You have had over 90 days to build momentum…to make some progress…to achieve some goals…
What’s the score?
Why bother considering these questions?
Because as the second quarter begins, the timing is PERFECT for a personal 3000-mile performance check-up.
Your year-to-date results are now in the record books…
Have you set any new records?
Have you achieved a personal best?
Are you on pace for having the best year of your life?
If you have the same results during the second quarter of the year would you be happier, healthier and wealthier?
Take a good, close look at your current performance and embrace the reality that if you want to get better results during the second quarter of the year, you must engage in better activities than you have in the first quarter of the year.
Danger awaits those who wait for the once-a-year performance review.
Right now, yes, right this very second - you are in one of three positions as far as your 2010 goals are concerned:
Above Target: You have exceeded expectations of what you set out to accomplish.
On Target: You have met expectations of what you set out to accomplish.
Below Target: You have fallen short of expectations of what you set out to accomplish.
Under performance must be viewed as UNACCEPTABLE.
If this is the case, ask yourself this question…
“What am I going to do differently starting today to get myself back on target?”
IT’S TIME FOR A TUNE UP
As you are well aware, a 3000-mile checkup is the best thing you can do to preserve the health, value and reliability of your automobile.
It's a complete preventative maintenance program that takes only a few minutes and it meets your vehicle warranty requirements.
Take your automobile to any neighborhood garage and for just a few dollars you will have an insurance policy on long-term peak performance, thus maximizing the value of your investment.
Here are just a few things that you will receive:
- Replace oil
- Replace oil filter
- Inspect brake fluid and antifreeze/coolant levels
- Check and top off vital all fluids
- Inspect air filtration system, wiper blades and lights
- Check condition of belts
- Vacuum interior floors
- Clean exterior windows
- Lubricate chassis
- Set tires to the proper level
Goals and plans are the same in many ways. When new, you delight in the excitement, the newness, the discovery and the passion of achievement.
But, like a car, goals and plans need CONSISTENT upkeep and maintenance to stay running at peak performance, thus maximizing the value of your investment.
Unfortunately, too many people are more attentive to the maintenance of their cars than to the maintenance of their lives.
And, far too many people decide to quit, throw in the towel and hide when their performance starts running rough.
Cars come with a maintenance schedule. Life does not!
There isn't a manual in the glove box of our lives that tells us when or how to inspect performance, take stock of our lives, invest time for optimal performance, or change a habit or strategy completely.
And there isn't a troubleshooting checklist to refer to when the performance engine starts misfiring.
Until now - that is!
Here are some symptoms that your life, business or relationship may need a check-up:
1. Engine Misfires
Your life is not firing on all cylinders and therefore misfires or worse yet backfires. This is often expressed in value conflicts where our words and behaviors are often not aligned. The end result is that your performance is short-lived and most likely short-circuited.
Always remember, before values can be enforced, supported and validated, they must first be defined, confirmed and committed too.
2. Engine Runs On After Being Turned Off
This occurs when you set a goal, take action and get little or no associated results. Then for some strange reason, you continually repeat the same actions; continually repeat the same results, all the while expecting a different outcome.
Heed this lesson; a poor plan perfectly and consistently executed is still a poor plan. If your current actions are not delivering the results you desire, you must send out a CEASE and DESIST order and completely review the goal and plans.
3. Out of Gas
Regardless of cost, an automobile only has value to the extent that it contains fuel – gasoline. The same principle applies to any goal setting initiative, where the fuel level is low or non-existent, in this case motivation; the level of progress is marginal.
The winning attitude is one of movement and progress, therefore remind yourself of the key reasons WHY you set this goal in the first place.
As the cliché goes, "the best defense is a good offense." Go forward… be aggressive. Don’t give your fears or competition a chance to pin you down and choke off your motivational oxygen.
Trepidation and loss of confidence come with a defensive posture.
Attack the problem, attack the market, attack the competition, and you are preceding positively. Fear will melt and confidence will rise.
4. Engine Overheats
When things don't go your way, you become impatient, frustrated and angry. This burning of emotional energy causes damage to results as performance crumbles in a climate of hostility.
5. Warning Lights Go On
Often times we are given clues, hints and gut intuitive feelings about when something is going wrong. If you choose not to pay attention to these small hints, chances are you are in need of a check up as intuitive muscle is a key skill you must deploy and obey.
6. High Beams Are Non-Functioning
When your high beams are non-functioning your vision is greatly impaired thus inhibiting progress.
A vision is a way of seeing or conceiving what you want to create or achieve. The single most important thing to have before you do any planning is a vision. How can you plan without knowing what you envision for your life? It would be like starting a trip without first determining your destination, purpose of the trip, and what you expect to do when you get there.
7. Transmission Stuck In Neutral
Sometimes despite our best efforts the engine is running, initiative is being taken and energy is being expended but you're not making any progress.
This is a sign that you may have impotent goals or that you are trying to achieve someone else's goals, other than your own.
We quickly take our cars to a professional mechanic, but when we realize that our lives or businesses aren't hitting on all cylinders, we often try to fix the problem ourselves.
If any of these symptoms describe your life or performance, you probably could use a personal 3000-mile performance check-up from a professional specially trained to work with high achievement.
To help you in that process I have put together a very effective system and it's available to you at 50% for the next few days.
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If you want your car to run like a well-oiled machine, take it in for a checkup every 3000 miles.
And if you want you life to run smoothly and enjoy the sweetness of success than stop right now and give yourself a personal 3000-mile performance check-up.
You will have an insurance policy on long-term peak performance, thus maximizing the value and quality of your life.
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To Your Success!
Greg Fellows