The Job Nobody Dreams Of

Do something right now!

What was the saying by that Chinese dude ...."The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."

The guy was right. The world is built on action. One action-oriented person is worth 10 inactive geniuses. One action is enough to create the momentum necessary to inspire consistent action until you succeed. If you have a major project that seems overwhelming just start with something. The resistance to a very small step isn't as great as the resistance to a large change.

Building momentum starts with a single action. One action leads to the next, and before you know it, amazing progress has been made. Success doesn't come from a single, earth shattering event. Rarely do people have a goal that calls for one enormous action. Reaching that goal results from taking the right steps, day after day, in the direction of the things you desire. 

Doing just one seemingly insignificant thing can create the momentum that drives you to continue taking action each day. But you need to do that seemingly insignificant action...right now!

Happy Selling!

Beating a Dead Horse

It's probably weird that a father with two sons in college dwells on the need for a college degree but this is something I am passionate about. Last summer I wrote the first of two posts about degrees - Told You So.

Going to college does have it's advantages but there is new data to further suggest it is not the guaranteed investment so many people have come to believe - Is College Worth It. The important point the article makes is the degree itself doesn't guarantee...showing up to college for 4 years will not  necessarily get you a job that you can just show up for over the next 20 years. You need to distinguish yourself and showcase skills that can't easily be duplicated or outsourced.

Something to think about as those acceptance letters show up over the next couple of months.

Happy Selling!

Motivational Tip

In case you didn’t know, I keep busy with three different blogs: IT Training Blog; Dunk Before 50 and this blog. While this blog and the dunk blog certainly deal with motivational topics, I quite often include motivational insights with the email I use each month to promote IT Training Blog.net. With a new year right around the corner and everyone making “New Year’s Resolutions” today’s post is so important I am throwing it up on all three blogs concurrently. First a quick history lesson.

In the Spring of 1519 Hernando Cortes took an expedition to Mexico. After months of travel,  his 11 ships and seven hundred men landed in Veracruz. After unloading everything Cortes had the ships burned. He completely eliminated the option of going back. He created an intensely powerful motivation to succeed and that is the point of this motivational tip…don’t give yourself an option to back out of a goal.

My personal example is when I made my goal to dunk a basketball by the time I turn 50 next year. I could have kept that clearly ambitious goal to myself…the same goes for my recent declaration of giving up Pop Tarts. It’s sort of difficult (OK..downright hard) to go back on these two goals that I made so public. There is pain associated with NOT meeting those goals. My recent toe injury (well chronicled at DunkBefore50.com) caused me a lot of grief and it would have been very simple to give up…except I told the whole freaking world about my goal!

Developing reasons for taking actions isn’t  always enough to guarantee success (otherwise everyone would always reach their goals). What bridges can you burn in a positive way that will motivate you to stand by your word?

Happy Selling!