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The end of the week is the best time to plan for the coming week. And at this point, you’ve reviewed the previous week and can be prepared to make changes and take actions based on thought not reaction. You want to keep your goals in mind always. So today is your opportunity to look at yesterday’s Weekly Reflection and decide what you’re going to do and when. It is most often small tweaks that will lead to great success, fueled by a positive and grateful attitude.

review what we’ve discovered. It’s time to take a peek back at our journaling, to review our thoughts, feelings, and action items; and see how well we did. After all, self-awareness is the key to initiate growth and realize lasting change.

The old adage, “Don’t burn your bridges because you’ll be surprised how many times you have to cross the same river,” rings true for most folks. It resonates because we rely so much on each bridge we build (old relationships) that we can’t afford to burn any of them. If we have only one client in our business (one bridge) and he bullies us, we’re stuck. But with multiple clients, we can give the bad ones the heave-ho. Doesn’t it make more sense, then, to be in the bridge-building business, rather than in the bridge-saving business? Build bridges that will last, but if one becomes rotten, don’t be afraid to blow it up. What old bridge do you have that needs to be blown up? Should you replace it first?

Think of the most successful people who’ve lived in our lifetime. No matter who comes to mind—a renowned businessperson, religious or political leader, or an international rock star (suspend judgment on whether you agree with them or not)—what they all have in common is their outreach and impact … the number of people they have affected in the world. Now, ponder the array of folks supporting this person—fans, agents, customers, stakeholders and so many more. It takes a lot of people to turn our ideas and talents into maximum world impact. That means taking every opportunity possible to talk about our ideas, in an effort to enlist and evangelize people who will support our cause. Who will you talk to next?

The key words here: “work” and “yourself.” No matter what level of success we’ve obtained, continued growth and expansion requires work on ourselves. That’s why, sometimes, the hours we DON”T spend at work are important. When running your own business or in creating your own schedule, it’s not easy to separate the business-you from the weekend-you. In fact, weekends may rarely exist at all on our calendar. That’s okay, and it’s one of the perks of running the show, as we get to dictate the terms. But life’s more than business; we’ve got to invest in ourselves, our personal strengths, confidence and health. Mastering these things produces a strong foundation on which to rely in good times and bad. Are you investing enough time and resources in you?

With clients, colleagues, employees and even ourselves, we scale and edit our inner thoughts over and over again, before releasing them … just look at what we do when writing blog entries or Facebook status updates. But if we’ve edited our original ideas so much that they barely resemble what we began with, are we really being true to ourselves? While we must exercise some level of proofreading and consideration of our readers, we can go too far the other way, watering down our thoughts so that they’re diluted. The end result? Zero impact. And then, we’ve not only thrown any semblance of authenticity out the window, but wasted everyone’s time. In what areas of life are you diluting and editing out the true you?

The path to significance is not always fun and games; it requires bold action, which means getting our hands dirty. It’s about wholeheartedly giving all of ourselves to the challenge, because extraordinary living takes 100% effort. Here’s what actually happens: we think about what we want to accomplish, our brain shifts into safety mode and tells us what could go wrong … suddenly we’re not as excited, and our progress is stalled. Here’s what should happen: we think of what we want to accomplish, our brains tell us what could go wrong … and we decide to face the uncertainty head on. Moving past our fears requires recognizing and accepting the feelings associated with the down side and taking action anyway! How well do you embrace your fear of failure?

the previous week and can be prepared to make changes and take actions based on thought not reaction. You want to keep your goals in mind always. So today is your opportunity to look at yesterday’s Weekly Reflection and decide what you’re going to do and when. It is most often small tweaks that will lead to great success, fueled by a positive and grateful attitude.

After five days of prompting and prodding new ideas and thoughts to come to mind, today we review what we’ve discovered. It’s time to take a peek back at our journaling, to review our thoughts, feelings, and action items; and see how well we did. After all, self-awareness is the key to initiate growth and realize lasting change.

It’s challenging for some of us (particularly, the highly analytical types) to invest in a lofty vision because, ultimately, there’s nothing to suggest it’s even possible to achieve it … except our own burning desire. But is that enough? Maybe. When you think about it, history is filled with the realities of men and women who have fought bloodbaths for causes and lifestyles without any guarantee of ever seeing their vision fulfilled. The sheer audacity to realize that vision was enough for them to push on. Ultimately, the dreaming, the forging ahead, the dogged persistence was enough, regardless of the outcome. If the vision for our lives isn’t like that and perhaps it’s time for a change. What inspires you to drive on toward your vision no matter what the outcome is?

No matter where we are on the leadership spectrum, there’s much to be learned from transformational leaders who’ve already succeeded. For example, Nelson Mandela shared some of the most foundational and uplifting leadership principles around. They’re foundational because any leadership style can be furthered with them. Mandela teaches us that courage is NOT the absence of fear, and not just action in fear’s presence, but the capability to inspire others to move beyond fear and into what smashes fear: action. He reminds us that when we lead from the front, we need some focus on those behind; when we lead from the back, we’re to encourage others to embrace the front. How do you deal with fear, and how do you inspire and lead those around you?

On any team—sports, business, family, volunteer—there’s a thin line between challenge and pressure to perform at peak capacity. Limited challenges and low expectations usually lead to lackluster and stagnant team performance. With seemingly insurmountable challenge and overwhelming pressure, however, temptation mounts to just get the job done, ignoring unsafe or dangerous work conditions and neglecting opportunities for professional growth. From time to time, for even the most seasoned leaders, recognizing the location of this line is often difficult. The key is to seek regular input from our teams about their workload relative to the pending challenge … ask them to judge and report when performance expectations become quantitative instead of qualitative. Are you challenging your team toward continual growth or pressuring them for performance?

When playing in the big leagues of business, it can be a challenging to walk among the shadows of industry titans. Sometimes, it seems we’re forced to follow in their footsteps and do as they do to improve awareness and market share of our product or service. We’re often tempted to take action by following a similar path, releasing a similar product, or even running a similar marketing campaign—because, hey, if it worked for them, it should work for us, right? Wrong! This is where practicing innovation will set us on our own path to living a life of significance. Focus less on competing, and more on collaborating—and do things your way. Are you playing Follow The Leader or Catch Me If You Can?

Even at the risk of sounding like a broken record, the best way to move our ideas forward is to talk about them … with everyone. If something is important and we’re really passionate about it, it makes sense for others to know about it, which means talking about it constantly. And the truth is, people really like to hear about our desires and dreams. It makes people happy to know that someone is striving for something big—it pumps them up, too! Don’t be selective; we need to simply share with everyone we know what’s on our minds and our to-do list. Who knows what kind of opportunities may open up or whom that person knows? Who else can you share your ideas with today?

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