Success Impulse: How often? Several times a day!
Yes, you need your daily dose! What am I talking about? About the fact that you want to get better. And I don't care what it is. I love the old saying, "Repetition is the mother of all skill." And as an extension, "Repetition and ongoing focused improvement is the mother of all success."
Everyone agrees that if you want to become healthier, slimmer, fitter or whatever, you have to do something about it every day. It's not enough to eat healthily once a week and otherwise eat junk food. Or to brush your teeth only once a month and trust in the powers of nature. Or to run five kilometers once a month and believe that you can keep going in the next marathon.
Here's the exciting part: When it comes to mental fitness and a strong mindset (i.e., what we need as a foundation in any team to post sustainable successes), most believe an annual workshop is all it takes. Here's the unpleasant truth for many: for a strong mindset and mental fitness - and thus for your success - you need to do something every day(!). As a team leader or CEO, it's your job to work on this with your team on an ongoing basis.
Here are three exemplary topics (from a variety of others) that you should practice daily:
- Objective. Set daily goals (in writing!) and work consistently to achieve them: Which top goal do you absolutely have to achieve today, no matter what? What are your number 2 and 3 goals? Write them down as your first action in the morning. This takes maybe 3 minutes, and keeps you on track throughout the day. More importantly, it trains your mindset in that it will Targets are what determine your success, but not tasks (many confuse this).
- Commitments. Yes, integrity (you do what you promise) can and must be trained. Because our instinct is always to go for the short term advantage and don't care about our promises. Therefore, work on keeping EVERY commitment, especially the ones you make to yourself. Most people are extremely careless with their own commitments.
- Personal Growth. Soak up knowledge, ideas and inspiration from top experts every day. Use all channels like books, articles, audio courses, video courses, mastermind groups, conferences and much more. I'll tell you from my own experience: daily personal growth is a habit.
So go ahead: Create your training plan for your mental fitness and train daily. The best thing to do is to get a coach who will constantly remind you and support you.
To the author:
Volkmar Völzke is a success maximizer. Book author. Consultant. Coach. Speaker. www.volkmarvoelzke.ch
