| “Successful people keep moving. They make | | | | back to that time of your original excitement |
| mistakes, but they don't quit” (Conrad | | | | because of their questions about how you’re |
| Hilton)“Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can | | | | coming along.Play pieces of music while working to |
| be maintained quite unaltered through the course of | | | | inspire you and keep you “in the |
| hours” (Mark Twain)“It is wise to keep | | | | moment” of what you are creating.Make it a |
| in mind that no success or failure is necessarily | | | | weekly practice to listen to motivating teleseminars |
| final” (Anon.)“Successful people aren't | | | | or CD recordings of other successful and inspiring |
| supermen and women. They fail, but fail forward. | | | | people.Spend regular moments of time visualising your |
| Success is not about perfection, it's about | | | | intended future. Really work on getting your |
| progression” (Simon Reynolds - advertising | | | | “picture” (of the ultimate point of final |
| wiz.)When you create or design something new for | | | | accomplishment) more and more clear for yourself so |
| your future e.g. a new goal or enterprise, then you | | | | that you can almost touch, smell, see the colours and |
| can be assured that there will be ups and | | | | hear the sounds of all that's around you.3. Set up |
| downs.Initially there may be very few, if any | | | | physical spaces that fully support your designed |
| “flat times” because of all the | | | | future. Have your home office fitted with tools that |
| associated novelties and the learning curve. The | | | | really work for you. Have simple and clear filing and |
| excitement and passion may last days, weeks and | | | | storage systems so there’s a place for |
| even months.If your goal or new enterprise involves | | | | everything and you don’t arrive at a desk |
| a 3 or 5 year plan, then chances are that you will | | | | each morning with numerous piles of tasks – |
| experience many highs and lows. We do | | | | putting you in a ‘space’ of overwhelm |
| “know” this, yet when the flat times | | | | before you even begin the day. Begin to list and |
| arrive we behave as though “it should not be | | | | start putting together your necessary resources. For |
| that way” and lose momentum.Here are some | | | | example, there is no sense offering hard-copy |
| tips for staying on the road if you are crystal clear | | | | information to others if you do not have sufficient |
| that you are using the most effective | | | | materials at your finger tips, should many |
| “vehicle” of your choice to fulfill specific | | | | opportunities show up all at once. Create email or |
| outcomes.1. Be very clear and maintain your clarity of | | | | hard-copy templates for standard replies to common |
| purpose for wanting to accomplish your goal/intended | | | | requests.4. Learn to control and manage the 'little |
| outcome.Have at hand a minimum of five terrific | | | | voice' in your head. Thank it for sharing. Create an |
| reasons for why you “have to” and | | | | imaginary buddy for this ‘voice’, a |
| absolutely “must” accomplish your | | | | buddy who tells you something to encourage and |
| chosen goal. Continue to update that list and | | | | empower. You can even “tap” on your |
| occasionally rewrite the list. Over time your initial | | | | negative self-talk to gradually peel away the |
| reasons may lose their spur quality.2. Create an | | | | “onion-layers”! (See Chart your progress |
| environment that consistently reminds you of your | | | | and have your chart(s) on display. Know that you are |
| original purpose and of your intended, ultimate | | | | moving and that you have made progress. Set |
| outcome.The following are a few basic ideas for | | | | specific milestones at preset dates that you can |
| this:Surround yourself with physical displays such as | | | | celebrate along the way.A wide angled view of |
| computer screen-savers, wall boards, a piece of | | | | success is: being fulfilled, self-expressed, authentic and |
| jewellery, markers/images in your diary, a house | | | | joyful. You cannot experience these without 100% |
| garden plant that you watch grow as your enterprise | | | | congruence between you and your environment. |
| does.Choose with whom you spend most time and | | | | Your environment either calls forth your |
| use regular meetings or calls with a buddy, coach, | | | | authentic-self or keeps you locked in a cycle of |
| mentor or supportive partner.The more people you | | | | frustration. |
| tell about your goal, the more often you will be taken | | | | |