Personal Growth – Page 35

Do You Know the Three Words of Success?

Everyone has goals they would like to achieve. Normally success does not occur by accident. You can increase your level of success by learning a process for growing and achieving.

Let’s review the three words of success that you should know. These three words provide the basis of success regardless of the goal.

1. Awareness: The first step towards success is awareness. If you want to get from where you are to where you want to be, you have to start by becoming aware of the choices you are making. Some choices lead you towards your goal, and other choices are moving you away from your goal. No matter your goal, expanded awareness helps you make better choices.

2. Intentionality: The second step towards success is intentionality. Take action to turn your dream into reality. What you do matters. Your goal is attainable if you face reality, know where you are starting, know the cost to succeed, and then intentionally work at success daily.

3. Accountability: The third step is being accountable; not being accountable to someone else, but to yourself. The biggest gap in our success is the difference between what we know and what we do. Regardless of the goal we are trying to achieve, our knowledge is greater than our action. To be most effective most people need a third person or a neutral partner to help them with accountability.

Whatever your plan for success, you should continually grow and raise your awareness, act intentionally, and find someone to help hold you accountable to your goals. By continually taking these three steps, your level of success becomes unlimited. It won’t keep you from encountering set backs and making mistakes, but it will allow you to learn from your failure and moving forward.

A mastermind group is an incredibly powerful way to increase your awareness. Visit our mastermind page for upcoming events. http://newroadsleadership.com/masterminds

Living the 15 Laws of Growth

In August, Angelica and I had the opportunity to spend four days in Orlando with the John Maxwell team. This is an event that is held twice a year for John’s coaches. During the event new coaches are certified, and existing coaches are able to continue their training and growth. We were fortunate in having John with us for all four days. He was teaching and pouring into us his knowledge and experience. These four days are a clear example of John’s book, The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth. Here are a few examples:

The Law of Intentionality: Growth Doesn’t Just Happen – You have to be intentional about growth. Find opportunities to stretch yourself and learn from others. By attending the event, Angelica and I created intent for us to grow as coaches.

The Law of Consistency: Motivation Gets You Going – Discipline Keeps You Growing – Many training and certification programs are over once you complete a certain requirement. John’s team continues to meet consistently after certification. John’s coaches continue to grow by consistently working to grow.

The Law of Environment: Growth Thrives in Conducive Surroundings – The JMT events are filled with positive, encouraging, challenging energy. We are challenged and supported every step of the way. It is a growth environment.

The Law of the Rubber Band: Growth Stops When You Lose the Tension Between Where You Are and Where You Could Be – The John Maxwell Team is a team of coaches, but every member builds their future differently. Some are coaches, some are pastors, some are public speakers, some are trainers, some are certified only for their own personal growth. During this event we get to learn how different people are using John’s training to help others. It creates the tension we need to continue to grow.

The Law of Modeling: It’s Hard to Improve When You Have No One but Yourself to Follow – Sitting in your house reading one of John’s books will help you improve. But it does not have the same impact as when you learn from others. With these events, we get to follow John, and his teaching team directly. They are great role models for growth.

The Law of Contribution: Growing Yourself Enables You to Grow Others – Angelica and I continue to grow so we can be more successful in helping others. We will never be good enough to stop growing. John continues to be a river, pouring more training into us. He expects the same of us. We will continue to coach, train, and help others.

Being Competent

Competency alone can limit you. You can be competent and people may never see you as being competent. Why? Because competency becomes visible with confidence, and confidence is created by, among other things, self-image. To make your competence effective you must also build your self-image.

We all have competencies that remain largely hidden because we don’t have the confidence to allow them to lead us out of our comfort zone. An example for me is my ability to learn new things quickly and effectively. It is a competency that is not very visible to other people, but yet I know it is one of my top strengths. However, it is also linked to some of my road blocks.

With effort you can improve your competency, your confidence, and your self-image which when combined will accelerate success. Here are some ideas:

1. Practice stretching. Be intentional about using your competence to stretch yourself. Determine how your competence can be used to stretch you out of your comfort zone. For example, if you have competency in communication, how do you reach more people?

2. Learn from the best. Find the leaders in your competence and learn from them. Seek individuals or organizations that represent what you want to become.

3. Grow your confidence. If you spend time daily and weekly reflecting on your competence in an area, you can determine how to improve. You will see yourself improve and grow. Celebrate your achievements, and build your confidence and self image.

Michael J. Gelb said, “… by stretching yourself beyond your perceived level of confidence you accelerate your development of competence.” Continue to grow and stretch because your level of competence is your perceived level!

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Ser competente

Ser competente por sí solo puede limitarte. Tú puedes ser competente y la gente tal vez nunca te vea así. ¿Porque? Porque la competencia se ve cuando tienes confianza en ti mismo, y la confianza en ti mismo se crea aparte de por otras cosas, por tu auto estima.

Para hacer que tu competencia sea efectiva tienes que también desarrollar tu auto estima.

Todos somos competentes en algo que nunca nadie se da cuenta porque no tenemos la confianza de salirnos de nuestra zona de confort.

Un ejemplo para mi es mi habilidad de aprender nuevas cosas rápido. Esta es una competencia que no es muy visible para otras personas, y sin embargo yo sé que es una habilidad que tengo.

Con esfuerzo tú puedes mejorar tus competencias, tu confianza, y tu auto estima que combinadas van a acelerar tu éxito. Estas son algunas ideas para lograrlo:

1. Practica salirte de tu zona de confort. Intencionalmente utiliza tu competencia fuera de tu área de confort. Determina como puedes usar tu habilidad en otras áreas. Por ejemplo, si tienes habilidad para la comunicación, ¿Cómo puedes comunicarte con más gente?

2. Aprende de los mejores. Encuentra líderes en tu habilidad y aprende de ellos. Busca individuos u organizaciones que representen lo que tú quieres llegar a ser.

3. Desarrolla tu confianza. Si pasas tiempo diariamente y semanalmente reflexionando en tu habilidad en un área, tú puedes determinar cómo mejorarla. Tú vas a verte a ti mismo mejorar y crecer. Celebra tus logros, y construye tu confianza y autoestima.

Michael J. Gelb dijo… “Al salirnos de nuestra área de confort nosotros mismos, podemos acelerar nuestro desarrollo y habilidades”

¡Continúa creciendo y esfuérzate porque tu nivel de habilidad es lo que otros perciben que es!

Growth Starts from Within

Many people are waiting for the right circumstances to make a change in their life. Maybe they believe they don’t have time, or they need more experience, or they need some type of knowledge. Whatever they are waiting on, they should realize it is not going to happen to them. They need to drive the change from within.

Do they really need more time, or do they just need to change how their time is spent? Do they need more knowledge to start, or can they learn what they need as they practice?

Dr. Robert Anthony said, “Waiting is a trap. There will always be reasons to wait. The truth is, there are only two things in life, reasons and results, and reasons simply don’t count.”

This week’s reflection exercise is to determine what you are waiting for. Schedule some time to think about what you want to accomplish that you have not yet started. Discover your roadblocks, and define your actions to eliminate them. You must eliminate your waiting from within.