Goal Setting With Securus And More
To Help You Achieve Your Dreams
From the desk of John
Kight, Vice President of Field Operations
Now we come to the final
action items that will help you take control of your life and reap the harvest
you so richly deserve. If you haven’t read parts 1, 2 and 3, I highly recommend
you do so before continuing.
For those of you that
already have read them…let’s continue!
WRITE DOWN YOUR GOALS – Successful business people know the value of
this activity going all the way back to the days of the Bible! And you don’t need to be a Biblical
scholar to believe this is the case. Several years ago, Harvard University conducted a study and found that only three percent of
all people actually had written down their goals. The study showed that those
three percent actually earned 10 TIMES MORE THAN THE OTHER 97% COMBINED! By writing
your goals down, you make them more real by putting them in writing AND you make them easier
to manage and keep track of. Don't be
one of the 97%! Do it today!
SPEAK YOUR GOALS AND ACTION PLAN – I mentioned earlier that I believe WORDS are
seeds as well! As a matter of fact I
look at SPEAKING my goals as a big part of WORK! How can I have GREAT expectations and SPEAK NEGATIVELY? Speaking negatively digs up the good seeds of
WORK that you do! Why would anyone want
to waste all the work they do with negative words? This is the epitome of
"shooting yourself in the foot."
Speaking my goals and
combating any negative thoughts I have with positive promises/truths is how I
win the battle.
What battle? The battle of your self image! That battle we all are fighting in the depths
of our souls! I learned a long time ago
that most of the beliefs I had of myself were not true. These tightly held beliefs were created in
error. They were created by someone else's opinion
of me. The thing that made these
opinions true in my life was that I ACCEPTED THEM! Ugh! It
hurts me just to think about it.
I guarantee you that this
will be the greatest battle of your life. Reprogramming your brain
(subconscious) to believe only the things that are TRUE about you is not an easy task. It is a process to change these wrong
thoughts, but it is a process YOU CAN WIN. You will never be the person you can
be and fulfill your greatness by believing NEGATIVE FALSE things about
yourself! Just because your parents and/or
school teacher said you were shy does not make it so. Just because someone said
you'd never amount to anything DOES NOT MEAN IT IS TRUE! Replace these beliefs with the right ones and
watch your life TRANSFORM!
DRAW YOUR GROUP OUT – Learn to THINK and VISUALIZE! Drawing your group out is an important
activity of a Leader. It helps you keep things in perspective and
not get lost in feeling like you have too much to do. When you don't keep your
group drawn out and make yourself a fresh "to do/accomplish list"
this is a recipe to feel overwhelmed. Your effectiveness goes out the window
when you feel like this! Keep your group
drawn out and game plan with your UPLINE on the activities you feel you should
do. Strive to be in agreement with your
upline and watch your business GROW!
DECIDE TO BE AN AFFIRMER – Strive to be an affirmer instead of an
evaluator. See the best in people! People are attracted to people who see the best
in them! Affirmers ATTRACT, evaluators
REPEL! You will never see the best in
other people until you start the process of bringing out the best in you. To get
a feel for what I’m talking about here, I recommend reading the book Balcony People.
And finally, I’d like to
offer some quick bullet point thoughts on being an effective leader.
- Many people confuse
leadership with power and use their position to make themselves feel powerful
at the expense of others.
- For example a real leader
does not engage in mind games. This is the activity of an immature 3rd grader,
not the activity of an up and coming leader!
- A leader’s desire is to
create an atmosphere of SAFETY and TRUST!
SAFE...ACCEPTED...ENCOURAGED...CHEERED ON! That’s the real path to
leadership – and it also happens to be the way we do things at Securus America.
- Great Leaders DO NOT SEEK
TO IMPRESS! THEY SEEK TO IDENTIFY!
- Make it a habit to
"talk behind people's back…but rather than be negative, say ALL THE GOOD
YOU KNOW!
Of course, there’s more to
success than following these action items. While these actions are a great
start, you also need a great support system in place, which is the cornerstone
of a healthy work environment.
Here at Securus America, we always
do our utmost to help our agents and managers grow and succeed. We give you the
tools to succeed but then we COACH you and help you become the person you were
always meant to be.
If you like what you’ve read here and want to be a part of
a community and work environment that is fully invested in your success, check
us out!
Until next time, this is John Kight for Securus Final Expense.
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