... do everything you can do help them. When you show that you sincerely care, your clients can tell and will appreciate you for it with more business and referrals. Unfortunately, in most interactions, the natural tendency is to think more about what you want than how you might be able to help and care for your [...]
... change your focus, gain perspective and take action. It's hard to see others gain the successes you wish for yourself especially when you're doing all you can and giving your best effort. Because you see and know everything that you've been doing, it's natural to feel that you're doing more than others yet not receiving the [...]
... take action to make yourself worthy of it. It's easy to spend time focusing on the rewards of success. We think about what we'll do and how we'll be once we get those rewards. Then our minds drift to those who already have the trappings of success and we dwell on and perhaps even envy their [...]
... choose it or change it. There is no point complaining about it - own the situation so you no longer have to dwell in it. You can CHOOSE it by focusing on the positive aspects of what you do and framing your current role as a stepping stone to where you want to go in your life. [...]
"It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction." Warren Buffet Who do you spend your time with and how much time do you spend with them? If you're not sure, consider recording the time you are spending with other people [...]
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who [...]
... doesn't matter how hard you work, how smart you are, how connected you might be, who your parents are, what you're doing now, etc. Where you are and what you have now is the result of your actions, your environment and your timing. If you feel that you deserve more, you're wrong. You are what you [...]
As a high performer, you work hard. Sometimes it's difficult to discern whether you're passionate about what you are doing or if you're just addicted to work. Do you really love what you do or are you using passion to rationalize the sleep-deprived hours you spend away from friends and family? This exact question popped [...]
"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage." - Anais Nin
... procrastinate with another productive activity. For me, it was writing this article. For you, it may be reading this article. Procrastination powerfully pulls me - it's one of those habits that I am shamefully unable to shake. I've written, read and discussed about it. I understand the mental and material costs of procrastination, the impact [...]
For successful high performers, actually for anyone, failure hurts. Even in the "iteration age" where failure is reframed as a pre-requisite for success, it still stings when you fail, no matter how smartly you do so. But do you really need to fail in order to succeed? I don't think so... When you study failures closely, you can [...]
As a high performer, you probably work more than your peers. There is a good chance that you work more than most people that you know. I know how you feel and I confess that I used to feel guilty about working "too much". It stemmed from my belief that truly efficient people should finish a [...]
