emotion. It is valid. It is about my belief system.

“No, I can’t cut down that tree.” Usually, this would be more a statement of fact. You just can’t do it. You just don’t have the skills, the equipment or the time. There is attitude and emotion attached to it but the underlying concern is about fact.

Yet, when we communicate with others or ourselves very often we confuse can’t and  won’t . And  in the process, we can confuse our listener. The truth about ‘can’t’ and ‘won’t’ is that they are both valid.

Be careful how you use ‘can’t’ and ‘won’t’. That’s what can be confusing.

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