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I believe we would all agree that having
a winning feeling is prerequisite to
achieving outstanding results. A person
can't possibly expect to win if they're
constantly focusing on failure! The real
secret here is to capture that winning
feeling of success as often as you can
to create the environment necessary to
succeed.
If you've been a little down in the
dumps, feeling insecure or perhaps not
feeling as confident in your ability as
you'd like, I have a great tip for you.
My suggestion to anyone looking for a
success track to run on, or to a person
who is looking to get back on one, is to
start capitalizing on short-term
victories. That means specifically focus
on tasks you can achieve daily. The
principle is to start with an adversity
over which you can succeed, and
gradually take on more and more
difficult tasks. Nothing succeeds like
success.
Another technique used by many people in
developing or maintaining a winning
feeling is what we call the reflection
method. Think back during a time where
you were really successful at something…
we all have times to which we can
relate. It could have been a sale, a
particular speech, a school play, or
standing up to the town bully. Each one
of us can reflect back on a moment in
time to recapture that winning feeling.
Professional sports coaches often replay
winning games of the past for their team
prior to a big game to stimulate and
create a winning feeling!
Years ago, a good friend of mine had
left his job and a company that he had
worked with for many years. He was one
of the top VPs with his company and had
done extremely well. He had left because
he wanted to start his own business. I
told him he could use one of our offices
until such time as he was ready to open
up his own office.
In any event, I happened to be in the
office one afternoon and Grant, who
normally was very upbeat and positive,
was really having a difficult time.
After a few moments of small talk, it
became apparent what the problem was.
Grant had hit the terror barrier and the
possibility of starting his own company
was overwhelming him… he just didn't
think he could do it. Here's a man who
had risen to the top of his field, made
a high six-figure income for years… and
yet was still having doubts as to his
ability to start his own company.
I asked Grant to go home, get a notebook
and start to write down all of his
accomplishments, as far back as he could
remember. The look on his face was
priceless – I'm sure he thought I'd lost
my mind. I told him that the
accomplishment could be small or large…
it didn't really matter. The point was
to focus on something positive. I still
remember him asking, "Well, what if I
only fill half a page." I just smiled
and asked him to do his best and start
writing.
Monday morning came and Grant was back
in the office with a notebook full of
accomplishments. I smiled and said, "You
must have been fairly confident, you
picked up a good sized notebook!" We
both had a good laugh. Grant went on to
build a multi-million dollar financial
planning company and later franchised
the operation to extend across Canada
and the US!
This is a great exercise for anyone
needing a bit of a boost. What would
give you a winning feeling of pride and
satisfaction? Remember… a winning
feeling is a confident feeling and one
that forgets misses, and reinforces
successful attempts.
This article is by Bob
Proctor, author of The Goal Achiever
8-CD, workbook and planner program. To
order The Goal Achiever go to
Your Success Store
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