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If greatness
is your goal, whether in your business life, your personal relationships or
your own personal growth, here are some guidelines to get you on your way.
Greatness is possible! You can achieve the goals you set for yourself and
you can make a difference in your own life and those who live and work
around you! Set greatness as your goal! Here’s how:
Identify
greatness for yourself. While there are some basic generalities that most
people would consider great, there are broader definitions of greatness,
ones that each individual sets for him or herself. For example, most people
would consider Mother Theresa great while only some would consider Donald
Trump great. Helping humanity is a broad generality while building a real
estate fortune isn’t. So what you need to first do is ask, “What does
greatness look like for this company, organization, family or for myself?”
From there you can develop values and a mission statement etc. But if you
don’t first identify it, you’ll never reach it.
Maximize
targeted end results. As Covey says, “begin with the end in mind.” What end
results do you want. Be specific. Come up with all of them. Maximize them.
Leave no stone uncovered. Set out for yourself all of the goals or end
results you must hit in order to reach greatness. Write them down, memorize
them and distribute them broadly (if doing this for a group). Maximize your
targeted end results!
Make
distinction your endeavor. What is the endeavor of the great? Usually it is
to distinguish themselves from the average. They seek to rise above the
rest by the quality of their product or service. Everything goes toward the
goal of making themselves distinct from the run of the mill. That is their
mission. And in doing so, they make themselves great!
Map your
effort thoroughly. The three most important words in real estate are
“location, location, location.” In reaching a goal, the three most
important words are “plan, plan, plan.” Okay, “execute” and “persevere”
work too, but go with me here! Too many people wish they would achieve
something but never write down a plan for getting there. When I want to go
on a long trip I don’t just wish to get there. I plan on how to get there.
I get a map, I figure out distances, times etc. Map out your goal
thoroughly. This will help you achieve greatness.
Regularly
take time for regeneration. Achieving greatness is hard! You will care
more, work harder, and take more lumps and setbacks than the rest.
So you
will need to take time to regenerate so you can fight again another day.
Your body needs rest. Your mind needs rest. Your emotions need rest. Your
spirit needs rest. I firmly believe that a person who rests well can do
more in less time than the one works without setting aside time for
regeneration. You may be able to reach goals without rest, but somewhere
along the line, you will fall harder and longer if you aren’t regularly
regenerating yourself. So take your vacation time this year!
Have a
strict evaluation process. Every plan and goal needs an evaluation tool.
And it should be a strict evaluation process. This is how you objectively
decide whether or not you are proceeding toward your goal. If you have the
right evaluation tool and you look six months into it and you aren’t
hitting the goals, perhaps you need to change the goal or the way you are
going after it. The evaluation process is not to be underestimated in its
importance!
Take
somebody else with you. True greatness is not individual. The one who
becomes great spreads the reward of greatness around. Incorporate many
people into the plan and let them eat of the fruit of success. I live in an
area that has literally thousands of millionaires created by a company that
had a vision of greatness. And while yes, they experience the reward, the
rewards then go out many levels through the whole community, from
businesses that support our community to non-profit groups, churches, and
schools. True greatness blesses those many levels away.
Learn to
party! Party? Yes! What good is greatness if you can’t enjoy it? And not
just the final destination but also the entire journey. Be sure to stop
along the way and relish in your movement. Celebrate small and large
victories. This keeps the sprit high and the big mo rolling! Spend the
money, buy the food and blow up the balloons – it’s time to celebrate!
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