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Top 10 Radical Shifts to Extraordinary Business Results
Achieving extraordinary business results in today’s lightening fast world requires some radical shifts in thinking and acting.
1. Business is more than the bottom line and a balance sheet.
People make business happen. To achieve extraordinary business results cultivate deep and agile relationships with your colleagues, clients, customers, suppliers and competitors, and provide 100% customer service.
2. Always check your bags at the curb.
Ditch the beliefs standing in your way. Nothing kills an extraordinary business result quicker than a misplaced belief or a hidden agenda. Be open to thinking in new ways and you’ll discover new possibilities. You will become lighter, move faster, be more spontaneous and cover more ground with less effort.
3. Surrender the Outcome.
Being focused on the outcome limits your perspective, hinders your ability to seize opportunities along the way, and makes you less willing to take risks. It’s like running a race with blinders on. Focus on making each day extraordinary. It is too easy to reject an idea or opportunity because you are prejudging or attached to the outcome – unless you have a crystal ball, you DON’T know the future.
4. Waste some time every day.
Create space in your life to invest in yourself and in others. All work and no play makes everyone dull. You will avoid burnout and stress by making time for yourself… frivolous time! The results are extraordinary.
5. Heart + Head + Soul = WOW
Achieving extraordinary results doesn’t have to be a struggle. To reach for effortless and extraordinary results get your heart, head and soul in sync. Create a place of integrity, momentum, harmony and no regrets. Doing what you love makes work feel like play
6. Don’t be Afraid to Look Under the bed.
We’ve all got a place where we seldom think to look for solutions. There may be treasure in the junk and monsters aren’t so bad when you look them in the eye. Plus, small ignored monsters tend to grow into huge monsters that get in your face – better to deal with them when they are small and manageable!
7. Use your Accelerator to Slow Down.
Ease up on the accelerator to slow down. You don’t have to stomp the brake. The smoothest stops are gradual and gentle. And your car will last longer and use less gas. Anticipate and plan. You can make mistakes when you rush things.
8. Make it Bigger than You.
And it will pull you and everyone else along. Realize it’s not about your success or failure. When you start a business you are impacting on your clients, customers and your staff as well as your family. You must see the bigger picture and realize it is no longer just about you.
9. Don’t Forget to Signal Before You Turn.
If you want people to follow your lead, don’t make them guess where you’re headed. Avoid a lot of crashes, fender benders and missed turns by telling folks which direction you are going before you take off. This is important for your customers as well as business associates and those who work for you.
10. Wear Comfortable Shoes.
Be yourself. You’ll get more done, have more fun and build more powerful relationships.
Bonus tip:
Find the “extra” in the ordinary.
Sometimes the answer is right in front of you. Don’t become so blinded by shiny new gizmos that you can’t see the obvious. Sometimes it is better to leave things as they are, in that, if it ain’t broken, don’t fix it. Sometimes it is better to upgrade and modify our procedures. Think carefully and ask for opinions from your customers and staff before making any major changes.
Finding your purpose and passion in life!
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”
~ Harriet Tubman.
Enjoy this 3 minute movie that will encourage you in finding your purpose and passion in life!
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Top 10 Ways to Relieve Stress
Feeling blocked or unproductive at work is natural and can be caused by overwork, lack of momentum, the weather, increased responsibilities, or many other things. It is helpful to understand what caused the block but even more helpful to do one of the following to relieve the stress fast!
1. Move your body.
Take a ten-minute walk in or outside the building. Get your body moving to create greater energy flow.
2. Talk to a colleague.
Seek out a colleague in your department or another one and let them know you are stuck or feeling stress. Spend five-minutes or so just talking about how you feel. Sometimes just verbalizing the feelings out loud makes us feel better.
3. Take a five-minute catnap.
That’s right … put your head down and give your mind a break to work through the block. It worked in school and it can be useful at work.
4. Turn up the music.
If you have a radio then pick a station to listen to, really concentrate on for five-minutes. Take your mind off the situation and let the music in.
5. Eat or drink.
Take a snack break. Enjoy a favorite food or beverage and just relax for a few minutes.
6. De-clutter your workspace.
Organize your work area. Put things in piles, do some filing, clear off your desktop. Take your mind off of everything and design a better work area. A cluttered, messy work area can create feelings of stress.
7. Give yourself a reward.
Have a special meal, call someone you haven’t spoken to in while, schedule a massage or new haircut or pick up vacation brochures. Lift your spirits and give yourself something to look forward to.
8. Switch tasks.
Stop working on the current project. Switch to something you are more in the mood to do. Get yourself into a project or task that has more appeal at the moment and then come back to what you were doing at a later time.
9. Create momentum.
Get into a routine. Having a clear routine develops momentum and that will keep you from feeling the stress and getting blocked.
10. Plan a quick get away.
Plan an escape for the weekend. Take a trip on a train, plane, bus or take a car ride. You may even want to bring a bit of work – the change in environment may give way to that block.
Six Tips to Restore the Motivation to Work
The past couple of years has seen an unprecedented shift in business and financial challenges and opportunities on a global scale. While some western countries experienced serious downturns, many developing countries found their feet, making their fortunes by attracting western businesses to set up base in their country where business costs and labor are so much cheaper. While the wisdom of this is being debated and some governments are actively encouraging their home grown businesses to invest and remain on home soil, the major effect of this outsourcing and taking industry overseas is diminished job and career opportunities at home, which has a demoralizing effect on those who’ve lost their jobs.
Now, as businesses in the major western countries get back on their feet, one of the key factors to their success is not going to be in the number of new products they can invent or manufacture for less than their competition, but from the people who work for them… the employees who drive their business. If a company is to rebuild itself and continue to grow, it must have enthusiastic, productive and committed people and motivating the workforce must become a key strategy in business growth plans.
Studies show that money alone does not provide long term motivation, because employees have to know the difference between being paid for the job they do as opposed to being rewarded for doing a good job, so with many companies still facing the necessity to watch their spending, here are some examples of motivational programs and options they can consider. (more…)
What Changes to Management Can Improve the Bottom Line?
When change is introduced into the workplace, there is often a degree of resistance, anxiety and sometimes even ridicule of the new methodologies. People equate change with difficulty and something to be feared. This is where open communication is so important and it starts right at the very top.
If you don’t have the full support and understanding of key management positions, any organizational changes being made are going to be thwart with difficulties. It is up to CEOs and Presidents to champion the cause and ensure their managerial teams are also in full support, so that it can filter down through the ranks more smoothly.
It is not enough to merely hand a list of problems and preferred outcomes or objectives to a managerial team and expect them to go ahead and get to work on it. They, too, need guidelines and guidance, reassurance, and training. Many Managers get to where they are through natural progression up the corporate ladder, climbing their way on their years of experience. But this doesn’t mean they know how to manage. The Manager of the Sales Department may be an excellent Sales Person himself and know how to train his staff in successful sales techniques and strategies, but as a manager of people and an organizational change expert, he may well be out of his depth. The same can be said for many managers in many different departments.
All the brilliant change plans in the world will fail if those who are responsible for the action have no idea what they are doing and possibly, don’t believe in what they are doing. So the first step is ensuring the managerial teams understand what changes are being made and why, and what outcomes are being sought and why. They then need training in the best methodologies for introducing the new systems to their own departments. This requires a whole set of skills many managers lack, simply because it has not been something they have been taught before. This includes people skills, communication skills, and negotiating skills. (more…)
Terri Levine – the Coaches Coach!
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I’d like to share some recent testimonials with you…
Within a couple of hours of just a simple presentation, I made $15,000. $15,000 just working with Terri for just a couple of hours. This is how powerful her teaching is and we’re just starting out. I’m looking forward to so much more. We’re building an amazing relationship. I am ecstatic and I know that things are just going to go up from there. I highly recommend Terri Levine.
– Jemila Williams
I have had the extraordinary experience of spending an entire day, one on one, with Terri Levine, the Guru of Coaching. And I have to tell you it made a huge difference for me personally and professionally. Oh my goodness, the breakthroughs we had. I had a quantum leap in my business and how we’re doing business development, how we’re impacting our bottom line, how we’re increasing our profitability. All these conversations I had with Terri when we spent a day together have ended up in those kinds of results. And for me as a business owner, that’s exactly what I’m looking for. I recommend that anybody give themselves the gift of working with Terri. She is extraordinary. She is savvy. She is wise, and at the end of the day, she is going to do great things to help take your business to the next level.
– Kristen Schuerlein
I’m here to tell you that Terri Levine is the real deal. As a coach, I personally haven’t met anybody so genuine, so loving, so giving of her time, her knowledge and her resources. I recently attended her one day speaking event and it was great. She just blew me away with all of the content that she gave us that we could implement immediately. I instantly found out the holes that I needed to fill in my own business and in my own life where I was stuck. It opened a lot of interesting doors for myself as a speaker and as a business woman. I am so grateful for Terri’s work and her giving and I cannot wait to work with her more.
– Susan Creal
There’s two things that are very special about Terri Levine. One is she has this amazing sense to analyze a business and determine what moves you can make to catapult that business into the stratosphere. One idea from a person like Terri who has this amazing sense for business can change that business tremendously. The other thing that is so special about Terri is her heart, her passion. And Terri has an amazing ability to take your passion and your experience and merge them into a business that you love and will create amazing results. Terri Levine, she’s the one.
– Les Schmidt
My first month with Terri gave me awesome momentum. It was an honor to complete her challenge and win the $1000 for my video.
This month, I added an unexpected $3000 to my income. She taught us to do things that stand out and I did a crazy e-mail promotion in a new target market.
So far I’ve ended up with fabulous testimonials, raving fans, and possible new clients, who are already referring their friends.
Warmest regards,
Lin Morel, MA, DSS
Are You Working Yourself Happy?
Take this quiz and find out if your career or employer is likely to bring you years of happiness and success, or years of regret. Identifying the warning signs can save you wasted and unhappy years in a job that is wrong for you. Really, you don’t need a quiz to tell you if you’re unhappy in your job or not, but sometimes we kid ourselves – it’s only a temporary phase, we say, or we believe we can put up with it, or we may even think it’s something else that’s wrong with our lives… meanwhile, valuable days of our life tick by … we begin to think the “warning signs” are normal and put up with it.
Answer each question quickly and instinctively – they are not presented in any special order because we don’t want your brain forming patterns and thinking of answers before we’ve asked the question! (more…)
MARKETING AND ACHIEVING EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS RESULTS
Marketing your business is not just an attempt to reach your target market through formal and deliberate marketing means. Every time we meet someone and “talk business”, we are marketing. Sometimes, even at social situations, if we are discussing what we do, our “work”, we are marketing. Achieving extraordinary business results in today’s lightening fast world requires some radical shifts in thinking and acting and we need to make every marketing opportunity count. This means looking after and keeping in touch with existing and old clients and not just focusing only on new clients.
Business is more than the bottom line and a balance sheet. People make business happen. To achieve extraordinary business results, cultivate deep and agile relationships with your colleagues, clients, customers, suppliers and competitors. Here are some tips to help you get started: (more…)
No One is Right or Wrong… A Coaching Perspective
As a professional business and personal coach, I believe that we, as human beings, are all connected. We may not see this and sometimes we may even wish we weren’t, but it is an essential ingredient in the coaching process. I recognize this sense of connection, but I also recognize that we are each unique and have special gifts, talents, and offerings.
One of the challenges we all face, as human beings, is that of remaining non-judgmental. We tend to put labels on what we hear, such as right or wrong, good or bad, happy or sad, etc. Even young children hold judgment about what they see, hear, and experience. Somehow, society has trained us to judge others as good or bad and not to accept those who are different from us or what we consider the “norm.” But shifting into coaching mode, we believe that no one is right or wrong, good or bad … they just are, and we accept who or what they are, period. Not always an easy task, admittedly.
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